With the focus on information literacy across the content areas, here is some great news schools might want to follow up. Maine has a free virtual library created around on-line Britannica and we have seen some great results. Courtesy of ASCD Smartbrief.

• Encyclopaedia Britannica offers online resources for schools
  Eighteen states have partnered with Encyclopaedia Britannica to offer digital content for schools. Now the Arkansas Department of Education has signed an agreement expanding that program by providing more resources through Pathways: Science. The announcement follows a decision earlier this year by the encyclopedia publisher to cease its print edition. Education Week/Digital Education blog (10/5)