divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/34339?ns=guardianpageName=Comment+is+free%3A+Sipson+can+define+an+erach=Comment+is+freec3=The+Guardianc4=Travel+and+transport+environmental+impact%2CCarbon+emissions+%28Environment%29%2CClimate+change+%28Environment%29%2CActivists+%28Environment%29%2CEnvironment%2CHeathrow+%28Travel%29%2CPolitics%2CTransport+UKc5=Not+commercially+useful%2CClimate+Change%2CEthical+Living%2CUK+Travelc6=John+Harrisc7=2008_12_05c8=1129133c9=articlec10=GUc11=Comment+is+freec12=blogc13=c14=Comment+is+freeh2=GU%2FComment+is+free%2Fblog%2FComment+is+free" width="1" height="1" //divpOn the face of it, it's a struggle between the usual powerful suspects and an alliance that takes in everyone from Tories to anarchists. To many people, though, it is something even more important: a turning-point that will either prove that government doesn't always have to bow to a corporate version of the inevitable, or sorely test thousands of people's limited faith in politics. Bizarrely, the frontline is the nondescript Middlesex village of Sipson, a clump of postwar suburban housing that was famously visited last year by the Camp For Climate Action. A ruling in favour of a third runway at Heathrow airport will mean that Sipson will be concreted over. If - by some 11th-hour miracle - it survives, it will be transformed from a very noisy corner of west London into a byword for against-the-odds optimism./ppThe final decision was yesterday postponed until the new year. Though the Tories' recent manoeuvrings have suggested a bonfire of David Cameron's early progressive poses, his party is opposed. Since 2003, by contrast, the government line has been fervent support for the plan, with limp caveats on noise and pollution - though, according to a steady trickle of stories, a loose group of cabinet ministers have been expressing a mixture of unease and outright opposition, from the energised new climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, through his brother David, on to Harriet Harman, Hilary Benn and John Denham. Ranged against them, unfortunately, is a truly titanic alliance: among other ministers, the PM and the transport secretary Geoff Hoon, along with BAA, the airlines, the CBI, at least two of the big unions, and the relevant parts of the civil service./ppLower down the Labour food chain, plenty of MPs are terrified of the damage a pro-expansion decision will do to the party's atrophying vote in the home counties. Others cleave to that residual old Labour position whereby the promise of jobs - British jobs, to use the vernacular - trumps just about everything. /ppSome people claim that, despite predictions of serial loopholes, the inclusion of aviation in EU emissions trading from 2012 might somehow lessen a third runway's environmental impact. Maybe, they argue, the air industry can be treated with kid gloves as long as there is huge movement on low-carbon electricity generation and car technology. But much clearer arguments surely point in the opposite direction. What with the Climate Change Committee chaired by Adair Turner urging as much as a 42% cut in Britain's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and the younger Miliband pledged to an 80% drop by 2050, how is the case for expansion credible?/ppA third runway will increase the number of Heathrow flights by almost a half. Every year, its CO2 emissions will equal those of Kenya. It would be completed just as the effects of climate change start to blitz the developing world, which will couch the story in a horrible poetry: Europeans blithely securing even easier global travel, while millions cope with food shortages, water scarcity, and a rather more nightmarish kind of population movement./ppThough only a fool would be optimistic, some rumblings from Westminster and Whitehall suggest that the delayed decision might denote at least a tiny shred of hope, and a belated realisation of how massively symbolic this story is. As with a proposed revival of coal-fired electricity, the third runway represents something truly era-defining: it may not have the iconic ring of your Caracases or Porto Alegres, but if we're going to have an even halfway progressive future, Sipson would be a great place to start./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/travelandtransport"Travel and transport/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/carbonemissions"Carbon emissions/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climatechange"Climate change/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/activists"Activists/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/heathrow"Heathrow/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/transport"Transport/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/8P6OxM44nMNMRmh5ovS7TdtCYng/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/8P6OxM44nMNMRmh5ovS7TdtCYng/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

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I had a great time leading the 24/7 Librarianship: Reaching Patrons with Digital Tutorials webinar for WebJunction. This was my first time teaching an online class with Wimba, which is really cool software. The best part of the webinar was interacting with library folk who wanted to join the presentation. I appreciate that people took time out their busy day to learn about digital tutorials.

So, what is a digital tutorial? A digital tutorial is a how-to guide for your library customers. It is anything that helps customers find and use information. Moving from the old “how to” VHS tapes to digital videos on the library website allows libraries to maintain contact with customers in a new way. During the “24/7 Librarianship” webinar, we discussed how libraries can use digital tutorials and spent time brainstorming what could work in participant’s libraries.

Some great ideas for digital tutorials included:

• how to ILL
• promoting author visits
• showcase your story time
• a poetry contest/slam
• library tour
• how-to do something library specific like use the self-check out
• finding tax forms
• previewing new compact shelving
• checking out e-books and resume writing

Digital tutorials are an opportunity to provide information to customers beyond the usual library hours. Learn and use the technology available at your library when creating a digital tutorial. Give yourself enough time and pay attention to the details. Find someone outside the project to review the tutorial and offer advice before it goes “live.” Finally, let library staff be innovative and have fun!

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