In answer to your second question, I am an elementary school teacher of 13 years & am developing a completely free (ad-free too!) reading log app for iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The app should be up on Apple's app store in early December 2012. I'll be posting screen shot previews on my blog at http://youlogreading.wordpres... I'm hoping it will find its way into elementary and middle school classrooms. There'll be options for goal-setting, stat graphing, and sorting of books by genre, title, author, lexile, & publish date.

U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science states that research has shown that students in schools with good school libraries learn more, get better grades, and score higher on standardized test scores than their peers in schools without libraries. More than 60 studies have shown clear evidence of this connection between student achievement and the presence of school libraries with qualified school library media specialists.
And remember, a school library is not a library without a librarian.

My Library NYC is only available to schools with active school libraries. It makes the public library catalog and electronic materials available to all teachers and students from within the school. If students decide to request public library materials, they must pick them up at the public library branch. This puts them in contact with the public librarian after school as well as the school librarian withing the school. This should be a win/win situation for the schools (greater access to materials), the students (greater access plus contact with another knowledgeable adult and familiarity with the public library), and the public library (increased reach. I look forward to collaborating with my local public librarian!