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Re: Damaged Book I had a similar situation. I work as a librarian at a residential facility for teenage boys. The first time I lent out the sequel to a popular YA novel, the student who had borrowed it returned it a week later and apologizedf for having a nosebleed on page 172...! I asked the school's nurse the same question about safety. The answer was that dried blood is harmless. I then double-checked with my principal, who also thought it was safe, but decided to try to remove the blood stain, since she said she's a whiz at such things. But, alas, no luck. So I'm keeping the book but also buying another copy. S. Altman altmans@gjrmail.com George Junior Republic UFSD Freeville, NY On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:45 PM, LM_NET automatic digest system < LISTSERV@listserv.syr.edu> wrote: > There are 6 messages totalling 605 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. title Rose Labyrinth > 2. GEN: damaged book > 3. TARGET: XO laptops > 4. 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HIT: Wikis > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:02:46 -0600 > From: Cheri Nienke <cnienke@ANDOVERLIBRARY.ORG> > Subject: Re: title Rose Labyrinth > > How are most libraries processing the Rose Labyrinth, by Titania > Hardie.......does the 'notebook' need to stay with the book? Thanks, > Cheri Nienke > > =20 > > Cheri Nienke > > Assistant Director > > Andover Public Library > > 1511 E Central Ave. > > Andover, KS 67002 > > 316-558-3500 > > cnienke@andoverlibrary.org > > =20 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:13:19 -0600 > From: Beth Yount <byount@MARCELINE.K12.MO.US> > Subject: GEN: damaged book > > =20 > > To make a long (and sometimes humorous) story short, a first grade > student returned a book this week that had been "lost" since last > spring. It has dried deer blood along the edges of the cover and pages. > Are there health issues I should be worried about? The Principal seems > to think it can be reshelved. The school nurse thought if we wiped the > edges off with alcohol it would sanitize them. > > =20 > > =20 > > Any wisdom is appreciated! > > =20 > > Thanks, > > Beth > > =20 > > Beth G. Yount > > District Library Media Specialist > > Marceline R-V School District > > Co-Chair Northeast Region MASL > > Marceline, Missouri > > byount@marceline.k12.mo.us > > 660-376-2411=20 > > =20 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:13:57 -0500 > From: "Sarles Patricia (18K500)" <PSarles@SCHOOLS.NYC.GOV> > Subject: TARGET: XO laptops > > Is anybody in a school that has or is planning to purchase the XO laptop = > for their students? > =20 > This is the $200. laptop that was featured on 60 minutes recently. > =20 > It was a laptop developed for children in developing countries but is = > also being used in certain high poverty areas in the states. > =20 > Anybody's school planning on buying them? > =20 > If you are curious, this is their website: http://laptop.org > _____________________________________=20 > Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS=20 > Librarian > Damrosch Day Treatment School=20 > NYC Department of Education > 750 Jennings Street=20 > Bronx, NY 10459=20 > voice: 718 378-0006=20 > fax: 718 589-9544 =20 > p s a r l e s @ s c h o o l s . n y c . g o v=20 > http://damroschlibrary.blogspot.com/ > http://wjdlibrary.wikispaces.com/ > > "Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. = > Months passed without even thinking about being imprisoned....I had = > never been so truly free in my life." - Malcolm X > > "Some kids go to the library ... Others to the street. 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But in a blink of an eye, all is lost when an accident > nearly kills her. Lia's last memory as a human is the smell of burning > flesh* > When she wakes up in a hospital, Lia is relieved to find out she > survived that freak accident, but her nightmare only starts to begin > when she realizes the truth. She is no longer human, but a mech-head, a > skinner... > What exactly is Lia Kahn now? Does she still have human rights, or are > those rights reserved? Her friends, her boyfriend*even her family > don't know how to treat her. Lia is caught between being a > futuristic monster with the memories of a once real person and trying > her hardest to be the only person she knows how to be. > Intense, thought-provoking and realistically written, this book takes > the reader into the future and how changes of the power of technology in > our daily lives alter us." > > Full review on my blog: naomibates.blogspot.com > > > > Naomi Bates > Northwest High School Library > Justin, Texas > nbates@nisdtx.org > 817-215-0203 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:45:56 -0500 > From: "BRIGGS, DIANE" <briggsd@TROY.K12.NY.US> > Subject: HIT: Wikis > > Dear Collective Brain: > > =20 > > Many Thanks to all who answered my query about wikis. I received a ton > of responses and here are most of them. > > =20 > > Diane Briggs > > SLMS > > Troy High School > > Troy NY > > briggsd@troy.k12.ny.us=20 > > =20 > > =20 > > I recommend wikispaces. It was very easy to figure out. > > I like wikispaces. I think it's user friendly and the support people > are excellent. They get right back to you within a day or so (which is > quick in my book for them being in the UK). And I like their floating > toolbar. > > PBWiki is very easy but free versions have limited accounts so you may > have to setup a generic user that everyone knows. http://pbwiki.com/ If > your district uses Moodle they have a built-in wiki. > > Collaborative documents are easy with Google Docs but may require an > email address to setup an account (doesn't have to be a gmail account) > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D > > I use Wikispaces. I find it easy to set up, easy to control and easy to > keep up. To me, it is more visually appealing than some of the others. > The visual editor is pretty straight forward and their help screen has a > lot on it if you run into something that isn't clear. You can control > how open it is to the world and who can edit. > > www.pbwiki.com is great!!! has lot of help screens available. Can > copy/paste from word. Easily makes links in text or in the SideBar. I > have used it several times with classes. Now has enhanced user levels > so you can have administrative capabilities and students can edit or not > as you choose. > > =20 > > It is really great. Wikispaces is usually highly recommended also but I > have not used it myself. > > I just created my first wiki at wikispaces.com. I had struggled with > trying to use pbwiki and was very frustrated. Nothing made sense to me. > So I searched through some wikis at the Eduscapes website where I have > worked on some online classes (http://eduscapes.com/sessions/wiki/ ) and > noticed that lots of them used wikispaces, > http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers . Have fun! > > pbwiki is supposed to be as easy as "peanut butter and jelly" > > at our library we use centraldesktop.com - track student requests given > to our library clerks at circulation so "us" librarians know what > students are asking to read, or equipment/materials they are expecting > us to have > > I have accounts for both pbwiki and wetpaint. For adult use, I much > prefer wetpaint (www.wetpaint.com), as it allows the administrator of > the wiki to "lock down" certain pages once the collaborative work is > complete. This prevents accidental loss of information with users who > are just getting familiar with wikis and how they work. > > Diane, > > =20 > > I wrote a review of some of the easiest wikis that teachers and > librarians can use. It's in School Library Journal-- > http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6438167.html > > =20 > > I've used each of these and can find particular elements that I enjoy > using from each of them. There are tutorials for all of these programs > once you browse the websites, but if you are really tentative about > using one or if you need examples of how they can be used, I'm sending > you links to some tutorials. Hopefully this will help. > > =20 > > http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english > > =20 > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/3595340/Zoho-Wiki-Tutorial > > =20 > > http://lis.dickinson.edu/Technology/Training/Tutorials/Web/WikiTipsWeb.p > df > > =20 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_tutorial > > =20 > > =20 > > Good luck! > > =20 > > ~Shonda > > I would recommend the Wikispaces from Google. They have an education > version that has no advertisements. Use this link to access that > service: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers > Choose the "private-free for educators" option. > They are really easy to set up and the instructions are good. It's just > word processing with the ability to insert (embed) links, > documents,files, pdfs, videos, very easily. > > I use wikispaces.com You can set up a free account for an educator that > will have no ads on it. Other free accounts have ads on the side, and > some of them might be inappropriate for schools. They are very simple > to use. If you'd like, take a look at mine at > dupolibrary.wikispaces.com. It's nothing fancy, but gets info out there > for the students to use. > > Try PBwiki.com (as easy as making a peanut butter sandwich). I use one > for an informal school site as our Web site is not maintained by me, its > design is horrible and lacks info. You can see my school's wiki at > http://eatonacademy.pbwiki.com <http://eatonacademy.pbwiki.com/>=20 > > By now you've probably heard that either wikispaces or pbwiki work well. > > Also, Blackboard, Moodle and Turnitin all have wiki components > > Try .... eduscapes.com > > =20 > > go to High Tech Learning > > go to High Tech Learning again > > go to Learning Spaces > > go to Collaborative Web and Wikis > > =20 > > Have fun ... great site! > > I've had good success with pbwiki. It's free to educators and they have > great tutorials! They also had a couple quick webinars that I took when > I signed up. > > I've also used wikispaces which have good tutorials as well....you'll > definitely like one or the other best. > > With either one, make sure you sign up as an educator so you won't have > to worry about the ads. > > Hope this helps! > > I'm sure someone recommended pbwiki.com they are so simple and easy to > use. It is truly as simple as making a peanut butter sandwich. It > walks you through it and it is super simple. =20 > > =20 > > http://booktalksandmore.pbwiki.com <http://booktalksandmore.pbwiki.com/> > > > =20 > > My favorite place to begin with a wiki is PBWiki. The link is: > > http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki > > =20 > > The best way to learn would be to go to the link above, click on "create > a wiki," and make a practice wiki so you can see how pages interlink and > how to edit--so save that really good wiki name for the real one! It's > really as easy as making a Word document. Once you've made a wiki and > logged in,click on the "edit" tab at the top of the page, make a few > changes, and click "save." You select text to change text color, text > size, or to add a hyperlink, just as you would in a Word document or > PowerPoint. Adding pictures is slightly more complicated--you have to > upload the file to the wiki, or link to a photo you have hosted > someplace else, but once you've walked through it once, it's easy. > PBWiki makes it easy to link between pages. > > =20 > > I have some links to PBWiki videos and powerpoints, as well as a few > educational examples here: http://squareone.pbwiki.com/PBWiki+Info > > =20 > > My Library resource wiki (http://squareone.pbwiki.com/) has grown to > over a 100 pages. I even pay (gasp!) out of my own pocket to have a > "premium" wiki, because it makes my life easier, but there's no reason > to use a premium wiki, especially when you're just starting out. > > =20 > > If you have any questions, please e-mail me. We could even set up a > time to talk on the phone--I actually walked my husband through setting > up a wiki for his class over the phone. > > =20 > > Hope this helps! > > I use and love Wikispaces. They will give you a free account as long > as you certify the space is used for k-12 education. It's quite simple > to begin and is the host of the LM_Net wiki. =20 > > Basic beginning steps > > 1. Sign up for a space > 2. Set up administrative permissions as you'd like (who can view, who > can add/edit etc.,) > 3. Add members to the space (they will need to 'join') > 4. I recommend creating a page with guidelines for posting and, if you > want consistent formatting, I would also recommend providing a template > for the users to download and use to create their materials. **This is > just my opinion** > 5. Start creating or uploading content. > > I have two wiki's at bomansbookbanter.wikispaces.com and > coreknowledgelibrarians.wikispaces.com > > We use Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com and it's free. You can look at the > one for our local high school at > http://lhslibrarymediacenter.wikispaces.com/ . The teacher librarian > there also set up one for me to use at my elementary school site. We're > still in the process of getting my administrator's approval so I haven't > expanded it much, but the possibilities are endless. Here's the link- > http://helenallenlibrary.wikispaces.com/ =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of LM_NET Digest - 1 Dec 2008 - Special issue (#2008-1726) > ************************************************************** > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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