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There are web sites that do this. I am sure someone send them to you, or Google a state with book awards and you will find them. I have tow deadlines and two meetings today. If you don't get an answer by Wednesday let me know and I will work on it. Ray Barber On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:10 AM, LM_NET automatic digest system <LISTSERV@listserv.syr.edu> wrote: > There are 6 messages totalling 571 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. Wonder wheel > 2. HIT: circulating systems > 3. Super Bowl & Oscars: Media Literacy opportunity > 4. TAR: Expository Nonfiction (elementary) > 5. To Kill a Mocking Bird Read-a-Likes > 6. State Award Winners > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:26:42 +0100 > From: Helen Boelens <boelen1@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > Subject: Re: Wonder wheel > > Dear friends and colleagues, > Just out of interest, I though you all might be interested in a product > which is similar to Wonder Wheel, which is used in the Netherlands. > > It looks as though the Wonder Wheel works in a similar way to AquaBrowser > Library (copyrighted) which is the search engine used by public libraries in > the Netherlands. If you follow the following link - www.bibliotheek.nl - > you come to a large Dutch digital library. As a test, type in "groene > stroom" (the Dutch equivalent to "green energy"). On the right hand side > you will receive a number of "hits" in different forms. On the left, you > see the AquaBrouwser Library. You can "click" on many different keywords > which relate to green energy. The words in red are for possible spelling > mistakes or variations in spelling, green are translations into a different > language and black are possible related or associated keywords. > > It is possible to tag the results by the relevance to your query (using the > different keywords). Also, if you want to ask a question which you have > been unable to answer, click on "Stel een vraag?" Type in a question. I > typed in (in English): Who are the major suppliers of green energy in the > Netherlands? You then come into a service called Al@din. Your question > appears at the bottom. You can revise the question if you want. You then > "click" on "is mijn vraag al erder gesteld?" . A list of questions which > have already been asked and are relevant to this subject come on the screen. > You can read the answers which were given. If your question hasn't been > asked before, you can send it on to a public library librarian, who will > send an answer soon. It is also possible to ask questions in English. > > As I said, I am passing this information along, as I think it may be of > interest to all of you. Do other countries have similar library facilities > (other than Wonder Wheel). In Holland, children are sometimes taught to use > the AquaBrowser in library classes. > > Kind regards, > Helen Boelens, > ENSIL Foundation (European Network for School Libraries and Information > Literacy) > Netherlands. > hboelens@ensli-online.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barb Langridge" <barb.langridge@HCLIBRARY.ORG> > To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:38 PM > Subject: Re: Wonder wheel > > >> Kathy, >> >> That's just plain old amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. I put in >> black holes and got the coolest video of Hubble Deep Space. >> What an incredible search tool. >> >> Thanks so much, >> Barb >> Barb Langridge >> Children's Services >> >> Howard County Central Library >> 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway >> Columbia, MD 21045 >> >> 410 313-7880 >> barb.langridge@hclibrary.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------- >> Original Message: >> From: Barbara Braxton <barbara.288@BIGPOND.COM> >> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >> Cc: >> Date: Sunday, January 31 2010 3:05 PM >> Subject: [SPAM] Re: Wonder wheel >> I wrote to Kathy to thank her but her filters bounced the email. I am >> sharing this tip with your >> Australian colleagues as a treat as they start the first full week of our >> new academic year. >> Barbara >> >> Barbara Braxton >> Teacher Librarian >> COOMA NSW 2630 >> AUSTRALIA >> >> E. barbara.288@bigpond.com >> Together we learn from each other >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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, you send a message 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 >> >> * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ >> * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ >> * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html >> * LM_NET Supporters: >> http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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, you send a message 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 >> >> * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ >> * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ >> * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html >> * LM_NET Supporters: >> http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:23:04 -0600 > From: Tedine Soule <tsoule@DESOTOPSB.COM> > Subject: HIT: circulating systems > > > > Some asked for a hit, so here it is. Thank you to all who replied. > > We love Follett's InfoCentre. > > > > It is easy to use and has a great cataloging module. > > The OPAC has a wonderful interface and elementary students can easily use > it. There is a tab on the OPAC where one can search in other district > libraries. > > We are in our second year of using Alexandria, after having Molli and Athena > for many years. We've been very happy with Alex. It does everything we > need it to do, is a stable system, has good technical support, and is > responsive to users. Often I've asked whether Alex has a particular > feature, and they've told me that the issue will be addressed in the next > upgrade (and it is!) > > We had Winnebago Spectrum for many years, and overall I liked the program. > When it was announced that the program was no longer going to be updated, I > started considering new programs as my son, who is an IT geek, warned me > that when a program is no longer updated it only gets supported for a > certain length of time. Then, in 2007 it was decided to go ahead and replace > the program while we had money for it in the budget (good thing, too, > considering what has happened to California's budget!) We purchased a new > program, then ended up having to wait for almost a year before we got the > upgraded server to run it (*sigh*). > > > > One of our biggest considerations was that whatever program we picked had to > be compatible with assistive technology software. We looked at Alexandria, > Destiny, and BookSystems Atriuum. Alexandria wasn't compatible with the AT > software, so that eliminated it from the running. > > > > In the end I picked Atriuum (Follett is such a huge company I figured we'd > just get lost among all the "big" clients), and we finally had it up and > running in June 2008. You can see our catalog by going to www.csb-cde.ca.gov > and clicking on "online library catalog". > > > > The on-site training I received was very good - I spent a whole day with the > trainer here at CSB learning how the system works. He really knew the > system, and glitches had more to do with our network than the program. > > > > I really like the way you can do all kinds of reports, and generating > letters to staff about items out is much easier. For our blind teachers, I > can cut and paste the "items out" letters into Duxbury (our braille > translation software) and with very little editing transcribe them into > braille. It was much harder to do that in Spectrum. > > > > The cataloging feature is VERY different from Spectrum, and it's taken me a > while to get used to it. There are still features I miss about Spectrum - > for example, I really liked being able to see the whole MARC record in one > screen. And, it gets annoying to have to keep toggling back and forth > between the regular bibliographic record and the MARC format. I also miss > being able to cut and paste MARC records, but I do like the quick cataloging > feature in Atriuum. Since most of our braille books list the print ISBN > number, I can usually find a similar cataloging record somewhere, and adapt > it for our catalog. > > > > I still haven't gotten the e-mail part to work, but I haven't really had a > chance to sit down with our IT department to get it working. > > > > I have also had some problems with the "Circulation Desk" view (which is > similar to the circulation view in Spectrum). I had seen other complaints > regarding the Circulation Desk view on the Atriuum listserv, so I ended up > switching to the standard view. I haven't any problems with the standard > view. > > > > Sometimes the system is slow, but I think the problem has more to do with > our very slow network and the ancient library computers than the software. > > > > The biggest problem we had with the conversion was a mistake of my own > making. I often have to use a print record and change it to fit our > alternate formats (large print reproduction, braille, etc.) when cataloging. > Problem is, many times I forgot to delete either the print record ISBN > and/or LCCN for all of those different formats (large print, braille, > print/braille, cassette, CD, CD-ROM). The result was all those records that > were listed separately because they were different formats got merged into > one format the first time the conversion was done. It was a mess. The > conversions department at BookSystems was able to strip out the ISBN/LCCN > numbers so that the records would stay separate upon conversion. They were > very helpful in working out all the problems that basically I had created > > > > use Athena and am currently changing to an Open Source system called OPALS. > > > > You can learn more about this system at: http://www.opals-na.org/ > > I went from Circ/cat to Destiny this past summer. I will tell you this. > You might as well change when and if you can get a deal. I did two campuses > and for about $2,000 more I could have done the other 2, but I had two > principals who will have to find more than that to change later. FSC is > going to quit supporting Circ/cat eventually. They have quit doing patches. > I know a gentleman up in the management end of Tech support. He says that > it has not been discussed yet BUT>>>!!!!!!!!!!!! it is coming just a > question of when. > > Pros of Atriuum > > Less Expensive (at the time we did it) > > Support is excellent > > Report generating is VERY flexible > > It does not require a unified catalog for all your schools. > > New company that listens to you and takes suggestions.. frequent > updates Cons > > Menu system is not totally intuitive > > Is not totally compatable with the Winnebago portable inventory device > > Is not as well know as Destiny or other systems Cons of Follet > > Requires a unified catalog for whole system > > I am not sure about support - look at all the Destiny questions on > LM_net.. why is Follett not helping these people! > > My district uses Alexandria and I love it. it is easy to learn and easy to > use.Their tech services are amazing- friendly and always there. > muti-platformed, too, depending on your preference- MAC of P.C. It was a > good choice for us. > > We have Caspr (Library World) in our district and I HATE it with a white hot > passion. Slow, clunky, fragile (crashes regularly) -- friends don't let > friends buy Library World. > > I'm in the process of switching from Athena to Alexandria right now. > > Yesterday I got all the preferences set, and this afternoon I'm going to try > moving patron and circulation data from Athena to Alexandria. I believe that > all of our holdings data has already been put into Alex. > > > > We also seriously considered Koha. Their big advantage is that they host > your system, so they do all of the work. You do pay for that service, > though. > > > > > > Knowledge is free at the library. Just bring your own container. > - Unknown > > LHS Mission Statement: "The art of caring, the mission of excellence in > studies, and the pride in achievement ensure success for all. Logansport > High School---a school of champions." > > > > Tedine "Teddy" Soule, Librarian > > Logansport High School > P. O. Box 549 > Logansport, LA 71049 > 318-697-4338 > > tsoule@desotopsb.com > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:36:04 -0500 > From: Christine Findlay <Christine.Findlay@CENTERVILLE.K12.OH.US> > Subject: Super Bowl & Oscars: Media Literacy opportunity > > I'm posting the following message for Media Literacy speaker, Frank > Baker. Frank has presented at our state conference many times and he is > one of the first people we look to for help with media literacy. > CF > >>>Media Literacy Resources: Super Bowl & The Oscars > > I have just recently revised these resources on The Media Literacy > Clearinghouse web site: > (www.frankwbaker.com) > > Using Super Bowl Ads in The Classroom > > Marketing the Movies During the Awards Season > Both of these can be found on the homepage. Thanks for sharing with > interested teachers. > > Frank W. Baker > Email : fbaker1346@aol.com << > > > > Christine Findlay, Tower Heights Middle School IMC Director > & Coordinator of Library Services, Centerville City Schools > 195 North Johanna Dr. (NEW Street!) > Centerville, OH 45459 (NEW zip!) > 937-434-0383 (THMS number) > christine.findlay@centerville.k12.oh.us > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:06:06 -0500 > From: Melissa Small <msmall@LENOIR.K12.NC.US> > Subject: TAR: Expository Nonfiction (elementary) > > Hi everyone, > > The 5th grade teachers want me to do some lessons on expository nonfiction = > with their students. I'm trying to come up with something that might make = > it fun and interesting. Does anyone have any ideas or lesson plans that = > they would be willing to share? > > Thanks! > > Missy Small, Media Coordinator > Moss Hill School > Kinston, NC > msmall@lenoir.k12.nc.us > > > > "This email message may contain confidential information. If the reader of= > this message is not the intended recipient, please note that reading, c= > opying or distributing this message is prohibited. 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We have some suggestions we think will work. > > Alison Cucchetti > > Librarian > > Oak Hills High School=20 > > Cincinnati, Ohio=20 > > cucchetti_a2@oakhills.hccanet.org > > =20 > > > #########################################################################= > ############ > > This email has been scanned by MailMarshal, an email content filter.=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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:11:13 -0500 > From: Jane Martellino <jmartellino@CHARTER.NET> > Subject: State Award Winners > > Good Morning, > I am interested in knowing what your young child state award winners have been >for the past 3-5 years. I would like to recommend to our k-2 students and >families what other children have voted as their favorite books. > If your state has a K-3 Book Award program, and you can think of the winners off >the top of your head or can provide a link to a website, I would appreciate it. > > I will post the results. I have an older book that showed the winners but it is >not current. > Thanks, > > Jane Martellino > Consolidated School > New Fairfield Schools, CT > Jmartellino@charter.net > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of LM_NET Digest - 1 Feb 2010 - Special issue (#2010-224) > ************************************************************* > -- Raymond W. 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