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rom: jscott <jscott@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
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Subject: TIME ALLOTMENT
go (adding your own headings)?


Hi,
        I'm an elementary school librarian. I would like to survey other
elementary librarians for information on how much time is spent teaching
library skills versus flex time versus time to shelve books and other
library jobs. Do you have each class each week for a set amount of time to
teach library skills and also to checkout books to them?  Is the classroom
teacher present during your Skills time?  During your checkout time? How
much time do you set aside each week for library duties other than working
directly with students? - shelving, ordering, checking new books in etc.?
        Any answers you can give me on your time allocation would be
greatly appreciated.
        Send answers to me at ghirst@mail.win.org.
        I'm a librarian in Gibson School which is part of the Riverview
Gardens School District in St. Louis MO.
THANKS!                Gerri Hirst

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Unless I did not follow the discussion closely enough, no one has mentioned
the "see also" sorts of headings.  That would enable you to enter, for
example, "scary stories" once with the note to see horror, ghost stories,
and whatever other more conventional headings you usually use.  That will
satisfy your desire for kids to both find things from their own vocabulary
and also learn the conventional headings -- no one will deliberately use
"scary stories" when he knows it will just lead him to the conventional
headings rather than an actual book -- but it will be there for those who
need help to think of the conventional vocabulary.

Joan Scott, Librarian
Chinle High School (AZ)
jscott@cybertrails.com

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Subject: Must Read for Librarians

The article cited below is a must read for all librarians. I
excerpted this summary from from
the June 1998 issue of Current Cites.

If you are not familiar with Current Cites check out their
web page at:

http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/currentcites/

The Bibliography On-Demand is a great feature.

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Bales, Susan Nall. "Technology and Tradition: The Future's in the Balance" American 
Libraries
29(6)(June/July 1998): 82-86.

Following up on their report Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Libraries and Communities 
in the
Digital Age (see http://www.benton.org/Library/Kellogg/buildings.html), the Benton 
Foundation
has conducted and analyzed six focus groups aimed at the issues identified in that 
report. Their
findings will be released in a publication scheduled for release in July 1998 
(watch Current
Cites for news of its availability). Meanwhile, Bales shares some of their findings 
in this
article. Among them are:

 1) Libraries must be portrayed as high touch and high tech, and in that order,

 2) Root all discussions of technology in books and reading,

 3) Teach the public that the librarian is an information navigator,

 4) Emphasize that the library you trust can help you make the transition to 
technology,

 5) Recognize the powerful connections Americans make between libraries and
    effective parenting.

Libraries are at a critical juncture between the past and the future. How well 
librarians meld
the traditional with the technical and present themselves to the public will 
dictate the role
of libraries in modern society for decades to come. My advice is to get the 
original Benton
report, this article, the new report when it comes out, read them, and pay close 
attention. --
RT
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Name: Gail Szeliga
E-mail: gszeliga@szeliga.stny.lrun.com (Gail Szeliga)
Date: 8/3/98
Time: 7:21:29 AM

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