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- From: Liberty CU#2 <liberty@DARKSTAR.RSA.LIB.IL.US>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 08:01:50 -0500
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> There are 21 messages totalling 558 lines in this issue.
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> Topics in this special issue:
>
> 1. TARGET:Middle School
> 2. EDU - Lack of Technical Support in Schools
> 3. TARGET: Books on Step Families
> 4. GEN: Natl Library Week
> 5. NC only- vendor question
> 6. GEN: Humor (neat site)
> 7. ELEM: Toll-Bridge Troll Activities
> 8. Kansas Only
> 9. Unusual request
> 10. Target: Name tags
> 11. jobs-NYState
> 12. Accelerated Reader
> 13. Georgetown, Texas only
> 14. Video question
> 15. GEN: REF: Literary Term
> 16. EBSCO ON-LINE
> 17. Help No MAil!
> 18. retrospective conversion-Chancery
> 19. REF: SEC- TV Program
> 20. QuickCard Program
> 21. GEN: chocolate fiction
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:25:45 -0500
> From: McCorkle Sandra <mccorkles@LISD.NET>
> Subject: TARGET:Middle School
>
> Hello all! I'm currently an elementary librarian. I will be opening a
> new Middle School library next year.I would love any advice and/or ideas
> that you have for this age group. TIA!
>
> --
> Sandra McCorkle, LMS
> Flower Mound Elementary
> mailto:mccorkles@lisd.net
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:38:49 -0500
> From: David Lininger <tss003@MAIL.CONNECT.MORE.NET>
> Subject: EDU - Lack of Technical Support in Schools
>
> Colleagues:
>
> This was posted on the Casablanca listserv earlier today. Sorry for any
> cross posting. Many of us can see ourselves here.
>
> >
> >Hi EDU listers-
> >
> >I came across this statement this a.m. on the New York Times website - full
> >web reference below:
> >
> >In a small survey of 124 school districts done by the council and the
> >National School Boards Association last fall, 94 percent of schools reported
> >that they rely on teachers, librarians and other non-technology staff to
> >help provide technical support, and 57 percent said they relied on students
> >to help provide support.
> >
> >But . . . there are hidden costs associated with using teachers to fix
> >classroom computer problems. In Fairfax County, Va., the 155,000-student
> >school district estimated that if each teacher spent one hour a week trying
> >to fix a problem, the time spent would equal 307 full-time employees, at a
> >cost of $15.3 million a year. The cost increased when the district
> >considered that 5 percent of its most tech-savvy teachers might spend an
> >additional hour and a half each week helping their colleagues, for a total
> >cost of $16.5 million a year.
> >
> >"Schools tend to have a different expectation of support or reliability than
> >businesses do," Fitzgerald said. In business, "if your computer crashes and
> >you can't reboot, you're unproductive. In a school environment, if a
> >computer crashes, you teach the old-fashioned way."
> >
> >For the complete article, visit
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/cyber/education/26education.html
> >
> >If you're not a subscriber (its free!), you may need to subscribe at the
> >main page http://www.nytimes.com
> >
> >Interesting stuff . . .
> >
> >Greg
> >
> >Greg Hales
> >Director, Education Division
> >Draco Systems Inc.
> >www.draco.com
> >greg@draco.com
> >
> >"Casablanca Across The Curriculum"
>
> David Lininger (KB0ZKE), LMS
> Hickory County R-1 Schools
> Rt 1, Box 838
> Urbana, MO 65767
> mailto: tss003@mail.connect.more.net
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:53:11 -0400
> From: KAREN DEFRANK <KDEFRANK@GLASSBORO.K12.NJ.US>
> Subject: TARGET: Books on Step Families
>
> I have a third grade student, Jasmin, who sends me e-mail. She is Muslim,
> from Bangladesh, and her parents are divorced (due to spouse abuse which the
> child does not know about). She lives with her mother and her mother's
> parents. Dad lives in NYC and she visits him regularly.
> Dad has announced that he is getting re-married to a woman from Bangladesh.
> It is an arranged marriage.
> Jasmin is beside herself with concerns about this. She is the only child and
> I think most of her worries about that her daddy is going to be busy with
> the step mom and she will be left out.
> I am a step mom and have tried to reassure her, but the guidance counselor
> came to talk to me today. Jasmin told her that she writes e-mail to me.
> My biggest concern is that my Christian, American ways are going to
> contradict her parent's Muslim Bangladesh ways... so I try very carefully to
> weigh everything I say to her. I was shocked when she told me her parents
> were divorced, and even more shocked when she said Dad was re-marrying.
>
> Jasmin loves to read and I would like to find a book for her about step
> families.
>
>
> This is probably way too many details for you. Sorry, but thanks for
> listening.
> Anyway - can anyone recommend a book???
>
> Karen DeFrank, LMS
> Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
> Glassboro, NJ 08028
> kdefrank@glassboro.k12.nj.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:06:23 -0700
> From: Denise Brinker <denisebrinker@HOTBOT.COM>
> Subject: GEN: Natl Library Week
>
> I invited the administration to read to classes (K-6 building) during the week.
>I had one student from each class escort the person to the room and give them a
>pen and brochure promoting the online library for Indiana. I met with the
>students a week ahead of time to practice conversation starters and how they were
>to escort someone from the office to their room.
> Good things came from this. Many administrators only get out into the buildings
>for 'walk-throughs' and many teachers see the administration as too removed from
>the day-to-day teaching that they do. It was good for both sides, as well as, the
>students getting to talk to different adults. I plan to do it next year.
> ---
> Denise Brinker
> Media Specialist
> Rhoades Elementary School
> Indianapolis, Indiana
> denisebrinker@hotbot.com
>
>
> HotBot - Search smarter.
> http://www.hotbot.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:15:54 -0400
> From: Tracy Ansley <tracy_ansley@CARYACADEMY.PVT.K12.NC.US>
> Subject: NC only- vendor question
>
> I was wondering if anyone uses Best Books, a book company out of Chapel
> Hill? Thoughts, opinions?
>
> Tracy T. Ansley
> Library/ Media Coordinator
> Cary Academy
> 1500 N. Harrison Ave.
> Cary, NC 27513
> (919) 677-3873 ext. 4501
> tracy_ansley@caryacademy.pvt.k12.nc.us
> <mailto:tracy_ansley@caryacademy.pvt.k12.nc.us>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:50:35 -0500
> From: Linda Smith <ljsmith@CLINTON.K12.OK.US>
> Subject: GEN: Humor (neat site)
>
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> --
> Linda Smith, Librarian
> Clinton High School
> Phone: (580) 323-1230
> Fax: (580) 323-1236
> ljsmith@clinton.k12.ok.us
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> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:33:03 -0500
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> Subject: neat site
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> check this out
> http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:48:29 -0500
> From: "Cheryl L. Skiles" <cskiles@MAIL.WIN.ORG>
> Subject: ELEM: Toll-Bridge Troll Activities
>
> Good Morning All,
> I'm looking for activities to go with the book _The Toll-Bridge
> Troll_ by Patricia Rae Wolff, either second or third grade level. I
> checked the archives and found references to it but just as a read-aloud
> or suggested reading list--no activities.
> TIA,
>
> *************************************************************************
> Cheryl Skiles, Librarian <cskiles@mail.win.org>
> John Weldon Elementary : A Year-Round Elementary School
> Francis Howell School District St. Charles, MO
> http://www.fhsd.k12.mo.us/John_Weldon/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:04:22 -0500
> From: Harry Willems <harryw@MIDUSA.NET>
> Subject: Kansas Only
>
> The registration form for the Summer Institute for School Librarians will be
> mailed this week. It is also available online in pdf format at: Andover
> Library: www.fn.net/~andover1
>
> Summer Institute for School Media Specialists
> Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy
> 2025 E. Iron Ave.
> Salina, KS
> June 12-13, 2000
>
> Contact Jackie Lakin, KS State De pt.. of Ed.
> 120 SE 10th Ave.
> Topeka, KS 66612
> Or see above web site for application
>
> Limited to first 75 applicants.
>
> Cost $100.00, includes copy of Gary Hartzell's book; lunch both days.
> Graduate credit offered through ESU for 1-2 hours at an additional cost.
> Lodging available on site at $37.00 per night. This includes two additional
> meals per day.
> Gary Hartzell: "I try to stress the notion that being the best school
> librarian in Kansas is not enough. Being ready, willing, and able
> represents only three-quarters of what it takes to be successful and to
> make the kinds of contributions that school librarians can and do want
> to make. The fourth element is opportunity - and opportunity is
> something that is controlled by others. Teachers control collaboration
> opportunities (you can't be collaborative alone no matter how much you
> want to be) and the principal controls virtually all the other forms of
> opportunity for library media contribution in a school. Teachers and
> administrators extend those opportunities based upon how THEY perceive
> the library and the librarian, not based on what the librarian thinks or
> even upon a separate objective reality. The workshop really is aimed at
> developing skills in educating teachers, administrators, and board
> members -- and in shaping their perception of the library and
> librarian.."
>
> Harry Willems, SEKLS
>
>
>
> Harry Willems http://www.sekls.lib.ks.us/staff/willems
> Consultant, Assistant Dir.
> Southeast Kansas Library System
> Iola, KS 66749 Fax: 316.365.5137 Vox: 316.365.5136
>
> 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:00:27 -0400
> From: "Miller-Breetz, Julie" <jbreetz1@JEFFERSON.K12.KY.US>
> Subject: Unusual request
>
> I have a 3rd grader at my school who has recently become fascinated with
> video cameras and has been begging me to find someone he can email with
> about using them. He really wants to communicate with someone who runs
> cameras for a living. Anyone have any contacts out there I can try?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Julie Miller-Breetz, library media specialist
> Engelhard Elementary
> Louisville, KY
> jbreetz1@jefferson.k12.ky.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:14:11 -0500
> From: DONNA WALTERS <dwalters@IMAIL.VALPO.K12.IN.US>
> Subject: Target: Name tags
>
> Also, I would like to order nice name tags for the Media staff next
> year. Has anyone found a company whereby nice brass ones can be
> ordered? Otherwise, I'll call department stores and find out their
> source.
> Thanks!
>
> Donna Walters
> Media Specialist
> Ben Franklin Middle School
> 605 N. Campbell St.
> Valparaiso, IN 46385
>
> PH: 219-531-3024 x210
> Fax: 219-531-3026
>
> dwatlers@imail.valpo.k12.in.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:25:09 -0400
> From: "Nichols, Linda" <lnichols@SABOCES.ORG>
> Subject: jobs-NYState
>
> Two job openings for library media specialists in the central Southern Tier
> of New York State:
> Greenwood Central School, K-12, approximately 224 students, salary and
> benefits per teacher's contract. NYS certification required. Greenwood is
> in Steuben County on the Pennsylvania border. Contact Steven Schoonmaker,
> Superintendent, Greenwood Central School, Main St., PO Box 936, Greenwood,
> NY 14839 (607)225-4292
>
> Canaseraga Central School, K-12, approximately 340 students, salary and
> benefits per teacher's contract. NYS certification required. Canaseraga is
> in Allegany County approximately 1 hour south of Rochester and is home to
> the Swain Ski Center. Contact Terry Wissick, Superintendent, Canaseraga
> Central School, 4-8 Main St., PO Box 230, Canaseraga, NY 14822 (607)545-6421
>
> Linda A. Nichols, Coordinator lnichols@saboces.org
> School Library System/Media Services
> Steuben-Allegany BOCES
> 9543 Vocational Drive, Painted Post, NY 14870
> (607)962-3175 x289 FAX:(607)962-6630
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:26:39 -0700
> From: Lisa Jessup <LJessup@BPSD.K12.CA.US>
> Subject: Accelerated Reader
>
> My district is in the process of implementing the AR program, and I have
> a question. If a student tests at, for example, a 5.4 reading level,
> are those the only books that they're allowed to check out. Or, are
> they allowed to check out books at 5.5, 5.8, etc.?
> Thanks!
> Lisa Jessup, Library Clerk
> Pendleton Elementary School, Buena Park, CA
> Ljessup@BPSD.k12.ca.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:31:18 -0400
> From: Carole Ashbridge <ashbridg@ALDUS.NORTHNET.ORG>
> Subject: Georgetown, Texas only
>
> One of our students has moved to Georgetown TX (Annie Purle El. School)
> and managed to take a book with him. Usually we can hold records, but
> they moved over vacation and our secretary has already sent them. If you
> are the librarian there, could you please contact me.
> Thanks
> Carole
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Carole L. Ashbridge
> Library Media Specialist/Model Schools Program Site Administrator
> KidsConnect Volunteer
> Sackets Harbor Central School ~ Phone: 315-646-3575
> Box 290 ~ Fax: 315-646-1038
> Sackets Harbor, NY 13685-0290 ~ ashbridg@northnet.org
> http://www.nc3r.org/shcslmc/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:47:11 -0400
> From: Laura Pearle <lpearle@PCS-NYC.ORG>
> Subject: Video question
>
> Dear all:
>
> Our Art Teacher would like to find a video about a circus that Alexander
> Calder filmed. Has anyone heard of this and/or know what the name is?
>
> TIA!
>
>
> Laura R. Pearle
> Head Librarian
> Gladys Brooks Library
> Professional Children's School
> lpearle@pcs-nyc.org
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:51:44 -0400
> From: Linda Camp <Linda_Camp@AUBURN.CNYRIC.ORG>
> Subject: Re: GEN: REF: Literary Term
>
> Spoonerism--
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:35:48 GMT
> From: kf h <kfhanna@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: EBSCO ON-LINE
>
> Does anyone use the ebsco on-line database? I am considering it for our
> library-want opinions. Is it a good one? Used alot? I'm in a high school.
> Thank you.
>
> Kim Hanna, Librarian
> McQuaid Jesuit HS
> Rochester NY
>
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>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:39:13 -0400
> From: "Wimberly, Jackie" <JWimberly@CDMS.DADE.K12.FL.US>
> Subject: Help No MAil!
>
> Can someone please help,I have not received any mail from LM-NET since
> 4/3!!!!JAckie
> -----Original Message-----
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:11:16 -0400
> From: MaryAnn Montgomery <mmontgomery@BTOWNCCS.K12.IN.US>
> Subject: retrospective conversion-Chancery
>
> Our elementary school will be automating its catalog soon and would like
> some advice about companies which have been good with retrospective
> conversion. Their automation system will be Chancery Library Pro 2.1. Is
> anyone familiar with a company called Eight Day Consulting, Training, and
> Software located in Oak Forest, Ill? Any help would be appreciated. Please
> reply directly to me.
> Mary Ann Montgomery
> Brownstown Central High School
> Brownstown IN 47220
> mmontgomery@btownccs.k12.in.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:40:51 -0500
> From: Doug Bancks <dbancks@FAIRMONT.K12.MN.US>
> Subject: REF: SEC- TV Program
>
> Hi folks,
> I need help locating a source for a copy of a TV program that aired
> probably a couple years ago, I believe on a major network. The title of
> the program is
> TEEN TALK: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL
> Any assistance you can supply will be appreciated--even if just the date
> of the program or the network it was on.
>
> Doug Bancks
> Media Specialist
> Fairmont H.S.
> Fairmont MN 56031
> dbancks@fairmont.k12.mn.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:49:15 -0600
> From: Janet Miller <jamiller@LAJUNTA.K12.CO.US>
> Subject: QuickCard Program
>
> Any information on obtaining an updated version of QuickCard Program would
> be appreciated. A library in my area is using an old version (5" disks)
> and they would like to get an updated version if possible.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Janet Miller
> Library Assist.
> La Junta High School Library
> La Junta, CO
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 15:44:12 -0500
> From: Marcia Dressel <dressel@OZ.OSCEOLA.K12.WI.US>
> Subject: GEN: chocolate fiction
>
> LM_NET friends-
>
> A fourth grade student here would like to read "anything about chocolate."
> Actually she's not interested in non-fiction; she'd like a chapter book
> with a chocolate theme. She's already read _The Chocolate Touch_,
> _Chocolatina_ and _Hot Fudge_. Any other sweet suggestions for her? (A
> girl after my own heart!)
>
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
> Marcia Dressel, Library Media Specialist
> Osceola Elementary/Intermediate Schools
> PO Box 128, 250 Tenth Ave E
> Osceola, WI USA 54020
> dressel@oz.osceola.k12.wi.us
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of LM_NET Digest - 26 Apr 2000 - Special issue (#2000-523)
> **************************************************************
>
B. Waters
Liberty School Libraries
CUSD #2
Liberty, IL
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