Fact is, many of us are in schools where we see full classes all day without an
assistant, not to mention limited budgets which restrict the number of library
focused periodicals we can subscribe to (they are not the cheapest of
publications). I am always happy to stumble across a brief review from a colleague
within my email which I am usually checking at home. Keep them coming!
Danna DeMars, LMS
Garrett Elem
Hazelwood, MO
drd6w4@mizzou.edu
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Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:38:35 -0400
From: Genevieve Gallagher <ggallagher@K12ALBEMARLE.ORG>
Subject: Re: Book Reviews - HEARTY AGREEMENT
Absolutely! GraceAnne is right, I'm a media specialist and review for both
SLJ and Library Media Connection. I think that you'll find that there are
reviewers you'll agree with and those you won't, once you begin reading one
or more of these resources regularly, you'll begin to recognize the names
of the reviewers (and also see which schools/libraries they are from). I
always make sure to note if books are curriculum-connected, storytime
appropriate or best left to large public collections.
Genevieve
--
Genevieve Gallagher
Librarian & CTIP
VL Murray Elementary School
Charlottesville, VA
434-977-4599
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On 7/15/06 5:02 PM, "GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido" <ladyhawk@WELL.COM>
wrote:
> I would like to point out that Booklist, School Library
> Journal, Kirkus, and VOYA are specific reviews from your
> colleagues: librarians, media specialists, and others who
> do the work you do and write reviews for publication. A
> blurb in a magazine or catalog is not a review.
> I don't think that anyone who buys books for a library can
> do without having at least one of those sources to hand.
> GraceAnne DeCandido, reviewer for Booklist and for Kirkus
>=20
> The honorable Marsha Redd noted on 15 Jul 2006 thusly:
>=20
>> My thanks as well. Specific reviews from a colleague are way
>> more helpful than page after page of blurbs in a magazine or
>> catalog.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Marsha Redd
>> Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
>> Grand Rapids, MI
>> marsharedd@hotmail.com
>> Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
>> is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
>>=20
Danna DeMars, LMS
Garrett Elem
Hazelwood, MO
drd6w4@mizzou.edu
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