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RE: Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger challenge at Brookwood High School in Tuscaloosa, ALABAMA. The Board of Education DID NOT remove the book from the shelves of the high school. The board chose to let it remain. Jane Smith Library Media Services Tuscaloosa County School System (Alabama) http://www.tcss.net http://www.brookwoodelementary.net jksmith@tcss.net 205-342-2840 FAX: 205-553-3722 -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of LM_NET automatic digest system Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:02 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: LM_NET Digest - 10 Dec 2007 - Special issue (#2007-1132) There are 9 messages totalling 552 lines in this issue. Topics in this special issue: 1. Safari Montage 2. GEN ELEM- transition times 3. holiday books 4. ELEM - ideas for Dewey's birthday 5. SHARE: a calculator that tallies "what are library services worth?" 6. TARGET: ELEM: technology integration project 7. Stamping a page in each book (2) 8. HIT:Suggestions for New Librarians/Career Changers -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Moree Media Specialist - West Forsyth High School Cumming, GA 30040 770-88-3470 ext. 332005 amoree@forsyth.k12.ga.us "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."~Mark Twain~ -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Fourie, Danville Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:13 AM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: HS: Safari Montage =20 Colleagues, Our school is thinking of getting Safari Montage next school year. I like the package and the idea that your can download from the server in the library that stream it like United Streaming. =20 My question is; did your DVD purchases decrease after your teachers start using Safari Montage, or are you still buying DVD's for your collection? I could not find a suitable answer in the archives. Thanks. Danville Fourie Librarian James Monroe High School Fredericksburg, VA Tel: 540- 372 1100; ext 2415 dfourie@cityschools.com "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela =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. 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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: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:57:21 -0700 From: Suzanne Neuman <suzannen@GMAIL.COM> Subject: GEN ELEM- transition times I'm about to start my field experience in an elementary school and would like to compile a list of ideas/activites/games to help students in the transition times - when they arrive at the library and when they've already checked out their book and are waiting to leave to go to their next activity. Especially since I won't know their names, it would be very helpful to have a brief activity that would be related to literacy, info literacy, problem solving, phonemic awareness, critical thinking, etc that could be done at these problematic times so as to keep their attention and ward off behavioral issues. I appreciate your response. Thank you! -- Suzanne Neuman LIS student Univ. of Colorado Denver suzannen@gmail.com If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain. - steven wright -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 10 Dec 2007 10:16:54 -0500 From: Steven Nabinger <SNabinger@MCS.CNYRIC.ORG> Subject: Re: holiday books To: School Library Media & Network Communications <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> From: Steven Nabinger/MCS/mcs Date: 12/10/2007 10:01AM Subject: Re: holiday books Jennifer, Two of my favorite Hanukkah books are Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel and The Tie-Man's Miracle by Steven Schnur. Herschel is a great read-aloud for third or fourth grades. My school is a 4th - 8th grade middle school, and I read Herschel for my fourth graders every other year. Trina Schart Hyman got a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations, and the story of how Hershel outwits the goblins haunting the old synagogue in order to save Hanukkah is a winner with the kids. Tie-Man is a more serious book, good for advanced fifth or sixth grades. It deals with a young Jewish boy learning something of the Holocaust from a door-to-door tie salesman on the last night of Hanukkah. Despite this premise it has a very uplifting ending. You may have to read through it several times before you present it to avoid choking up while reading to the kids. Hope this helps. Steven Nabinger, Teacher-Librarian C. S. Driver Middle School Marcellus Central Schools snabinger@mcs.cnyric.org -----Jennifer Dralle-Moreano <jdmoreano@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: ----- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:12:46 +0000 From: jennifer dralle-moreano <jdmoreano@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: holiday books Hi. I am an MLS student, but am also running a PARP holiday event. I need some= titles of Kwanzaa and Hanukkah books that are appropriate to read in a sch= ool setting and also the ages they are geared toward. I would appreciate a= ny help from experts in the field! Thanks! Jennifer Moreano MLS student LIU - CW Post jdmoreano@hotmail.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, 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, 10 Dec 2007 10:18:37 -0500 From: Steven Nabinger <SNabinger@MCS.CNYRIC.ORG> Subject: Re: ELEM - ideas for Dewey's birthday To: School Library Media & Network Communications <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> From: Steven Nabinger/MCS/mcs Date: 12/10/2007 10:10AM Subject: Re: ELEM - ideas for Dewey's birthday Lori, A TL mentor I had when I was getting my school media certification had a winner of a Dewey lesson. It was a two-class lesson. During the first class, the children read some of the highlights of M's life. The TL helped them develop some questions they would like to ask good old Melville if they could. In the second class, she dressed up as Melville and they got to ask their questions in a press-conference type atmosphere. She had the moustache and the old-fashioned suit and hat down to a "T". The questions concerned some of the turning points of his life, his belief in the importance of saving time, and of course his DDC. This lesson worked because this school taught in blocks. My mentor got her kids for a solid hour during which she did a 25 minute computer lesson, a 25 minute library lesson, and then gave them ten minutes for book exchange. If you have less time with your kids, this lesson may have to be modified. Steven Nabinger, Teacher-Librarian C. S. Driver Middle School Marcellus Central Schools snabinger@mcs.cnyric.org -----Lori D Dyer <ldyer@ROCKWALLISD.ORG> wrote: ----- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:05:55 -0600 From: Lori D Dyer <ldyer@ROCKWALLISD.ORG> Subject: TARGET: ELEM - Ideas for Dewey's birthday Any ideas for celebrating M. Dewey's birthday next week would be greatly = appreciated. =20 Thank you, Lori P. Dyer, Librarian Nebbie Williams Elementary Rockwall Independent School District 972/772-0502 "Readers are lucky--they will never be bored or lonely." --Natalie = Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 10 Dec 2007 19:38:02 -0500 From: Anne-Marie Gordon <agordon@LIVONIACSD.ORG> Subject: SHARE: a calculator that tallies "what are library services worth?" Hello, all. My public library system is currently featuring a link to a "return on = investment" calculator so that patrons can find out what financial worth = public library access is worth. You enter how many books, audiobooks, = reference questions, etc., you've used over the year and see how much = money you saved by using the library. =20 The figures that are built into the system are a little high to perfectly = represent our school library ($12 for every reference question!), but it's = an interesting idea. If our school library didn't exist, and the = community had to buy all the materials and services we provide, they'd be = shelling out about half a million. School libraries are a bargain! I'd love to see an adaptation of this for school libraries to link to! =20 Here's the link: http://www.libraryweb.org/libraryroi.html Anne-Marie Gordon=20 agordon@livoniacsd.org Library Media Specialist National Board Certified Teacher Livonia Primary School, Livonia, NY Website: http://classrooms.livoniacsd.org/agordon Resources wiki: http://squareone.pbwiki.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, 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: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:40:23 +0000 From: Malena Bisanti-Wall <mbisantiwall@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: TARGET: ELEM: technology integration project I'm working with a 5th grade teacher to help her integrate technology into = her endangered marine animal project (the usual product is a written report= ). I am looking for some ideas of final products that integrate technology= . Thanks for your suggestions! I'll post a hit if there is interest. =20 Malena Bisanti-Wall Media Specialist American Heritage Academy Canton, GA mbisantiwall@ahacademy.com =20 _________________________________________________________________ Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate.=A0 Join i= n. www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline= -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 10 Dec 2007 20:04:34 -0600 From: Nancy Dickinson <dickinson1@K12TN.NET> Subject: Stamping a page in each book No, No! It's page 25! And I thank you for having this conversation. A few years ago, thanks to y'all, I found out I didn't have to write anything on the title page any more. Now I don't have to stamp page 25 either! Don't know why I couldn't figure this out for myself.... As far as knowing which books I bought for the library, when it comes to MY books I have a mind like a steel trap! And, after 17 years, I can pretty much tell by looking at them. Nancy Dickinson, Librarian Hillsboro Elem. School Hillsboro, TN 37342 dickinson1@k12tn.net Almost finished with "In the Shadow of the Ark." Next up -- "Blood on the River." -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 10 Dec 2007 21:53:46 -0500 From: "Dowdy, Donna M" <dmd351@LONGWOOD.EDU> Subject: HIT:Suggestions for New Librarians/Career Changers Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for suggestions for a new librarian and a career changer. I am now convinced that I have made the right decision. Here are some of the suggestions you offered: 1. Rely on your teaching instincts. 2. Bone up on children's literture and read all the books in your own library - know your collection! 3. Read all the trade publications for books and professional magazines 4. Lurk the listservs and publishers websites 5. Don't be afraid to ask other LMS teachers to show you around the library 6. Don't make any major changes the first 6 months unless absolutely necessary 7. Keep an open mind 8. Get training in all areas 9. Observe and participate in different school libraries - elementary to high school 10. Get to know your collection and databases 11. Know the curriculum so you collaborate on the units taught by the other teachers 12. Again, read library journals and keep up on the newest books avaliable for your level of library I was told "it's a great gig!" and it would be a decision I will never regret. Thank you for your suggestions and words of encouragement! I will definitely make use of them as I begin my new teaching assignment. Donna Dowdy Library Media Student Longwood University Farmville, VA dmd351@longwood.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 10 Dec 2007 22:01:57 -0500 From: Barbara Fritz <bfritzlibrary@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Stamping a page in each book Oh, how right you are; what a great conversation. I sent a note earlier to the original target telling about learning in library school that we stamped the "hidden page, number 25 in my schools" in case the book was lost in a bindery or a valuable book taken in the rebinding process. I stopped stamping that page years ago as sending a book to the bindery is not something I think I will ever do as an elementary librarian. But I do still write in each book, listing the date of purchase, cost and barcode number. I've had several books come back to my libraries sans the barcode labels and the pocket and I could put each book right back in the system because each was labeled with the info I needed. Doing that little bit of processing doesn't take long, but lets me handle each of my new books at least once if not twice and that only helps me know my collection better. Barb On Dec 10, 2007 9:04 PM, Nancy Dickinson <dickinson1@k12tn.net> wrote: > No, No! It's page 25! And I thank you for having this conversation. A few > years ago, thanks to y'all, I found out I didn't have to write anything on > the title page any more. Now I don't have to stamp page 25 either! Don't > know why I couldn't figure this out for myself.... > > As far as knowing which books I bought for the library, when it comes to > MY books I have a mind like a steel trap! And, after 17 years, I can > pretty much tell by looking at them. > > Nancy Dickinson, Librarian > Hillsboro Elem. School > Hillsboro, TN 37342 > dickinson1@k12tn.net > > Almost finished with "In the Shadow of the Ark." Next up -- "Blood on the > River." > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- "Librarian. 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