Our district is considering upgrading from Follett Circulation Plus to the Destiny
Library manager. If your library has this program, I would like to know what you
like about the system, how it's an improvement over Circ Plus, how it's easier for
students to use, etc. It will help to have some feedback from other llibraries as
I try to sell our district on the upgrade.
Thanks.
Anne Dunham
Librarian
Vermillion Middle School
Jolley and Austin Elementary
Everything is held together with stories.
That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.
~ Barry Lopez
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:26:23 EDT
From: Judy Freeman <BKWSSF@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about boys as students
That Jersey Girl, Josephine Dervan, writes:
> This blog may also be in response to an Op-ed article
> in the Times that Kristof wrote on 3/27 entitled:
> The Boys Have Fallen Behind
>=20
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28kristof.html?scp=3D1&;
> sq=3DBoys%20and%20books&st=3Dcse>
>=20
> In the article Kristof discusses how boys in the US are
> falling behind in schools. He also mentions a report
> just issued by the Center on Education Policy which
> confirms that boys have fallen behind in reading in
> every single state. It found, for example, that in
> elementary schools, about 79 percent of girls could
> read at a level deemed =E2=80=9Cproficient,=E2=80=9D compared with
> 72 percent of boys. Similar gaps were found in middle
> school and high school.
>=20
>=20
Yes, that's exactly right, Jo. It's the same article, but for
some reason they gave it 2 different titles. The
comments--400+ now, so add yours, if you want,
before they close it--are amazing. Such a wide range
of opinions: it's the boys' fault, it's the girls' fault, it's
too many video games, it's the teachers' fault, it's the
parents' fault. Oh my. (Boys are playing video games for
3 hours a day? Really? Yikes.) I love the ones that say,
"Yeah, boys are bad in school but then they grow up and
become CEO's, senators, and rich." Well, we sure didn't
pick a profession that would make us rich, did we?! Though,
when we aren't getting fired, we have a pretty good time,
inspiring our kids, both girls AND boys, to read great books.
No zillion dollar bonuses for us, but still, not such a bad legacy, right?
Judy
Judy Freeman
Children's Literature Consultant
Reviewer for www.READKIDDOREAD.com
Author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com)
and Once Upon a Time:
Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and
Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6 (2007)
and The WINNERS! Handbook (2009)
65 North Sixth Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
732-572-5634 / BKWSSF@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:33:21 -0400
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Subject: Re: GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about boys as students
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:36:24 -0400
From: Jody Gerlock <jody_gerlock@PDS.ORG>
Subject: GEN: April is...
My apologies for being a little late this month! I've been on spring break
for two weeks....
April 2010 is...
Alcohol Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Financial Literacy Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Poety Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
School Library Media Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
April Fool's Day (4/1)
Bulgaria: St. Lazarus' Day (4/1)
Lupus Alert Day (4/1)
Good Friday (4/2)
International Children's Book Day (4/2)
Easter Sunday (4/4)
Orthodox Easter Sunday (4/4)
National Blue Ribbon Week (4/4-4/10)
Egg Salad Week (4/4-4/10)
Explore Your Career Options Week (4/5-4/10)
National Public Health Week (4/4-4/10)
National Week of Oceans (4/4-4/10)
National Networking Week (4/5-4/11)
Easter Monday (4/5)
Switzerland: Egg Races (4/5)
White House Easter Egg Roll (4/5)
Passover--Final Day (4/6)
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day (4/7)
World Health Day (4/7)
Rwanda: Genocide Remembrance Day (4/7)
National D.A.R.E. Day (4/8)
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day (4/9)
Philippines: Araw Ng Kagitingan (4/9)
Tunisia: Martyrs' Day (4/9)
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week (4/11-4/17)
National Library Week (4/11-4/17)
National Personal Training Week (4/11-4/17)
Pan American Week (4/11-4/17)
Week of the Young Child (4/11-4/17)
Young People's Poetry Week (4/11-4/17)
National Library Workers Day (4/13)
South Africa: Family Day (4/13)
Sri Lanka: Sinhala and Tamil New Year (4/13)
Thailand Songkran Festival (4/13)
India: Vaisakhi (4/13)
Thomas Jefferson Day (4/13)
Pan American Day (4/14)
Honduras: Dia Las Americas (4/14)
Income Tax Pay Day (4/15)
Rubber Eraser Day (4/15)
Patriot's Day in Massachusetts and Maine (4/15)
National Stress Awareness Day (4/16)
Administrative Professionals Week (4/18-4/24)
Astronomy Week (4/19-4/25)
Consumer Awareness Week (4/19-4/24)
National Coin Week (4/18-4/24)
National Park Week (4/17-4/23)
National Volunteer Week (4/18-4/24)
National Window Safety Week (4/19-4/25)
National Inspirational News Week (4/18-4/24)
Sky Awareness Week (4/18-4/24)
TV Turnoff Week (4/19-4/25)
World Week for Animals in Laboratories (4/18-4/24)
114th Boston Marathon (4/19)
Israel: Independence Day (4/19)
Administrative Professionals Day (4/21)
Kindergarten Day (4/21)
South Africa: Family Day (4/21)
Earth Day (4/22)
National Jelly Bean Day (4/22)
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (4/22)
St. George Feast Day (4/23)
Turkey: National Sovereignty Day and Children's Day (4/23)
UN: World Book and Copyright Day (4/23)
National Crime Victims' Rights Week (4/25-5/1)
National Playground Safety Week (4/25-4/30)
Confederate Memorial Day in Florida and Georgia (4/26)
Richter Scale Day (4/26)
National Teach Children to Save Day (4/27)
Egypt: Sham El-Nessim (4/28)
Japan: Golden Week Holidays (4/29-5/5)
Japan: Showa Day (4/29)
Poem in Your Pocket Day (4/29)
St. Catherine of Siena: Feast Day (4/29)
International Save the Frogs Day (4/30)
National Arbor Day Festival (4/30)
National Honesty Day (4/30)
Sweden: Feast of Valborg (4/30)
Remember, the list is just for fun! Not responsible for errors/omissions!
Jody
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Jody Gerlock, Librarian, Upper School phone (609) 924-6700 ext. 1715
Princeton Day School fax (609) 924-2804
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:45:38 -0500
From: Kay Goss <goss.kay@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: REF: Practice searches for authors
I am presenting my how to search, how to evaluate lesson tomorrow to the
English I students.
I would like to give them some practice searches, i.e, problems they might
run into as they research.
Such as Mark Twain is the pen name for Samuel Clemens; What is Avi's real
name;
Getting the right Bronte sister for Jane Eyre, etc.
Can anyone think of other authors that might require some more thought when
searching a database or the web?
Thanks so much. You guys are great!
--
Kay Goss
Mansfield Secondary Library
316 West Ohio Ave.
Mansfield, Mo. 65704
Home of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:47:59 -0500
From: Jean Hertsgaard <Jean.Hertsgaard@SENDIT.NODAK.EDU>
Subject: Art Medium for book
Does anyone know what was the art medium used for the book A Birthday for
Cow! By Jan Thomas?
Jean Hertsgaard
Library Media Specialist
Kindred Public Schools
Kindred, North Dakota
Jean.Hertsgaard@sendit.nodak.edu
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:50:19 -0400
From: "Heinis, Susan" <SHEINIS@WESTEX.ORG>
Subject: Re: GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about boys as students
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:58:05 -0400
From: Barb Langridge <barb.langridge@HCLIBRARY.ORG>
Subject: Re: GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about boys as students
A little irony here as the answer to the reference question posed comes fla=
shing right back from a New Jersey librarian.
Great job Susan,
Best,
Barb Langridge
Children's Services
Howard County Central Library
10375 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21045
410 313-7880
barb.langridge@hclibrary.org
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Original Message:
From: "Heinis, Susan" <SHEINIS@WESTEX.ORG>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Cc:=20
Date: Monday, March 29 2010 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about boys as st=
udents
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/meread/meread.pdf
A guide to improving boys' literacy skills
Susan Heinis MA, MLS
West Essex High School
65 West Greenbrook Road
North Caldwell, NJ 07006
973-228-1200 x252
CDL# 1389
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV=
.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Brown, Linda
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:33 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about b=
oys as students
I can't remember where, but I recently saw something to the effect that boy=
s who had males to read to them had better reading achievement than boys wh=
o had no males to read to them. Some need to see it as something that guys=
do in order to "buy in" apparently.
Linda Brown
Jonesville (MI) High School
lbrown@jonesvilleschools.org
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV=
.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Judy Freeman
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:26 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GEN: Nicholas Kristof 3-28-10 NYTimes article about boys as st=
udents
That Jersey Girl, Josephine Dervan, writes:
> This blog may also be in response to an Op-ed article
> in the Times that Kristof wrote on 3/27 entitled:
> The Boys Have Fallen Behind
>
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28kristof.html?scp=3D1&;
> sq=3DBoys%20and%20books&st=3Dcse>
>
> In the article Kristof discusses how boys in the US are
> falling behind in schools. He also mentions a report
> just issued by the Center on Education Policy which
> confirms that boys have fallen behind in reading in
> every single state. It found, for example, that in
> elementary schools, about 79 percent of girls could
> read at a level deemed =E2=80=9Cproficient,=E2=80=9D compared with
> 72 percent of boys. Similar gaps were found in middle
> school and high school.
>
>
Yes, that's exactly right, Jo. It's the same article, but for
some reason they gave it 2 different titles. The
comments--400+ now, so add yours, if you want,
before they close it--are amazing. Such a wide range
of opinions: it's the boys' fault, it's the girls' fault, it's
too many video games, it's the teachers' fault, it's the
parents' fault. Oh my. (Boys are playing video games for
3 hours a day? Really? Yikes.) I love the ones that say,
"Yeah, boys are bad in school but then they grow up and
become CEO's, senators, and rich." Well, we sure didn't
pick a profession that would make us rich, did we?! Though,
when we aren't getting fired, we have a pretty good time,
inspiring our kids, both girls AND boys, to read great books.
No zillion dollar bonuses for us, but still, not such a bad legacy, right?
Judy
Judy Freeman
Children's Literature Consultant
Reviewer for www.READKIDDOREAD.com
Author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com)
and Once Upon a Time:
Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and
Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6 (2007)
and The WINNERS! Handbook (2009)
65 North Sixth Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
732-572-5634 / BKWSSF@aol.com
www.JudyReadsBooks.com
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