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Lots of new books: Come to the library and see the books that have been donated or purchased. New titles include many Louis L'Amour books that we have not previously had in the library as well as Charlain Harris Vampire books, Alex Rider mystery series by Anthony Horowitz and the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Come in and suggest books for purchase.

Don't be blinded: The custodial staff is working to replace the lights in the library. That makes a big difference in how well we can see in here. It is great!

See you next time. 2/25/10

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Ordering State Library Materials for History Day or Research Papers: Great sources of information are available for free through the school library. Come and see Colleen Brunner in the high school library and get all the info you need for that paper!

New Books: Did you know there are brand new books in the HS Library! Come and check them out!

Posted 1/15/09** 

Semester Test Info: Hope you had fun taking the test. Did you read all the questions through first? LOL Posted 12/16/08

=IT'S BEEN A WHILE =

Well, school has started (yeah I know, a long time ago), and I am behind. That is a common state for me. It took a while to get a student aid in place so that I could toss all the grunt work that way, but I did finally get Colin in place. Even though he doesn't really enjoy being a library aid he actually is pretty good at it. He gets to do such things as check books in and out, take care of the mail, order and return state library materials and shelve books. Yeah, he loves that one. :o)

We just received our first shipment of new books. I just love to open a box of new books. They smell great (no pizza spills yet or grease spots from the dog licking the pages), they have nice crisp pages and the stories, you just can't beat sitting down with a good book. The kids are busy taking Accelerated Reader tests, stacking up points and hoping to be chosen for the fall field trip to Borders bookstore and then out to eat. That will happen on December 3 so it's not far away. Lists will be posted, hopefully today, and kids will dig into the competition with even more enthusiasm.

Let's go to the library!!

=FINAL PROJECT=

I am using this Wiki as my final project in a Library Sciences Technology class. I still need to try to figure out how I might be able to put in a Power Point or an audio or video file. (posted 7/23/08)

LIBRARY STYLE With the advent of different things in our lives come new experiences. This summer I thought I had it made. I was taking just two college summer courses, both in library sciences. The first was a Cataloging and Classifications class. It was probably one of the hardest, if not the hardest college class I have taken so far. For those who do not know anything about MARC records in the library, these are the search records that identify and find the book/item. They have "tags", literally dozens, that you have to know the different codes for to be able to write or proof/change them. I would venture to say that it is harder than math classes. I had 20 assignments over the 8 week period as well as 4-6 reading assignments, discussion postings and a final project worth 100 points. I was scared and each assignment took me anywhere between 2-6 hours to accomplish.

I just got my grade in the class today. When I was sure I would barely pass, if even that, I ended up with a B. Surprise. Pleasant surprise.

The other class is an Education class with a focus on technology in the library environment. I am learning things like building a video clip, an audio clip, and all sorts of things in areas I have not yet ventured into. But it should help me with helping the students in my library and study hall.

I have just one library science class to take this fall and then I will have my certification. Hooray! (posted 07/08/08)

The following was originally published June 13, 2008 at http://lastingimagesphotosdesign.blogspot.com/2008/06/beginning-blog.html Today, I build a blog. For a class on learning. And thus I am learning..