Chore Two - Becoming an Opportunity

The new walls have been completed. (Behind the right wall is a classroom like the one on the left which currently is our elementary computer lab. ALL the books are on tables, most covered with plastic to protect them during construction. All the walls are newly painted off white.

Thought at first we could get by with leaving a couple bookcases alone until construction was done. But, ended up emptying ALL the shelves. The last two got a bit jumbled because my aide and I didn't do them. Oh, well.

#37 Polls and Surveys

I didn't realize just how easy this is. The hard part is getting the right questions. I put a short survey on my library webpage using SurveyMonkey. Then I added a poll about movies made from books. Since it expires in a week I think I will make a new one when school starts.

I put them on my webpage because I wanted to use them with my students. This is my webpage - Hawks Library.

I don't know exactly how I would use polls and surveys, but I think I will find some ways this year.

Chore One complete

Today we finished weeding. It went much faster than anticipated. We have over sixty boxes of books to be transported into town AFTER the shelves are brought in AFTER the new walls are built. With a few exceptions the books will be processed into the system over the next school year.

It is a relief seeing everything ready to go to town or to new homes elsewhere. I did save a few "oldies but goodies" as examples of why a collection needs to be weeded. Hawaii waiting to be the forty-ninth state, etc.

Opportunity or Chore

This summer I will have a great opportunity or a dreadful chore. We have closed our K-8 rural school and made the decision to put all library service in one physical location. The K-12 school currently houses the collection in two locations, one in the HS/MS and one in the elementary. Consequently I am always in the wrong location whenever someone is looking for me.
School is out and I have finished weeded the in town collection. Monday we start on the rural school collection. I have volunteered grandchildren to help.

Nebraska Learns 2.0 #35

I am ladyhawk on Wakoopa.
It has been a long time between activities for me. I decided I needed to get back in the game. Wakoopa might not have been the best place to start, but you have to start somewhere.

I had a hard time inviting you, Michael. I didn't have an email address, finally figured out where to get one today. (I'm a little slow this time of year.) Joining the Librarians Team was easier. I could not figure out where or how to write a review. I couldn't figure out the widget. When I tried it and previewed the link it would show my profile page. When I clicked on the link on Rapunzel 2.0 I was sent to Smart Shopper.com. Neither seemed to be what was desired.

I didn't find too many surprises when I looked at my profile. At home I often play games. I find Wakoopa interesting, curious; but I don't think I would use it very much. I am at Devotee level. I guess I found this one of the more interesting things about this site. One strange thing happened. I downloaded a free trial game - Montezuma's Treasure. It showed up on my profile as Сокровища Монтесумы. As a school librarian I doubt I would use it at work. It would not be my decision anyway.

Getting Social with World Cat

I have used WorldCat, BUT not like this. I use it for looking up items that a teacher is looking for - books on a topic that we don't have, a video to match a book, etc.)This was quite interesting. I created a profile, used a picture from my better days. Not all my favorite libraries were listed on World Cat. I found two. (For some reason the school library name is misspelled.)

I created two lists - "libraries and librarians in juvenile fiction" and "Middle School Fiction" and started to follow a science fiction list. These lists would be handy for reference if someone wanted a book on a topic I was not very familiar with or if a teacher wanted several books on a special topic. Or you could start a list "books I've read" and refer others to it. You could refer patrons to this site and lists you have created in place of printed lists of books on favorite topics (Christmas, dolphins, baseball, etc)

I didn't link any books on this blog to WorldCat, but I did link some on my other blog where I have been doing book reviews. http://wpmu.esu13.org/cmatthew

summer begins

Just had to try Spell with flickr again. Finally got it to work!!
School is out, but inventory is not complete. My garden plot is tilled, but not planted. I have a new computer; upgraded from Windows 2000 to Vista. I have A LOT of relearning to do and I still haven't transferred everything from the old to the new, or downloaded what was on the old. Guess, I better start setting up a new To Do list.