SPRING BOOK DISPLAY IDEA

Spring sports just started last week in our district. I took a $1 green plastic tablecloth (the dollar store by Kmart has become my new best friend!) and cut it in half. Use one half to cover a box and the other half to cover a table/counter, etc.

I pulled various non-fiction books about golf, baseball, track& field, and soccer, then displayed them on this table. I also found some fiction books about baseball.

"Jump into a good book" "Swing into a good book", etc.!

Just an idea for an easy display!
Ann at LYMDSR

Flickr Editing

Flicker picture editing tip.
I found if I was in Citrix I could not download the Flickr editing program. When I closed out of Citrix I could. It is basic but it works just fine for my needs at this time.

Periodicals

Per our Media Clerk meeting today regarding periodicals, I wanted to post this question:

What periodicals work for your library and what Library are you located in? We are weeding out a few, and adding a few new. I would like a good technology magazine for teens, and a snowboard magazine (both Middle School level). Have you had any luck on these topics where they are popular with your students, and if so what magazines are they?
Thank You!

Flip Video Camera Update

Multimedia message
Originally uploaded by Bud the Teacher

Well...we love the ease of use, the portability of the video files, the price, and all the ideas for use in the library. We plan on getting, at least, a couple more to get into the hands of teachers and students for projects. When everything works...

A word of caution: There does seem to be some issues with the Flip Video Camera software working on the district server. It won't work on the Citrix environment, either. The software actually resides in the camera, but the computer still has to recognize it when it is plugged into the USB port.

Our hero, Nick from DTS, spent a lot (a lot) of time trying to make this work for us. So far? ...well, it is still showing some errors when we plug the camera in. We'll do some more playing, editing, and investigating to make sure this is a great camera for use in the library.

Just a note: I plan on getting one for my own use. It works like a dream on a non-school computer (my laptop or home computer). When time permits (?), I'll post a sample video here for you to view. Coming soon...

Photo: Multimedia message Originally uploaded by Bud the Teacher

Flicker Frustration

I have decided to trust Flickr and have begun to upload my many, many pictures from my documents files. What I am getting frustrated with is the slowness of this program. So far I can only load 6 at a time. This is too labor intensive when you have tons. Has anyone found an easier way to download more at a time? Also, Flickr only is set up with three "sets". Surely they jest. How can anyone have but three identifiers. I understand the tag vs set but I don't see using the tags as I would use the sets. Can anyone help me?

ILL Checkin

Good morning, Everyone! I'm just doing an update to the issue that I brought up at the last MC meeting. Lynn was nice enough to run a test with me and I found that when she returned to me the book that was ILL'd to her...I checked it in, but the CI window came up with no text in it. When I rescanned the barcode, I got a "this book wasn't checked out" error window. However, when I checked the barcode in the system, it showed "shelving cart". So, even though the first scan produced no text in the CI window, the book actually had been categorized properly. My suggestion is that instead of having a blank window show up on first scan, have it show "shelving cart" as it does with any other checked in book.

Have a great day, Ladies! Kim