Throwback Thursday: Gym day!

Before it was P.E., there was gym class.

http://www.crossfitworks.com/archives/1667

Student Poetry for a Librarian

An 8th grader wrote this poem for an anti-bullying project. The student brought it to Lisa Osur, Holley Librarian. The author wishes to remain anonymous but asked the poem to be shared.

Here you are,

Surrounded by books,

That make my day.

I read these stories,

Get lost in their pages,

Find joy in the simplest of things,

My message here to you is…

 

“Books are my family,

My friends,

And I disappear inside them,

To escape the people who insisted,

I disappear for real.”

 

Books saved me from bullies,

And you gave me those books,

That saved me,

That saved my life,

Thank you.

I only ask one thing of you,

Pass this poem on,

Give it to your family,

Your friends,

Anyone who will listen.

Post in on a website,

Something,

Just as long as the message is heard.

Books saved my life from bullying.

Give a book,

Save a life.

Destiny Universal Search

Destiny will be upgraded during the summer vacation to Version 12.0.

Two new features will be UNIVERSAL SEARCH and CURRICULUM TAGS in records.

 

 

A brief video from Follett about Universal Search is located on the right side of
 this linked page.

 

 

 

 

Inventory

There is an Inventory Using Destiny workshop on Thursday May 15th.

Contact Library Automation lat@monroe2boces.org to reserve scanners. 

 

Fun Friday - secret libraries in NYC

While wandering around Neatorama, nestled between a post of people who look like Michael Ciera and one featuring a T-shirt for The Hunger Games District 3 Electricians,  I found this gem http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/secret-libraries-of-new-york-city by Allison Meier. Secret libraries in NYC!

The Hispanic Society of America, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, and The Center for Fiction are pictured below. Talk about special collections! Your next trip to the Big Apple could include a visit to a secret library. 

photograph by the author Allison Meier

photograph by the author Allison Meier

via centerforfiction.org

How to create a ‘static’ link for a Resource List or Visual Search button

How to create a ‘static’ link for a Resource List or Visual Search button

1.      Do not log in to Destiny

2.      Use the traditional (classic) catalog

3.      Select a public resource list or visual search

4.      Copy the URL in the web address bar

Use the copied url. Add ‘& and your catalog site number’ at the end.

What’s a site umber? The number indicates the order of installation during Destiny installation. The first library installed in your district has the site number 100, the second has number 101. You can figure it out by testing the url with 100, then 101, etc. The ones that take you to the district’s catalog are NOT your site number. You can reply to this email and I’ll send you the site number. You can also email lat@monroe2boces.org for the information.

This is a url to a Resource List “Common Core 4^th and 5^th Grade” at Craig Hill Elementary.

http://destiny.greece.k12.ny.us/cataloging/servlet/presentbooklistform.do?listID=2307750&site=106

Notice the &site=106 at the end. 106 is Craig Hill's site number. 

Here’s link to the SLS eBook Publisher Visual search from Churchville Elementary.

http://library.cccsd.org/cataloging/servlet/presentvisualsearchdisplayform.do?groupid=974&searchHistoryID=&site=104

Notice the &site=104 at the end. Churchville Elementary site number is 104.

This a link to websites provided by Destiny about inventors from Kendall Elementary.

http://library.kendallschools.org/cataloging/servlet/presentbooklistform.do?l2m=ResourceLists&collectionType=3&listID=1845547&site=101

Here’s the link attached to a picture. Kids can click on the picture to see the list of websites in Destiny that were selected for their use.  

 

 

 

 

Holley, Kendall and Wheatland have 2 sites – it is easy for them to figure out their site number. Remember, you can reply to this email and I’ll send you the site number. You can also email lat@monroe2boces.org for the information.

Friday Fun

Since spring is here and we're showing a little more skin...Mentalfloss posted a list of  24 Awesome Librarian Tattoos. 

I've considered getting a small text tattoo. 'So it goes' from Slaughterhouse Five seems to be popular. Perhaps 'We're all mad here' from Alice in Wonderland? Do you have some library ink?