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A Glimpse into the Future...
Don't forget to register for the November 17th Quarterly Meeting, where you'll get the
latest, greatest future trends for libraries.
"The future is like heaven -- everyone exalts it but no one wants to go there
now"
James Baldwin
It is exciting to look ahead to our futures, but just remember...
"The most effective way to cope with change is to help create it"
L. W. Lynett
Come and learn how you can help to create the future for your libraries!
Items submitted by:
Lori Putt - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| Kids Connect - Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Youth
Services Consultant |
Homeschoolers and Libraries
There are currently 1.23 million home schooled children in America. According to
statistics, http://www.hslda.org/central/statsandreports/ray1997/03.stm,
this means there are more home schooled children nationwide than there are public school
students in the states of Wyoming, Vermont, Delaware, North Dakota, Alaska, South Dakota,
Rhode Island, Montana and Hawaii combined. So if you feel the number of home schooled
children using your library is increasing, you are probably correct.
An Ohioan, Sue Scheps from Bertram Woods Branch, Shaker Heights, has updated a booklet
published by the Public Library Association in 1993 on home schooled children. In addition
to revising information, coverage was increased to book form and is now released by the
American Library Association. Titled “The Librarian’s Guide to Home schooling
Resources” (ALA, 1998), Sue personally told me that ALA informed her the book is
selling quickly - over 800 copies in two months. Obviously, libraries across the country
were hungry for such a resource. Chapters include: potential problems in serving
homeschoolers, staff bias against
homeschoolers, censorship and materials purchasing, what homeschoolers want from public
libraries, home schooling laws, sample programs and services, national home schooling
organizations, state and regional organizations, correspondence schools, publishers and
distributors of home schooling resources, homeschooling periodicals, and a bibliography of
articles, books and web sites. One of my favorite web sites is by the Home Education Press
and can be found at http://www.home-ed-press.com
I was quite impressed to see Kinsman Public Library’s web page on home schooling
resources. http://www.kinsman.lib.oh.us/teachers.htm
Check
out their site for many other links and useful information. You might want to include a
similar section on your library’s web page.
Children’s Book Week
It is less than a week until youth services librarians engage in one of their busiest
programming weeks of the year. At my library, Lima Public, http://www.lima.lib.oh.us, we are emphasizing family
programming. In addition to a special family storytime of twisted folktales and songs, we
are encouraging families to complete book bingo (by reading several books together) and
then being invited to a special magic show. Also during the week, we will have an online
book trivia quiz - one for younger readers and the other for older readers with prizes for
all those who answer questions correctly. Check it out for fun and see how
many questions you can answer. We are also sponsoring illustrator/author Chris Soentpiet
(Silver Packages, More than Anything Else, and many more) for both the public and two
programs for local school children.
What are your library’s plans for Children’s Book Week? Please share your ideas
on the NOLA youth services listserv ( just send to [email protected]).
It may help the rest of us plan activities for National Library Week!
Did you check out the Children’s Book Council site this year? (sponsors of
Children’s Book Week). http://www.cbcbooks.org
This is a site you will want to bookmark for it is loaded with useful information such as:
planning theme classes or special exhibits at libraries, a sneak peek at publishers picks
for the newest bestsellers, 13 Exciting Reading Activities for Children, author and
illustrator links, author and illustrator visits, etc. Recommend this site to your local
school teachers too.
Items submitted by:
Sue McCleaf Nespeca - Email
Youth Services Consultant
| From the Workshop Bench of Melissa
Lattanzi |
Inclement Weather Cancellations
Don't Let it snow , let it snow!! The
colder weather is upon us and it will be important for participants to know if a workshop
has been cancelled due to weather conditions. Between the the months of November and
March members can choose extension 12 on the voice mail system for the most recent
cancellation information. The voice mail will be updated by 7:00 AM on the day of
the workshop.
CUSTOMIZING THE TOOLBARS IN MICROSOFT OFFICE
Did you know that you could add additional toolbar buttons to
the existing toolbar in any Microsoft Office product. To do so go to the View
menu and choose Toolbar, and Customize and then the Commands
Tab. Locate the Category (menu choice) on the left
side of the dialog box and you will see the buttons on the right under the Commands.
Simply place your mouse on top of the button of your choice and hold down the mouse
button and drag the toolbar button to the toolbar on the top of the window and place the
mouse arrow between two other toolbar buttons and let go of the mouse button. Your
new button will then appear.
Don't forget to sign up for the Excel intermediate class for
more time saving techniques. To register http://www.nolanet.org/cfdocs/eventdetail.cfm?EventID=16
Items submitted by:
Melissa Lattanzi - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
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