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Turkey Talk
Ahhh … its that time of the year again – Thanksgiving. With
Thanksgiving comes a plethora of reference questions about pilgrims,
Indians, and of course turkey! Reflinks has answers to all of your
Thanksgiving queries.
There are several links at http://www.reflinks.org/900/970/974.htm
which
explore the historical significance of the holiday, including the
Pilgrim Hall Museum and Caleb Johnson’s Mayflower Web Pages. You can
even take a “Thanksgiving Stroll Through the Ages” at America’s
Homepage.
For information an a whole host of Thanksgiving traditions, including,
crafts, stories, and party etiquette check out Thanksgiving at HomeArts
or Thanksgiving with Reader’s Digest at
http://www.reflinks.org/300/390/394.htm.
Finally, what Thanksgiving would be complete without a feast of thanks?
Butterball’s web site can help you baste a better bird, provides tips on
turkey carving and offers ideas for how to serve holiday leftovers.
Finish the meal off with a pie recipe from PieRecipe.com. Both of these
sites plus many more appetizing sties on cookery can be found at
http://www.reflinks.org/600/640/641.htm.
Check out the complete harvest of links that the Reflinks project picked
at www.reflinks.org.
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Reflinks Members [email protected]
| The Director's Desk - Millie Fry |
Will You Do Some of Your Holiday Shopping Online?
According to the November 17, 1998 issue of USA
Today (p. B1) more than 40% of adult computer owners plan to shop online this year -
up 330% from last year. Here are the gifts that they plan to purchase on-line:
Music 46%
Books 46%
Clothing 37%
Software 32%
Videos 30%
Flowers 17%
Food 16%
Computer hardware 15%
Airline tickets 10%
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Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| 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.
CORPORATE TRAINING
NOLA is holding a Holiday Open house on Wednesday December 9,
1998 from 3:00PM-7:00PM. This will give NOLA the opportunity to display our training
center to area businesses. We will begin to heavily market our computer training to
area business starting in January. This marketing effort is to fulfill NOLA's
Long-Range Plan to increase funding through corporate training.
Upcoming Continuing Education Opportunities
Just a reminder that there will be Reference Services
Interest group on Monday November 30. The REFLINKS project will be demonstrated
for all who attend. The REFLINKS group gave an outstanding presentation at the OLC
annual conference. They will be repeating the wonderful program for the interest
group.
Don't Forget to Sign up for the FREE Measuring Library Services
workshop on December 1, 1998.
Last but not least please sign up for the Intermediate Excel class
on December 8 and Microsoft
Access 97 on December 18.
Look forward to an educational and exciting Continuing
Education Calendar in 1999.
Items submitted by:
Melissa Lattanzi - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| Education Station - Lori Putt/CE
Consultant |
1999 Continuing Education Plan
"Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged
mind." Pitman
The 1999 Continuing Education programs for Winter/Spring have now all been planned and
slotted into the appropriate days and times through June, 1999. Now, all we have to do is
work the plan, as they say.
Last week, I mentioned that I was going to save all of you
from having to drive in the snow...well, no such luck! We have scheduled a skeleton
schedule of classes for mid to late January and February, to ensure that you have access
to the courses and workshops that you requested. Melissa Lattanzi and I have tried very
hard to take any other major time constraints in your schedules into consideration in this
year's course plan. To do that, we had to slot a few classes into the early part of
Winter, 1999. Oh well...we tried!
I must say, we do have "well arranged time" scheduled, but I would have to
disagree with (Pitman quote above) in well-arranged minds...Melissa and I certainly don't
have well-arranged minds after working on this plan!
"Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark."
Richard Cushing
We will be e-mailing directors shortly to give you some "Save the Date"
information on the early courses scheduled for 1999, and to get some additional input on
some of the exciting workshops that we have in store for you and your staff in the coming
months!
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Lori Putt - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| Kids Connect - Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Youth
Services Consultant |
Ants, Bugs and Star Wars
"Tis the Season" for several movies to be released
that are suitable for childen/teens to attend over the holidays.
Why not jump on the wagon and have a display of books related to the movies?
ANTZ
Antz has already been released and is still enjoying popularity. The movie is being
advertised as a family movie but beware - there is a PG rating. The cast of
"voices" is incredible: Woody Allen, Anne Bancroft, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin,
Danny Glove, Gene Hackman, Sy Stallone, Sharon Stone and Christopher Walker. The story
takes place on an ant colony beneath Central Park. The ants are accustomed to working for
the colony - what happens when one ant wants to be an individual? This is the first
animated film from DreamWorks. Roger Ebert rates it 3 1/2 stars. Visit the site at: http://www.pepsi.com/antz
There is one book: Antz: Junior Novelization by Ellen Weiss, DreamWorks Press, 1998.
(Paperback)
Related books to display:
Two Bad Ants by Chris VanAllsburg Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinore J. Pinczes. Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in its Pants by Joanna Cole. Turtleback Books, 1996.
The Day the Ants Got Really Mad! by George Edward Stanley. (Scaredy Cats series) Aladdin
Paperbacks, 1996.
A BUG'S LIFE
This family movie is being released November 25. Ants (again ants) and circus bugs
confront the grasshoppers who each summer menace ants on Ant Island. The movie is from the
creators of Toy Story. Voices by Julie Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey and Phyllis Diller.
Visit the site at: http://www.disney.com/DisneyPictures/bugslife
There are numerous books being released:
A Bug's Life by Justine Korman. Disney Press, 1998. Paperback
A Bug's Life:Classic Storybook. MouseWorks, 1998.
A Bug's Life by Jeff Kurtti, Pixar Studio. Disney Press, 1998.
A Bug's Life (Disney's Pixar A Bug's Life) by Justine Korman. Golden, 1998.
The Big Rescue (Disney's Pixar A Bug's Life) by Eric Suben. Golden, 1998.
STAR WARS:EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE
Not to be released until May 21, 1999. Can you believe that Tuesday, people paid
money to see the two-minute trailer and then left before the movie was aired? Starring
Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, and Natalie Portman. Visit the site and see the trailer at: http://www.starwars.com/episode-i/
No books on this episode yet, but you may want to have the following on hand for your
teens if you can afford the $50 price tag:
Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen San Sweet. Ballantine, 1998.
Next Week: Pigs, Rugrats, and Wizards
Homeschooling Cont.
Kathy Sauline, former director at Girard Public Library and now teaching at Kent
State Trumbull Campus, reminded me that there are many sites for homeschoolers
on the OPLIN page - Oh Kids Section. Check those out also - particularly if you are making
links off your web page.
Items submitted by:
Sue McCleaf Nespeca - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| From the Field - Brad Stephens |
Carnegie Library Names Director
Ted Allison has accepted the position of library director at
Carnegie Public Library (East Liverpool). Mr. Allison brings over 18 years of
professional experience to the library, having served as library director for both the
Wayne County and Bellevue Public Libraries. The NOLA staff would like to offer
congratulations to Mr. Allison on his new appointment and wish him the best of luck with
this new position.
Coming Soon to a Desktop Near You
Both Netscape and Microsoft are publicly releasing beta
versions (MS an executable and Netscape the source code) of their 5.0 web browser
software. The early reviews don't indicate that either product will offer many
significant new features impacting the end user, as many of the changes will be
"under the hood". The biggest change for the library community will be
increased use of metadata by browsers allowing authors of documents to more fully describe
the content.
Get the Beta Versions: Netscape, Microsoft
(Please note: This is BETA software that is NOT supported by either vendor.)
Want to
know more?
A request for help
I am looking for "how to" information on forming a
book discussion group and would appreciate any and all information. My E-Mail address is [email protected] or you may call me at
440-593-1644.
Many thanks.
Debbie Zingaro
Conneaut Public Library
Items submitted by:
Brad Stephens - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
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