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Best Wishes for the Winter Break
The library has been working to develop a Ipod and Kindle e-library. We are still in the starting mode in the process, but at the moment many ipods are out and nearly all Kindles are out for the Winter Break. In January we will continue to add to this collection. You can check the catalog and look up Ipod or Kindle and then do a Keyword search to see the titles that they hold.
Best Wishes for the Break and the New Year. See you in 2012
We have “Inheritance” by Paolini
Thanks to the Elementary Library we have one paper copy of Paolini’s Inheritance yesterday (Dec 1)and it is already checked out…… It has been downloaded it to our audio Ipods and have copies on our Kindles. The library will be getting more copies of the work this Winter Break, so if you can resist buying it yourself, check back often or make sure you come in right after break.
Kindles and Ipods are up and Running
Beginning mid November, the SAS Pudong Secondary Library started checking out Kindles and Ipods with new book releases. We are in the beginning stage of this rollout but we are getting the handle on the process. Students and Staff can complete a “basic” search the Library Catalog using the the key term Kindle or Ipod and select “Title” Search or “Keyword” Search.
If you are searching for a Kindle you can select the Kindle in the search results by clicking either on the title of the Kindle (Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device) or by selecting the “Available” link. Once you select the Title of the Kindle you will see the “Title Details” for the Kindle. The titles available on the Kindles have been listed in the “Additional Info” Section of the window. If you select the “Available” link you will see the list of the Library Kindles and whether they are available. You can then select the “Title Details” tab to view the specific books that the Kindles hold.
Additionally, you can search for specific title on the Kindles by entering the title of a book and using the basic search screen. Instead of selecting “Title” search you should select “Keyword” search. When you do this to any titles or title parts a Kindle will be one of your search solutions.
The same process can be used to search for Ipod titles. The only difference is that the Library’s Ipod holdings have been broken down into 7 sets. Presently content has been loaded on the to Sets 1-6, with Sets 1-2 have HS Level titles, Sets 3-4 have MS Level Titles, Set 5 having ESOL support Titles, and Set 6 having Christopher Paolini’s book, Inheritance.
This is a evolving process as we work to find better ways to add titles and have them show up in our Destiny Catalog. Check back by and see how this process is proceeding. TSB
SAS Pudong Hosts Follett Destiny Library Workshop
The SAS Pudong Libraries are hosting the Follett Destiny Library Workshop on Nov 7th-8th in the Secondary Library. We are expecting nearly 40 librarians and library assistants to attend. More information and pictures will be added as the workshop unfolds.
Shanghai Librarians Network – Fall 2011
The Librarians of SAS Pudong would like to thank all the organizers of the Fall 2011 SLN Symposium for the great work they did to make this last weekend event memorable. The Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) (http://www.wiss.cn/) played host this year. The Symposium brought together nearly 65 Librarians and Librarian Assistants from Shanghai and the Asia region. The Symposium began Friday (Nov 5th) evening with a supper buffet and the Deli Darbar in Puxi and ended Sunday noon with a visit to the SAS Puxi Elementary and Secondary Libraries and the Rainbow Bridge International School Library (http://www.rbischina.org/). In between, on Saturday, WISS and the Symposium presenters provided a series of “takeaway” learning-sharing sessions. Saturday ended with a “no holds barred” game show contest that pitted library teams against each other as they worked to “locate that obscure bit of knowledge”. Representatives from Follett Publishing, Jennifer Neslon, LLC, and Childroad Inc were present as sponsors/venders. The presenters are working to upload their presentations to the SNL wiki (http://schoollibrarysymposium.wikispaces.com/) so if you are interested in the session topics be sure to check in.
Again a big thanks to the organizers and both old friends met and new friends made. TSB 11/6/11
PS More info coming with Pictures……. as soon as we get time to breath.
More Panda Books Have Arrived from Blue Fountain Books
More Panda books have arrived from Blue Fountain Books. A total list will be placed here soon. TSB 10/26/11
9th Grade Research Project
The 9th Grade English Classes are deep into their Research Project. To assist this I will be placing materials tonight to help. Please drop by the library if you need help in finding resources.
SAS Reads is Just around the Corner
The SAS Campus Divisions are working to finalize plans for this year’s SAS READS program. The READ date is being set, but will most likely occur at SAS Pudong during the month of October or November. Check Back Soon for more information.
SAS Pudong- Secondary Library Eagle Article
The All-New Pudong Secondary Library
SAS Eagle- September 16, 2011
By Tim Boyer, Secondary Librarian, Pudong Campus with assistance from Liam Singleton (Eagle Managing Editor) and Steven Lane (Eagle Executive Editor)
Change is in the air at the secondary library at SAS Pudong campus. For one thing, this will be my first year as a librarian, after many years of teaching biology and science. I am very pleased to finally join the fraternity of librarians, after 16 years of being a librarian-by marriage. My wife Barbara manages the elementary school library at SAS Pudong.
I am luckly to have two capable full-time librarian assistants, Lana Fajardo and Genda Tsou, in addition to the services of Ben Regan, who is also acting as a library assistant in between his other responsibilities, which include teaching in the middle school and coordinating CISSA activities.
There have been many other changes at the library from the start of this year. These include the addition of many new books and DVDs to support research, pleasure reading, and teaching activities. The secondary library now serves more than 1000 students from grades 6-12 as well as the middle and high school faculty and staff. We are home to nearly 20.000 books and resources alongside our modern appliances and facilities.
The library has undertaken a number of structural changes. A new teaching space has been created in the nonfiction study area, to add to the library’s two quiet reading rooms, two lecture rooms, three sound booth rooms, and a computer lab/green room (shared with high school and middle school tech departments).
Working in concert with the three other SAS libraries and their staff, the SAS Pudong Secondary Library hopes to create a vibrant, but support educational environment for its patrons.
Contrary to popular belief, the library is a happening place! Music from the newly installed sound system makes the place hum in the mornings. We play host to many classes and student tours. Nearly all middle school students have either come to the library for orientation or have visited the library for book check-out time. In addition, the library has hosted nearly all the grade 9 and 10 classes. IB groups 4 project uses the library as one of its home bases. A number of teachers routinely bring their students to the library for research or for actual class time. After school the library provides a quiet working space for students and clubs. This year the library will also serve as one of the home bases for SAS’s Model United Nations.
SAS library materials can also be accessed through the SAS Moodle. By entering the Moodle students and faculty can log into “Destiny”. The library portal, which is now housed on the Moodle, acts as the main access for library catalog searches as well as the main entry point for the SAS online databases. Students and parents are encouraged to log in.
For more information about this process, please take the time to visit the SAS Pudong Secondary Library blog. Its link can be found at the high school and middle school main blog pages or through the library portal on the Moodle. The SAS Pudong Secondary Library is waiting to help you. Please visit often; as was written above the door at the famous library of Thebes, you will be entering the “medicine chest of the soul.
Library Happenings in September 2011
The SAS Library has been full of activities this month. Many classes have used the library for research purposes. In September so far 6-10 grade classes have come to the library for Library Orientation Presentations. The orientation presented the resources of the library. In addition students learned how to “Log in to their Destiny”. Research Database access was demonstrated using the Moodle Portal. Finally students reviewed the processes of checking the online catalog for availability of materials and how to check out SAS’s developing Ebook collection.
IB students have used the library resources for research and presentation of their G4 presentations. In the third week of September science students, Chinese Language students, and Middle School Drama students have used the library materials and study rooms. A number of elementary classes have visited the library to view Mr. Olivas’s Terrarium. Pictures of a few of these events have been uploaded to the Library Moments Page.
More info about these and other “Happenings” will be uploaded overtime.
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