ECIS Librarians Conference – Waterloo, Belgium
Sep 27th – The ECIS Librarians Conference in Waterloo Belgium is nearly over. Many great presentations with messages that work to push the boundaries of librarianship. It has been great to to have the opportunity to listen, gain information, be challenged, and make new contacts. I will be bringing home to SAS a new vigor to further advance our library and better meet the needs of our students. I have been a bit resistant about making radical changes in the library over the last few years but now is the time for change. The world of libraries is continuing to change and the challenge is to not follow the wave, but to ride the crest. It is a bit of a wild ride then one makes the decision to make some bold moves but the time is now before it is too late. tsb 9/27/14
Students in the Library Sep 23
Sep 23-24th- The library was a “full” place yesterday. With the rain, students were “trapped” inside. The library was a happening place. In addition to reading and studying, students played “Happy Birthday” for Glenda on her birthday, played checkers, worked puzzles, and much more. Some of the scenes from yesterday are below. Hope you enjoy.
SAS PD Secondary Librarians off to ECIS Triennial Conference – Belgium
Sep 24th – The SAS PD Secondary Librarians are off to Belgium to attend the ECIS Triennial Conference. Barbara Boyer is presenting her work with MS Humanities Research that uses Lego MindCraft as a vehicle to direct the research into Ancient Egypt Tomb Building. Her work on “Tombs for Sale” can be viewed through her website at (http://sites.saschina.org/pdmslibrary/). Tim Boyer will be also attending the conference working to network and connect with librarians around the world. See you at ECIS!
Library News – Sep 24th – JSTOR has introduced a Search Widget
Sep 24th – JSTOR has just sent out a “Search” widget that can be placed on a web page. I grabbed it this morning and incorporated into our Destiny Home page and it works. There is some modification that needs to happen if patrons access out of our school IP address range, but it looks like a very promising little addition. Nice Job JSTOR!
FollettShelf has a New eReader for Computers and Personal Devices
Sep 12th. Well FollettShelf has brought out its new eReader Platform for PC/Macs and Personal Devices. It is called BryteWave K-12. The App for personal devices (ipads, iphones, and androids) can be located on the App Store. The App for PC/Macs can be located at the following address
https://reader.follettshelf.com/mobileReader/brytewavek12/apps.html
I have replaced the former apps on my computer(s) and idevices and have had no problems. The download of the ebooks has gone smoothly even with the slow bandwidth we have been recently experiencing. If this really works, it will open a new door to FollettShelf materials and may make them more viable at SAS.
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