Blog Theme Issues
Well it has been a frustrating day working with Blog Themes. The present theme I am using is not doing what I want it to and there are issues with it showing correctly. The options that I have available just don’t feel right. Blog Themes are very personal things. I will have to go back to the drawing board this weekend to get a better feel. The dilemma is the struggle between as Post based blog or a Static Informational type blog. I need a hybrid and nothing is working right now. So bear with me as I work to get the right “feel” that also does the job it needs to.
Library Book Displays
Feb 11th – The Library has active three book displays on the floor. The first, as you enter, is our Poetry Display. This displays many of our poetry books as well as Anis Mojgani’s Poetry Books in honor of the SAS Poetry Slam, Feb 24-28th. The second display is our Romance Book Display in honor of Valentine’s Day this Friday. The final is our Read-alikes “If you like Ann Patchett you like these” Display. Drop by the library to grab that next great read.
Destiny Ebook Links for the Getty Virtual Library
A great thanks to the Getty Publications Virtual Library (Art). We have been copy cataloging and adding resource links with for as many books as possible that have existing Marc Records. While we have not added the books directly on to our server, we have added the weblink to the book at the Virtual Library so that our students can in their catalog search also find the Getty Virtual Library books as well. This is a huge thing that the Getty Publication Virtual Library has done because it had greatly increased the opportunity for our students to have access to these great resources. We are populating a Public Resource list and when we are finished the project we will add a Copy Category as well. A direct link to the Getty Publication Virtual Library is http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html.
Michael L. Printz Honor and Award Book List
The SAS PD Secondary Library has created a Michael L. Printz Award/Honor Book List of books that the Library has on its shelves.. Check out the link tab above and get straight into the list. You can also download a PDF Version of the list or use the active html version. When you select a title from the Active List you will be taken to SAS PD Destiny Title record for the book. In that our Destiny is open you will be able to view the title record and see if the book/playaway is available at the library. If you want to put a hold on the book you will have to log in your SAS PD Destiny account (Use your student ID and password). You will have to use the back arrow to return from the SAS PD Destiny site to this blog page.
Michael L. Printz Internal Link This link will take you to this blog’s list of Winners and Honor Books
For more information about the Michael L. Printz Award please visit the Official Site http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award or look at the complete Printz Award Winners and Honor Lists at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/printzaward/previouswinners/winners
SAS PD Sec Library now Linked to Twitter
The library blog is now linked to the library Twitter Account. The account address is @SASPDLib. We are trying to rapidly link the Library to the outside world. Not an easy process. One step at at time. :)!
Interactive Library Map Available
The library has made its first attempt using and Interactive Map of the library. The Web Site for creating the map is Maps Alive (http://www.mapsalive.com/). We are using a trial version right now and will if it works out update and refine the images and map.
SAS PD First Lego League Tourney
Jan 24th – The SAS PD First Lego League Tourney will take place on the SAS Pudong Campus January 25th. We, the Secondary Library (Barbara and Tim Boyer, and the MS (Kevin David) with a whole host of Volunteers from the SAS PD campus including others will host 21 MS FLL Teams as they compete in FLL 2013 “Nature’s Fury” Research, Programing Design and Robot Mission competitions. SAS, both the Pudong and Puxi Campuses as well as CISS and HIS have teams involved in this competition. If you are interested in Legos and the Middle School Level Robotics you need to check out First Lego League. For More Links and Information Check out the FLL Link above or go to the First Lego League Web site. More coming soon as pictures and FLL Links are added
First Lego League Web Link – > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2013naturesfury
Watch for Pictures!
Getty Publications Virtual Library Links
Jan 22nd – We have just added links in the Destiny Catalog as well as the SAS Research Database Portal links to the Getty Publications Virtual Library. In addition we are starting to develop “Title” links for the Resources /Publications at this site so that students and teachers can directly use our Destiny catalog to link to searched title records. The title records will point (quick – link) to the electronic publication at the Getty Virtual Library – A big thanks to the Getty for making this resource open. Links to the Getty are below.
Getty Blog Post – Link – > http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/new-virtual-library-offers-over-250-art-books-for-free-download/
Getty Publications Virtual Library – Link – > http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html
SAS Research Database Portal – Link – > http://iwebpx.saschina.org/saslib/SAS_Libraries_1912/SAS_Databases.html
Playing with CSS and Curved Tables
Jan 16 — Tonight I have been playing with changing the old square type tables into curved shaped. I found a Curved Table Generator and have been hard at work generating a “new” look for the Front Welcome Page. The site I used to generate the curved CSS/HTML was http://cssround.com/#. The production of the curved tables was not hard. The hard part was trying to figure out how to place them on the page. I finally moved to using transparent square tables where I placed the new round table cells inside. After that, I cut and pasted the images of the authors and their names into the curved boxes. The formatting of the material inside of the curved boxes was tricky and I have jury-rigged the process. It will probably not work in the long-run, but for right now, it looks way better than it did before.
I took a screen shot of what the web-site looked like (see link above).
SAS PD and First Lego League – Jan 25th Competition
Jan 15th – The SAS Secondary Library is gearing up for the big First Lego Competition on the 25th. There will be 21 teams participating from around the greater Shanghai Region. The students have worked hard since last September and their culminating Tournament will occur on the SAS PD Campus. — More to Come
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