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2012 – 13 Year off to a Great Start
August 26th, 2012. We have had a whirlwind of activity in the library over the last 16 days. All the new books received have been processed and available for checkout and they have been flying off the shelf. We are still waiting for our last container order of nearly 600 books which we hope to receive soon.
We have welcomed the addition of Barbara Boyer from the Elementary School Library to the Secondary School Library. This has greatly expanded the library’s reach to teachers and students. With Barbara’s help the library is fully staffed and ready to assist students and teachers in their reading and information literacy needs.
Over the past 16 days we have over 1500 books and DVD’s checked out. We have seen all the 6th, 7th and 8th grade humanities classes and many of the 9th and 10th grade English classes. These classes have all had a brief into to the library and its procedures and had the opportunity to check out materials. The library has played host to some General Environmental Science Classes and Chemistry classes who search the library for information to complete their scavenger hunts. In addition during this time the library has hosted many teacher and admin meetings and is looking forward to continuing to assist the SAS community in this regard. A note, the library is now tracking visitations and has been averaging over 600 visitors daily since the school year began. We have had one day (Thursday, the first week of school) that we had over 950 visitors to come through the library in one day! This was not all library connected in that Instructional Tech and the Apple center were working to assist students in the Mac rollouts, but if one does the math, and I have, that is nearly 2 visitors per minute between 7 and 4 pm coming to the Library Media Center for assistance. Thats a lot of contact. Bring it on.
We have greatly expanded our non-fiction holdings, our HS and MS fiction holdings, and our DVD collection. We have also rolled out additional magazines for various departments and are looking forward to a great year of reading and researching. Our magazines can be checked out over night. Our books can be checked out for 2 weeks with 1 renewal period per book. We also have our Kindles available. While there are not a lot of titles on the Kindles at this time, we have a plan to work to fill them up. We also have a functional E-Library. While there are very few titles at present, one of our major tasks over the year is to work to make that a robust library that can provide students and teachers an additional avenue for finding that pleasure read.
So SAS, the Pudong Secondary Library is already hard at work and looking forward to another great year. Have you found that next great book to read? If not, drop in on the Library and lets see what we can find for you! TSBoyer
Sad Loss of Ellen Nugent
The SAS Librarians, with others will be gathering together this Tuesday, June 5th, for a memorial time in honor of Ellen Nugent. Ellen, SAS Puxi Middle School Librarian, suddenly and unexpectedly died this past Monday (May 28th). Ellen was a veteran Teacher/Librarian with 17 years at SAS. I, as many others, depended and counted on Ellen’s knowledge and practical wisdom. This was my first year in a library of my own. I was on the phone weekly, if not daily, talking and running things by Ellen as I worked on budgets, purchasing, author visits and much more. I will remember the many meetings together, the conferences, and Destiny discussions. Thank you Ellen. You will be missed… TBoyer (June 3, 2012)
Last ILL’s filled on April 27th
April 24th, Our Last ILL’s will be sent/received on April 27th. After that day, the SAS Libraries will not fill any ILLs to our sister libraries. This will allow the SAS libraries time to reclaim the books off campus and begin the year end inventory. Time to get your ILL books back in. Thanks.
Additions to World Library Page
Following EARCOS 2012……A lot of work has been done to identify as many of the EARCOS Schools that have “findable” public Library links and add them to this blog’s World Library Page. This content addition is meant as a help for librarians in the region as we work to develop our sites to better serve our patrons. We each have our talents and abilities and I hope each librarian/library listed is open to sharing. If your library would like to be removed from the list, please contact Tim Boyer (SAS Pudong) at timothy.boyer@saschina.org .
James Gurney Author Visit March 21-23, 2012
James Gurney and his wife, Jeanette, visited the SAS Pudong campus, March 21st-23rd. They were amazing. James, the author of Dinotopia and other works is an author-artist-illustrator of great talent. He present to classes in all our divisions. He treated our HS art students to tips and techniques. He presented to our MS students the process of scientific research for his dinosaur art and illustrations and how he goes about developing and finishing his work. He, in a marathon series of sessions presented to all our ES students, preK-5th the wonders that flow from his hands, treating our students to dinosaurs riding and flying over McDonalds. He left behind a great many images, and to a few special students, specialized birthday cards. The SAS Libraries wish to thank James and Jeanette for their efforts and talents shared with our students.
Slide Show of James Gurney’s Visit
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James Gurney’s Visit – March 21-23, 2012
James Gurney’s Visit to SAS Pudong
Lasky and Knight Have Arrived
March 12, 2012
Kathryn Lasky and Christopher Knight have arrived at SAS Pudong. Today Kathryn meet with the 7th grade Humanities classes describing her work with special emphasis on the production and background to the book, “The Last Girls of Pompeii”. Her meeting schedule is full through the rest of the week as she touches base the 8th Grade, 6th Grade, HS Journalism, and IB English classes. At the end of the week she will be meeting and talking with the 5th Grade in Mrs. Boyer’s Elementary Library.
Christopher Knight, the photographic side of the family meet with the IB Env & Society HS classes and discussed his photographic background, his work the National Geographic, and the work behind the production of two non-fiction books that Kathryn and Christopher developed together. The connections he made to his life and work, his love of boats, and his journey were inspiring, bringing back memories for the teachers present at the presentation.
Kathryn and Christopher will continue they work for the rest of the week at SAS Pudong. We are happy host them and are please that they were able to come to visit with us. For more information about their visit, please contact the SAS Pudong Secondary Library.
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
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