The Loquacious Library
A Newsletter from the SHS Library
Staff:
Susan Myers, Irene Tighe, Myra Webb
October 2009
Lab/Library Use
emember that during the two weeks before the end of the nine weeks, themain library will be available to classes for book use only. If you need computers, please reserve the lab. Students requestedthis because those two weeks are crunch timefor them and they need computer access for typing papers. Thank you.
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No Study Hall Concern
New teachers may not beaware of our hours.Students who do not havestudy hall can still enter the library media center.Students have TWOHOURS of access whenthey do not need a pass. Students can comefrom 7:00-8:00, during both lunches, and3:15-3:45 without a pass and work on projects, type papers, etc. This is every dayand exclusive of study halls.
Glass Case Display
Thank you to Steve Eargle and Jim Hartellfor displaying their items in the glass case atthe front of the library. If you would like touse our display, please let us know, and wewill schedule you in.
Decorating the Library
Thank you Steve Jobe for donating USHistory posters to the media center. Stevealso took the time to hang them up for us. If you have any beautification ideas, pleasesend them our way!Classes - Library104Classes - Lab81Walk-Ins3925Circulation1050
Principal’s Reading Honor Roll
Please remind students that if they have areading log, they need to give us the title of the book they have read. We will not enter books automatically for them. Also, remindstudents to blog about four titles onhttp://vikingsread.wordpress.com.
Playaways
hirty-four Playaways are available for check-out in the media center. APlayaway is a 3” X 2” hard case device thathas a book on it. Each Playaway is adifferent book, and users can not add anyother content. To see our complete list of titles, pull of the Media Center Catalog.Type Playaway in the search box and click Keyword. On the next screen, click on theSearch All Words tab to see the complete listof titles.
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Diigo
Consider signing up for Diigo andencouraging your students to use this social bookmarking website. Users can bookmark and tag web pages, highlight passages, andattach sticky notes to specific highlights or anentire page. Annotations can be kept private,shared with a group, or sent to an individual.Susan’s Diigo library is athttp://www.diigo.com/user/Rudimyers if youneed an example.
Word of the Week
We love suggestions for the word of theweek. Students and teachers have beengiving us words touse. We also enjoyhearing Jay Jeter usethe word all throughthe week.Remember the wordis on the first glass
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