MEMBER LIBRARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
No. 04-04 January 30, 2004
KATHY PARKHURST, ILL/Reference Coordinator
Encyclopedia Britannica is currently offering some special deals on the following reference sets:
Encyclopedia Britannica 2003, 32 volumes for $995.00 (list price $1,295)
2004 Compton’s Encyclopedia, 26 volumes for $599.00 (list price $699.00) + 26 S&H
My First Britannica 2004, 13 volumes for $199.00 (list price $249) + $15 S&H
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2003, 1 volume for $29.95 (list $59.95) + $7.00 S&H
For more information contact Encyclopedia Britannica at 1-800-270-4790
Interlibrary Loan Lending Policies
It’s not too late for a new year’s resolution to loan more materials to other libraries through interlibrary loan!
More and more libraries are deciding to loan their books-on-tape (or CDs) and videocassettes (or DVDs) to other libraries.
Is your library one of them? Attached is a chart of member libraries’ current lending policies.
Contact Kathy Parkhurst if your library’s policies are different than represented on this chart.
ROBERT McLAUGHLIN, Cataloging Services
Video and sound fast adds on Dynix:
Remember to always include the following to all video and sound recording fast adds you create:
[videorecording]
[sound recording]
Because fast adds provide such limited information, adding these bracketed phrases allows patrons to easily distinguish the video or sound recording items from books of the same name. You may add “DVD” or “VHS” if you wish to make a further distinction. For example:
Book: Pirates of the Caribbean
Video: Pirates of the Caribbean [videorecording DVD]
Once your fast add holding is transferred to a permanent bib record, the video or sound recording title will show up like this:
Pirates of the Caribbean [videorecording] : the curse of the Black Pearl. The distinction “DVD” is no longer included, but on your public access catalog, there should be a graphic icon displayed that indicates the item is a DVD.
If you have ANY questions about video and sound recording cataloging, please do not hesitate to contact me.
DIANA McFARLAND, Youth Services Coordinator
Summer Reading Prizes from Oriental Trading, etc.
I am putting together the collective prize offerings for summer reading from US Toy and Oriental Trading. If you are interested in purchasing an item from another company, i.e. the foam picture frames from last summer, please let me know ASAP. The order forms will be sent out to you next week!
MELANIE HEMINGWAY, Outreach Services
What: The Finger Lakes Library System presents
“ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES—ACCESS FOR ALL:Improving Access to Computer-Based Information For People with Disabilities”
Who: Guest Speaker Sharon Trerise
Coordinator of Accessible Information Technology at the Northeast ADA & IT Center of Cornell University
When: System Meeting
Thursday, February 26, 2004
9:30 – Noon
Where: Borg-Warner Room
Tompkins County Public Library
101 E. Green St.
Ithaca, NY
Why: Reason #1 -- The Numbers: They're bigger than you might think!
In 1994, 54 million Americans (21%) had disabilities, according to the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) by the US Bureau of the Census.
About half that number (26 million) have severe disabilities.
10.1 million had hearing problems (19% of people with disabilities)
8.8 million had vision problems (16%)
1.8 million used wheelchairs (3%)
1.6 million were blind (2.9%)
1 million were deaf (1.9%)
The National Institutes of Health now estimate that 39 million Americans (15%) have learning disabilities.
The number and the percentage of people with disabilities are growing as the Baby Boomers age, at-risk babies are saved and diagnosis improves.
Is YOUR library technologically accessible to all? Come join us on February 26th and find out.
REX HELWIG, Computer Network Manager
The Dynix upgrade I ran on Wednesday morning was short and painless. It fixed several behind the scenes issues, some we use and some we don't. The **Resolved** block for the Pre-overdue email notices won't show up in the patrons current blocks anymore. It will still be generated but it will go directly into the PURF history. Thanks to all of you for your patience on Wednesday.
The deployment of the Symantec Antivirus software is on schedule and under way. As a reminder to anyone that has expired antivirus subscriptions, call us right away so we can help you update your software. Everybody else will be contacted by Eric. He will send out an email notifying you that the software is available from our Web site and how to get it. We will be working from county to county so we don't overload our Internet connection with downloads. The software download will work for any of your computers that have Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. If you still have Windows 95, Windows NT workstation or server, you will need to contact us so we can send out a CD with the Legacy Antivirus software on it.
If you still have a Gates Foundation computer that has not been upgraded from Windows NT to Windows 2000 (workstation or server), you need to get them upgraded right away.
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