MEMBER LIBRARY WEEKLY BULLETIN

No. 07-07                                                                                                                  February 16, 2007

Note: Please register by February 16th for the Young Adults Reader’s Advisory Workshop.  Please register for the Summer Reading Roundtable by March 16th, and send in your program/craft ideas for inclusion in the summer reading packets.

Growing a Reader Storytime Application Workshop:

Storytime Programs Transformed!

How To Incorporate Early Literacy Skills From the “Every Child Ready to Read” Project  

Speaker: Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Kid Lit Plus Consulting, & Every Child Ready to Read Trainer

There is no fee for this workshop.

Register at http://earlyliteracy.sals.edu/workshops/training-schedule.html

Monday, March 26, 2007          9 am registration. 9:30 AM-3:30 PM

Lunch will be provided.

Borg Warner Room, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:  Annette Birdsall Finger Lakes Library System (607) 273-4074, x.27     e-mail : Annette@flls.org

Growing a Reader: It's Never Too Early tm is administered by the Southern Adirondack Library System and is made possible, in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act Funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services

 

Polaris Tip of the Week: 

A new custom report has been added to Report Manager on the Web. It can be found in the Custom/Cataloging/Item folder and is entitled AA-Pre - Inventory Call Number Verification.

 

This report can be used to identify and correct call number problems. It’s especially useful to run this report prior to conducting an inventory. When the Polaris Inventory Manger loads a call number range, it displays in shelf order. If your item records have incorrect call numbers in Polaris, this may affect how it displays in the Inventory Manager. This report is also useful for identifying items that have incorrect collection codes. If you select an Adult Fiction collection code to display and you see Non Fiction call numbers assigned, those need to be corrected.

  •  Select your library from the drop down list

  • Select the Collection Code from the drop down list

  • Click on View Report

  • If any errors display, you can copy and paste the barcode into the Item Record Find Tool to search for those item records and fix them.

 

 

New Book Group Kit

We have a new Book Group Kit available – Empire Falls by Richard Russo.

 Annual Report Update

Many of you have already submitted your report.  Thank you!  I have heard from others who are working on.  Thank you for letting me know!  

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have!  I’ll be happy to help in any way I can. 

 

Are you a Library Trustee interested in conversing with other Trustees about library concerns??

FLLS is starting a trustee listserv, for trustees only.  This will give trustees a forum to discuss issues surrounding libraries, such as funding, building issues, personnel and policies, with other library trustees.  I hope to set up and begin the listserv by late February, though so far I have had only one response. 

If you are a trustee in the Finger Lakes Library System, and are interested in joining our new trustee listserv, please contact me: ext. 26 or marisa@flls.org.

             

 ILL

Phillips Library, Homer plans to reopen on Monday, January 19.

 

 RECYCLED REFERENCE BOOKS

 Please let me know by February 23 if you are interested in any of the following:

  • 2004 PDR for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements

  • 2005 Harris New York Manufacturer’s Directory

  • 2006 Poet’s Market

  • 2006 Song Writer’s Market)

  • Children’s Books in Print (2006; 2 vols.)

  • LMP (Literary Market Place (2005; 2 vols.)

  • Peterson’s Study Abroad (2006)

 DATABASES    

Let me know by Feb. 28 if you want additional copies of the RosettaStone material (bookmark, brochure, Quick Start Guide in English and Spanish) sent in your delivery last week.

 A MasterFILE Premier Training has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 20 in the Borg-Warner Room at TCPL from 9-10:30 am. An EBSCO representative will review the features of the database and demonstrate search strategies to maximize the results you need. Let me know if you have specific questions about MasterFILE Premier. Please RSVP to Linda Beins 273-4074, ext. 32 or lbeins@flls.org

 

Last Week’s Question of the Week: Recent weather forecasts have predicted single digit temperatures with wind chills in negative territory. What exactly is “wind chill”?

 I found several articles in the General Science Collection database that discuss wind chill. Here are some definitions:

      “combines air temperature and wind speed to come up with a reading of what it really feels like outside”1

      “the temperature in still air that would cause the same rate of heat loss from exposed skin as that brought about by prevailing winds…for example, a 10-mile-per-hour wind on a 20-degree day has the same chilling effect as a calm 3-degree day. Hence the wind-chill temperature is 3 degrees.”2

The new wind chill chart was adopted by the National Weather Service in November 2001. Researchers used a wind tunnel and measured wind and temperature combined with the skin temperature and heat loss in the faces of their human subjects.3

1 O’Toole, Tom and Joanne, “Wind chill makes it colder than you think”, NYS Conservationist, Vol. 58, Issue 4, February 2004, p.20-21

2 Wright, Karen, “Cold comfort”, Discover, Vol. 24, Issue 1, January 2003, p. 24.

3  Barnes-Svarney, Patricia and Cutlip, Kimbra, “A change in wind chill”, Weatherwise, Vol. 54, Issue 3, May/June 2001.

Julia, GRO, sent in these websites:

      www.weather.com (The Weather Channel) has a definition of Wind Chill Index in their glossary, with a link to a page that shows a Wind Chill Index table: http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/charts/wind_chill.html

       The National Weather Service also has a glossary including definitions of several wind chill terms at: http://www.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?letter=w

Julia also wants to let FLLS libraries know about Drew Montreuil, one of their high school aides who is an aspiring meteorologists. He maintains a website at http://www.grotonweather.com .

 This Week’s Question of the Week: Do all snow geese have white plumage?

 

  • DIRECTORS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL (DAC) MEMBERS:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding FLLS library service, you are welcome to contact a DAC member from the list below. 

Janet Steiner, TCPL, Ithaca
Judy Barkee, Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg
Lois Maki, Newfield Public Library
Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
Mary Frank, Peck Memorial Library, Marathon
Sally Otis, Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge
Stephen Erskine, Seymour Library, Auburn
Beverly Dann, Waverly Free Library.

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