• MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

    PLEASE NOTE! – Event Date Change

I recently sent out a revised 2007 FLLS Events Dates list.  Unfortunately, I have an incorrect date for the April system meeting.

The date for the April system meeting is THURSDAY, APRIL 19.  Please note this on your list and on your calendar.  My sincere apologies.

Thanks!

Books on CD Collections

Not long ago, I increased the BOCD collections to 20.  Unfortunately, I didn’t plan well as it seems our collection is not quite big enough to handle that much of an increase.  Consequently, your collections will be 15 each.  My apologies!

Last week I e-mailed all member library directors, and all board presidents that have supplied us with an e-mail address, a link to a survey about downloadable media.  Please take a few moments and complete this survey – your input is very helpful in making our decisions.  And this is your opportunity to offer your opinion on downloadable media.

If you have any questions about the survey or cannot find the e-mail that was sent to you and would like it resent, please contact me: marisa@flls.org.

The deadline to fill out the survey and submit it is Friday, March 9^th

Thanks!

   Grant Opportunity

Corning Incorporated Foundation  

The Corning Incorporated Foundation supports educational, cultural, and community service projects. The foundation also supports national programs and a matching gifts program.
ELIGIBILITY:  Organizations must be tax-exempt under 501(c)(3) or 509(a) IRS codes. Individuals, political activity, labor and veterans’ organizations, religious groups, volunteers’ emergency squads, athletic activities, advertising, and fundraising events will not be considered.
FUNDING:  In 2005, grants ranged from $68 to $209,000, and totaled more than $3.2 million.
DEADLINE:  None.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Contact Karen C. Martin, Associate Director, Corning Incorporated Foundation, MP-BH-07, Corning, New York 14831. You may also visit www.corning.com/inside_corning/our_commitment/community/.

 
    On Vacation

I will be out of the office from Monday, March 5^th – Thursday, March 8^th.  I will be back in the office Friday, March 9^th.

 

•  MALIA NEWBY, Audio-Visual Associate

DVD & VHS Cases Available

The A-V department has gently used DVD and VHS boxes available for free.  We also have new VHS boxes available for purchase @ 60¢ a piece.  If you are interested in either used or new boxes, please contact me at malia@flls.org. Thanks!

 

•  JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

Placing holds on videos which have been packaged separately or barcoded separately can be confusing both for the patron and for the staff. Let’s say you own the video “Titanic” which comes in 2 parts. You barcode both videos and create a separate item record for each part but package them in the same box. A patron placing a Bib level hold will receive both videos. A patron may however try to place an item level hold only on Part 2. If both Part 1 and Part 2 are packaged together in one box they will receive both items anyway. A way to avoid that scenario is to uncheck the holdable box on Part 2. This will then only let the patron place a hold on one item yet still receive both parts.

This is the way the patron sees this in Pac. Notice that Nichols has packaged both Part 1 and Part 2 in one box with one barcode (the preferred way). Notice Ovid has created separate item records for Part 1 and Part 2. A confused patron, especially if Part 1 has a status of “Out”, (both items should have been checked out to the patron) may try and place an item level hold on Part 2. To prevent this from happening, simply uncheck the holdable box on the Part 2 item record (as shown above). Now the patron can only place a hold on Part 1 yet still receive Part 2 also.

 

When cataloged, each item should be clearly identified as Part 1 or Part 2 if each part is barcoded.

See example below

 If each video is part of a series and each video is its own entity, they should be labeled by a volume number.

Notice the example below. Each video from the Civil War series is barcoded and packaged separately and identified by a volume number. Each of these videos can be borrowed and watched individually. However if a Bib level or Title level hold is placed on this series, the patron is apt to get whichever volume is available and not necessarily in the right order. Patrons should be instructed to place an item level hold on volume 1 if they want to watch them in order. Unfortunately placing item level holds on ALL the volumes at the same time does NOT guarantee they will get them in sequential order. Polaris fills a hold with the first available copy which may or may not be in the order desired.

 

•  ANNETTE BIRDSALL, Youth Services Coordinator

1. Harry Potter Orders are due March 9, 2007.

2. Please send in your craft & program ideas by March 16, 2007 so I can include copies in our roundtable packets.

3. Please bring your t-shirt orders to the summer reading meeting March 22, 2007 if you have not already sent them in. 

4. Register today for the Storytime Application of the Growing a Reader Workshop March 26, 2007; please remember to bring your favorite book you use in storytime and an outline of a storytime.

5. Library card protectors are here! You will receive them at the summer reading meeting or we will send them in delivery. Amounts are based directly on your summer reading participation 2006.  

6. Teen Tech Week poster winners are Diane Grant, Weedsport and Pat Moore, Interlaken.  

7. Deadline for ordering summer reading prizes from Highsmith is April 1, 2007 to receive your materials May 15, 2007.  

8. $100 Free Book Orders will be available at the summer reading roundtable.

9. The powerpoint for the YA Reader’s Advisory Workshop is on the web – www.flls.org/youth

10. The end. 

 

• LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

 RECYCLED REFERENCE BOOKS Please let me know by March 12 if you are interested in either of these items:

Magazine’s for Libraries, 14th Ed. (2005) 2 vol.

The Encyclopedia of American Religious History (1996) 2 vol.

    DATABASES  

     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.  

MasterFile Premier provides access to 1,700 plus full text periodicals (magazines, newspapers, journals), 500 reference books, more than 84,000 biographies, and 100,000 plus primary source documents. It covers a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues, and much more. In addition to the full text, it also provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,400 titles. It also includes an Image Collection of 200,000+ photos, maps and flags.

Please RSVP by March 14 to Linda Beins 273-4074, ext. 32 or lbeins@flls.org
 

 LAST WEEK’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK:  Feb. 23 marks the 110^th anniversary of the candy, Tootsie Roll. How did the candy get its name? What role did Tootsie Rolls play in World War II?

First, a correction – February 23, 2007 marked the 111^th anniversary of the Tootsie Roll.

I used Business & Company Resource Center, available from the Electronic Resources link on the FLLS website or available from any search screen in the catalog. (See below)

You will need to be sure that Popups Allowed is switched on so that you can navigate through the databases.

 

Below is the first Search Screen you will see when you select Business & Company Resource Center:

You can type in a search term or you can select the Company icon to get the following screen where you can search multiple fields.

 

When you double click on the Company Name you want on the following screen:

you then get the Company Profile for the Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. Note the tabs under the line: Current Company: Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. The bolded tabs have additional information. On the left side of the screen you also have the option to find articles about the company that have appeared in business and trade publications.

Now for the Answer: In the Histories section, I learned that Leo Hirshfield named the Tootsie Roll after his daughter, Clara “Tootsie” Hirshfield. During, unlike other candy companies that suspended operations during World War II, Tootsie Rolls became even more popular because they were included in G.I. rations; they were believed to provide “quick energy”. In his autobiography, Doorknob Five Two (1984), the fighter pilot Frederick Arnold recounts how Tootsie Rolls sustained him for three days after his plane was shot down over the Sahara. He was found by members of a native tribe who ”shared their raw dog meat with him [and] he returned the favor by giving them a Tootsie Roll segment and a cigarette.”

This Week’s Question of the Week February 27, 2007 marked the 200^th anniversary of the birth of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. What is the name and date of his first published collection of poetry? What was the event that caused Longfellow to begin growing his long white beard? What is your favorite Longfellow poem?

          

(Detroit Publishing Co. in Library of Congress’ American Memory Collection)

For information about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, try the Literature Resource Center and Twayne’s Author Series and

 

check out these Websites:  

•  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow includes a biography and many of his poems. It is part of My Bookshelf (http://eclecticesoterica.com/books.html) which has many internet links to literature.

•  Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets has hundreds of poet biographies, essays and interviews and thousands of poems. It was named one of NYPL’s “Best reference Sources” for 2006.

•  Representative Poetry Online - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from the University of Toronto has information on over 500 poets and their poems. Search the site by poet’s name, poem title, first and last lines of poems, timelines, etc.

• Longfellow National Historic site provides information about the Longfellow family as well as this family home in Cambridge, MA; prior to Longfellow’s residency, George Washington took command of the Continental Army. It also includes links to other websites on Longfellow

• National Public Radio - Longfellow Fans Seek to Make the Weather Verse links to a recent NPR story that reports the efforts of the Longfellow Bicentennial Committee to honor the poet by asking meteorologists around the country to incorporate pertinent quotes from Longfellow’s poems into their weather forecasts.

  

• SHIELA ANDERSON, Library Director, Seymour Library, Auburn

The Seymour Public Library District seeks a Library Clerk to work a variety of day, evening, and weekend shifts at the Children’s Services Desk for 18 hours per week.  The essential function of the position is to assist youth and their caregivers with using the library.  The preferred candidate will have prior experience in a library setting, will understand the developmental needs of youth, will be efficient with computers, and will have a knowledge of and passion for children’s and teen literature.  Experience serving youth in a customer service setting and independent decision-making skills are also desired.  Requires a high school diploma.  Pay rate:  $10.50 per hour.  Via postal mail, send a cover letter and resume by March 15^th 2007 to:  Library Director, Seymour Public Library District, 176-178 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY 13021. EOE.