• CAROL HENDRIX, Administration

Information regarding the NYSALB Conference for Trustees and scholarships for two member trustees was in the delivery bags this week.  Please share with your trustees ASAP…the early registration deadline is soon.

 

• JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

A new custom report has been added to Report Manager. It is entitled AA-Items with In-Transit Status. This report lists items that have a status of In-Transit and are supposed to be in-route to your library and the status was set 15 or more days ago.  You should verify that the items listed [From] or [To] your library are not in your library.  If an item is found in your library you should Check In the item and shelve it or return it as prompted by Polaris.  This is a System-wide report.

Here is what the report looks like:

 

• MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

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

FLLS now has a trustee listserv, for trustees only.  This allows trustees a forum to discuss issues surrounding libraries, such as funding, building issues, personnel and policies, with other library trustees.  The listserv is now up and running! 

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 

Making Connections: Libraries Serving the 50+ Population in their Community 

Just a reminder: the registration deadline for the LSTA workshops on serving the baby boomers in your community is next Friday, 3/30.  

Three workshops are being offered:

Thursday, April 19, 2007, 9:30 – 3:30pm (lunch will be provided)

Productive Aging: Are Public Libraries Productive Partners?

Thursday, May 10, 2007, 9:30—noon

Not Just for Kids Anymore: Intergenerational Programming

Thursday, September 27, 2007, 9:30– noon

Mary Catherine Bateson and Active Wisdom— A Community Conversation

If you have not received information, or would like more information, about these workshops, please contact me: ext. 26, marisa@flls.org.   

I hope to see you there!
 

The New York State Newspaper Project is Complete! 

The New York State Newspaper Project, located at the NYS Library, ceased operation on January 31, 2007, after almost twenty years locating, cataloging, and preserving New York State newspapers. The Project was responsible for filming over 4.37 million pages of New York State newspapers.  

As part of the United States Newspaper Program (USNP), and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Project staff  inventoried 1,759 newspaper repositories, cataloged 22,785 distinct newspaper titles, with 10,537 of those published in New York State, and created 66,065 local holdings records with issue-specific data. Newspapers were microfilmed and added to the State Library’s collection, making the papers available on-site to patrons and available through interlibrary loan. A copy of the film was also provided at no cost to the institution loaning the newspapers. 

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of staff members over the years, access to once unknown New York newspaper collections, and the rich history of the state uniquely told in their pages, is available today. 

Information about newspapers in the State Library’s collection, and a link to the Project’s database of microfilmed and original New York State newspapers searchable by city, county or title are available on the Library’s web site at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp. 

Questions or comments about the Project should be directed to Jeff Sohn at the State Library by phone (518) 474-7491 or e-mail jsohn@mail.nysed.gov.

 

• LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

ILL
We have revised the ILL Book Request form for out-of-system requests. Let me know if you need any.

DATABASES
Online Resources for the EBSCO Research Databases to access training tips and tutorials:

1.      EBSCOhost Research Database Training Tools

http://support.ebsco.com/training/index.php

 

2.      EBSCOhost Research Database Search Help Sheets

http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/search.php?keyword=&document_type=Help+Sheet&topic=&interface_id=&ebsco_database_id=&browser_id=&operating_system_id=&page_function=search&x=50&y=22&page=1

For those who were unable to attend the March 20 training, let me know if you would like me to send you a packet of Help Sheets for MasterFILE Premier.

 

3.      EBSCOhost Research Database Trainer’s Guide – can be used to develop training sessions at your library.

http://support.ebsco.com/training/guides/EBSCOhostTrainerGuideCustomers.doc

 

ü      MasterFile Premier Search Tips

 

MasterFile Premier’s Basic Search is a basic keyword search. Start by typing a word or phrase.

1.      You can refine your search by limiting your search to one or all of the following: Full Text; Peer Reviewed; a specific Publication; specific Date range; and Articles with Images. (make sure you scroll down the screen)

2.      You can then narrow your search results by subject (see below for yellow box along left hand side of screen) and Publication Type (in the case below, periodicals, newspapers, reference books, pamphlets, biographies, primary source documents, and images). 

3.      You can keep successively narrowing your results by subject headings listed.

 

4.      Once you find a result that meets your needs, you can click on the  tab to find other results that match the subject headings of that result.

       

On the Advanced Search screen, shown below, you can search several terms simultaneously, such as, subject, author, all text, etc. using the Boolean operators “and”, “or”, or “not”.

1.      You can limit your results by Publication Type (pamphlet, periodical, book, newspaper, etc.) and Document Type (article, book review, editorial, interview, letter, product review, etc. in addition to Full Text; Peer Reviewed; a specific Publication; specific Date range; and Articles with Images. (Make sure you scroll down the screen)

2.      Select Cover Story for a more substantial article on a topic

3.      You can then narrow your search results by subject (left hand side of screen) and publication type.

4.      You can keep successively narrowing your results by subject headings listed.

 

 

Product Reviews in MasterFILE Premier

Consumer Reports is indexed in MasterFILE Premier with citations from 1985 to present and full text from 1991; there is a three month delay before full text articles become available. You can get Consume Reports product reviews in basic search by entering the product as your search term and Consumer Reports in the Publication field or in Advanced Search by entering the product in the Find field and selecting Product Reviews in the Document Type.

 

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK:  When was the first official St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City? The Irish military men serving in the American colonies held the first official St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1766.¹ 

^1.” New York’s failte to patron saint”, The Mirror (London, England) (March 14, 2007: p. 43.

 

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK: The person in the milk keg is Harry Houdini. What was his given name and what was his date of birth? 

  

• ROBERT McLAUGHLIN, Cataloging Services

The title “Woodall’s 2007 North American campground directory” was sent in for processing without a process form. If you think you might be the owner, please let me know.

 

• MELANIE HEMINGWAY, Outreach Services

Just a reminder that IRS tax documents are available in special formats!

Libraries and visually impaired taxpayers may visit the accessibility page at http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=96151,00.html  for a list of accessible tax products available by download.

Hard-copy braille and large-print documents can be ordered by calling the IRS toll-free number at 800-829-3676.

Questions or comments about IRS documents in alternative media should be directed to Maureen Goulder, IRS Alternative Media Center, at (804) 916-8850 or by e-mail at maureen.p.goulder@irs.gov .

For further information contact Freddie Peaco, Government Information/Volunteer Specialist

(202) 707-0721;  fpea@loc.gov