• CAROL HENDRIX, Administration

Don’t forget, Finger Lakes Library System’s annual meeting, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 in Owego!

  

• JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

To find your patrons with an email address whose notices have bounced: 

1.      Patron Services

2.      Patron Records

3.      The Find Tool will open

4.      In the Object box, select Patron records

5.      In the By box, select Email address

6.      In the For box, type in *@*

7.      In the Limit by box, select Library assigned block

8.      In the drop down box, select Emails bounced – verify email address

9.      Search

10. Control/Shift/A to retrieve all the results

11. Sort by Library

12. Highlight your patrons

13. Open up the patron’s record and verify the email address

To delete the block once the email address is verified

1.      Circulation or F9 from the Patron’s Registration workform

2.      Patron Status

3.      General Screen

4.      Highlight the block

5.      Press the Delete Block button

 

 

•  LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

There will not be any deliveries on Monday, October 8.

RECYCLED REFERENCE

Please let me know by October 19 if you are interested in either of these two donated reference books:

• Art in America: 2004 Guide to Galleries, Museums, and Artists

• Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Paper Money (2005)

 

ILL 

• When filling out out-of-system request forms, please use the full name as it appears in Patron Records in Polaris. This will allow us to link the request to the correct patron.

• When asked to re-submit, please send a new request slip not the old one. By the time we send an unfilled request to you, we do not have any space on the original request form to enter the notations we make as we track the requests.

• Please check the spelling of the author’s name as well as the correct title.

• When requesting a book that is part of a series, please enter the title of the book, not just the name and/or number in the series. This will expedite the search process.

 

DATABASES - Learning Express 

The Learning Express database is now available. Access this test preparation and career development database from www.flls.org → Electronic Databases → Homework Help (or Testing & Careers) → Learning Express. By this time you should have received a small handful of Learning Express bookmarks. I have ordered additional bookmarks and 8.5 x 14 posters to announce this new resource to your library patrons. Think about how many bookmarks you would like, especially if you send some to your area schools or opt to put a bookmark in your test preparation print material that correspond to Learning Express’ resources.

 

On Learning Express, you can find:

Practice tests:

Academic: Advanced Placement  (Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English, European and U.S. History); ACT; SAT; GED; GRE; Health Careers and Nursing School; LSAT; MCAT; TOEFL ; Elementary, Middle and High School assessment and diagnostic tests

Civil Service: Border Patrol; Clerical Worker; Corrections Officer; EMT; Firefighter; Police Officer; Postal Worker; Treasury Enforcement Agent

Job-related: ASVAB; CBEST; Cosmetology; Nursing Aide; Real Estate 

E-books to improve vocabulary, high school mathematics, business writing, basic reading, writing and arithmetic and parental resources, such as,  guides to 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 8^th Grades; Basic Skills for Homeschooling; Homeschooling for the Gifted Child; and Getting Ready for the 4^th Grade Assessment Test.

 

The Job & Career resources assist job seekers in creating a cover letter and resume, preparing for a job interview, and offer career starter E-books for administrative assistants, computer technicians, cosmetology, culinary arts, early childhood educators, to name a few.

Call or email me if you would like help in exploring this new database.

 

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK The full moon you saw on September 26 this year is called the harvest moon. How much do you know about this autumnal harbinger? Let's find out. True or false:

1.      The harvest moon is the largest and brightest full moon of the year.

False. This is a widespread myth. It is the same size and brightness as the average full moon.

 

2.      It lingers in the evening sky for several nights longer than the average full moon.

True. This is why the harvest moon attracts attention -- it is obvious on more consecutive evenings than other full moons. The celestial geometry at this time of year keeps the moon lingering near the horizon for three or four nights on either side of the harvest-moon date.

 

3.      It got its moniker from farmers using its light for late-evening harvesting.

True. The expression dates from 18th-century Europe.

 

4.      The idea for the Halloween pumpkin originated with the harvest moon since it looks like an illuminated pumpkin when it is near the horizon.

Probably true. The moon's orange colour is a filtering effect of the Earth's atmosphere that is emphasized by the lingering moon effect (see #2).

 

5.      The harvest moon is always the full moon in September.

False. The harvest moon is the full moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox, the first day of autumn. Using rough calculations, that means in one out of every five years, on average, it occurs in early October.

 

[From: “Harvest moon rising”. By: Dickinson, Terence, Canadian Geographic, 07062168, Sep/Oct2002, Vol. 122, Issue 5; Database: Science Reference Center]

 

THIS WEEK’S QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK all relate to Burma / Myanmar which has been in the news.

Who is Burma’s current head of state?

What is the capital of Burma?

What is Burma’s unit of currency?

What countries border Burma?

When did Burma become independent?

Is the correct name of this country Burma or Myanmar?