·        LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

HAPPY SPRING!!

 I will be away at PLA from March 26-29. Please call June Gilligan (ext. 42) with any questions about out-of-system ILLs. I will return phone and email messages after I return on March 31.

RECYCLED REFERENCE Let me know by April 11 if you are interested in any of the following titles:

• Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists (2007) 4 vols.

• Peterson’s Four-Year Colleges (2006)

• Peterson’s Private Secondary Schools (2006)

• Peterson’s Study Abroad (2006)

• 2007 National 5-Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory 2 vols.

DELIVERY

Please do not send cash payments for overdue FLLS items. It is too easy for the cash to be separated from the item. Please send checks only with clear documentation with the payment. Feel free to send one check for multiple payments if each individual payment would be a small amount. 

DATABASE - TumbleBooks

Available 24/7, TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which are created from existing picture books. It also includes a collection of full length, unabridged classics in audio format and a small collection of books in French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. Also available are puzzles, games and quizzes. Create a list of Favorites for easy access or preload a number of TumbleBooks in an online player so that the stories can be played one after another. The entire site can also be viewed in Spanish and French. TumbleBooks require a Flash plug-in to view and hear the animation which can be downloaded for free from the TumbleBooks Help page.

DATABASE TRAINING - Literature & Books databases training will cover the updated Literature Resource Center, Twayne’s Author Series, NoveList, and new databases from Bowker - Patron Books in Print and Fiction Connection. We will review features and searching techniques for each database with lots of hands-on practice. This training will be offered regionally on:

      Mon., May 5              Candor
      Thurs., May 8            McGraw
      Wed., May 14           Trumansburg
      Fri., May 16               FLLS
      Wed., May 21            Weedsport

 Contact Linda B. with questions and Jan to register. Space is limited to ten at each location.

DATABASE TRIAL Thanks to all who have already sent me feedback about Congressional Quarterly Electronic Library !

It’s not too late to check it out.
Access through March 31 at:            http://library.cqpress.com/trials
                                                            USERNAME:      FLLS
                                                            PASSWORD:     CQEL

Please consider the following questions as you review this database.

 Ease of Use

      Very Difficult             1          2          3          4          5          Very Easy

Content

      Not at all Useful       1          2          3          4          5          Very Useful

Recommend

      Not At All                   1          2          3          4          5          Yes Definitely

 What did you like about CQ Electronic Library?

What did you not like about CQ Electronic Library?

 

 REFERENCE - Free Cancer Resource

ALA is collaborating with the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) to provide public libraries with reference materials to better serve those seeking cancer information. LAF began shipping Livestrong Survivorship Notebooks to more than 14,200 libraries. The notebooks are designed to help cancer survivors, their families, and caregivers organize, retain, and access important information related to their cancer experiences. Libraries that have not received a notebook by March 31 can request one from kelli.craddock@livestrong.org.          .

[From ALA Direct]

 

REFERENCE – NEW WORLD BOOK

You can vote at http://vote.worldbook.com/ to:

 

 

 

 

 [From ALA Direct]

 

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Name five women inventors and the invention(s) with which they are associated.

Sarah Breedlove – Hair Care Products for African Americans
Known as Madam C. J. Walker, this freed slave invented the “Wonderful Hair Grower” cream that became part of a collection of hair products. Her door-to-door sales grew into a mail-order business and beauty school that trained stylists from across the USA. “When she died in 1919 she was the richest black woman in America and was considered a model businesswoman.” ¹

Josephine Cochran – Dishwasher
She unveiled her first dishwasher at the 1893 World’s Fair. She formed the Garis Cochran Dish Washing Company which in 1949 was acquired by Kitchen Aid. Their first dishwasher for use in the home was introduced in the 1950’s. ²

Martha Coston – Coston Signal Flare
Building on the work of her husband, Coston patented the precursor to the flare gun which produces bright and long lasting flares for ship-to-ship and ship-to-land signaling over great distances. ³

Helen Free – Clinistix
Affectionately known as the ‘Pee Queen’, Helen Free and her husband Albert invented the strips of paper that can be dipped in urine and then matched against a color code to detect chemical substances. ⁴

Mary Kies – Process to weave straw with silk
On May 5 1809, she was the first female to win a patent in her own name. Kies’ technique was adapted by the New England hat-making industry.³

Stephanie Kwolek –Kevlar
“Pound for pound, Kevlar fiber is five times stronger than steel.” Kwolek was searching for a “super strong fiber to reinforce radial tires when she invented a thin, milky solution of rigid-chain polymers that flowed like water.Kwolek has been inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame and has been credited with saving the lives of more than 3,000 law enforcement officers [who] have survived potentially fatal or disabling injuries.”⁵

Other women inventors include:

Mary Anderson                  ♦Windshield wipers
Anna Connelly                   ♦Fire escape
Marion Donovan               ♦Disposable diapers
Ida R. Forbes                    ♦Electric hot water heater
Letitia Geer                       ♦Medical syringes
Bettie Nesmith Graham   ♦Liquid paper
Beulah Henry                     ♦Vacuum Sealed ice cream freezer
(dubbed “Lady Edison”,   ♦Protograph (typographical device that produced an original and four copies)
                                            ♦Umbrella with interchangeable snap on covers to coordinate with user’s outfit
Margaret Knight                ♦Process to automatically cut, fold, and glue flat-bottomed paper bags
Sarah P. Mather                ♦Submarine telescope
Patsy Sherman                  ♦Scotchguard

(All full-text articles were found in MasterFile Premier, using the search term “women inventors”)
¹Robinson, Lisa Clayton,”The madam of invention”, Footsteps, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Jan/Feb. 2005, p. 14-15.
²Frey, Thomas, “Patent history reveals hits and Misses”, ColoradoBiz, Vol. 32, Issue 2, November 2005, p.118.
³Fitzroy, Nancy Deloye, “It’s time to recognize the contributions of women inventors”.  USA Today, 01/01/1999. p. 66.
⁴Mirsky, Steve, “Number one”, Scientific American, Vol. 291, Issue 6, December 2004, p. 118.
⁵ Milford, Maureen, “Mother of invention has saved thousands”. USA Today; 07/05/2007, p.5.

 

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Where is Easter Island located and to whom does it belong? How did it get its name? 

Submit your own Question of the Week for inclusion in future FLLS Bulletins by emailing me at lbeins@flls.org !

• 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
• Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
• Sally Otis, Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge
• Sheila Anderson, Seymour Library, Auburn
• Diane Pamel, Southworth Library, Dryden
• Julia Schult, Groton Public Library
• Beverly Dann, Waverly Free Library

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