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First quarter 2012

I am so excited that you will be joining the Library Information & Technology Program this semester to work as a Student Library Assistant. You will learn a lot about how the library works, how to help other students, and how to use new kinds of technology. In the process, I hope you will also have a lot of fun!

You will use this blog each week to access and complete your Information Literacy assignments. This week we are going to complete the following tasks:
1. Set up a Google account and a Noodle Tools account (or reactivate)
2. Discuss expectations and set goals for the quarter
3. Learn the layout of the library
4. Learn to shelve fiction books

Please show this blog to your parents/guardians. This is a good place for them to see what you are working on as a Student Library Assistant.

In a comment below, please introduce yourself to your fellow SLA's by answering the following questions:
1.  What is the last book you read?
2.  What is the best book that you have ever read in your whole life?
3.  What are you most looking forward to as an SLA?

hello

This is the link to my final project.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13517184/noodle-tools-training

My final project was the library website.

#dealwithit.
Here's a link instructing how to run the website.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1E_nmSujLwOWRJVT9qcp0dsZoTtlDCv_d_5H_yyTzGrc/edit

You guys were great.<3

Final Project

This is the link to my final project.  It is an xtranormal video.  I hope that you enjoy it!


http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13466188/madis-rules

Final Project!

Here is my final project! It's a slideshow on how to use the library computer. I made it mostly for new SLAs.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fz7yuZ4NzJvKuSb1ITBQDT2bhFrZKuF3Djr0PEByhvI/edit

FINAL PROJECTS DUE THIS WEEK!

Please post your final project as a URL on this blog before the end of the week.

Next Monday, we will hold a VERY IMPORTANT SLA MEETING during second lunch.  Pizza will be provided.

Final Project.

My idea for my Final Project is to use Explain everything and make a slide show of my goals, goals I wish to have by the end of the year. With pictures, voice overs, And text on the pictures. 


                     -Brooklynn :)

Final Project

I have several ideas for my final project. My favorite so far is to create a slideshow that goes along with an Xtranormal video. That way I could have an Xtranormal character commenting and walking the viewer through the slideshow. I think it would be nice to explain all of the different sections of the library, as well as basic patron service including, working the catalog and noodle tools. (A basic walkthrough of everyday SLA jobs to prepare new SLAs for next year.) 
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:) Becca

Final Project

Hi, it's Sonia!!!
I like the idea of teaching somebody how to do something, so I may make a video teaching somebody how to use blogger or the computer at the front desk. I'm moving in July, and I will really miss Marshall! I hope that if I visit I can come visit Ms. Merrigan and Ms. Trumm and meet the new SLAs!

For my 4th quarter project I decided to use a screen cast for my project of explaining noodle tools since I used Google docs last time. I will have me doing a voice over while pointing to stuff and showing you how to create citations/bibliography and taking notes. I was thinking of using explain everything but I kind of want to make it like more like that Con-academy website that helps explain math.
-Maddie S.*

Quarter 4...Final Project Explaintion

        Hi! This is Sarah here! Over the next three weeks all the SLA's will be working on a Final Project for the end of the year, as you probably already know...For mine, I will be using Explain Everything AND Extra-Normal to create this project. Becca and I came up with the idea of making a slideshow of the quarter and possibly the tsemester on Explain Everything...Then, I would create video on Extra-Normal and have the character do something and making it look like he is watching the video. The character will be commenting on my presentation slideshow and will be explain certain pictures and pieces of my slideshow. Pictures will be included, with captions, and the voice-over will be by the character on Extra-Normal...This is a challenge and risk I am willing to take and I hope it turns out all right! If this works out, it is sure to be amazing...Happy end of the year and happy summer!!

~Sarah Sawatzky :)

Final Project due June 15

Hello! For the next three weeks your blog day will be all about your final project. You will create a project that shows evidence of your learning and your work towards achieving the goals you set at the beginning of the quarter. Here are a few requirements:

1. The project must be in "postable" format when finished, with a URL.
2. The project must use a different tech tool than the one you made third quarter (i.e., if you used Google Docs, use something else; if you used Explain Everything, use something else.)
3. The project must provide proof that you worked toward your goals, or you may focus on the evidence of one of your goals.
4. BONUS: The project could be used to teach someone else the skill (for example, if one of your goals was to learn to use Noodletools really well, you could create a screencast that shows someone else how to use it.).

Please make a blog post this week with your initial ideas about what your project will be and what goals/learning you will demonstrate. What help do you need?  I can help you find the right tech tool to achieve what you have in mind.  Have fun with this project!

New Window Display

    I wanted to start on the new window today. I was thinking it would be fun to have one on food, I've already searched for quotes and things and couldn't find anything that would work. So far, though, I was thinking about drawing a hamburger and having books on health tips, cook books, and maybe some fictional books on food if I can find one. I'll write more later when I figure the rest out, but that's the basic outline.

Week of May 14-18

This week the focus is on inventory. Most if not all of you have done some inventory work already. I hate to tell you this, but the easy part is over. The rest is hot, dusty, detective work. After shelving, you will use most of your SLA time working with a partner on inventory. Posted on the library office door is a list of places where major troves of library treasures are stored. Please work on a selected location and check off on the sheet when you complete the inventory of all items with barcodes that you can find. The goal is to scan everything we can find with a barcode on it. It won't hurt anything if something gets scanned more than once. Currently we have completed 87.93% of the inventory. When we get up into the upper 90%'s, we will print out a list and really start searching for the stragglers. Thanks for your diligence and hard work!

Sarah and Brooklynn's window display!

For our window display our subject is, storms, weather, and climate. Including window drawings of rain falling, snow falling, lighting, sun, clouds, flowers, and a big green tree.(: The books include: Storms Causes and Effects, How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate, Wind And Weather, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Heatwave Causes And Effects, Snow And Ice, The Weather Sky, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Drought, Rainbows Mirages and Sundogs: The Sky as a Source of Water. We thought since it's getting to summer we would show the different seasons and weather!(:

               _Sarah and Brooklynn

New Window Display

I just designed a new window not very long ago, so I hope it's okay if I leave it up until May 20th. Then I'll take it down and wash the window.

Week of May 7-11

You have a few tasks this week for your blog work. The first is to go back to your last several posts and read any comments that other SLA's have made about your goal work and their suggestions for working on it. Each week you should continue to revisit your goals and put some energy into reaching them and documenting them. This work will be a big part of your final project. Your second task today is to plan and write about a new window display. This window display should go up fairly quickly. It will need to come down by May 20 to make room for the ASB art show. Be sure to include a new blog post telling about your idea, what books you will include, and what other features will be in your display.

E-Library Navigation Goal Evaluation/Improvement

     I spent time working on E-Library navigation by researching "The Watergate Cover-up" using that database. I learned a lot and am becoming closer to my goal of an E-Library expert. I feel pretty comfortable working on this database and think I could help answer other patron questions about this source.

Accomplishments

One of my three goals was to become more familiar with Gale Reference and eLibrary. Since the CBA has kicked off, I think I have done a fairly good job doing so. I am comfortable with finding articles and specific information about my CBA topic (child labor). I can also help out my fellow classmates so they can find what they need. I prefer using eLibary rather than Gale because it has more articles on a topic in different situations. I will continue to use Gale and eLibrary both for the rest of my CBA research.

Achievements/goals.

I loved working in the library! I can't believe it almost over!:( But one of my goals is be one next year also!:) Another achievement of mine is placing holds. It could be very confusing for me a lot of the time. But now I have it down!:) I also got pretty good at finding a book from author and last name. Like I said I LOVED working as  an SLA! I loved meeting everyone and the librarians!

_ Brooklynn!:)

TODAY I

Today I worked on becoming more familiar with eLibrary and Gale Reference Library.  I think that I can navigate both of them fairly well now, but I am more comfortable with eLibrary than with Gale.  I think that this is because Gale Reference Library has more pathways and information on the articles, while eLibrary has a little information on a lot of articles.

~!@#$%^&*µå∂ˆMadi

Sarah's goal improvement...

I think I am starting to improve on the goals I set in the beginning of 4th Quarter! Some examples are, placing holds; I have learned to process them correctly, doing the steps in order and making sure I do all of them. Also, I have gained a little bit more knowledge of the library, such as technology and book placement. Today (5/1/12), the tech. guy came into the library to fix the online MSP problems. He asked me to help and I did, doing the tutorials again and completing a short test to see if the problems would come up again. Turned out that it was fine and the MSP would still be running on schedule! I'm sure this will be a great quarter and I will accomplish my goals to the best of my skills and abilities.

Week of 4/30-5/4

This week for your blog assignment please comment on your fellow SLA's goals that they have set.  Comment on at least three other students.  Focus on specific ideas that you have for how they might achieve their goals or how they might know when they have reached their goals.  You might also include ideas about how they might demonstrate in their final projects the PROOF of reaching those goals.

Also, please use your blog day to focus on one of your own goals.  Spend about 20 minutes exploring a tool or practicing a skill.  Then make a new blog post explaining what you did and what you learned.  Include a sentence about how you might demonstrate this learning/achievement in your final project.

Thanks so much for all your hard work!  I was so proud to see you all up on stage for your interpersonal intelligence awards.  This job requires lots of interpersonal intelligence on your part, and you all impress me each day.

Q4 Week 2 - setting goals

My goals for Q3:
1) Learn to better help patron with checking out/renewing books (circulation)
2) Become an expert on E-Library navigation and use
3) Regularly comment and keep up on blogging

- Becca :)

Sonia's Quarter 4 Goals

• Library Goal: I want to do more shelving. I don't do very much shelving, so I want to do more.
• Technology Goal: I want to learn how to use the catalog better.
• Patron Goal: I want to be able to help more people. I know where stuff is located, but I want to check books out to people more often. I work during 1st lunch and usually the library isn't very full.

I have loved working in the library and I hope I can be an SLA next year!

Fourth Quarter Goals.

During my fourth quarter working as a SLA in the library i would like to...
      1. Be helping people with finding any books they need/ want. Also be able to point out  some books for them that are in there area of interest.
       2. I want to be able to help anyone with anything they want. Checking out books for people and doing it right 100% of the time. Also putting holds on any type of book.
        3. Being 100% sure of where all of the popular books are, so if people ask where they are, i can tell them. Also someone asking for a book looking up it's call number and going to get it without hesitation.
I can't believe it's already 4th quarter! I had such a great time working as a SLA in the library. I hope that I will do this next year.

  -Brooklynn(:

Anna's Fourth Quarter Goals

This quarter has gone by so fast. I have enjoyed myself re-familiarizing myself with the library technology and resources and getting to know my fellow SLAs. I accomplished my goals last quarter and hope to do the same this time. One of my goals is to get to understand and use more of the different kinds of technology the library provides (eLibrary, Gale, etc.). This will help me put together my CBA and help me research. Another one of my goals is to get to know the reference section more. This will also help my CBA. A patron assistance goal that I hope to accomplish is to help out with circulation. Last quarter I usually gave the oppurtunity to check out/in books to the other SLAs in my period to help them get to know the technology. Now that they're aces, I think its my turn to help out patrons. I hope this quarter will be just as fun as third quarter. Good luck, everyone!

My goals for fourth quarter are...
1)Learn my way around noodle tools, elibrary and Gale Reference, and become an expert on them
2)Know were every thing is in the reference section because sometimes I get a little confused
3)Be able to help patrons find good books and be able to assist help them find things they will like
These are my fourth quarter goals!!!:)

-Maddie S* :)

Madi H. goals

This quarter there are several things that I need to improve on by making goals.  My first goal is to learn how to use eLibrary and Gale Reference Library better.  In light of the upcoming CBA, I think that this will be a very useful skill to have.  Another goal that I have is to learn what to do when a book has a hold on it.  Even though this has never come up for me, it would be nice to know that I can process a book with a hold.  My final goal is to become more familiar with the reference section of the library.  That is the place where I have the most trouble shelving and finding books, and again in light of the CBA, this is a super important skill to have.
~Madi Hawkins

Sarah's 4th Quarter Goals!!

I can't believe it's already the last quarter of the year!! I love working with all of you in the library. Here are some of my goals...For patron services...I would still like to work with and help patrons any way I can (like before). Such as; looking for a book that appeals to them, checking in and out, renewing and solving problems to the best of my ability. (Asking for Ms.Trumm or Mrs.Marragain's help when needed.) Next, for the technology part, I would like to man and keep an eye on the circulation desk at all times, learn more about helpful websites, and make sure me and everyone else using the library is using the available technology correctly and wisely. Finally, in the  library research and skills section, I will do my daily jobs and assignments to the best of my ability and improve my knowledge of the library and everything else I can learn to be a better SLA! :D

Q4 Week 2 - setting goals

This week in a post, I would like you to develop three goals on which to focus this quarter.  As you did last quarter, I would like your goals to focus in three areas:

• patron services
• technology
• library and research skills

If you are an 8th grader, I want you to develop at least one of those goals so that it helps you in your CBA research and makes you a resource to your fellow students.  Some examples of such goals might be becoming a NoodleTools expert, studying how to best use eLibrary, developing a deep familiarity with the resources in the reference section, 300's and 900's, etc.

At the end of the quarter you will complete another project that will demonstrate your learning and work, particularly as it relates to your goals.  You will create a different project from quarter three.  Throughout the quarter, you may want to document your progress and consider forms that your final project may take.

Thanks for all your work.  You are a talented and wonderful group of students, and I feel fortunate that you are part of our library team!

Sonia's Slideshow

Hi!
This is my slideshow! Hope you like it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfJHH1yaR4

Sarah's Final Project!

This is the link to my YouTube/Final Project presentation:
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmEDGSdTpkI

I've loved working with all the library workers and I hope to come back again next year!!

Hope you like my presentation/slideshow!
 ~Sarah Sawatzky :D

Sarah's Book Review!

      Catching Fire is the sequel to the action-packed Hunger Games book series! Now just months after the the heart-wrenching, 74th Hunger Games, Katniss lives on Victor lane, along with her mother and Primrose. With the winnings they can afford everything and anything, Haymitch and Peeta live across the street, and the Victory Tour will start in a couple months time; her life is perfect right? Not. Katniss thought she was going to end the Games and live a luxurious life until and announcement about the 75th Hunger Games stops her in her tracks...Two victors from each district, no matter what living condition in, would compete in the next annual hunger games, which means....she'd being going back into the arena and this time, she would be keeping Peeta alive; not planning on coming out... Knowing Peeta would volunteer to to go in with her, she was doomed....What would her life be like? Katniss didn't know until Peeta proposed and President Snow came to District 12...
      This engulfing sequel engulfed me right away! This book is filled with romance, heart-wrenching moments, and scenes where I thought I would cry, I got very emotional. My favorite part is when Peeta and Katniss have the whole day to themselves and have an all-day picnic on the training center roof. I also thought the scene where they're walking down the hall talking and Peeta says "I just want to spend every minute of the rest of my life with you.." It was so sweet and heartfelt. So, if you enjoy friendship,  love stories, battle, survival, and heart-break, you will absolutely adore this action-packed book in the trilogy!!!(For more of the Hunger Games...read The first book in the trilogy: Hunger Games, this book; he second: Catching Fire, and the third and final soul-engulfing book: Mockingjay. :D)

~Sarah Sawatzky
(Hunger Games all the way!!!)

Maddie's project

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Gm2W7zb2BBUyHpXTb_Fbv7kH30isiXkywuQuPuVJOUI/edit

Becca's Final Project Q#3 2012

Here is the link to my slideshow:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76-wPbfbffs

*please ignore the weird bonus slide I couldn't delete :) Thanks*

HOORAY THIRD QUARTER SLAs WE ARE THE BEST!!! :)

Quarter 4!

Make sure that you have posted your final project from quarter three so that others may view it. 

View the projects of all of the SLA's.  Comment on their work.  Include the following:
1.  I noticed that...
2.  You seem to have learned...
3.  Your project inspired me to...

Later, this week we will have a new daily schedule, problem spots, and assigned shelves. 

I am pleased to continue working with you all this final quarter of the year!

Brooklynn's Project

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbCntDiaQC8 
I created this with Explain Everything. I posted it to youtube and then to here!

This is my link for my third quarter project. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mrLf-bL6YEuXJQgU307XJlExhiSF01W4nsjc3kclVl8/edit

Book Review
The book I am doing my review on is Paranormalcy, by Kiersten White. The book is about a girl named Evie who works for the I.P.C.A. It stands for International Paranormal Containment Agency. Working for the I.P.C.A. is all Evie's ever known. She was in the foster system growing up and she has no clue who she is or what her real name is. Evie is a very special girl. She can see through paranormals glimmers, which is like a cloaking over there true form. She is the only one in the world that can do this that they know of. Everything is going okay for Evie when all of a sudden paranormals start dropping dead with there souls sucked out of them and they have no clue how or who is doing it. Then things get weirder. Evie's ex-boyfriend, Reth, starts trying to take her away to the fairy realm, and there is a break-in at the agency, but Evie doesn't know what to think of the strange, see through, water colored boy.
I loved this book the first time I read it, and I love it more every time I re-read it.  Paranormalcy is a riveting supernatural book that catches your interests from the first page. Between Evie's pink taser (tasey) and the way she thinks normal life is like one of her favorite high school drama shows, you will be laughing your butt off. The characters pull you in to the book and grow on you, though some more then others. There is a lot of twists and turns that will leave you guessing, some sad some happy. This story is a refreshing take on paranormal books. I give it five stars.


-Maddie Soran :)

Here is my Third Quarter project link!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dJLlOyBGGnnL2nhRSj5ri1zazlR-k21RYJm4OvwWjMg/edit
Hope you like it!
~Madi

Sonia's project created on Explain Everything and posted to YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfJHH1yaR4&list=FL8zz8_TEhJ1b2PYVxSEEp-g&index=1&feature=plpp_video

POST YOUR Q3 FINAL PROJECT HERE!

Please add a post to this blog with the URL (web address) for your project.

If you created your project on Explain Everything, we will export the project to YouTube so that your classmates may view it.

If you created your project on Google Docs, be sure to set the sharing so that anyone with the link can view it.

If you created your project using something else, figure out how to post your URL or see me for help.

Next week your blog assignment will include viewing and commenting on each other's projects.

Quarter Evaluation

I think I have learned a lot and have loved working in the library this quarter.

Some things I've accomplished are:
- learning to set up for BOB
- learning the basic jobs
- finding my way around the library
- finishing my first window display

Some things I can still improve in are:
-working with book returns/checkouts... I want to be faster
-working with overflow books

My favorite parts of third quarter were:
-making new friends
-setting up for BOB
-playing the shelving games
-working on window displays
-working on my final video project

Quarter Evaluation

I think I have done a good job, but sometimes I get distracted when shelf reading or facing up, because I think Oh, that book looks interesting! and I look at it. I am really trying to get better at that. I wish I had more opportunities to help patrons because I don't really feel like I get to do that. My favorite things are the blog, shelf reading, and my window display. I'm really glad I'm and S.L.A., because it has been a really fun experience.

Final Week of Q3

This week, please use your blog time to work on your final project (see previous post).  We will also get together some time this week to talk about your quarter evaluation.  If you would like to retest on shelving, please let me know so that we can schedule it.

Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to the library!  Look next week for a new job schedule.

Quarter Evaluation

 This quarter I think I have done swell job on completing my quarter goals. I have completed my patron, organization, and personal goals that I set at the beginning of the quarter. My patron assistance goal was to ask if a patron needed help with anything as soon as the walked through the door and to suggest books. I have asked the patrons if they needed help when they walk in and have learned that not only does it help the patron but it helps the library run more smoothly as well. Suggesting books is sort of hard, and easier if you know the patron personally. My library organization goal was to shelf read more often. I did this and realized that it is very important to shelf read so each book is in its home. My personal goal was to  stay focused and ask questions. At the beginning I had trouble staying focused but I now know what I need to do so I can stay focused over an extended amount of time. I hope to improve on this goal even more next quarter. Asking questions was easy and effective. I got more done in a better and more efficient way. I had lots of fun this quarter with my fellow SLAs and can't wait to start next quarter.

My Quarter Evaluation...

This Quarter I improved the following skills:

• working at the circulation desk and doing accurate and independent work
• helping  patrons to the best of my ability
• working technology properly, copy machine,  printer, computers...etc
• listening to directions and working hard

Skills that can still be worked on:

• Shelving books more quickly (making sure they're accurate and fixing shelves while I'm at it...)
• Placing holds quickly, correctly, and efficiently

•  Making sure the library is running smoothly, orderly, and is clean and organized ( to the best of my ability :)S)?

                                                                                ~Sarah Sa. :)

Sarah's Window Display!

   My window display theme is about Spring and what events happen during it's season; such as, sports, planting, flowers, spring break, sunshine, and animals.
   It will have drawings of flowers, sports utensils, suns..etc...It will have a slogan/ attention getter line that says something like; "Spring is in!", "Spring break is here!", or "spring is calling..."
something that prompts the spring season
   Some books that will be included are, books about plants and animals, spring drawing books?, sports events and spring sports books....nonfiction and fiction will be included...Everything in this display will say something about the above...
   These are just rough ideas on what I have in mind....I'm sure it will look great...Hope you like it! :D

Quarter Evaluation

This quarter in the library I feel like I have gotten much better at a wide variety of things.  I definitely know more about where books are shelved, and though I am not very quick at shelving things, there have been days where Maddie, Anna, and I were able to check-in and shelve every book in need of it.  I also feel like I have gotten quicker at cleaning things up in the library.  When I walk in it only takes me about ten minutes to push in the chairs, take care of my problem area, and any other shelves that are totally out of order.  Overall, I feel pretty confident in everything but shelving reference books.  I still need to work on those for sure.
~Madi

Week 5 Accomplishments/Growth

This first half of the quarter... I have accompished:
- learning how to blog
- shelving "dot books" and biographies
- learning how to help and assist patrons

I need more practice:
- checking out books
- shelving books quickly

Quarterly Evaluation #1

     This Quarter I have gotten more comfortable with finding my way around the library. At first I didn't know where to shelve the biographies and the reference books, but now I have a better understanding of where these things are. I also have started becoming more familiar with the check in/out process. I've also gotten better at setting up for B.O.B. battles and regular doing my regular jobs. I think I've done pretty well for this Quarter and I've loved being a S.L.A. 
     --- Thanks for all your help everyone!!! :D

Quarter Project

Our quarter is one week shorter, so it is time to work on your final project.  Coming up in the next two weeks, concentrate on these three tasks:

1.  Using the photos that you have taken with the ipad, you will create a slideshow demonstrating your learning and your accomplishments.  Use the "Explain Everything" app on the iPad, iMovie, animoto.com, photopeach.com, or another application of your choosing.  Your slideshow should include images and text captions and/or voice-over narration.
2.  Plan and create another window display.  Be sure to fill out the form on the blog about the theme and titles.
3.  Quarter evaluations on your blog day during the final week.

Improvements/ Need Improvement

This quarter i have gotten more comfortable with checking out books . I have also got more comfortable with helping people find/ get books they want. Some things i would like to improve is being completely familiar shelving all books, also knowing being comfortable placing holds.   




                                                                -Brooklynn Williamson(:

Skills and Growth - LeGrand Jones II

Some accomplishments I have made are:

• Being able to hang a book in a window display. 
• being more affective at using blogger. 
• and learning about ways the library works that I didn't know before,

I Feel I Need to Grow in the Area's of: 

• Learning more about the aspects of the library that aren't just books, including, but not limited to using the copier. 
• Shelving non-fiction books, I feel that I just need to practice because normally I don't shelve non-fiction.

Quarter achevements/improvements

         This half of the quarter I found out that there are several things that I am good at, and also several things that I need to work on.  Some skills that I feel like I now have include organizing my problem area, shelf reading, and just cleaning up the library in general.  My problem area is the blue and green dots, and most day s when I come in they are a mess.  I've gotten pretty quick about straightening it up and putting the books back in order.  I also like shelf-reading now.  Non-fiction is my favorite, but I think I do a pretty god job in both fiction and non-fiction.  As for cleaning up the library, when I come in I always make sure that I take out the recycle if its full and push in all the chairs.
         This second half of the quarter I hope to get better at shelving, keeping my blog up to date, and checking in and out books.  As I figured out in my shelving test, I'm pretty slow and only 80% accurate.  I really need to fix that if I want to shelve any more books.  Also with my blog, I never seem to be able to get them done on my blog days.  Whether its tracing the Lorax or the power is out, I just can't seem to get my blogs done.  But lastly I need to get better at circulation.  I have yet to check in or out a book to someone.  So actually I'm not even sure that i can, but I think i know what to do.

~Madi Hawkins

I'm currently reading If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko.  It's one of the battle books, and although I've already read it, I'm reading it again to make sure that I understand it.  This is one of those books that you definitely have to read more than once to understand the whole thing.  Since this is the second time I've read this, I've realized that almost everything that happens in the book foreshadows some later event.  I'm really enjoying the feeling that I understand why things are happening, not just wondering why that ended up like it did and how did that character do that, anyways?  So if you are in the battle, and even if you aren't you definitely have to read this book.  I might even read it a third time once battle season id over so I can see what I missed the second time!
~Madi Hawkins

My New Skills/Areas That Need Training

New skills that I have learned:

• Learning how to put books on hold
• Learning how to check out a book when I only have the barcode
• Getting faster on my problem spot

Areas that need growth

•  Learning how to repair books and magazines
• Writing backwards on my window!
• Faster at shelving-sometimes when I'm shelving I see a book that looks interesting and get distracted

Accomplishments and Improvments.

A skill I have mastered is to ask questions. I am more clear on what I am supposed to do. Another skill I have mastered is shelf reading. I do it whenever I have even just a little of spare time. I try to check my problem spot daily. I know I need improvement on on staying focused. I have not staying focused and I find myself goofing around with Madi and Maddie a lot. I know I will have to stop so all of us can get our work done quickly and correctly. Another thing I need to work on is communicating more with patrons. I already talk a lot, so I don't know why this is so hard for me. Hopefully I can improve all these abilities by the end of the quarter.

-Anna Schubert

 Accomplishments/skills:

• Shelving
• Checking people out and checking books in
• Knowing my way around library more

Areas that need improvement:

• Speed of shelving
• Technology and the different tools on the computer
• Staying more on task and not so much socializing

-Maddie Soran*:P

Skills this Half of the Quarter...

Skills Developed

• Knowing what to do and when I come into the library
• Circulation desk operation accuracy and speed
• Doing the best I can to help any patron in need
• How to work the copier and printer.  :)

Areas to work on/ would like to do or learn:

• Gaining a some more knowledge of the library (how to do certain things without help, operating technology, etc...)
• Staying focused, on topic, and focusing on my daily assignments more than talking to patrons and fellow library assistants. 
•  Learn how to do other special projects

                                                                      ~~Sarah Sawatzky :)

Week 5 - What a Wild Week!

This week marks the completion of the first half of the quarter.  Please take a few minutes to blog about:

• Two to three accomplishments or skills that you have developed
• Two to three area in which you recognize a need for growth or training

You will also complete a shelving test on your blog day.  You will be given a box with ten books from around the library.  You will be tested on your shelving accuracy and speed.

I will be out of the building at a conference on Wednesday.  My substitute will conduct some of those tests.

Book review/Works Cited

Book Review:
     Recently, I read Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale. This book is about a girl named Dashti, whose mother recently passed away. She searches to find work and ends up as a ladie's maid for Lady Saren. Dashti swears her loyalty to Saren and ends up being locked away in a tower with her, because of Saren's prior betrothal decisions. When rats start diminishing the seven year food supply, they will have to figure a way out. But with no widows, brick walls, and only a small food slot... how will they escape?

Works cited:
..... in progress.....

Week 4

This is the first full week that we have had in a while.  Last week with snow, Dr. Seuss Day, and no school on Friday, we didn't have a chance to go in-depth on circulation.  It is super important that everyone is rock-solid on circulation, so we will continue to focus on that this week in addition to shelf reading. 

Please remember that your class period should be made up of several different tasks.  Begin your time by doing a problem check - chairs, messy shelves, garbage on the floor, stray books on tables or countertops.  Next, shelve the books from the shelving cart for 10-15 minutes.  Finally, work for about 20 minutes on your daily assignment.

This week for your blog time, please use the library catalog to create a resource list and to write a book review of something that you have recently read.  You will need to log in to your library account to do each of those.  Create a resource list of the books that you are including in your window display.  Print it out as a "Works Cited" list and turn it in to me.  Also, write a thoughtful and correct book review of at least five sentences.  Do you summarize or spoil the book; instead, include your opinion with details or examples as support.

Don't forget to use the iPad to document your work!

Third quater widow display.

Friendship is really important. That is why my window display is about just that. There is books about how to deal with friendship, how to make friendship bracelets, and just books about friendship. -Brooklynn Williamson

Small Window Display ....

Ooh! Our window has become more of a historic theme (newspapers) but mostly diaries and historical fiction books like: Dear America Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, Voyage on the Titanic, Early Sunday Morning, and Muckrakers. I also found The Year of the Hangman and Crispin the Cross of Lead!!! ----- Becca

Sonia's Window

I'm doing my window display on disasters. (Titanic, Triangle Factory fire...) My window says "Iceberg Ahead! Famous Disasters." I'm pretty much done, except the letters need to be thicker. They can't really be seen when you walk by. My window is the one under Kenya's flag. Hopefully you'll take a look at it!

Sarah and Becca's, Window Display #1

      Becca and I are working together on one big window and another small one...I am going to describe the large one. We are going to do a mystery/adventure/spring themed display. We will display the Secret Benedict Society, Airborn books, Holes books, Maze runner books, and Haddix books. Note that this display will not include all the books from the series'.
     It will say something like, "get active, get outside and discover your own mysteries!" Their will be a drawing of a spyglass and an eye looking through it, a picture of the sun and some grass..maybe a bug in it, and a foot print. This is sure to be a blast to create and hopefully will turn out great in the end!

Small Window Display

     Sarah and I are working on two windows. I am describing the smaller one. We were thinking of having newspapers and comics along with other books about newspapers. (some fiction ones and other "how-to" or non-fiction books) We were also going to inform people about the school newspaper, now available in the library!!! Basically we would use the window markers and say,"check out these books and our new school paper at the front of the library."
     Just a paraphrase but that's pretty much it... we also talked about a background of streamers.
     ----- Becca

Week 3, Q3

This week the focus is circulation procedures.  We will train you on checking out, checking in, renewing, and placing and processing holds.  Please pay close attention to the process and ask as many questions as you need.  The accounting of where our books are is the most important part of the library.  We cannot hold our patrons responsible for lost and overdue books unless we are absolutely certain that we have checked them in and out correctly.  Processing holds is a multi-step process that many SLA's have struggled with. 

At the same time, we must protect patron confidentiality.  Confidentiality means privacy.  What students check out is private information and is protected by law.  Three rules are very important:
1.  Never tell another student or teacher what materials another patron has
2.  Do not allow non-SLA's behind the circulation counter
3.  Do not use the circulation computer for anything else

Please use your Blog time to work on your window display.  Fill out the form to the right explaining your plan and what books you will include.  Also, be sure to use the iPad to take pictures of your displays and other work you are doing.  You will use the photos you take this quarter to document your work and your learning, so feel free to snap lots of pics.

Anna's Third Quarter Goals

Hello there. Last year when I was an SLA I did fairly well completing my goals and I hope to do the same this quarter. My patron assistance goal is to ask if the need anything when they walk into the library and maybe suggest some good books. My library organization goal is to shelf read more often. Last year I had trouble shelf reading but this year I feel as if I am more comfortable doing so. My technology or research goal is to spread the word of new books, events, etc that are in the library.  To accomplish these goals I will stay focused and ask questions when I’m not absolutely sure of what I’m doing. I will need help from Ms. Trumm and/or Ms. Merrigan by answering the questions I have. I will know I have accomplished these goals by seeing that the library is running more smoothly.

Sarah's Goals...

This quarter, I plan to do all I can to improve the library's organization by always checking problem spots and shelving when I have free time to spare. Helping partrons, doing everything to help them, and making them feel welcome is also apart of my quarterly goals. I hope to gain more knowledge of the technology available to me and I also hope to complete the year with more knowledge of the the library. I am so glad I was picked to be a library assistant and am hoping to come back more ready and prepared for what next year brings! :)

Brooklynn's Goals.

I would like to get completely comfortable checking out books for patrons, and helping them find books. I would also like to be able to have organization in the library almost complete. Getting completely comfortable with the technology is so important and i hope to do just that.

Goal Week 2 Quarter 3

My first goal would be to try to make the library more attractive, mainly using the window display. I think this goal would improve our patrons experience mainly because it would make the library more enjoyable for more patrons that don't necessarily enjoy the library now. My second goal is to learn more and practice more about the library circulation system at MMS. I think this goal would help the library run smoother because if I and the other SLAs help run the desk more then the librarians who work at Marshall will have   more time to work on the things that we cant. My third and final goal is to learn more about this blogging system so that I can become more comfortable with blogger. 

My Goals

Patron Goal:
My goal is to learn how to put books on hold.

Organization goal:
I want to do more shelving. I'm also really excited for my window display!

Technology goal:
I want to learn how to use the catalog more precisely, like when I should use keywords and when I should use subject...

My goal to help patrons is to learn to check out books.  Then I can check books out to patrons instead of going to find someone who knows how to.

My organization goal to help the library to run smoothly is to remember all of the jobs that I've been learning these last two weeks.  I want to be able to g a whole week without asking questions about any of my jobs. 

My technology/research goal is to learn to use the blog better.  I keep getting confused and turned around, even just trying to post this!  So I definitely want to know the blog better.

SLA Goals Third Quarter

Goals:

1) Patron goal--- third quarter I want to learn to check out and renew books.
2) Library organization goal--- third quarter I want to keep up on my problem area and learn my way around all the sections, not just fiction.
3) Technology/research goal--- I want to learn to search the catalog and become more comfortable blogging.

I will be able to accomplish these goals by watching others, practicing, and familiarizing myself here.
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Goals

My goals for this quarter regarding being a library patron is I want to be able to help students find books that they will enjoy reading and can get into so that they like the library. And that means I will have to know my way around the library a little more and know what other types of books there are and if they are good. My goal for library organization is to shelve all the books quickly, correctly, and with a hundred percent accuracy. I am really fast with numbers but a little slower with the alphabet so I need to improve that. My goal for technology and research is to figure out how to use noodle tools because it is a little confusing to me but I think I could get the hang of it. Also to use library research pages and boollian operator. I know I will accomplish my goal when I feel like I could do these things without really having to think about it to much. Those are my goals for third quarter.

Week 2 focus - complete by 2/26

Great first week, everyone! Thanks so much for your hard work and enthusiasm.

Last week we focused on:

• fiction shelving 
• contracts 
• problem areas 
• job chart 

This week we will focus on:

• non fiction shelving 
• setting goals for the quarter 
• learning daily jobs by using the checklists 
• planning window displays 

Please continue to play the shelf game and "Order in the Library" shelving game until you have mastered all levels. Print out and post your certificates on the door to the office.

Please take this quiz: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=non-fiction-shelving You do not need to sign in at the end. If you x out the window, you will see your final score. Please print it out to turn it in to me.

Please create a post on this blog. Describe three goals that you have for this quarter. Your three goals should be about the following:

• patron assistance goal (what is something you will do to improve our patrons' experience) 
• library organization goal (what is something you will do that will help our library run smoothly) 
•  technology or research goal (what is something that you will learn to do or use better as a user of the library) 

Please be detailed as you write your goals. What will you do? How will you know when you have accomplished your goal? What help will you need from Ms. Trumm or Ms. Merrigan to achieve your goal?

Ms. Merrigan's post

The last book I read was The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly.  It's a courtroom drama set in Los Angeles.  I have read many of Connelly's books and enjoy the suspense.  The best book that I have ever read may be Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen or One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.  Sometimes you read a book and the language, characters, feel stick with you and change how you approach future books.  Both of the books are like that for me.

I am really looking forward to working with all of you.  Having eight SLA's means that we have time for more special projects and specialization.  You will be able to set learning and project goals and be able to do more than just shelving.  Thanks for being a part of our library!

Third Quarter SLA

The last book I finished reading was How Angel Peterson Got His Name  by Gary Paulson. I really like this book because of its humor and originality.

My favorite book ever would have to be Aces up by Lauren Barnholdt. I liked this book because it was suspenseful, humorous, and romantic. I think it would be a great addition to the library.

One thing I am most excited about is getting back into the swing of things since last year I was a SLA with Roman. I had a great time last year and expect no less this year.

The last book I read was Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts. It was a good book with great plot. The best I read in my whole life is Command Performance by Nora Roberts. It was really great. A suspenseful and kept me on the edge of my seat. The thing I am most excited about is that I get to be around books and help people.

Third Quarter

1. The last book I read was Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading. It's a Mustang Must Read
2. The best book I have ever read in my whole life: The Thirteenth Tale. It's a mystery, and I did it for my second quarter book project. I think everybody who enjoys mysteries should read this book (and even if you don't like mysteries).
3. I'm really looking forward to shelving books. I feel like I can really get to know the library better.

Sarah's SLA post!!

• The last book I read was Little Women.
• The best book I've read in my entire life was the Hunger Games Trilogy!No doubt about that, everyone should read these books...they changed how I thought about reading and I read way more than I used to...
• I am look forward to...I guess...working with books; like repairing them, working at the circulation desk, and working on projects and displays for the library. :)

Third Quater SLA

The last book I have read was This Book is Not Good for You.  The best book I have ever read was the Sisters Grimm. One thing I look forward to when being a SLA is to meet new people and get new skills.

The last book that I've read is called The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu.  It's pretty good, but its a bit slow at the begging and it never really picks up the pace.

My favorite book of all time is called City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I love a lot of books, but right now this one is my favorite.

I am really excited to be an SLA and the part that I'm most excited about is spending time in the library and learning about how you add a new book to the inventory.

Third Quarter (Becca:)

• The last book I read was The Book Of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
• The best book I've ever read is Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
• I am looking forward to learning about the catalog and making window displays.

Legrand Post 1

The last book that I have read is 1984. My favorite book is probably Brave New World. One thing that I look forward to as a SLA is learning more about our specific library.

Welcome to Third Quarter

Welcome to the new semester and to your time as a Student Library Assistant. This week we will focus on getting to know the library, shelving fiction, and using the blog. Please add a new post to the blog telling us the following:

1. The last book you read
2. The best book you have ever read in your whole entire life
3. One thing that you are looking forward to during this quarter as a SLA.

In addition, please comment on at least two other people's posts.

Please begin working through the levels on the "Order in the Library" shelving game. Print out your certificate after each session playing the game and post it on the library office door.

Final Week of the Semester

Well, we tried to put it off with a little snow, but the end of the semester has arrived. This week I will get together with you for your final evaluations (hopefully Wednesday), and you should work on your project plus the usual tasks. Please post any questions or comments that you have below. Thanks for all your hard work!

A sample project from Rosie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LiqjwRk32Y

Check out Rosie's movie created on the iPad with "Explain Everything."

Here is another version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shxdjJ95xNY

Q2 Final Project, due Feb 9

For your final project of the semester, please create a project that teaches a library skill or concept using technology. Your project will be largely devised by you, but should meet these requirements: 1. The project must teach an important library skill or concept (how to...) 2. The project must incorporate technology, preferably the iPad, and should be multimedia. 3. The audience may be students, staff, or future student library assistants. In a comment below, please make a proposal for a project, including details about how each of the requirements will be met.

End of Quarter Self-Assessment

Please add a comment below answering the following questions:

1.  What has been your biggest achievement this quarter as a SLA?
2.  What has been your biggest area of learning this quarter as a SLA?
3.  What will you take from this experience in your use of libraries in the future?
4.  What will you take from this experience in any future job?
5.  In what area do you wish you have done more or learned more?

Thank you for your hard work this quarter.  We will do quarterly evaluation meetings next week.

Ms. Merrigan