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1.Yes, the
library is open!
It's still very much a "work in progress" but in fact
we're open. We're circulating books. I'm planning with teachers,
and co-teaching classes (I've already worked with Tad's and Jim's
social studies and English classes @New Design and Ms. Sheahan's
10th grade science classes @LOMA). A number of literary or author
events are in the planning stage (see below for details). Students
are welcome to come in -- I'm open during all the lunch periods,
and after school as well. (I usually take lunch between 1:30 and
2:15). And I'm putting together orders for library material -- so
come down and talk to me about your curricular needs. I even have
a phone now -- I'm at extension x435 (office) or x440 (main room).
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2. Seward
Park Campus Library website up and running!
Our library website is up and running -- as a matter of fact,
you are on it right now! The URL is spclibrary.org.
I created this site because I've seen too many students just going
to Google or Yahoo for all their information needs, wasting a lot
of time, and not getting the "good stuff". I've chosen
a small number of quality links that students can use for homework
and personal interests. If you go to the main page,you'll see there
are links for students
and for teachers (click on professional
links). You'll also see a link to the classroom
connnections pages. When your students are involved in a special
project, I'll create a special page for them with lists of and links
to relevant library resources (print and non-print). This is usually,
but not always, done in conjunction with a visit to the library.
This site is a work-in-progress. I'll be constantly updating it
in the coming months. I would love for you to help me keep this
site relevant for your students by suggesting links for me to include
in your subject area. Just send me an e-mail with the links to rdeutsc3@schools.nyc.gov
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3.
Check out our new databases
As part of NY
state funding for NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library),
we have access to a number of excellent full-text magazine and newspaper
databases, and a growing number of e-books.
These
include the EBSCO TopicSearch and General Science Collections, New
York Times (from 1995 to the present), Gale's Infotrac Junior magazine
database, the complete Twayne Author series, and a number of history
e-books. All these databases are accessible from any computer with
an internet connection. Passwords are needed (I'm in the process
of creating bookmarks with the passwords) A complete list of the
databases is on the catalogs
and databases page of the website. You'll also see there a number
of resources that we don't subscribe to, but that are available
through one or more of the public libraries with a valid library
card.
All together, these databases all have some great features for you
and/or your students: great maps, lessons, digital photo archives,
pro/con articles, maps and charts, etc. Take some time to see what
they have to offer; in future postings, I'll highlight a particular
database.
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4.
Upcoming Events
| October
30 till... |
Hallowe'en
in the Library
Watch for signs about our contest and come
up and check out the decor...
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| weeks
of Oct 29-Nov. 10 (tentative) |
NYPL
Visits Seward Campus Schools
Librarians from NY Public Library coming to
speak with 9th/10th grade English classes from LOMA and AGL
(classes from other schools to be scheduled at a later date)
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November
14
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National
Book Award Finalists Teen Press Conference
I'll be taking 20 students to the press conference
where they will hear the 5 finalists for the National Book
Award for the teen category read from their works, answer
questions and sign their books. Prior to the event, students
will each receive a copy of one of the author's books.
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| November
17 |
Random
House author Travis Hunter visits our library
Author of Hearts of Men and other novels will
speak to students
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5. Attention
English, ESL Teachers and Literacy Coaches!!!
LOMA, Essex and Dual Language teachers:
If
you have students who love to read and who, you believe, would be
interested in going to the National Book Award press conference
for teens, please send them down to speak to me. They'll get a free
book, a chance to hear the authors read from their work, be able
to ask the authors questions and get their book autographed. I have
up to four spaces for each school. The finalists this year are
M.T. Anderson for The Astonishing Life of Octavian
Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party
Martine Leavitt for Keturah and Lord Death
Patricia McCormick for Sold
Nancy Werlin for The Rules of Survival
Gene Luen Yang for American Born Chinese
Spaces will be filled on a first-come,
first-served basis.
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6.
Freebies
Some things
up for grabs in the library:
old magazines, including old National Geographics
paperback books (classics, mysteries and others) for your students
hardcovers for teachers -- especially literature and history, plus
some cookbooks (Julia Child's French Chef anyone?)
grey metal
"Princeton files" (sorry, not the other colors!)
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