This past spring I setup a new web server at our school using Ubuntu Linux Server version 10.04. I set it up as a LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) to give me more options. Once I had done that (it took a couple of months because I was learning as I worked!), I was [...]

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Once or twice a year, I give away old magazines in my library. While I file Time, Newsweek, US News, National Geographic and a few others for research purposes, I give away old copies of Snowboarding, Nickelodeon, and Teen People (and a few others). Yesterday, I put out two boxes with the following sign: “These [...]

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The other day a science teacher brought her classes into the library to work on group projects. Each group was researching and preparing a class presentation regarding some aspect of the weather. The assignment was well designed and each group member had a specific assigned task within the group. One group member was designated as [...]

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When I first left my English classroom to become the school librarian, several of my colleagues seemed jealous. They quizzed me about getting my library media teacher certification, how hard it was, how long it took…. One day, several weeks into the job, I finally slowed down enough to actually open a copy of School [...]

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The Davis School District is in the process of rolling out a new, District-wide, web-based, library management solution. We have chosen the Destiny product from Follett Software Company. This change will involve some patience, good cooperation, multiple days of training, and a lot of money, but the end result will be better service to our [...]

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For several years now, one of my favorite things to do as a librarian is to put out brand new books. When I have just purchased, stamped, wrapped, labeled, and catalogued a stack of lovingly chosen, carefully selected, award-winning, high-interest, can’t wait to open books, I love to carefully stand them up on top of [...]

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Since last Thursday, Mrs. Hadley’s 8th grade English classes have been coming into the Library Media Center to do research on Famous Black Americans. Yesterday, she noticed one of the boys who seemed to be playing Solitaire rather than researching his topic. He was being sneaky about it, however, because every time she would walk [...]

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The South Davis Junior High Library Media Center was built about ten years ago as part of a major overhaul/addition to our school. It has translucent skylights, and numerous windows through which we get nice changing patterns of natural light throughout the day. We have over 7,000 books which are catalogued into the following groups: [...]

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