Midterms
It’s that time of year when high school students are preparing for midterm exams. As the mentor of a freshman group, I have been making packets of info to help students get ready for the “big” event. One of the better websites is TestTakingTips.com . It covers everything from true & false to essays. Also beneficial is how to psych yourself for tests and take care of personal needs such as food and rest. If you haven’t studied or taken your classes seriously so far I can’t help that. But I can help you prepare for the test taking days. Be good to yourself, try hard, and give it the best effort you have. GOOD LUCK!!!!
Overdue books
Scanning the news today I found a great posting at AOL News about a man who returned a library book he took out in 1960.
Overdue materials are the bane of every librarian and here at school it is no exception. What people don’t understand is … that a lost book or material is a drain on the budget. Because you have to replace the item you don’t get to spend that money on something new. Every week I am having to tell a student that the book they want is overdue and/or long lost by a student who never returned. It turns away a valued patron who is frustrated by that loss or limitation.
So back to the story. This is a very heartening to know that the book was brought back, though long forgotten in the now computerized system. So to those book forgetters out there, it’s never too late to bring back a book or material and make a librarian’s day. If you can pay the fine or make a donation for the time and inconvience to the library staff, do so. Their budget and patrons will thank you for clearing the slate.
Time Magazine: “person of the year”
Time Magazine created controversy by naming their annual ”person of the year” as you and I … the people who create blogs and other online content for anyone anywhere in the world to read. So I guess that means ME!!
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html
I’ve been online in some form or another since the early 90’s and have been lucky to know know about the online world since the late 80’s. I love the idea of blogging and getting my ideas out there. I have many inspirations in the online world and read many blogs everyday. The Daily Kos , Keith Olbermann’s blogs, and many library world blogs. I think it truly visionary that Time would name the online world as people of the year as now and forever it has changed how people get and view information. Just sit next to a person at a conference and watch them pound away on a laptop telling the world about what is going on in that very moment. As I write this article Chris Matthews of MSNBC Hardball is blogging from the funeral of Gerald Ford. So as I write this I may be preaching to a choir of true believers, but if not maybe you will become a reader of thoughtfulness that comes from someone who sits down and blogs about what is current, topical, whistful, and occasionally meanful if only for the person writing the blog. So all of you bloggers…CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done!
