[CALIBK12] More on the HIT:MiddleSchool"Standard"Reference/Nonfictionpurchases

Fri Apr 4 13:37:01 PDT 2008

We have no databases at all and no money. I encourage our students to get both a public city library card and a public county library card.
Between the 2, the kids have access to many online databases and World Book. Both have great databases but different ones.The added bonus is free digital downloads of books from CALIFA, that the public county library subscribes to.
An excited girl just came in with her mp3 playing Twilight, downloaded from the public library. It will stay on her mp3 for 3 weeks.
Kathy
Kathy Spielman 
Middle School Library/Media Technician 
Yorba Linda Middle School 
4777 Casa Loma Ave. 
Yorba Linda, CA 92886 
714-528-7090 ext. 7062 
kspielman at pylusd.org 
"...if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow." - John Dewey

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu]On Behalf Of Thomas Nixon
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I think one of the key points that has come up from Janet and others is that 24/7 access. My hope for my site is to buy only (mostly?) digital encyclopedias/online databases that can be accessed by students at home, at the Boys & Girls Club, or wherever they might go to get access. At my school, students will not have any resources that they can use at home, but a surprising number of them have access to the Internet.

Tom Nixon
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Teacher-Librarian 
Tehipite Middle School 
Fresno, CA 93701 
Web:  <http://www.tehipitelibrary.org/> http://www.tehipitelibrary.org 
Blog:  <http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com/> http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com 
(559) 457-3420 (x 570)

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Hi all,

What a great time for me to let you know that we will feature a session at the CSLA conference in November where two of our teacher librarian members will share their experiences with the online databases they utilize at their school sites.  It is, as was mentioned, becoming an essential part of our library collection as we continue to face budget woes and the need for 24/7 access.  See you in November.

Janet Melikian

Concurrent Sessions Chair

CSLA Conference Committee

November 2008

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Tom,

Thanks for posting.  As we deal with budget woes, we need to continue to support out students' educational needs, and databases are an essential part of that picture now.

--Jeanne Nelson

Lilbrary/Media Services Coordinator

Murrieta Valley Unified School District

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*       AND, have you seen the hot, cheap, new Marshall Cavendish
databases? They range from $231 to $263 and cover topics like Early Life
in Ancient Civilizations. The price is for school and home access, for
THREE YEARS.  Cannot beat this price!
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Thank you for the extra information, Margaret. It's very helpful! By the way, folks, if you ever want to learn everything there is to know about reference and publishers, grab Margaret Baker and walk the floor with her at CSLA. I did this last time. Oh my.

As it happens, I have purchased three of the Marshall Cavendish databases (Exploring Life Science, Exploring Earth & Space Science, Exploring the Middle Ages) and they are wonderful! I have already been training students how to use them and they really like them. I just heard from publisher's rep extraordinaire, Kathy O'Kane, that the U.S. History one will be available beginning in July. I ordered that this week.

Here's a secret: Yes, you can get that for three years. However, you can also get it for five years for not much more money. That includes all updates and home access as well. I went with five years on all four databases because I have the money now and who knows what the future holds.

Tom Nixon
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Teacher-Librarian
Tehipite Middle School
Fresno, CA 93701
Web: http://www.tehipitelibrary.org <http://www.tehipitelibrary.org/> 
Blog: http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com <http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com/> 
(559) 457-3420 (x 570)

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