[CALIBK12] General introduction to school libraries - Humor! - and now off topic :) (fwd)

Sat Jun 6 04:12:22 PDT 2009

Or why/how I got an A in cataloging. Because I was a good typist, I was able to 
produce catalog cards with no typing errors and my typing grade reflected my 
typing skills rather than my cataloging knowledge since any errors I might have 
made creating the first set were dutifully corrected and returned to me 
for retyping and that coveted "A" with absolutely no skills or desire to 
ever catalog anything. Sometimes I think the first criteria I had for the 
purchase of a book for the library was if it had H.W. Wilson card sets 
available for purchase.

If it is possible to go down memory lane just a little longer, when I 
became coordinator of school libraries for my school district in the 
mid-sixties, the role was to establish elementary libraries as quickly as 
possible. I ordered a huge number of H.W. Wilson card "stamps" which was 
how you ordered and paid for their card sets then and definitely before 
Follett or Baker and Taylor sent electronic records to your OPAC. The the 
tiny box arrived with some thousands of these tiny stamps with a purchase 
price then of many dollars, the postman brought it to my office to sign 
for insured delivery. Looking around the stacks of books being cataloged, 
he asked, "What in this tiny light-weight box costs that much money?"

Blanche

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Connie Williams wrote:

> oohhh those times were so much fun for library techs..... I was one in the 
> early
> 1970's and we had to type the catalog cards. After a whole day of typing 
> them, they
> were reviewed by the head librarian.  If there was even ONE SPACE wrong, the 
> whole
> card had to be re-done.  THEN in the morning, before the library opened, 
> everyone -
> techs, librarians, administrators - filed catalog cards. We were each given a 
> drawer
> we were responsible for.  15 minutes before the opening of the library, we 
> closed the
> catalog drawers and got ready for the day...  
> Cool paths down memory lane! :) 
> Connie Williams
> 
> 
> Connie  Williams
> NBCT Teacher Librarian
> President
> California School Library Assn
> CSLA 2.0 Team
> 
> chwms at mac.com
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> 
> On Jun 5, 2009, at 5:43 PM, ladewig wrote:
>
>       I'd guess in 1960-63 they WERE very busy "Behind the Scenes at the
>       Library." Busy typing and filing cards in the card catalog, explaining 
> the
>       wonders of the Periodical Literature indexes, printing out (by hand) 
> the
>       titles and publishers of recent acquisitions in the ledgers, loading 
> the
>       Kodak Carousels with slide shows, teaching patrons how to use the
>       cutting-edge technology of microfiche, putting out new books on display
>       like "Someday We'll Have a Man on the Moon" - all very helpful stuff to
>       know nowadays . . .
>  
> You couldn't find anything more current Richard?!  ;-)
>  
> (Heck, if only I'd saved that moon book ? it would really be worth something 
> on
> eBay!)
>  
> Joanne Ladewig  (A.K.A. "Library Lady")
> Library Media Tech
> Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD
> Garden Grove, California
> shatz at verizon.net
>  
> 
> Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark.
> Professionals built the Titanic.
> 
> Comments are my own and may not represent the views of GGUSD
>  
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> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 3:46 PM
> To: Thomas.Nixon at fresnounified.org; calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] General introduction to school libraries
>  
> Behind the scenes at the library
> by: Busby, Edith.
> NY Dodd Mead 1960
> 62 pages illus.
> LAPL Central Library - Children's Lit. Dept.    
> 
> What does a librarian do?
> by: Busby, Edith.
> NY Dodd Mead 1963
> 64 pages illus.
> LAPL Central Library - Children's Lit. Dept.    
> 
> Librarians in Children's Literature, 1909-2000
> by: Elaine Yontz, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, USA
> Published in:  The Reference Librarian, Volume 37, Issue 78 March 2003 , 
> pages
> 85 - 96
> Abstract:    The presentations of librarians in thirty-five children's books
> published between 1909 and 2000 in the United States were described, 
> compared,
> and analyzed to discover indications of attitudes and beliefs about 
> librarians
> and to discern evidence of changing roles within the profession of
> librarianship. In regard to gender and ethnicity, most of the librarians
> depicted are female and Caucasian, including those in books from recent
> decades. 
>     Consistency in work tasks of librarians is seen throughout the century, 
> but
> the tools used to perform the work show consistent evolution. Librarians 
> emerge
> as caring, friendly, and energetic professionals who have positive 
> interactions
> and relationships with patrons.
> 
> and?..
> 
> Book Resources For Librarians/Libraries in Literature
> http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/libbooks.html
> 
> =0 A
> Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
> Huntington Beach, CA
> **********************************************************
> A poem represents the mastering, even if just for a moment, of the pessimism 
> and
> the melancholy, and enables you - you the poet, and you, the reader - to go 
> on.
> -- Philip Larkin
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>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Nixon <Thomas.Nixon at fresnounified.org>
> To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu <calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu>
> Sent: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:01 am
> Subject: [CALIBK12] General introduction to school libraries
> I have been asked for a book recommendation by someone who wants a good, 
> general
> introduction to all the pieces of our job. Is there one book that includes 
> all
> of the essential pieces (circulation, reference, cataloging, etc.)?
>  
> In looking through my own library, I have many good books, but they tend to
> be only on reference, only on cataloging, etc.
> =0 A
>  
>  
>  
> Tom Nixon
> --
> Teacher Librarian
> Tehipite Middle School
> 630 N. Augusta Street
> Fresno, CA 93701
> (559) 457-3420, x. 570
> Web: http://www.tehipitelibrary.org
> Blog: http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com
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