This week Ms. Hinton focused on Living and Non-Living. She read books to the students that talked about this topic. She asked the kids if we breathe? eat? move? change or grow? If yes to all then we a Living. She talked about plants and how they move to sunlight and make their own food. She also talked about places where people live such as a city, the rural area, or small towns.
I did not have much time in the classroom this week, due to substitute teaching. I came in an hour everyday I subbed.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Week of March 25-29
This week Ms. Hinton instructed me on how to process books. She writes the barcode number on inside of all books, in case the cover is ever missing on a book. The checkout log shows the barcode number on books missing it. That way if you know who had the book, you can check to see which book was checked out. It is important to check to make sure the correct cover is on books. If not, it is necessary to take action. Either return to company or delete from collection. Some of the books were bought even though there was not an AR test for them at them time. Now that they have a test, AR stickers needed to be added to the books. Specifically, the Obama books.
We learned about pre-processing and such in LIS 408 recently. Even if someone does the processing for you, you must pre-process by providing the vendor specs for your library such as Sears or LCSH, automation system, barcode number range, position of barcode, and how you want the call numbers to be labeled. There is usually a cost per item for processing to make items shelf-ready. But the advantage is that all you have to do is put marks of ownership on them. (Pace, personal communication, April 8).
Ms. Hinton says she likes Follet better than Mackin for ordering books. I didn't get a chance to work with Follet, however, I did work with Mackin one week. She had me to order books based on the list of books the faculty requested. It was a slightly confusing site. It provided, however, a key for determining what the abbreviations mean.
Ms. Hinton informed me that she would be preparing a folder with information about reboxing and replacing damaged books. I have yet to receive that information, but I plan to ask her soon. She also told me that she will be printing out directions for how to print AR labels and barcodes. She explained the new AR test components to her classes and to me. She says that from now on there will be more than one question on the page as students take the test and that there will be added vocabulary tests.
To add a copy of a book to the system, first put the barcode on the book close to the spine, vertically to allow for ease during inventory, then click on Barcode under Catalog on Destiny and click edit to change barcode. Look for the book with no copies, and click add copy, then enter new barcode number and the price of the book. She let me do this to several books until I was a pro. I enjoyed this week.
We learned about pre-processing and such in LIS 408 recently. Even if someone does the processing for you, you must pre-process by providing the vendor specs for your library such as Sears or LCSH, automation system, barcode number range, position of barcode, and how you want the call numbers to be labeled. There is usually a cost per item for processing to make items shelf-ready. But the advantage is that all you have to do is put marks of ownership on them. (Pace, personal communication, April 8).
Ms. Hinton says she likes Follet better than Mackin for ordering books. I didn't get a chance to work with Follet, however, I did work with Mackin one week. She had me to order books based on the list of books the faculty requested. It was a slightly confusing site. It provided, however, a key for determining what the abbreviations mean.
Ms. Hinton informed me that she would be preparing a folder with information about reboxing and replacing damaged books. I have yet to receive that information, but I plan to ask her soon. She also told me that she will be printing out directions for how to print AR labels and barcodes. She explained the new AR test components to her classes and to me. She says that from now on there will be more than one question on the page as students take the test and that there will be added vocabulary tests.
To add a copy of a book to the system, first put the barcode on the book close to the spine, vertically to allow for ease during inventory, then click on Barcode under Catalog on Destiny and click edit to change barcode. Look for the book with no copies, and click add copy, then enter new barcode number and the price of the book. She let me do this to several books until I was a pro. I enjoyed this week.
Week of March 4-8th
This week I worked on my vodcast project for LIS 491- which is an instruction course. I had some complications getting camstudio to work on a particular computer in the library for several weeks. So, the tech people assisted me. We found a microphone and headset and I was able to do it well finally. I ended up getting 100 percent on that project where I demonstrated how to use Destiny Catalog to search for and select books to check out at the library media center.
Ms. Hinton told me about the Ellison machine and how to work it, and change the pad on the machine. She said if it has already been used on one side previously, then it doesn't last as long as if it is a new pad. She taught me how to use the tools to clean out some of the places where paper builds up on the cutters, such as the ghost's face, the pumpkin's face, and the tornado. Used the awl to get the extra paper out.
She taught me how to make posters. You select the large printer, select paper size E, landscape or portrait depending on the poster, fit to page, and select print.
I learned about Glog, a site for creating webpages based on a template. It seemed like a great site to create. The teachers at my school love to create posters for the walls, classrooms, calendars and events. My book says that huge posters can be made using this machine for parent-teacher association night, high school sports events, or banners for a school store that lists the items and prices available (Morris, 433).
Ms. Hinton told me about the Ellison machine and how to work it, and change the pad on the machine. She said if it has already been used on one side previously, then it doesn't last as long as if it is a new pad. She taught me how to use the tools to clean out some of the places where paper builds up on the cutters, such as the ghost's face, the pumpkin's face, and the tornado. Used the awl to get the extra paper out.
She taught me how to make posters. You select the large printer, select paper size E, landscape or portrait depending on the poster, fit to page, and select print.
I learned about Glog, a site for creating webpages based on a template. It seemed like a great site to create. The teachers at my school love to create posters for the walls, classrooms, calendars and events. My book says that huge posters can be made using this machine for parent-teacher association night, high school sports events, or banners for a school store that lists the items and prices available (Morris, 433).
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