So as I was reading the assignments for this week's 605 class, I realized, I could really really love Reader's Advisory. And I'm really pissed that we have like no classes available on that particular subject at SU. I've got to do more reading on the courses, but as of right now, I can't find anything that's just about Reader's Advisory.
I know it's not like a sound profession to tap into in the library field, but it's one I have a lot of interest in. It has to do with the psychology of the people coming to you and how to tap into what they're thinking about. I would LOVE that! I'm such a book eater that if I haven't read it, and I hear about it, I go out and buy it the next day and have it finished in two days. I devour books! I LOVE when someone comes to me looking for something and I loan them a book out of my library and they enjoy it so much they go out and buy it for themselves. I just did that to most of my friends and the Sookie Stackhouse series. I was like, if you like True Blood, you have got to try the books. They're amazing! And I loaned out like every book in the series (because I own them all) and now my friends are hooked!
I loved how the chapter talked about finding the mood of the patron, because it's so true! It's why I re-read books or read multiple books at once. Sometimes you're just not in the mood for a book or you thought you were and then you just lose interest in it. A book that you thought was terrible one year, when you go back and look at it again (and maybe things in your own life have changed) it's now your favorite book in the whole world. I love it when that happens. Like the first time I read Wicked, I just couldn't get through it. There were too many familiar and unfamiliar things all wrapped up together and I was struggling in my undergrad and needed something much simpler. I would not have recommended that book in a million years to anyone. I didn't even finish it, it just sat on my shelf. Then, about two years later, I picked it back up, started over, and tried again. And I FLEW through it. I passed it around to all my friends and they're all addicted to Gregory Maguire now, they all borrowed my copies.
Reader's advisory is about mood, it's about knowledge, and it's about not giving up until you have that right book for that certain person. Man, I really wish we had Reader's Advisory classes at SU. That would sooooooo rock!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Squeaks Discovers Type!
I had to share this! Squeaks is the first GPO Comic Book for kids, (An adorable little mouse!). So I had to show everyone this because it's just so cool, and this is going into Meggie's stocking for Christmas!
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/squeaks-discovers-type.jsp
This is going down as one of my favorite comic books ever and I haven't even read it yet!
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/squeaks-discovers-type.jsp
This is going down as one of my favorite comic books ever and I haven't even read it yet!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader
I was looking through our 605 syllabus to see what was coming up and I found this article. As a parent and a person who just LOVES TO READ! this is sooo cool. I had to keep reminding my Mom and others who have read it, this is how to raise a NONREADER!
Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader
By Dean Schneider and Robin Smith
1. Never read where your children can see you.
2. Put a TV or computer in every room. Don't neglect the bedrooms and kitchen.
3. Correct your child every time she mispronounces a word.
4. Schedule activities every day after school so your child will never be bored.
5. Once your child can read independently, throw out the picture books. They're for babies.
6. Don't play board games together. Too dull.
7. Give little rewards for reading. Stickers and plastic toys are nice. Money is even better.
8. Don't expect your children to enjoy reading. Kids' books are for teaching vocabulary, proper study habits, and good morals.
9. Buy only 40-watt bulbs for your lamps.
10. Under no circumstances read your child the same book over and over. She heard it once, she should remember it.
11. Never allow your child to listen to books on tape; that's cheating.
12. Make sure your kids only read books that are "challenging." Easy books are a complete waste of time. That goes double for comic books and Mad magazine.
13. Absolutely, positively no reading in bed.
Had to share this, I think I'm going to put this up on my wall or something. Got to give my mother some major credit right now. No wonder I'm such an avid reader, she never did a single thing on this list. She read in front of me, turned the TV off every night to hang out with me or we would read or my father and I would play a board or card game. My favorite book in the world is Dinotopia, which if anyone knows it, is a really intense picture book. I could go on and on. Thanks Mom for doing me right! Love you!
That's my rambling for tonight :-D
Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader
By Dean Schneider and Robin Smith
1. Never read where your children can see you.
2. Put a TV or computer in every room. Don't neglect the bedrooms and kitchen.
3. Correct your child every time she mispronounces a word.
4. Schedule activities every day after school so your child will never be bored.
5. Once your child can read independently, throw out the picture books. They're for babies.
6. Don't play board games together. Too dull.
7. Give little rewards for reading. Stickers and plastic toys are nice. Money is even better.
8. Don't expect your children to enjoy reading. Kids' books are for teaching vocabulary, proper study habits, and good morals.
9. Buy only 40-watt bulbs for your lamps.
10. Under no circumstances read your child the same book over and over. She heard it once, she should remember it.
11. Never allow your child to listen to books on tape; that's cheating.
12. Make sure your kids only read books that are "challenging." Easy books are a complete waste of time. That goes double for comic books and Mad magazine.
13. Absolutely, positively no reading in bed.
Had to share this, I think I'm going to put this up on my wall or something. Got to give my mother some major credit right now. No wonder I'm such an avid reader, she never did a single thing on this list. She read in front of me, turned the TV off every night to hang out with me or we would read or my father and I would play a board or card game. My favorite book in the world is Dinotopia, which if anyone knows it, is a really intense picture book. I could go on and on. Thanks Mom for doing me right! Love you!
That's my rambling for tonight :-D
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Sleeping In The Library!
So I have been in Bird Library pretty much all day today and I've got a couple observations I have to muse on:
#1) I have counted 15 different people sleeping in the library today. If that is not comfort, I don't know what is! I love that like on every floor I go there is someone catching Zzz's in like two chairs pushed together or bent over a desk and what not. My only question is, who is waking these people up to go get food or to go to class? I think one girl has been here as long as I have and she's just been sleeping. Perhaps she is just a mannequin put there to throw people off??
#2) Bird Library is seriously like the most utilized library I have ever been in. I've been up and down the floors today looking for different books and everywhere I go, I have to search for a stinking table! That was never the case in Cortland, you went above the first floor and it was open to all! It's the coolest thing, but also kind of sucks when you're looking for an outlet and THERE IS NONE TO BE FOUND! So only thing I would like from Bird right now, outlets at every desk. Or like, in the middle of the floor in areas where they have lots of desks, that would be helpful.
#3) Okay, that wasn't the only thing I want from Bird. Wouldn't it be cool, if you could like chain your laptop and backpack and cell phone and what not to the desk. That way you could go and wander the stacks and not have to worry about people taking off with your stuff! I was thinking that as I packed ALL of my stuff up to go up to the fourth floor to grab a book that was put up there especially for that reference collection, but the other books that it's usually housed with is on the second floor and that's also what I needed (hope that sentence makes sense....). I think I packed up and moved my stuff like 7 times today, not a fan!
That's it on my Bird Library ramblings....
#1) I have counted 15 different people sleeping in the library today. If that is not comfort, I don't know what is! I love that like on every floor I go there is someone catching Zzz's in like two chairs pushed together or bent over a desk and what not. My only question is, who is waking these people up to go get food or to go to class? I think one girl has been here as long as I have and she's just been sleeping. Perhaps she is just a mannequin put there to throw people off??
#2) Bird Library is seriously like the most utilized library I have ever been in. I've been up and down the floors today looking for different books and everywhere I go, I have to search for a stinking table! That was never the case in Cortland, you went above the first floor and it was open to all! It's the coolest thing, but also kind of sucks when you're looking for an outlet and THERE IS NONE TO BE FOUND! So only thing I would like from Bird right now, outlets at every desk. Or like, in the middle of the floor in areas where they have lots of desks, that would be helpful.
#3) Okay, that wasn't the only thing I want from Bird. Wouldn't it be cool, if you could like chain your laptop and backpack and cell phone and what not to the desk. That way you could go and wander the stacks and not have to worry about people taking off with your stuff! I was thinking that as I packed ALL of my stuff up to go up to the fourth floor to grab a book that was put up there especially for that reference collection, but the other books that it's usually housed with is on the second floor and that's also what I needed (hope that sentence makes sense....). I think I packed up and moved my stuff like 7 times today, not a fan!
That's it on my Bird Library ramblings....
Monday, October 11, 2010
Alphabetized Spice Rack? OMG THAT'S ME!
Actually, I have alphabetized books and DVD's, but we won't go there. My mother won't LET ME alphabetized the spice rack.
So, I throughly enjoyed Joe Janes this past week, and it was mostly due to the dynamic between Professor Lankes and him, they were (gasp!) adorable together! It was like, so cool to see two fellow comrades (comrade!) up there enjoying themselves.
But, on to what I really loved about last class. It was when Joe Janes talked about what he told people when they were like, I don't know if I'm an information person. When he talked about being the person who really liked to do the research, but just never started the paper. OMG! ME! Or the person who alphabetized there spice rack! I just started giggling softly.
One of the reason it was really funny to me, is because, at my current job, they refuse to utilize what I'm learning to there own benefit. I have offered to be there little info gatherer for different projects and what not, but nooooo..... So thing just lay around and there are days where I have absolutely nothing to do and could be helping on this project or that project. I mean, half the time, I have no clue what the things are that cross my desk. And I'm ordering or handling or (gulp!) inspecting these things. I mean, I get a sheet of paper that says order 200 PTO2403-12P01's and that's it. So I have to figure out where the drawing is, when's the last time we ordered it, how much did we buy it for, who did we buy it from, how long did it take to get there. I LOVE THAT PART OF MY JOB! I WISH THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO DO! I just find as much information as I can, ask as many people as many question as I can and go from there.
I wish they would let me help out on all the little projects that are scattered across my favorite VP of Manufacturing's desk. He has his fingers in so many different pots I would just love to be like, give me that pile I'll go find everything I can and get back to you on it and then you can make a decision. But no, instead, projects sit forever and then people ask about them and he's like, yeah, I took care of that months ago. No, man, you didn't, cause here it is! And they wonder why nothing gets done on the production floor.....hhhmmmm....
So, back to Joe Janes' awesome talk there, I swear, my work rant is done for today.
I'm sure we've all done this like a thousand times (or maybe just me) but I've been doubting my abilities and my decision to become a librarian in the past oh....week or two. I think it's been mostly the time crunch I've been under more than anything. ANYWAYS! Before I get lost on another tangent. I've been thinking I should've done something with History because I MISS IT HORRIBLY! But as I sat there last week listening to him (Joe Janes) talk, I'm like, "All in all I am an information person."
I miss the information of History, but I can easily start focusing my projects more around History to get my fix. I could research stuff for the rest of my life and be a happy person. I am so the kid who loved to find the information but hated to write the paper. And it wasn't the papers, it was simply the enjoyment of finding new information or discovering something.
I would pull all-nighters in under-grad before a paper was due, and it wasn't because I didn't have proper forethought or hadn't started working on it. The problem was, I had gotten so wrapped up in the discovering of information portion, I had forgotten to actually sit down and examine the information and write the paper.
After Joe Janes talked I felt more relaxed than I had in days (that vanished after being assigned the Rapid Response, but I digress). I have found my niche, now I just need to find that niche in the niche (ha, hope you understood that) that will make me happy. I need to find that place where I can get my fix on information, on history, on kids and helping them learn, on all that stuff. The cool thing about librarians is that we can do that, we can meet all our information needs. We can mix work and pleasure, we can have it all.
To steal one of my favorite lines ever in a movie:
Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.
Rick: And what is that?
Evelyn: I... am a librarian.
Evie - one of my heroes :-D
(Quote Taken From: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/quotes)
(Picture Borrowed From: http://smulibraryblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-celebrity-librarianget-me-out-of.html)
So, I throughly enjoyed Joe Janes this past week, and it was mostly due to the dynamic between Professor Lankes and him, they were (gasp!) adorable together! It was like, so cool to see two fellow comrades (comrade!) up there enjoying themselves.
But, on to what I really loved about last class. It was when Joe Janes talked about what he told people when they were like, I don't know if I'm an information person. When he talked about being the person who really liked to do the research, but just never started the paper. OMG! ME! Or the person who alphabetized there spice rack! I just started giggling softly.
One of the reason it was really funny to me, is because, at my current job, they refuse to utilize what I'm learning to there own benefit. I have offered to be there little info gatherer for different projects and what not, but nooooo..... So thing just lay around and there are days where I have absolutely nothing to do and could be helping on this project or that project. I mean, half the time, I have no clue what the things are that cross my desk. And I'm ordering or handling or (gulp!) inspecting these things. I mean, I get a sheet of paper that says order 200 PTO2403-12P01's and that's it. So I have to figure out where the drawing is, when's the last time we ordered it, how much did we buy it for, who did we buy it from, how long did it take to get there. I LOVE THAT PART OF MY JOB! I WISH THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO DO! I just find as much information as I can, ask as many people as many question as I can and go from there.
I wish they would let me help out on all the little projects that are scattered across my favorite VP of Manufacturing's desk. He has his fingers in so many different pots I would just love to be like, give me that pile I'll go find everything I can and get back to you on it and then you can make a decision. But no, instead, projects sit forever and then people ask about them and he's like, yeah, I took care of that months ago. No, man, you didn't, cause here it is! And they wonder why nothing gets done on the production floor.....hhhmmmm....
So, back to Joe Janes' awesome talk there, I swear, my work rant is done for today.
I'm sure we've all done this like a thousand times (or maybe just me) but I've been doubting my abilities and my decision to become a librarian in the past oh....week or two. I think it's been mostly the time crunch I've been under more than anything. ANYWAYS! Before I get lost on another tangent. I've been thinking I should've done something with History because I MISS IT HORRIBLY! But as I sat there last week listening to him (Joe Janes) talk, I'm like, "All in all I am an information person."
I miss the information of History, but I can easily start focusing my projects more around History to get my fix. I could research stuff for the rest of my life and be a happy person. I am so the kid who loved to find the information but hated to write the paper. And it wasn't the papers, it was simply the enjoyment of finding new information or discovering something.
I would pull all-nighters in under-grad before a paper was due, and it wasn't because I didn't have proper forethought or hadn't started working on it. The problem was, I had gotten so wrapped up in the discovering of information portion, I had forgotten to actually sit down and examine the information and write the paper.
After Joe Janes talked I felt more relaxed than I had in days (that vanished after being assigned the Rapid Response, but I digress). I have found my niche, now I just need to find that niche in the niche (ha, hope you understood that) that will make me happy. I need to find that place where I can get my fix on information, on history, on kids and helping them learn, on all that stuff. The cool thing about librarians is that we can do that, we can meet all our information needs. We can mix work and pleasure, we can have it all.
To steal one of my favorite lines ever in a movie:
Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.
Rick: And what is that?
Evelyn: I... am a librarian.
Evie - one of my heroes :-D
(Quote Taken From: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/quotes)
(Picture Borrowed From: http://smulibraryblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-celebrity-librarianget-me-out-of.html)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The eBook Blog Entry Trend
So...I was planning on building on my post from last week; but instead I'm going to talk about eBooks like I've read about from a few of my fellow classmates. I don't own an eReader, my boyfriend would like to buy me one for Christmas, but I just don't think I want one.
I love to open a book and to smell the glue and the binding and the paper. I love the feel of the pages. And really old books, if you fan the pages in front of your nose, that smell. It's amazing! (I know, it's mold, but it's good mold because of that smell, ha-ha).
This is from Amazon's web page on the Kindle:
Lose Yourself in Your Reading
The most elegant feature of a physical book is that it disappears while you're reading. Immersed in the author's world and ideas, you don't notice a book's glue, the stitching, or ink. Our top design objective is to make Kindle disappear — just like a physical book — so you can get lost in your reading, not the technology.
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M/ref=amb_link_354011402_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0692KW5Z2C3REVG6691Q&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1276003742&pf_rd_i=507846
So, here's my problem with that statement. I do notice a book's glue, stitching and ink. That's what gives me that warm fuzzy feeling. Then I get under a blanket, find a nice hot cup of cocoa, and rest. I love to browse my bookshelves (or my five 18 gallon buckets of books, I have every book I've ever owned since I was born) looking for something that I haven't read in awhile. Running my fingers over there spines, the calligraphy of one title, the colors on this jacket, that's what initially pulls you in. I don't pull out my Kindle, load up my page, and go to it. It just loses that feel, that character. Part of a book is it's feel. Are the pages cheap or are they expensive? If I didn't have to turn a page, I don't know what I would do with myself! Are there pictures? I love a book with the flaws. Like a picture where it didn't print completely and the child's arm in the picture is fainter than the rest. LOVE IT!
The printed word (printed as on paper in ink) was this momentous moment in history, and I'm all for technological advancement, I have hard time adapting to it, but I'm all for it. But, I believe one of the saddest moments for me was when Amazon announced that they had sold more eBooks than "real" books. I was like, awww, really? That's like when the VHS tape went out of style or the cassette tape. I still have all my old VHS tapes and cassette tapes by the way and they all still work! Thank you!
So I guess, maybe I should go buy an eBook (gasp! why is technology so damn expensive is another issue that I have. Working mom and part-time college student, excuse, part-time grad student, not a lot of extra money laying around!). Maybe I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover (pun intended). But, I will always be that person browsing through the real live in your hands books. I don't care how "uncool" it is. Just like my original Nintendo or Atari, I've been playing them for years and then Wii "rediscovers" all the old games. Please, come to my house and I'll kick your butt in Duck Hunt any day.
History has a tendency to repeat itself, so I know books will have there glory again! Maybe in a hybrid fashion. I could deal with a hybrid book/eBook. But I can't deal with the extinction of the written/printed (on paper and with ink) word.
And that is my rambling for this week!
P.S. After I wrote this, I thought of something and wanted to put some screen shots in from one of my favorite TV shows.
Okay, so this is my "fear." If you don't know, this is from Futurama. I believe Season 2....I'd have to go check out my DVD collection though, and I'm feeling lazy right now. It's the episode where Fry enrolls in the University and bunks with the Professor's experiment, Gunther the talking Monkey. Anyway, they are walking on campus and they come to Wong Library (Amy Wong's parent's donated the money for the library). They walk up to this huge, beautiful building (top picture) and inside Fry sees the collection (Bottom picture). It's a hysterical moment, because it's this big huge building, but at the same time we're seeing this reality come about. Except, even this is out dated now. It won't be on CD's or DVD's that the library is housed, but on iPads and Kindles.
So, now, really, that is my rambling for the week.
I love to open a book and to smell the glue and the binding and the paper. I love the feel of the pages. And really old books, if you fan the pages in front of your nose, that smell. It's amazing! (I know, it's mold, but it's good mold because of that smell, ha-ha).
This is from Amazon's web page on the Kindle:
Reading, Revolutionized
Lose Yourself in Your Reading
The most elegant feature of a physical book is that it disappears while you're reading. Immersed in the author's world and ideas, you don't notice a book's glue, the stitching, or ink. Our top design objective is to make Kindle disappear — just like a physical book — so you can get lost in your reading, not the technology.
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M/ref=amb_link_354011402_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0692KW5Z2C3REVG6691Q&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1276003742&pf_rd_i=507846
So, here's my problem with that statement. I do notice a book's glue, stitching and ink. That's what gives me that warm fuzzy feeling. Then I get under a blanket, find a nice hot cup of cocoa, and rest. I love to browse my bookshelves (or my five 18 gallon buckets of books, I have every book I've ever owned since I was born) looking for something that I haven't read in awhile. Running my fingers over there spines, the calligraphy of one title, the colors on this jacket, that's what initially pulls you in. I don't pull out my Kindle, load up my page, and go to it. It just loses that feel, that character. Part of a book is it's feel. Are the pages cheap or are they expensive? If I didn't have to turn a page, I don't know what I would do with myself! Are there pictures? I love a book with the flaws. Like a picture where it didn't print completely and the child's arm in the picture is fainter than the rest. LOVE IT!
The printed word (printed as on paper in ink) was this momentous moment in history, and I'm all for technological advancement, I have hard time adapting to it, but I'm all for it. But, I believe one of the saddest moments for me was when Amazon announced that they had sold more eBooks than "real" books. I was like, awww, really? That's like when the VHS tape went out of style or the cassette tape. I still have all my old VHS tapes and cassette tapes by the way and they all still work! Thank you!
So I guess, maybe I should go buy an eBook (gasp! why is technology so damn expensive is another issue that I have. Working mom and part-time college student, excuse, part-time grad student, not a lot of extra money laying around!). Maybe I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover (pun intended). But, I will always be that person browsing through the real live in your hands books. I don't care how "uncool" it is. Just like my original Nintendo or Atari, I've been playing them for years and then Wii "rediscovers" all the old games. Please, come to my house and I'll kick your butt in Duck Hunt any day.
History has a tendency to repeat itself, so I know books will have there glory again! Maybe in a hybrid fashion. I could deal with a hybrid book/eBook. But I can't deal with the extinction of the written/printed (on paper and with ink) word.
And that is my rambling for this week!
P.S. After I wrote this, I thought of something and wanted to put some screen shots in from one of my favorite TV shows.
Okay, so this is my "fear." If you don't know, this is from Futurama. I believe Season 2....I'd have to go check out my DVD collection though, and I'm feeling lazy right now. It's the episode where Fry enrolls in the University and bunks with the Professor's experiment, Gunther the talking Monkey. Anyway, they are walking on campus and they come to Wong Library (Amy Wong's parent's donated the money for the library). They walk up to this huge, beautiful building (top picture) and inside Fry sees the collection (Bottom picture). It's a hysterical moment, because it's this big huge building, but at the same time we're seeing this reality come about. Except, even this is out dated now. It won't be on CD's or DVD's that the library is housed, but on iPads and Kindles.
So, now, really, that is my rambling for the week.
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