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Macintoshed Libraries 2.0. INSTITUTION Apple Library Users Group, Cupertino, CA
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 355 947 IR 054 450 AUTHOR Vaccaro, Bill, Ed.; Valauskas, Edward J., Ed. TITLE Macintoshed Libraries 2.0. INSTITUTION Apple Library Users Group, Cupertino, CA. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 96p.; For the 1991 volume, see IR 054 451. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Libraries; *Computer Software; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; *Hypermedia; *Library Automation; Library Instruction; Library Services; *Microcomputers; Public Libraries; Reference Services; School Libraries IDENTIFIERS *Apple Macintosh; HyperCard; Screen Format; Vendors ABSTRACT This annual collection contains 18 papers about the use of Macintosh computers in libraries. Papers include: "The Macintosh as a Wayfinding Tool for Professional Conferences: The LITA '88 HyperCard Stack" (Ann F. Bevilacqua); "Enhancing Library Services with the Macintosh" (Naomi C. Broering); "Scanning Technologies in Libraries" (Steve Cisler); "The Macintosh at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library: Flexibility in a Dynamic Environment" (Kerry L. Cochrane); "How a School Librarian Looked at a Gnawing Problem (and Saw How the Mac and Hypercard Might Solve It)" (Stephen J. D'Elia); "The Macintoshed Media Catalog: Helping People Find What They Need in Spite of LC" (Virginia Gilmore and Layne Nordgren); "The Mac and Power Days at Milne" (Richard D. Johnson); "The USC College Library--A Macintoshed System" (Anne Lynch and Hazel Lord); "Macintosh in the Apple Library: An Update" (Rosanne Macek); "The Macs-imized High School Library Instructional Program" (Carole Martinez and Ruth Windmiller); "The Power To Be Our Best: The Macintosh at the Niles Public Library" (Duncan J. McKenzie); "Taking the Plunge...or, How to Launch a 'Mac-Attack' on a Public Library" (Vickie L. -
Collection Preservation in Library Building Design
Collection Preservation in Library Building Design Collection Preservation in Library Building Design. This material was originally created by Barclay Ogden, Library Preservation Department, University of California, Berkeley. Valuable review and contributions were provided by Edward Dean AIA of SMWM Architecture, San Francisco, and Steven Guttmann of Guttmann + Blaevoet Mechanical Engineers, San Francisco. Illustrations were done by Michael Bulander, Architect, Los Angeles. The publication is provided through the Libris Design Project [http://www.librisdesign.org], supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Any use of this material should credit the authors and funding source. CONTENTS Page 1. COSTS AND BENEFITS OF COLLECTION PRESERVATION 1 2. COLLECTION PROTECTION 2 2.1 Fire Protection 2 2.2 Water Protection 7 2.3 Theft and Vandalism Protection 9 2.4 Disaster Response and Collection Salvage 9 3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 12 3.1 Relative Humidity Specifications 13 3.2 Temperature Specifications 15 3.3 Stabilizing Relative Humidity and Temperature 15 3.4 Air Pollutants 16 3.5 Light Specifications 17 3.6 Monitoring the Storage Environment 19 4. STACK SHELVING 20 4.1 Shelving 20 4.2 Bookends 21 4.3 Exterior Walls and Placement of Supply Air Ducts 22 4.4 Stack Carpeting 23 5. COMMON PRESERVATION CHALLENGES IN LIBRARY BUILDING PROJECTS 23 5.1 Aesthetics Trump Preservation 23 5.2 Preservation Priorities Get Scrambled 23 5.3 Preservation Costs Energy 23 5.4 Some HVAC Engineers Don't Understand Collection Needs 24 5.5 High-Tech Systems Are Too Smart for Their Own Good 24 5.6 Disasters Happen During Construction 24 5.7 Buildings Below the Water Table Get Wet 25 5.8 Collections Are Moved before the Building Is Ready 25 6. -
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Fall 2007 Vol. 59, No. 1 1 Contents NCLB & The SKILLS ACT .............................................................................................4 NCLB & The No Child Left Inside Act ........................................................................5 Media Literacy by Frank Baker ................................................................................6 The Marantz Picture Book Collection Moves to Kent State University ...................8 The Story Box Project .............................................................................................10 The Big Read: an urban middle school “Big Read” Project illustrates the power of story .....................................................................................................................13 Bringing science concepts to life with literature ...................................................17 Got Rocks? The U.S. Polar Rock Repository does! Read about a unique educa- tional resource...................................................................................................21 The International Baccalaureate Programme and the School Librarian .............23 Call for Articles ........................................................................................................28 School Librarians Rock! Librarians’ powerful impact on literacy develop- ment....................................................................................................................29 Interactive Whiteboards and Clickers in the Classroom .......................................37 -
EM3 LIT Cross Cur Links Format 09-21-09 Sap
4th Grade Everyday Mathematics Cross-Curricular Literature Links EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER, YEAR LESSON(S) Math Curse Scieszka, John Viking Children's, 2007 1.1 When a Line Ends…A Shape Begins Greene, Rhonda Gowler Sandpiper, 2001 1.2 Gregory and the Magic Line* Piggot, Dawn Orion, 2004 1.2 Shape Up! Adler, David A. Holiday House, 2000 1.3 The Greedy Triangle Burns, Marily Scholastic, 1995 1.5 Ed Emberley's Picture Pie: A Cut and Paste Drawing Book Emberley, Ed Little Brown, 2006 1.6 How Tall, How Short, How Far Away? Adler, David A. Holiday House, 2000 2.1 12 Ways to Get to 11 Merriam, Eve Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996 2.2 The History of Counting Schmandt-Besserat, Denise HarperCollins, 1999 2.3 If You Made a Million Schwartz, David M. HarperTrophy, 1994 2.3, 5.8 My Full Moon is Square Pinczes, Elinor J. Houghton Mifflin, 2002 3.2 Sea Squares Hulme, Joy N. Hyperion Books for Children, 1999 3.2 Count Your Way through the Arab World Jim Haskins Lerener Publishing Group, 1988 3.6 Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book Giganti, Paul Jr. Greenwillow Books, 1999 3.2, 12.2 Safari Park Murphy, Stuart J. HarperCollins Publishers, 2002 3.5 Nine O'Clock Lullaby Singer, Marilyn HarperCollins, 1993 3.6 Kids' Funniest Jokes Barry, Shelia Anne Sterling Publishing Co., 1994 4.3 The Everything Kids' Joke Book: Side-Splitting, Rib-Tickling Fun Dahl, Michael Adams Media Corporation, 2001 4.3 Inchworm and a Half Pinczes, Elinor J. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003 4.8 Millions to Measure Schwartz, David M. -
An Alpha-Number-Bet Event Kit
An Alpha-number-bet Event Kit by TINY DiTERLOONEY Dear Bookseller, Teacher, or Librarian, Welcome to G is for One Gzonk! A book thought up by me. I am the author and artist (as soon you’ll plainly see) of an alphabet of creachlings! A twenty-six-letter menagerie! But I must confess, as you may have guessed, It won’t teach you A, B, C. Angry Acks, blue Bloobytacks, and Cootie Noodles dwell within these pages. And activities based on numbers and letters for kids of all ages! W ITHIN THIS EVENT KIT, YOU WILL FIND: • Twenty-seventh Letter of the Alphabet • Bloobytack Memory • Who’s the Hoofle-Foofle? • Mighty Mee-Yighty Maze • Yellow Yummel-Yum Puzzles • G is for One Gzonk Silly Straws giveaway • G is for One Gzonk Name Tag stickers • Answer Key So enjoy, have fun, And let yourself be silly! Until we meet again, Tiny DiTerlooney (a.k.a. Tony DiTerlizzi) a.k.a. means “also known as” G is for One Gzonk! ISBN-13: 978-0-689-85290-9 ISBN-10: 0-689-85290-8 $16.95/$19.95 CAN Release date: 9/12/06 G is for One Gzonk! Flash Cards Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-4115-6 Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing ISBN-10: 1-4169-4115-0 $12.99/$16.99 CAN www.SimonSaysKids.com • www.diterlizzi.com Release date: 10/16/06 REPRODUCIBLE Illustrations © 2006 by Tony DiTerlizzi by TINY DiTERLOONEY SUGGESTED EVENT SCHEDULE 672 hours ahead (or one month ahead) • Pick a date and time for your event. -
Arrangement and Maintenance of Library Material MODULE - 3 ORGANISATION of INFORMATION SOURCES
Arrangement and Maintenance of Library Material MODULE - 3 ORGANISATION OF INFORMATION SOURCES 11 Notes ARRANGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY MATERIAL 11.1 INTRODUCTION In this lesson, we will discuss the issues related to organization and maintenance of library material. You will be told how materials have to be arranged on library shelves and how the arrangement of books differs from the arrangement of periodicals. The library material needs to be maintained on routine basis. Maintenance of library material involves kinds of stacking, shelf arrangement, cleaning, shelving, stock verification and weeding of unwanted material. Binding of documents will also be discussed as it is essential for care and repair of documents for their long life. 11.2 OBJECTIVES After studying this lesson, you will be able to :– describe various ways to arrange books and periodicals ; identify various kinds of library stacks; explain the shelving order of books; explain arrangement of periodicals; describe the activities related to care of documents; highlight the importance of mending and binding of library books and periodicals; illustrate the role of stock verification and weeding of documents; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 187 MODULE - 3 Arrangement and Maintenance of Library Material ORGANISATION OF INFORMATION SOURCES justify the need for security of library documents; and give illustrations of library displays. 11.3 MAINTENANCE WORK Notes In every library, maintenance of library material involves continuous monitoring of the stack room, displaying of new material on the display racks and arrangement of the books and periodicals on the shelves after use. Besides these, the material has to be dusted and cleaned at periodic intervals. -
UNITED STATES SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 OR o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number 001-09553 CBS CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 04-2949533 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 51 W. 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 (212) 975-4321 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of Each Exchange on Title of Each Class Which Registered Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value New York Stock Exchange Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value New York Stock Exchange 7.625% Senior Debentures due 2016 American Stock Exchange 7.25% Senior Notes due 2051 New York Stock Exchange 6.75% Senior Notes due 2056 New York Stock Exchange Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None (Title of Class) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933). Yes ☒ No o Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. -
Carmen Tafolla
Dr. Carmen Tafolla Summary Bio: Author of more than twenty books and inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for outstanding literary achievement, Dr. Carmen Tafolla holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas Austin and has worked in the fields of Mexican American Studies, bilingual bicultural education, and creativity education for more than thirty- five years. The former Director of the Mexican-American Studies Center at Texas Lutheran (1973-75 and 78-79), she proceeded to pioneer the administration of cultural education projects at Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, KLRN-TV, Northern Arizona University, Scott-Foresman Publishing Company, and to be active in Latino Cultural education and community outreach for the last 35 years. An internationally noted educator, scholar and poet, Dr. Tafolla has been asked to present at colleges and universities throughout the nation, and in England, Spain, Germany, Norway, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand. One of the most highly anthologized of Latina writers, her work has appeared in more than 200 anthologies, magazines, journals, readers, High School American Literature textbooks, kindergarten Big Books, posters, and in the Poetry-in-Motion series installed on city buses. Her children‟s works often celebrate culture and personal empowerment. Among her awards are the Americas Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Award for best children‟s picture book writing, two Tomas Rivera Book Awards, two International Latino Book Awards, an ALA Notable Book, a Junior Library Guild Selection, the Tejas Star Listing, and the Texas 2 by 2 Award. She is the co-author of the first book ever published on Latina Civil Rights leader Emma Tenayuca, That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice, which Críticas Magazine listed among the Best Children‟s Books of 2008. -
On Righting Writing: Classroom Practices in Teaching English 1975-1976. Thirteenth Report of the Committee on Classroom Practices
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 112 418 CS 202 272 AUTHOR Clapp, Ouida H., Ed. TITLE On Righting Writing: Classroom Practices in Teaching English 1975-1976. Thirteenth Report of the Committee on Classrocm Practices. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, 211. PUB DATE 75 NOTE 126p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of 'English, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (Stock No. 06854, $2.75 non-member, $2.50 member) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$6.97 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS *Composition (Literary); *Composition Skills (Literary); Descriptive Writing; Elementary Secondary Education; *English Instruction; Expository Writing; Higher Education; Journalism; Language Instruction; Literature Appreciation; Values; *Writing Skills ABSTRACT The 34 articles in this publication focus on the improvement of writing instruction and range frcm brief statements to discussions of courses. Contents are divided into the following six categories: getting the writer started finding a subject; developing a point of view; sharpening technique; writing to clarify values; and exploring writing systems. Although individual practices described may have been used at only one grade level, much of thematerial is applicable to several levels of instruction. (JM) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the criginal. -
Books Located in the National Press Club Archives
Books Located in the National Press Club Archives Abbot, Waldo. Handbook of Broadcasting: How to Broadcast Effectively. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937. Call number: PN1991.5.A2 1937 Alexander, Holmes. How to Read the Federalist. Boston, MA: Western Islands Publishers, 1961. Call number: JK155.A4 Allen, Charles Laurel. Country Journalism. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1928. Alsop, Joseph and Stewart Alsop. The Reporter’s Trade. New York: Reynal & Company, 1958. Call number: E741.A67 Alsop, Joseph and Catledge, Turner. The 168 Days. New York: Doubleday, Duran & Co., Inc, 1938. Ames, Mary Clemmer. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital as a Woman Sees Them. Hartford, CT: A. D. Worthington & Co. Publishers, 1875 Call number: F198.A512 Andrews, Bert. A Tragedy of History: A Journalist’s Confidential Role in the Hiss-Chambers Case. Washington, DC: Robert Luce, 1962. Anthony, Joseph and Woodman Morrison, eds. Best News Stories of 1924. Boston, MA: Small, Maynard, & Co. Publishers, 1925. Atwood, Albert (ed.), Prepared by Hershman, Robert R. & Stafford, Edward T. Growing with Washington: The Story of Our First Hundred Years. Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1948. Baillie, Hugh. High Tension. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1959. Call number: PN4874.B24 A3 Baker, Ray Stannard. American Chronicle: The Autobiography of Ray Baker. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1945. Call number: PN4874.B25 A3 Baldwin, Hanson W. and Shepard Stone, Eds.: We Saw It Happen: The News Behind the News That’s Fit to Print. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. Call number: PN4867.B3 Barrett, James W. -
The Road to the Future: Education for Creative Adaptation
The Road to the Future: Education for Creative Adaptation Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge 2019 Annual Report C O N T E N T S 3 Message from the Board 4 Key 2019 Accomplishments 5 An Update on God 4.0 6 The Human Journey: How We Got here, Where We’re Going 7 Hoopoe Books: To entertain & help children & young adults understand themselves & their world Hoopoe Books for Afghan, Pakistani & Middle Eastern Diasporas Hoopoe Books for Refugees 8 Share Literacy: Quality Books for Children in Need 10 Books for Afghanistan: Repatriation of Traditional Teaching-Stories to Aid Literacy Afghan Minority Language Program 13 Books for Pakistan: Traditional Teaching-Stories help spread Literacy 14 Malor Books & eBooks 15 Continuing Education for Psychologists 15 ISHK Administration 16 Officers, Board of Directors, Advisors, and Contributors Our Mission “…a main focus of ISHK’s work since our founding in 1969 has been to disseminate information and insights from psychology and other disciplines about who we are and how our minds work, so that we may be more conscious in shaping the future. Today…getting this kind of information and insight into the wider culture is more important than ever.” —Robert Ornstein Humanity now needs to adapt to a world that is far different from that of the past. A primary need at this critical point in human history is to understand our human nature. If we know who we are, how human beings evolved, what our possibilities and weaknesses are, we might correctly assess what we can change, adapt, and create, so that humanity and the planet thrive. -
Publishing, Libraries, Publishers and Librarians Maria Bonn University of Illinois, [email protected]
Against the Grain Volume 26 | Issue 6 Article 10 2014 Publishing, Libraries, Publishers and Librarians Maria Bonn University of Illinois, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Bonn, Maria (2014) "Publishing, Libraries, Publishers and Librarians," Against the Grain: Vol. 26: Iss. 6, Article 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.6945 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Publishing, Libraries, Publishers, and Librarians: Shared Passions, Complementary Skills by Maria Bonn (Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois) <[email protected]> s I note in the forthcoming book on ac- spoke, again with those same pioneers, at a But library publishing is driven by opportu- ademic libraries and scholarly publish- 2004 Society of Scholarly Publishing (SSP) nity as much as anxiety. The rise of readily Aing (Getting The Word Out: Academic meeting on “What Are Those Libraries Up To available technology and tools to support Libraries and Scholarly Publishing, Maria and Should We Care?” The room was full, publishing, as well as easily accessible business Bonn and Mike Furlough, editors, ACRL, and the audience members, mostly publishers, services, has lowered the barrier to entry for forthcoming, 2015), in recent years library ranged from curious to skeptical to downright many academic libraries and made stepping publishing activities have drawn increasing antagonistic about libraries “claiming” to be into the publishing space less daunting than attention within the professional world of publishers.