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Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth white paper (image courtesy of ALSC)
On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, ALSC is offering a free webinar on media mentorship. Presented by Amy Koester, Youth & Family Program Coordinator, Skokie (IL) Public Library, Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth: A Primer is an opportunity to learn more about the core ideas behind the white paper. Registration is free and open to anyone.
A library keeps a catalog of its books in the OPAC or Online Public Access Catalogue. It also keeps information about its borrowers, so it can circulate or sign out books to the people who use it. There are many different OPACs. Here's a collection of video tutorials from several libraries, so you can compare features and ways they're used.
Video #1 - Find a Book in the Library Catalog
Video #2 - University of Toronto Library
Video #3 - Brooklyn Public Library Catalog Tutorial
Video #4 - Overdrive E-Books from the Orillia Public Library
Every organization must keep track of income and expenses. If you have a tiny library, your income may be very small — perhaps just a few dollars to replace lost books or maybe some small fund raisers, like your annual discarded book sale. However, you should always have a formal system of keeping track of your income and expenses. While a pen and notebook will work, you're wise to learn how to archive your data electronically using a spreadsheet or special accounting software.
Video #1 — Let's start with the basics of using an Excel Spreadsheet.
Even if your library doesn't have Microsoft Excel, you can use the open source spreadsheet software from OpenOffice.org — http://www.openoffice.org/
Video #2 — Some specifics on using Excel
Large libraries and bookstores often use an electronic data exchange to order materials over the Internet. There are various services available, but this video explains how an electronic data exchange works.
Video #3 Industry Data Exchange
If you require more information on using spreadsheets view some of the related videos on YouTube. You can also find many tutorials for spreadsheets at Expert Village. See http://www.expertvillage.com/search.htm?s=spreadsheet
Specialty software is also available to create your purchase orders. This link includes screen shots that will show you how they're set up and their capabilities:
Libraries are full of books! The process by which books are made has changed over the years. Modern printing press technology began with Gutenberg. Want to know more?
Video #1 - Old Skool Printing
If you have time, Video #2 is long (10 minutes, 47 seconds), but fascinating - Printing a Book Old School!
Video #3 - The Espresso Book Machine - Modern print on demand publishing
Still interested? Let's go back to Gutenberg's story. Check out this series of videos with Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press. (note that each of the following 6 videoclips is 10 minutes in length)
Are you a virtual reference librarian? If you are, you provide your library patrons with material found on the Internet, in electronic databases, and the hidden web.
Virtual reference is also described using these terms:
Science.gov searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of full text government science information, including research and development results. http://www.science.gov/index.html
Video #3 - South Carolina Digital Library initiative
The South Carolina Digital Library is a great example of the library of the future. You can access all of their free resources online at: http://www.scmemory.org/index.php
Video #4 - The Library of Congress Digital Library
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