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I've been a TL for 30 odd years and have experienced a lot of change in those years. I work at a 1-12 independent coed school (IB: PYP and Diploma) and was, until last year, the TL for the whole shebang.


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  • Greetings Pat,

    I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight.

    If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!

    Sincerely,

    Mike McQueen

    Teacher Librarian at McLain HS

    Lakewood, CO

  • Hi Pat,
    I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.

    Sincerely,
    Mike McQueen

    LET'S NETWORK HERE TOO (request me as a friend):
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  • Hi, Pat:

    ...Read you post recently and sent the following to KOHA. Let me know if you'd like to also talk more about MARC Wizard to assist in your cataloging efforts:

    Message stream:

    Hi. ...Look forward to talking with you. I posted the following on TeacherLibrarian.ning.com (http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com ) in response to the message that follows my response:

    Hi. Have you ever consider open source for the school library?
    Nicole E. Engard (Open Source Evangelist, LibLime): Serials Management in KOHA’s open source library software. The presentation will help you understand what open source is all about and show you how the Koha Open Source Automation system can not only handle formats like serials in the library catalog, but provide better services to patrons.
    http://www.web2learning.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/ala-serials.pdf
    Nicole C. Engard
    Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
    (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714
    nce@liblime.com
    nicole.engard@liblime.com




    Tom Adamich, MLS
    President
    Visiting Librarian Service
    Senior Executive Consultant
    Mitinet, Inc.
    P.O. Box 932
    New Philadelphia, OH 44663
    330-364-4410
    vls@tusco.net
    toma@mitinet.com

    Hi everyone,
    We are in the process of changing our library’s online catalogue. At this point, we have been using Athena (Sagebrush/Follett product) for about 10 years. Unfortunately, our catalogue is not web based and the program will no longer be updated or supported (tech support). We need to move on. Could you tell me which OPAC you are using and if you are happy with it?
    We have been looking at Destiny.
    Thanks,
    Pat

    Pat's Profile information:

    Hometown:
    Calgary
    About Me:
    I've been a TL for 30 odd years and have experienced a lot of change in those years. I work at a 1-12 independent coed school (IB: PYP and Diploma) and was, until last year, the TL for the whole shebang.

    ________________________________________
    From: Nicole Engard [nicole.engard@liblime.com]
    Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:00 PM
    To: Tom Adamich
    Cc: Susan Buchanan; Galen Charlton
    Subject: Re: Synergy with LibLime Serials/Cataloging via connection with Mitinet/VLS

    Hi Tom,

    Thanks so much for the email - and for recommending open source. I'm
    CCing a few people at LibLime who might want to speak with you.

    ---

    Nicole C. Engard
    Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
    (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714
    nce@liblime.com
    AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard

    http://liblime.com
    http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/



    On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Tom Adamich wrote:
    > Hi, Nicole:
    >
    > I'm the individual who referred Carolyn to you regarding KOHA and serials.
    > In addition to serving as Head of Metadata Services, Muskingum College, I am
    > also a consultant for Mitinet, which features cataloging software templates
    > for a variety of formats (continuing resources and EAD are currently being
    > added to the MARC Magician suite of MARC Wizard). My Mitinet supervisor,
    > Sam Kuehnel, VP of Operations, has had previous dialogues with your company.
    > Please advise if you'd like to talk further, either virtually or in person,
    > regarding any synergies that may exist. I am also an individual member of
    > ALISE (Assoc. of Library/Information Science Education) and serve on the
    > School Libraries Committee. I will send you information on one of our
    > projects (Spanish language cataloging) as well as examples of the MARC
    > Wizard Edu. Version Learning Modules in a separate e-mail.
    >
    > Thanks for possibly "opening a door" to dialogue.
    >
    > Tom
    >
    >
    > Tom Adamich
    >
    > Head of Metadata Services
    >
    > Muskingum College Library
    >
    > 163 Stormont St.
    >
    > New Concord, OH 43762
    >
    > Office: 740-826-8015
    >
    > FAX: 740-826-8404
    >
    > email: tadamich@muskingum.edu
    >
    > -or-
    > Tom Adamich, MLS
    > President
    > Visiting Librarian Service
    > Senior Executive Consultant
    > Mitinet, Inc.
    > P.O. Box 932
    > New Philadelphia, OH 44663
    > 330-364-4410
    > vls@tusco.net
    > toma@mitinet.com
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