Tired, Dusty and Tattered! Photo by Roger Salz and retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons license.
My mother worked in a library for more 36 years before retiring and then re-entering the workforce to work in yet another library. And, throughout the last ten years, each member of my immediate family, including myself, has worked in a library. So to me the sight and smell of books brings back a host of familial memories. But I never really understood what created the unique scents of a book/book collection. I always suspected it was a concoction consisting of one part ink to two parts paper-lovingly combined with a pinch of dust. Did you know AbeBooks, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., created a short video answering this very question. Click here to listen to their explanation.
In addition, if you are a hardback collector or book enthusiast, here is list of other quick videos you might finding interesting:
Tip: If you participate in student/class orientations for a library, consider using the video about The Parts of a Book to supplement your presentation.
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A CMLE member librarian, representing our special library types, suggested an educational technology tool called Ngram Viewer, a subsidiary of Google Research. It illustrates (often in table or graph format) how a word or phase has been used over time including its root, compositions, use in parts of speech and so on.
In May, David Brooks, a political and cultural commentator, wrote an article in the New York Times Opinion Section on how this tool can be used to identify social and cultural paradigm shifts. Click here to read the full article, What Our Words Tell Us.
We’ve Learned… is designed to keep our readers informed about news concerning personnel in CMLE libraries/media centers. Please keep us informed of any “happenings” regarding staff members in your area so that we can include them in the next write-up! Happenings can include: changes in staffing, awards, honors… you get the idea!
CMLE Commends the following retirees for their years of library service:
Deborah Hasti, Media Specialist, Rockford Schools
Jeanne Skaj, Medical Librarian, VA Hospital-St. Cloud
Cheryl Dinkel, Media Assistant, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Public School
Debra Goerger, Media Director, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Public School
CMLE would like to welcome the following individuals:
Tracy Scott, Medical Librarian, VA Hospital-St. Cloud
Roxanne Bockowski, Library Technician, St. Cloud Technical and Community College
Job Announcement in CMLE Region:
Coordinator of Technology and Media Services at Hinckley-Finlayson Public School (ISD #2165). Click here for additional information.
Open Education Database (OEDb) posted a list of what they deemed as 10 Stellar Presentations from Computers in Libraries 2013. These presentations have been created by and for Librarians/Media Specialists in the field. Consider using the link below as an additional resource when developing your next presentation. The content may add a new dimension to your talking points. Use the existing layout as a way to organization your materials or as a possible template when developing slides.
Visually, I like The Future of Libraries: Uncertainty & Imagination Evolving Libraries Through Technology by Daniel W. Rasmus. Click here to link to the full article and all 10 presentations.
