Sorry, I personally fail quesiton 1. There is no series that I would like to read. Oops, guess there is one that's coming out now that has my attention...The Guardians of Childhood. The search for that series was interesting because it is divided into picture books and chapter books. The view option has been very helpful to me in the past when there is a large series of books and a patron has wanted a list. Being able to just print out the titles of the series in order has come in handy often.
The read alike panel offering 9 choices has been a great tool to interest my young patrons in finding new authors to try. They are very interested in the brief description because they can relate to the book they have read and know that the next one has similar content. TheNoveList database has information about way more books than I have or will ever read which makes it so helpful.
A few years ago I attended an informational session about NoveList in Topsham. It was a great training and spurred me on to share all that it had to offer with our patrons. At that training we learned that you could get a link to your library's catalog so that patrons could link through and see if the book they wanted was in your collection. Ever since that time at WPL we have had a link from our homepage to NoveList that shares our catalog.
One of the most interesting searches I did involved a sixth grade patron who only wanted to read a book that had a murder in it. I was skeptical about how many choices she would have and was quite surprised to find that we had at least 30 books in our Children's Room collection that fit the bill. Sometimes we don't know what we have until someone asks.
Having read a few blog posts I hope that if folks get the chance to ever take a formal training on NoveList that they take advantage of it. Many of the features that are surprising folks were covered that day. NoveList also sends out monthly tips that you can sign up for that keep your skills sharp and introduce new options.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
MMI 3
My originial thought was to search for a particular issue regarding the election. Since that time is way past, I looked for information on an event in Ellsworth of interest. I was able to narrow down results well to only 7 articles that directly related to my search. I was also able to set an alert in case more information becomes available. It is great to have such good access to the Bangor Daily News as well as the other major papers in the state.
In reading another blog post I was surprised to read "my position in Youth Services rarely gives me the opportunity to educate someone in the wonders of Marvel...". I find that I get the chance several times a week to introduce young patrons and their parents to NoveList.
Many times our young patrons or their parents are completely lost as to what might be a next good book suggestion. I automatically seem to ask if they have internet access and if so, are they familiar with NoveList. My desk is behind the circulation desk and the children's eyes light up when I ask them to "step into my office" and invite their parents, too. Siblings come along and we begin our session with the WPL home page, click on the NoveList icon, and we are off and running with the reader's favorite book. It seems that folks leave "my office" with a new found enthusiasm for seeking out just the right book, knowing that NoveList can be used for everyone.
In reading another blog post I was surprised to read "my position in Youth Services rarely gives me the opportunity to educate someone in the wonders of Marvel...". I find that I get the chance several times a week to introduce young patrons and their parents to NoveList.
Many times our young patrons or their parents are completely lost as to what might be a next good book suggestion. I automatically seem to ask if they have internet access and if so, are they familiar with NoveList. My desk is behind the circulation desk and the children's eyes light up when I ask them to "step into my office" and invite their parents, too. Siblings come along and we begin our session with the WPL home page, click on the NoveList icon, and we are off and running with the reader's favorite book. It seems that folks leave "my office" with a new found enthusiasm for seeking out just the right book, knowing that NoveList can be used for everyone.
MMI 4 way late...
Oh thank goodness I finally have gotten back to the MMI and found my way back into my blog. I did do week four about hobbies and enjoyed learning about all the resources avaialbe through that data base. When I looked at the magazine list after looking for needle arts I found that Windham Public Library does not subscribe to the magazines that came up. On the results page that gave projects I found a really nice teapot border in cross-stitch which I was able to download. The help link that opened my eyes was that phone and email support for the hobby link area is available 24 hours a day. Now if I can only catch up on lessons 3, 5, 6, 7, 8!
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