Well, I made it through, my mind is over loaded with information, and it's going to take a while to sort it all through. But now I have a notebook full of resources, papers and lots of notes to help when a patron comes in and asks: "Do you have...?"
With the limited books here, I now have a wealth of information at my fingertips! I think the biggest discovery has been the Ancestry Library with it's huge amount of information available.
It's going to take some time, but promoting this is going to be fun. Perhaps taking the puzzle and blowing up the pieces, cut them out, mount them on cardboard and make a display here might help patrons see what there is and ask questions. This is going to be a great selling point for our library to our Town Board for them to realize the need for the library here.
Kudos to the State Library for putting this Challenge together!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Lesson 9-History and Genealogy
Well, I'm hooked!!!
Ancestry Library is going to be the best resource for this library/museum. During the summer especially, I get requests from people looking for their ancestors in this area, and with a lack of books on hand, I can turn to Ancestry Library to help them find what they seek. I was able to find information I didn't have on my Great Grandparents!! If there ever was a way to get addicted, both my husband and I are on Ancestry Library. Whew, what a great resource to have available. The photos are amazing to access and what a valuable historical resource to have.
Heritage Quest is not as detailed as Ancestry Library, but nevertheless, it was amazing to move around and search through.
Sanborn Maps was lots of fun, though I was disappointed in the limits of the town available in SD. For years, my mother's grandparents had a laundry in Brookings and I was able to find it on the map of Brookings, how fun!
All in all these three Electronic Resources are about the best there are. Being able to access these will help me answer requests for ancestry research here at the library/museum. We received a letter from a man in Norway, about a year ago, searching out his ancestors in our county and with the limited books, I was not able to find very much. I (am ashamed to say) did forget about this source, but now that it is under my nose, I definitely will remember these are available.
Guess where my "spare" time will be spent now!!
Ancestry Library is going to be the best resource for this library/museum. During the summer especially, I get requests from people looking for their ancestors in this area, and with a lack of books on hand, I can turn to Ancestry Library to help them find what they seek. I was able to find information I didn't have on my Great Grandparents!! If there ever was a way to get addicted, both my husband and I are on Ancestry Library. Whew, what a great resource to have available. The photos are amazing to access and what a valuable historical resource to have.
Heritage Quest is not as detailed as Ancestry Library, but nevertheless, it was amazing to move around and search through.
Sanborn Maps was lots of fun, though I was disappointed in the limits of the town available in SD. For years, my mother's grandparents had a laundry in Brookings and I was able to find it on the map of Brookings, how fun!
All in all these three Electronic Resources are about the best there are. Being able to access these will help me answer requests for ancestry research here at the library/museum. We received a letter from a man in Norway, about a year ago, searching out his ancestors in our county and with the limited books, I was not able to find very much. I (am ashamed to say) did forget about this source, but now that it is under my nose, I definitely will remember these are available.
Guess where my "spare" time will be spent now!!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Lesson 8- Learning Express Library
Well, I found out if I ever loose this job, I can work in the Post Office!! Passed those tests with flying colors!
This is going to be great resource for students, especially ones who have dropped out of high school and want to get their GED. In a small town like ours, there are no other places for them to pre-test or even see what some of the tests look like. I was very impressed with the "E-books" section, where-by not only students, but adults, can read what it takes to become a Police person for example. This is one of the best resources for our area I can think of!! A huge thank you to the State Library for providing this site for us :-)
This is going to be great resource for students, especially ones who have dropped out of high school and want to get their GED. In a small town like ours, there are no other places for them to pre-test or even see what some of the tests look like. I was very impressed with the "E-books" section, where-by not only students, but adults, can read what it takes to become a Police person for example. This is one of the best resources for our area I can think of!! A huge thank you to the State Library for providing this site for us :-)
Lesson 7- CAMIO
What a resource!! For a small town like ours, where there is no available places to view famous anything, this web-site is going to be great for students, if anything just to show them what is available.
I didn't know Paul Revere produced so many items, he apparently enjoyed working with silver. The items found in Sioux completely fascinated me, I have always had a love of American Indian art.
Because of my love of old quilts, I checked out Quilts and found the most gorgeous pictures of old quilts. The are the most beautiful ones I have ever seen! How proud our great grandmothers must have been when they were finished with such works of art. It was fun to put them into a slide show and see some side by side. I'm still not sure how to do the web page, will have to keep working on that one.
I didn't know Paul Revere produced so many items, he apparently enjoyed working with silver. The items found in Sioux completely fascinated me, I have always had a love of American Indian art.
Because of my love of old quilts, I checked out Quilts and found the most gorgeous pictures of old quilts. The are the most beautiful ones I have ever seen! How proud our great grandmothers must have been when they were finished with such works of art. It was fun to put them into a slide show and see some side by side. I'm still not sure how to do the web page, will have to keep working on that one.
Lesson 7- ArchiveGrid and CAMIO
It's going to take some getting used to, but I like the ArchiveGrid. This is going to be a fantastic resource for students working on history papers and teachers wanting extra resources for their teaching history. I tried Sitting Bull autograph card and found it quite fascinating. Then I tried Mount Rushmore and found lots of access to papers and photos. This is such a "fun" place, I could still be playing around with it!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Lesson 6- WorldCat and More FirstSearch Indexes
I use WorldCat quite a bit for my cataloging needs as I do not have access to bound cataloging books. If I can't find a book in SDLN, I turn to WorldCat for my resource.
As the search in OAIster, I am totally wowed!! I found a picture of Ada schoolhouse and congregation, an old settlement in our county: Ada schoolhouse and congregation Author: Frank L. Moore Photographs Publication: 1923-05-23 In: Amistad Research Center (http://www.tulane.edu/~amistad/) Resource Type: image; Data Contributor: LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL);
I couldn't believe the titles in the OAIster!! I could still be looking at articles, but then I wouldn't get the rest of the assignments finished, and I'm behind as it is :-)
As the search in OAIster, I am totally wowed!! I found a picture of Ada schoolhouse and congregation, an old settlement in our county: Ada schoolhouse and congregation Author: Frank L. Moore Photographs Publication: 1923-05-23 In: Amistad Research Center (http://www.tulane.edu/~amistad/) Resource Type: image; Data Contributor: LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL);
I couldn't believe the titles in the OAIster!! I could still be looking at articles, but then I wouldn't get the rest of the assignments finished, and I'm behind as it is :-)
Lesson 5 NetLibrary
Crafts is my interest of choice and wow, did I find plenty to choose from! I found "Crafts From Your Favorite Fairy Tales" by Kathy Ross. This will be a fun book to use for future story time and to show the day care lady who is always looking for something different. This NetLibrary will be an exciting site to share!! I love the fact that one can print out the articles too.
Fitness: if you are a fitness guru (I try, but have failed miserably) there are numerouse books available for your references. The "Complete Idiot's Guide to Fitness" by Claire Walter is quite a resource for the beginner who wants to get in shape to wear that new swimsuit this summer! The fact that pages can be printed for reference is a great feature.
Using "Nebraska" as a search for Western history produced some fascinating books. Being able to click on the numbers to bring up the notes is a nice feature for students doing a research paper and to print anything needed is great. I get questions from young students on numerous subjects for simple research papers on a variety of subjects from raising chickens to training dogs and the NetLibrary is going to be the best resource for me!
Fitness: if you are a fitness guru (I try, but have failed miserably) there are numerouse books available for your references. The "Complete Idiot's Guide to Fitness" by Claire Walter is quite a resource for the beginner who wants to get in shape to wear that new swimsuit this summer! The fact that pages can be printed for reference is a great feature.
Using "Nebraska" as a search for Western history produced some fascinating books. Being able to click on the numbers to bring up the notes is a nice feature for students doing a research paper and to print anything needed is great. I get questions from young students on numerous subjects for simple research papers on a variety of subjects from raising chickens to training dogs and the NetLibrary is going to be the best resource for me!
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