The Unquiet Librarian

The Creekview High School Media Center, “The Unquiet Library”, is proud to release its annual report for 2007-08.  In this report, we highlight what our library program has accomplished in the four roles of the media specialist/media center set forth by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL):

• Teacher
• Instructional Partner
• Information Specialist
• Program Administrator

This report highlights collaborative planning and lessons taught through the media center, skills taught to students through information literacy mini-lessons, circulation and visitation statistics, database usage statistics, and upcoming program goals for 2008-09.  You may read the report by clicking here, or by visiting the link below. 

Monthly Reports, Creekview High School Media Center

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Many thanks to everyone who has dropped an e-note to check on me in recent weeks!  Thankfully, my blog silence is not due to the severe weather that has hammered Georgia and my county in recent weeks.  Instead, other major distractions have kept me away from my blog:  end of year library inventory and winding down the school year with my 10th and 11th English classes at Polaris Evening School.  While I give the illusion of being a distant relative of the Energizer Bunny , I have actually been rather tired the last two weeks and have felt all the hard work of this past school year catching up with me.  What little time I’ve had at home has been spent napping, visiting family and friends, feathering my 1950s nest, or spoiling the dachshunds.

However, I am recharging my batteries, and I will be back with some new blog posts next week!  Thanks to everyone for the care and concern.   

In the meantime, I hope everyone has a relaxing, safe, and fun Memorial Day weekend!

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“Granny’s Chiffarobe”

Polished gleaming mahogany

Gold patina handles inviting you to open doors to the past
Lingering odor of fluffy golden buttery biscuits mingled with Rose Milk perfume and musty mothballs
Former home to faded calico cotton dresses and floral aprons
         and your two weapons:  a well-worn Bible and a pearl-handled pistol
Ghostly tufts of quilting cotton left as breadcrumbs leading back to a time now existing only in my memories
The secret door to Narnia I never could find.

©Buffy Hamilton, 2008

Information for Teen Read Week 2008 is now available from YALSA!  This year’s theme is “Books with Bite”—how delicious!    Teen Read Week will be celebrated October 12–18, so now is the time to start planning ahead!

One terrific resource is the Teen Read Week 2008 Wiki!  This wiki is truly a gold mine of ideas and resources for celebrating Teen Read Week and ways to incorporate the theme, “Books with Bite”, into your festivities! 

Teen Read Week – YALSA

 Another fabulous resource is the Programming Ideas page at http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2008/activities/index.cfm. Here you can read more about ways to incorporate podcasts, tech programs, a fim festival, a taste test, display contests, and more for your week of celebrations!

If you are a librarian, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2008/registration/index.cfm to register now!  There are some great incentives for the first 100 registrants, including the following:

2008 Registration Incentives

1. The first 100 registrants to sign up for YALSA’s Teen Read Week will receive a free, unabridged young adult audiobook compliments of Teen Read Week Promotional Partner Listening Library. Teens at your library will enjoy hearing their favorites novels come to life on audio.
2. All new regular members of YALSA who join through the Teen Read Week Web site will receive two free paperbacks courtesy Promotional Partner Scholastic.
3. The first 4,000 registrants will receive one free paperback from Galaxy’s Golden Age series, courtesy Promotional Partner Galaxy Press.
4. Register by midnight on July 14 and you could win a free copy of Breaking Dawn, the latest entry in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, courtesy Promotional Partner Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown & Co. On July 15, we’ll select 200 registrants at random.
5. Twenty-five registrants will be chosen at random to receive a complete set of titles from Zest Books (about fifteen books total). The drawing will be held on Mon. Sept. 15, 2008.
6. One lucky registrant will win alibrary of Mirrorstone titles, approximate value $500 and based on availability. Five runner ups will win an autographed copy each of Sucks to Be Me and The Stowaway. The drawing will be held on Mon. Sept. 15, 2008.
7. All registrants can download YALSA’s pocket-sized, illustrated Books with Bite Recommended Reading Pamphlet, full of recommended titles drawn from YALSA’s awards and booklists and annotated by YALSA’s Teen Read Week committee. These trifold pamphlets can be printed on 8.5 x 11″ paper, cut to size, and then handed out to teens by the dozens.