Sentences with phrase «staff at our library»

I keep texting my staff at the library to see if they're OK.

The archive she left at The University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense and the staff at the library there was especially helpful.

Amazon's description: «This book explains the concept of adding value and shows staff at libraries and other organizations why they need to take steps now to ensure they are adding new value to their communities — whether it be a local town or neighborhood, a faculty and student body, or a school.»

These are: 1) Dedicated staff at each library for managing the program; 2) Relevant content on the e-readers; 3) Frequent community outreach to raise awareness of the library.

I hope it is ok if I quote you in an eBook handout I'm making for the staff at my library.

David Michels, a librarian at the Sir James Dunn Law Library at Dalhousie University, says the staff at his library is its biggest asset.

Not exact matches

A help desk in the back, which Blumenthal compares to Apple's Genius Bar, pays homage to the reference desk at a library: Staff members sit at the large (often wood or marble, and minimalist) piece of furniture, armed with a desktop computer and ready to assist.

So, no, we can not issue a blanket ban that says the library staff at the agency can not transact in bitcoin.

But recently, library officials have seen a dip in the circulation of children's materials at the 95th Street branch, and they have shifted staff at all the community's libraries to accommodate what seem to be the bigger populations today: teens and seniors.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

Olivia Primanis, senior book conservator at the institute, expressed her appreciation, «With [Dyron?s] information, we are able to tailor our work procedures and equipment to reduce mold exposure for conservators, library staff, and patrons.»

I loved every minute of it, working with the brilliant library staff who worked there still from when I'd studied at the school.

Rather than bringing your entire faculty to the library on a Thursday afternoon for a staff meeting to tell them about a new policy, prep them with a video explaining any new information, and invite them to spend the meeting time working on ways to improve instruction at the school.

However, they are becoming increasingly underused and underappreciated in education, with a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) revealing that over a fifth of school staff said their school library budget has been cut by at least 40 per cent since 2010.

The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, launched at the New Brunswick, N.J., campus this month, will promote further study of the potential for school libraries to support instruction, the dynamics of effective programs, and the training and resources that library staff members need to best serve Libraries, launched at the New Brunswick, N.J., campus this month, will promote further study of the potential for school libraries to support instruction, the dynamics of effective programs, and the training and resources that library staff members need to best serve libraries to support instruction, the dynamics of effective programs, and the training and resources that library staff members need to best serve students.

An ATL survey found that more than one in five school staff claimed their school library budget had been cut by at least 40 per cent since 2010.

I had the opportunity to work collaboratively with the staff and students from Geelong Grammar (GG) in a session titled — a living library of Positive Education in Action at the annual Positive Schools Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference.

At Ganado,» [T] he presence of a staff professional library symbolically communicates the importance of learning,» Peterson continued.

Each pair presented their design and a persuasive essay at a gallery walk in the library to which families and staff were invited before voting on the design that would be the best fit for Lincoln School.

Where library media staff collaborates with classroom teachers, reading scores average increases of 8 % at the fourth grade level and 18 % to 21 % at the seventh grade level.»

So, I made contact with a professor at Western Kentucky University, and she helped to train our entire district library media staff and preschool staff on coding before the start of the school year.

Simultaneously, we moved from the inside of the building to the outside — with the planting of gardens maintained by students, staff and families at each grade level, as well as a «little free library» — a small wooden chest in our front lawn where students can pick up a book they'd like to read as long as they drop off a book they'd like to share.

Principal Hayter tells us that these changes are not about following a trend; that the changes at this school are a result of talking with teaching and library staff, seeing what everyone's needs are, and then working collaboratively with everyone to create a communal space where learning can work even better.

Our school system's philosophy regarding school libraries — and their place at the heart of student learning — is affirmed by a staffing model, which ensures that all schools are staffed by a full - time certified school library media specialist.

From working with the board level library consultant (Raphaella Dixon) on weeding and planning out how to shift the collection, to deciding upon the best type of furniture, and incorporating new technology and ways of helping the students and teaching staff, things are really moving at Beechwood.

My staff at Eastern (SO PROUD), through payroll deductions, fund the program which provides age appropriate FREE books to children, ages 0 - 5, so that children can start school with a personal library of up to 60 books.

P.S. Because of the good education I received in the Woodbridge Schools, which staffed a certified library media specialist at each level of my education, my High School Librarians and Guidance Counselor encouraged me to apply to the Woodbridge Main Library for an after school job, where I worked my way through college.

Prior to joining the staff at AASL, Sylvia was the school library media internship coordinator at Florida State University and the state level coordinator for school libraries and technology planning for the Maine Department of Education.

«You walk in the school, you can see the difference,» said Milner, 79, as parents and staff mingled in the library of Jumoke Academy at Milner Elementary.

In addition to the staffing requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a public school having an enrollment of 500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year shall employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member to serve as a library clerk, and shall employ one additional full - time staff member to serve as a library clerk for each additional 500 students enrolled in the school.

* in each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; * in each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; and * in each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

a. (1) In each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

Writers are invited to come to the member libraries to actually write their content and can benefit from the expertise of the library staff for the process of writing and digitally publishing their work; at the same time, libraries stand to gain from increased patron use and attendance, as well as the furthering of the culture of public libraries.

We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools.

A few staff members at the library decided to create a fake library patron called Chuck Finley, who «checked out» 2,361 book over nine months in an effort to boost the circulation stats of the library's classic books.

«While many patrons appreciate bring able to access new digital resources at libraries, they also say they value having print books and other traditional resources at libraries and still want a personal connection with library staff,» Kathryn Zickuhr, research analyst at Pew, observed in a press statement.

Both Broken Mirror and Tortured Echoes were designated SELF - e Select titles by the staff of Library Journal and are now available at participating libraries nationwide.

The library can be a magnet for ebook discovery and a distribution platform for helping authors self - publish... The article mostly broadens our awareness of how a library and its expert staff can help ensure that the right title finds the right reader at the right time — and how the considerable research expertise can help deepen and strengthen the research in the book.

I'm guessing the staff and technology to pull that off at scale is pretty daunting for all but the biggest library systems, though, but I'd love to see the AAP and / or Authors Guild make figuring it out a priority.

The corpse of the museum curator in Virginia is found flayed in his office by the cleaning staff; the corpse of an archivist at the library in Norway, is found inside a locked vault used to store delicate and rare books.

A laser - cut wood wall at the entry folds into a ceiling plane that runs the length of the building, visually dividing the library on the left from the computer lab, meeting rooms and staff areas on the right.

It all started when the cat landed at the library where he managed to impress the staff with his fluffy and cute looks.

All of the staff that were working at the library at the time have all moved on and the library Director quit.

Staff from The Mix at San Francisco Public Library share their experience in developing, funding and building their new teen library space, as well as how they engaged their youth and made it a community project.

If you have a card from your own library system, bring it with you so staff can register that card at VPL and you will only need to carry one library card with you.

Over the past few years, budget cuts trimmed staff and now the 10 library media specialists in the district's 15 schools have become merely «prep - time providers,» according to Sandra George, media specialist at Riverside Central Elementary School in Rochester.

The study looked at 8 schools and more than 300 students, and found that the best school libraries are allocated adequate funding and regard their teacher - librarians as key teaching staff members.

Canadians seem to agree with this sentiment, because in 2010 we asked staff at public and academic libraries 70,000 questions each day for a yearly total of 25 million questions (Canadian Library Association).

At the North Texas Library Partners, Carolyn Brewer, the executive director, had her staff make a duplicate cart of a Random House order the library had just recently placed.

At the end of the submission period, library staff will evaluate the submissions and make selections for the collection.