Techno Tuesday

Okay. I know it's Wednesday, but I have a good excuse! I was on the field trip to Hyde Park with the 8th grade yesterday. We had a great time and I learned something great for Techno Tuesday -- Presidential Libraries are cool and on the web!

The FDR library at Hyde Park will be closing its building for almost two years while rennovations are completed, but you can visit it anytime by going here. New features come online every month and more than 13,000 documents and more than 1,000 photographs can be accesssed.

Other Presidential libraries on the Internet are:

Herbert Hoover Library


Gerald R. Ford Library

Jimmy Carter Library

Harry S. Truman Library

Ronald Reagan Library

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

George H. W. Bush Library

John F. Kennedy Library

Clinton Presidential Library

Lyndon B. Johnson Library

George W. Bush Library

Richard Nixon Library

Mash-up Monday

Libraries are great for lots of stuff, you already know that. You can do research for a project. You can find out interesting facts. You can get a book to read. You can get a magazine to read. You can ask for help with homework. You can do your homework.

Did you know the library is good for some other things too? Try this:

The Library Workout



Or this:



Oh, and if you are wondering why ... here's a list of why I love being a librarian. Stop by a see me ... I've got stuff for you!
Librarians change lives!
Access to practically all the information & knowledge in the world
Protectors of free speech and open information
Every day is totally different
Constantly learn something new
Use virtually everything you already know
Constant instant gratification and satisfaction
Use cutting edge technology
Be the ultimate search engine
Get to surf the Internet as part of the job
Teach people how to find answers to important questions
Beat your friends at Trivial Pursuit
People automatically think you’re smart
It’s not a boring desk job!
Know when the best new books come out
Arm young adults with knowledge and power!!!!!!

Getting Started...again!

Hello Locust Valley Students and visitors from Earth and beyond:

I am back on the blog kick and this time I have a plan.

Every day will have a theme. Read every day or just the days you find interesting. I don't mind as long as you are READING something!

Mash-up Mondays -- a rant, a rave, an interesting article...Mondays are like a box of chocolate -- you never know what you're going to get.

Techno Tuesdays -- stuff you may or may not even have heard of living on the Internet

What to Read Wednesdays -- a review or reviews of cool new stuff or old stuff that MUST get into your hands

Thoughts from a Librarian's Head Thursdays -- tips for reserach, tips for homework, cool sites

Fun Link Fridays -- www dot something cool

See you Monday!

Colonial Jobs Afoot

The recession isn't bothering the seventh grade students here! Everyone in Mr. Rogin and Mrs. Ring's classes are learning about their colonial trade, using what, in my humble opinion is the best library collection of colonial life materials in Nassau County. We have peddlers and bakers, fur trappers, doctors and more! The fair will take place in the mini-theater and the middle school on Friday, February 24, periods 1-3. All are welcome!

Not Just for Kids

So, middle schoolers, do you think you are just too cool or too mature to read picture books? Did you even know that we have a great collection of picture books here in the middle school? No, you didn't? Well let's give a little taste of some of the cooler cool picture books you might want to borrow...or sneak off to read in the stacks.

Location: Picture Books E Kru

The Fartiste, doesn't sing or dance or act, but his art -- the fart -- makes him wildly popular in Paris at the Moulin Rouge. Based on the real life of Joseph Pujol and told in rhyme.

Location: Picture Books E Hug

When a mother instructs her children to behave according to Emily Post's rules of etiquette, they respond by insisting that Mother follow the rules, as well. Includes information about Post and selected items from her 1922 book.

Location: Picture Books E LOW

Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for crows in Pennsylvania farmland.

Location 973.3 KOE

Tells the story of the first cross-country automobile trip in 1903 by Dr. Horatio Jackson and mechanic Sewall J. Crocker.

Wrapping up the Readathon

Our students did it! They collectively read more than 1000 books, 1049 books to be exact, from June through the first week of January in our third annual Readathon.

Congratulations to our top readers in each grade:

6th grade

Emily Friedman -- 37 books

Melanie Heney -- 35 books

Gabriela Sanchez -- 30 books

7th grade
Mary Kate Guma -- 121 books
Clarissa Seiz -- 33 books
Thomas Ruhl -- 14 books
8th grade
Greg Caso -- 167 books
Justin Wei -- 52 books
Amanda Caso -- 42 books

Our overall top three readers were Greg Caso, Mary Kate Guma and Justin Wei. They will have the honor of having their names engraved on the "Super Readers" plaque in the library. I will also do my best to not totally embarrass them at a town meeting, but give them the credit they deserve.

The eighth grade will be treated to an ice cream party at the end of the yer, courtesy of our fearless leader, Dr. John Christie. Thanks to all who participated and helped us achieve our goal.

For those of you who are inspired to read by the tale of this amazing feat, check out some great book reviews at Curled Up with a Good Kid's Book.

Welcome to The Shelf Life

Hello fine students of Locust Valley Middle School, and hello, too, to those visiting from Planet Earth and beyond. Here you will find the latest happenings at Locust Valley Middle School Library including student and teacher book reviews, research tips and tricks and even some general sense and nonsense. Check back often!