Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Spring Break is almost here!
Spring is in the air. The days are longer, warmer, and filled with energy. We are all excited that we will have a week off to enjoy them. What are you going to do with your time off? If you have scheduled some down time for catching up on your reading, you are in luck. The RBV library has so many new books for you to choose from. Stop by today to stock up!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Free Electronic Book Trial
Happy New Year Everyone,
Here we are already into the second week of the new semester. Hope you are all off to a great start. The library is busy as usual. Lots of students needed new SSR books after the winter break.
We have received a free trial of the EBSCO electronic book collection. For those of you who are already reading on your devices, this gives you even more choice. For those of you who haven't tried electronic book reading, here is the perfect opportunity to start.
The electronic collection has both fiction and non-fiction titles. Teachers with research projects coming up should check this out for sure. The free trial runs until March.
Please go to RBV's Destiny home page or the library page of the RBV website for access information. Let me know what you think of this database. I am hopeful that VUSD will be adding it to our current EBSCO subscription very soon.
LL
Here we are already into the second week of the new semester. Hope you are all off to a great start. The library is busy as usual. Lots of students needed new SSR books after the winter break.
We have received a free trial of the EBSCO electronic book collection. For those of you who are already reading on your devices, this gives you even more choice. For those of you who haven't tried electronic book reading, here is the perfect opportunity to start.
The electronic collection has both fiction and non-fiction titles. Teachers with research projects coming up should check this out for sure. The free trial runs until March.
Please go to RBV's Destiny home page or the library page of the RBV website for access information. Let me know what you think of this database. I am hopeful that VUSD will be adding it to our current EBSCO subscription very soon.
LL
Friday, December 12, 2014
Impossible!
How is it possible that three months have passed since I have last posted to this blog? I will tell you how. The RBV library has been incredibly busy, that's how!
The new emphasis on Common Core State Standards has renewed an interest in research as teachers develop and modify the curriculum. The Teacher Librarian has been rediscovered and is in constant demand. Yay!!!
As with most years, the first visits are library orientation and SSR visits. We had a lot of fun discovering new books through the Speed Dating activity shared by the MVHS librarian. Students really seemed to enjoy this way to find an engaging book for their SSR time.
October brought a new challenge. Our new AP Environmental Science teacher introduced her students to college-level work in the form of a Literature Review. We had many lessons in the library to show the students how to find peer-reviewed journal articles. APA format was the next lesson, along with the structure of the lit. review. If any of these students are college-bound in a science field, they shouldn't be surprised by the requirement to present their work in APA format.
We shifted gears for November into the world of history. World History 1 honors students began work on their National History Day projects. World History 1 students began a study of countries in Africa and the Middle East. Longhorn Librarian was scheduled to the max teaching research skills and MLA format. We even squeezed in a few English 11 students who were researching potential careers. Whew!
Now December is here, and it is almost time for Winter Break. I am catching up on my cataloging to get some new books ready for the kids to have over the break. And...I'm catching up on my blog.
I hope everyone has a wonderful break. I think I will have to make a New Year's resolution to do a better job blogging. After all, there is so much going on here in the RBV library, I need to spread the word.
Happy Holidays!
LL
The new emphasis on Common Core State Standards has renewed an interest in research as teachers develop and modify the curriculum. The Teacher Librarian has been rediscovered and is in constant demand. Yay!!!
As with most years, the first visits are library orientation and SSR visits. We had a lot of fun discovering new books through the Speed Dating activity shared by the MVHS librarian. Students really seemed to enjoy this way to find an engaging book for their SSR time.
October brought a new challenge. Our new AP Environmental Science teacher introduced her students to college-level work in the form of a Literature Review. We had many lessons in the library to show the students how to find peer-reviewed journal articles. APA format was the next lesson, along with the structure of the lit. review. If any of these students are college-bound in a science field, they shouldn't be surprised by the requirement to present their work in APA format.
We shifted gears for November into the world of history. World History 1 honors students began work on their National History Day projects. World History 1 students began a study of countries in Africa and the Middle East. Longhorn Librarian was scheduled to the max teaching research skills and MLA format. We even squeezed in a few English 11 students who were researching potential careers. Whew!
Now December is here, and it is almost time for Winter Break. I am catching up on my cataloging to get some new books ready for the kids to have over the break. And...I'm catching up on my blog.
I hope everyone has a wonderful break. I think I will have to make a New Year's resolution to do a better job blogging. After all, there is so much going on here in the RBV library, I need to spread the word.
Happy Holidays!
LL
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
New Year - New Look
It seems I am a little behind on my blogging. If that's an indicator of how busy the library is these days, then so be it.
The library was finally able to come out from under all of that textbook business that occupies our time in August to open up again on Monday September 8. If you haven't had a chance to stop by yet, you are missing out. We have a whole new look.
The old circulation desk is gone. We now have a sleek new mobile desk that we can move wherever the action is. We removed some shelving units, so students have more table space and choices of areas in which to work. We've created a central work area that houses our Chromebook cart, copy machine and office tools along with all kinds of supplies students might need for homework or creative projects. The game tables and textbooks are both still nearby, but everything is arranged with flexibility in mind. I think we just may have achieved our goal of becoming a learning commons.
We still hold true to some "old school" library practices, but have added a new twist on at least one of them. Students can still accrue overdue library fines if they don't remember to renew or return on time. However, we are offering to remove fines from their records if they make a donation to the RBV food bank. Helping themselves and helping other students at the same time is a good feeling.
As always, the library staff is here to help in any way we can. Try to stop by one day soon; you'll be glad you did.
LL
The library was finally able to come out from under all of that textbook business that occupies our time in August to open up again on Monday September 8. If you haven't had a chance to stop by yet, you are missing out. We have a whole new look.
The old circulation desk is gone. We now have a sleek new mobile desk that we can move wherever the action is. We removed some shelving units, so students have more table space and choices of areas in which to work. We've created a central work area that houses our Chromebook cart, copy machine and office tools along with all kinds of supplies students might need for homework or creative projects. The game tables and textbooks are both still nearby, but everything is arranged with flexibility in mind. I think we just may have achieved our goal of becoming a learning commons.
We still hold true to some "old school" library practices, but have added a new twist on at least one of them. Students can still accrue overdue library fines if they don't remember to renew or return on time. However, we are offering to remove fines from their records if they make a donation to the RBV food bank. Helping themselves and helping other students at the same time is a good feeling.
As always, the library staff is here to help in any way we can. Try to stop by one day soon; you'll be glad you did.
LL
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Book Fair Update
As we all know our book fair and author visit were canceled last week due to the fire situation. Lucky for us, Barnes & Noble Oceanside still wants to support the RBV library.
B&N has generously offered to support the RBV library for an entire month of sales. Anyone who brings in a voucher, or even just mentions RBV will have their sale credited to our book fair.
The in-store sales from 5/23 - 6/20 will count. Online sales from 6/20 - 6/25 with the ID # 11298544 will also count. B&N has ordered in all of our summer honors English reading titles for students who prefer to purchase their own copy.
Thank you to Barnes & Noble Oceanside and to everyone who supports the RBV library during this event.
LL
B&N has generously offered to support the RBV library for an entire month of sales. Anyone who brings in a voucher, or even just mentions RBV will have their sale credited to our book fair.
The in-store sales from 5/23 - 6/20 will count. Online sales from 6/20 - 6/25 with the ID # 11298544 will also count. B&N has ordered in all of our summer honors English reading titles for students who prefer to purchase their own copy.
Thank you to Barnes & Noble Oceanside and to everyone who supports the RBV library during this event.
LL
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Transition Time
It seems these last few weeks of school are going to be somewhat out of the ordinary. We have endured a dangerous firestorm that caused a lot of stress and disruption to our lives. Our author visit and B&N book fair were cancelled. We returned to school surprised to find that the new carpet was, in fact, installed in our absence. We lost a few more hours trying to make the room somewhat functional, so that we could be open for our last three days of the school year. Yes, sadly, that is right. The library only has three more open days.
Textbook time is upon us. On Friday, we will transition the room from a beautiful library to a textbook warehouse. When we return to school after the Memorial Day weekend, our class of 2014 will begin their final exams. The week 27-30 May is the last week for seniors to clear their records in the library and textbook room. All seniors must have everything returned and all fines paid by Friday in order to receive caps and gowns on Monday June 2.
The last day of the school year is Thursday June 5 - this is also the last day for all other students to return their library and textbook items and pay fines. Please do not wait until the last minute. And above all else, do not wait until registration time in August. When you do this, the lines are very long and, there is more work for everyone involved.
We can do this, Longhorns. Let's wrap up this school year on an up note. Return all of your materials on time!
Thanks,
LL
Textbook time is upon us. On Friday, we will transition the room from a beautiful library to a textbook warehouse. When we return to school after the Memorial Day weekend, our class of 2014 will begin their final exams. The week 27-30 May is the last week for seniors to clear their records in the library and textbook room. All seniors must have everything returned and all fines paid by Friday in order to receive caps and gowns on Monday June 2.
The last day of the school year is Thursday June 5 - this is also the last day for all other students to return their library and textbook items and pay fines. Please do not wait until the last minute. And above all else, do not wait until registration time in August. When you do this, the lines are very long and, there is more work for everyone involved.
We can do this, Longhorns. Let's wrap up this school year on an up note. Return all of your materials on time!
Thanks,
LL
Friday, May 2, 2014
Author Visit and Book Fair
Save the date!
The RBV Library will be having a Book Fair at the Barnes and Noble in Oceanside on Friday May 16th from 6 to 9 pm.
YA author Matt de la Pena will be speaking at RBV's Natural High assembly that morning. He will be signing his books at school, and then he will join us at B&N that evening to speak and sign again.
The library is accepting pre-orders for Matt's books until May 14th. B&N will be on campus to sell Matt's books on the morning of the assembly. Pick up an order form in the library, the front office, or from an English teacher.
Don't miss out!
LL
The RBV Library will be having a Book Fair at the Barnes and Noble in Oceanside on Friday May 16th from 6 to 9 pm.
YA author Matt de la Pena will be speaking at RBV's Natural High assembly that morning. He will be signing his books at school, and then he will join us at B&N that evening to speak and sign again.
The library is accepting pre-orders for Matt's books until May 14th. B&N will be on campus to sell Matt's books on the morning of the assembly. Pick up an order form in the library, the front office, or from an English teacher.
Don't miss out!
LL
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