Save the date!

March 10, 2009 is lobby day in Albany.  RCLS always runs a couple of buses up there if you don’t wish to drive.  Don’t forget to bring your government students!  The politicians LOVE the students.  More information will follow.

Dutchess & Ulster SLS Library 2.0 Retreat

We are at the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa learning all about Web 2.0 technologies that are pertinent to libraries.  Polly Farrington is our instructor.

Cyber Bullying

Looking for some resources to teach or address cyber bullying?

StaySafe.Org – Gives statistics from iSafe.org on the prevalence of cyber bullying and then offers advice on how to handle the problem.

Bullying.Org – This is an extensive Canada-based site with lots of resources, including facts about bullies.

Tolerance.Org – Links to anti-bullying resources.

Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use – Information and resources, including posters and reprints of articles on the topic of bullying, are available in PDF format.  There is also a section that addresses cyber bullying.

Information above from eSchoolNews (July 2008 p.17)

Union Catalog

Our new union catalog is now functioning!  You can click on the link “Union Catalog” on the home page of the SLS website and search to see what others have in the county.   The school is ULSTER, the username is ulsterco and password is schools.  This information is also posted on the home page for easy access.  We are working on Rondout Valley’s connection and Saugerties can’t be connected because they are still running Mandarin on a Novell server.

Librarians Read

Are you looking for some suggestions by your peers?  Go to:  http://www.librariansread.com