"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

I really enjoyed this book! I can not wait for book 2 to come out! If I were a betting person, I would bet that the website and games associated with the book and eventually the movie will be a hit! Book reviews and links to cites can be found on the Edison High wiki.

New Books Arriving Daily...

We have been adding new books to the collection, mostly new Fiction, but also highly requested titles from the past. "In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote has finally arrived. "Lost Boy," the sequel the the highly popular "A Child Called It," has also arrived. A batch of the latest award winner books and the latest shipment of Junior Library Guild picks are also finding their way to our shelves. Come on in and check out the new additions!

New Books to Read...

Yes, we have new books slowing making their way into the collection. It is very easy to locate these books when you search the library catalog. Instead of a "Basic" search, choose Copy Catagories, scroll down to New Books Fall 2008. Choose to "view" the list. You can then sort by title, author, and date. Use the link to view a video to see how it's done: http://www.screencast.com/t/FpQbUlf1

More books are on there way...I tried to get a copy of everything that was in the "Book Request" box, and a few new "hot" titles I thought you all would enjoy. Happy Reading!!!!

It's a New School Year and Things are A Changn'

The Library at Edison High School has been a very busy place, despite the fact that we have not "officially" opened to the students. We have a new Library Technician that comes to us from Fresno High School and has 15 years of experience. Please come in and welcome Mrs. Driver to Tiger Town. Other changes this year include full conversion to our new catalog system Destiny. The catalog is now assessable from the Internet while on any FUSD site. It is our goal to open the catalog for full Internet access in the future. New too this year is textbook check out. Soon all textbooks on campus will be bar coded and checked out through the Destiny system. It should allow students to more easily turn in and check out material. Expanding research opportunities have been provided to everyone with the purchase of three exceptional research databases giving students and staff access to national and international periodicals, newspapers, encyclopedic entries, essays, transcripts and books unparalleled to previous years offerings. Students can now access Gale's InfoTrac and Opposing Viewpoints Research Center from any internet connection. The necessary user name and passwords are provided to you on our wiki with direct links to the site. In addition to Gale, we were pleased to be able to also obtain most ABC Clio's History Social Science electronic sources and several of Marshall Cavendish's Science offerings

Getting my head around SharePoint

Wow! After spending the day working in a 21^st Century Classroom technology class centered around Fresno Unified School District's new website and collaboration tool, my head is spinning! SharePoint is a Microsoft product, and works like most Microsoft products…a bit more difficult than needs to be. Maybe it's just me, but I can't seem to separate the idea of "sites" and I can't seem to get my links and site permissions to show what I would like to be shown…oh well, if not for trial and error, progress would not be made. I hope to absorb more tomorrow and be ready with some pointed questions in order to "calm down a bit" and begin to use the tool for what it is designed to be, a collaboration and integration of all you do. Starting with this post, which I am using a Word blogging tool and I set both my MySite and Blogger account up. This should show up on my MySite RSS feed of this library blog. For any teachers that wish to use the new MySite, I suggest they sign up for some training. Go to: FUSD Instructional Technology Calendar

New Research Databases Available Now!

We have been able to purchase 3 new research databases for teachers, students, staff and parents to use. While we used EBSCO's Student Research Center last year, and it is a very good product; we will no longer use it this year. In place of this, the Library Media Center has purchased InfoTrac K-12 Student and Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center from Gale. This product will allow students access to the same type of content the EBSCO product offered, and the interface is similar so students should not have that hard of time adjusting. In addition to the Gale product, we have purchased the following digital databases from ABC-CLIO Social Science: American History, Issues, U.S. at War, World Geography, Ancient World History, and Modern World History. Finally, we are pleased to offer access to 7 of Marshall Cavendish's Digital databases that will give patrons access to up-to-date topics in Science, Medicine, Technology, and Social Issues. You can access all of these databases from any internet connection in the world using a user name and password. This information and direct links to each database are available on the Edison High School Library wiki. All links on this page will direct you to the EHS Library wiki. On a more personal note...summer is flying by! Take this time to look at the new resources available to you, and read up on things that interest you! Before you know it, a teacher is going to assign a "research project" and your choices may not be your own. Use this time to investigate those issues that you want to know more about, and you may be able to use it in the future!

Summertime Reading Suggestions for Teens

I just got notice of this online posting that gives a good list of "good summer reads for teens." If anyone reads any of these titles that are suggested (or anything else for that matter), reply to this post and give us your opinion. Titles can be found at: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6567602.html~