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Penn Acres
The girls (age 8 ) have discovered the wonder of -Ordering books on the interlibrary computer (for lack of the correct terms :0))
For the past few months I have been helping them sort out the nec. steps to find books by subject and to put in their library card no. etc. Then the computer-voice lady phones our home -repeatedly and repeatedly-(we have the four of us ordering books-and being advised of overdues) until we answer and hear the "drone lady" -for a long time it was a "scary
drone man voice and I understand some people were so freaked out at answering the phone and hearing this that they changed it to a female voice.
The first time that Stephanie answered the phone and heard this (last year) and didnt receive an answer to her inquiry she burst into tears.
Going away last week meant 16 Library calls on the call-display.
So now "going to the library" means getting called back to spell words or help pin down a subject every time I try to sneak away among the stacks. On Thursday Kara wanted to know how to order a book that would tell how to wash a white horse......:0)
Their last order included adult mysteries (found under the "cats" heading and books on Reining from the horse section and an old book with photos of some rather horrendous skin diseases -obviously from the "Dogs" subject listing.
they are having a lot of fun with this-we presently have 9 Scooby Doo chapter books.
We have great librarians who are just observing what they are doing and running some of the stranger selections by me first.
They are quite ok knowing they are just playing "ordering" and cant really read much of most of them.
Going in with their own cards to pick up their "orders" has lots of appeal.
When they hear a few parents tell their kids-"no, you can't take anymore books -you already have two" they just stare in amazement.
Anyway-like the lady said....they sure don't need any pushing to try using the stuff out there if it looks interesting and they see other kids and adults using books-dictionaries-micro-fiche etc and nec help is there if they ask for it.
grace
in the BC Rockies
who apologizes for the (probably) Percoset induced rambling...
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For the past few months I have been helping them sort out the nec. steps to find books by subject and to put in their library card no. etc. Then the computer-voice lady phones our home -repeatedly and repeatedly-(we have the four of us ordering books-and being advised of overdues) until we answer and hear the "drone lady" -for a long time it was a "scary
drone man voice and I understand some people were so freaked out at answering the phone and hearing this that they changed it to a female voice.
The first time that Stephanie answered the phone and heard this (last year) and didnt receive an answer to her inquiry she burst into tears.
Going away last week meant 16 Library calls on the call-display.
So now "going to the library" means getting called back to spell words or help pin down a subject every time I try to sneak away among the stacks. On Thursday Kara wanted to know how to order a book that would tell how to wash a white horse......:0)
Their last order included adult mysteries (found under the "cats" heading and books on Reining from the horse section and an old book with photos of some rather horrendous skin diseases -obviously from the "Dogs" subject listing.
they are having a lot of fun with this-we presently have 9 Scooby Doo chapter books.
We have great librarians who are just observing what they are doing and running some of the stranger selections by me first.
They are quite ok knowing they are just playing "ordering" and cant really read much of most of them.
Going in with their own cards to pick up their "orders" has lots of appeal.
When they hear a few parents tell their kids-"no, you can't take anymore books -you already have two" they just stare in amazement.
Anyway-like the lady said....they sure don't need any pushing to try using the stuff out there if it looks interesting and they see other kids and adults using books-dictionaries-micro-fiche etc and nec help is there if they ask for it.
grace
in the BC Rockies
who apologizes for the (probably) Percoset induced rambling...
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