Books of the Future

What will books look like in the future?  Check out the prototypes that Ms. Sanderlin's book club came up with.  Which is your favorite?

Top row: books you view in glasses

2nd row: books you take in a pill form

3rd row: solar powered book tablet

4th row: 3D book tablets

World's First Anti-Plagiarism Day Celebrated Right Here at Goldenview!

On Thursday, March 1st, Ms. Sanderlin and Ms. Roohi celebrated Anti-Plagiarism Day in the library along with dozens and dozens of students!  The excitement was infectious as students decided to do their own thing and not go along with the crowd!  The day's slogan was BE AN ORIGINAL.  We're original, are you?

2012/2013 Battle of the Books Announced!

Next year's Battle of the Books were chosen this afternoon.  Be among the first to know what they are and get started reading!  This is a really good list. 

Alabama Moon
Chew on This
Dark Sons
The Lost Hero
Lassie Come Home
Leaving Protection
Maze Runner
Princess Academy
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Redwall
Scat
Shooting Kabul

What Do You Use for a Bookmark?

As a librarian, I come across all sorts of strange things that students have left in their books to mark their places.  Pictures are common, as are ID's and homework.  This year we found a $20.  And just last week I found an empty bag of Cheezit's complete with lots of crumbs (yuck!).  Librarians across the country have found lots of strange things as bookmarks, check out this list below (to see the uncensored this came from go here):

uncooked bacon
banana peel
piece of bark
lock of hair
pancake
endorsed checks with a deposit slip
candy wrapper
muffin wrapper
package of gum
feathers
beef jerkey
keys
business cards
currency
photographs
outline for an unwritten book
chewed chewing gum
game cards
photos
homework
credit cards
postcards
tea bags

Think these sound like bad bookmarks?  Then you might want to vote on the first ever Battle of the Bad Bookmarks contest!  Check it out here.  And don't use any of these either!

New Books!

We just got a huge order of new books!  12 boxes!  They fill six whole shelves on this cart (plus half a shelf on the back--20 books).  So, how many books are on this cart?  How much do you think they cost?  Guess in the comments below.  The closest guess to each question gets a treat!

Congratulations to the Winning Battle of the Books Team

On Friday, in the largest, longest, and most competitive Battle of the Books competition in Goldenview history,  Team Iceflakes beat Team Fantasy in a sudden death tie breaker.  The final score was 184 to 176. 

There were nine teams total and all of them worked very hard, and six of them were in first place at one time or another!

All of this  years competitiors

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away...

A fleet of iTouches invaded a very cool library.

Want to use one?  Ask you teacher to check out our classroom set!

The Most Popular Books This School Year

Our most frequently checked out books so far this year are (not including battle books):

1. Maze Runner by James Dashner
2. I'd Tell You I Love You but then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
3. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
4. The Days Are Just Packed by Bill Waterson
5. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
7. ASPCA Complete Dog Care Manual by Bruce Fogle
8. Dork Diaries by Rachel Russell
9. Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
10. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

The most circulated books nationally from school libraries are:

1. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
2. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3. Burned by PC Cast
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
6. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
7. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
8. Looking for Alaska by John Green 
9. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
10. Monster by Walter Dean Myers

How do they compare?


And just so you know, our top series were:

1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
3. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
4. Heir Trilogy by Cinda Williams Chima
5. Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
6. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
7. Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
9. Maximum Ride by James Patterson
10. Ranger's Apprentice by John Flannagan

Wikipedia is Down!

Wikipedia has taken itself off the web for the next 24 hours (it will be back 8:00 pm Wednesday) to protest the ossible ppassage of two laws affecting access to the Internet: SOPA and PIPA (strangely enough these two articles aren't blocked).  But don't worry!  Your library has compiled a bunch of great TRUSTWORTHY resources for you to use in the meantime and at anytime!  Check out all the links on the bar to the left of here.  So stay right here to do your research.  You don't need to go anywhere else!

The Library Has New Wii Games!

Are you getting tired of playing Rock Band and Wii Sports?  Look at the new games we just got this week!  Mario Kart, Rock Band 2, Just Dance and Just Dance 3!  Sign up to play at lunch!!

The 2012 Project

Do you enjoy photography?  Do you like working with photo editing software?  And do you LOVE the library?  Then why not put your skills to work and show your love of books by contributing to The 2012 Project!  The goal of the project?  To prove that teens still use libraries, despite the Internet and ebooks!

Here's how the project works: using a cell phone or a digital camera, take some photos (borrow the library's camera, or ASK Ms. Roohi if you can use your cell phone camera). They can be creative or just straight-ahead shots. Add text if you'd like. Pictures can be tweeted to @TLT16 or posted directly on the Teen Librarian's Toolbox Facebook wall. (No names will be included to protect every one's privacy.) Each month they will take all the images and create a visual blog post demonstrating the power of libraries in young people's lives. Approximately six pictures will be needed per day to reach the overall goal of 2,012 images.  So join in!  And don't forget to show your photo to Ms. Roohi too!

Welcome Back to Second Semester!

Here's a little fun to get you started on your way:

New Games for the Wii

The library has about $150 to buy new games for the Wii.  Which ones should we buy?  Take the poll to the left of this entry.  Or vote on our Facebook Page! The top 3 choices will be bought after break.  Vote today!

Mirror Lake Is This Year's Bookmark Winner!

 Mirror Lake won the bookmark contest for middle school this year.  Their first time ever!  Check out the beautiful winners from across the district!

Bookmark Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the 2011 Bookmark Contest Winners!
They are:
1st Gao Lia
2nd Allison
3rd Goldsvilai
4th Naomi
All of you will represent Goldenview at the district bookmark contest on Friday at Central Middle School.  Mears and Clark have some pretty cool bookmarks, let's see if we can beat them!