Staff Training May 6 & 27

Kendall Staff Training

E-resources 5/6/16

Presented by Jasmine Zelaya

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Overview: Navigating e-resources on the HPL Website

E-books

We offer thousands of e-books including fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels and comic books for all age groups through Overdrive, Axis360, Hoopla, ComicsPlus, Ebsconet and Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Audiobooks

Listen on your computer or on your mobile device. New titles are added regularly or explore classics. Available through Overdrive, Axis360, Hoopla and OneClickDigital.

Music

Freegal and Hoopla offer a wide selection of songs that include latest hits, classics, world music and more.

Video

Stream (or download) films, TV shows, documentaries, instructional and educational videos from Hoopla and Overdrive.

Mobile apps are available for Overdrive, Hoopla, Freegal and OneClickDigital. These and ComicsPlus are available on the HPL app. Check your app store or marketplace for more info. All apps available for free.

Get the complete handout.

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

1 Create an account with one of the ebook/ eaudiobook hosts.

2. Check out one item.

Staff Training Notes April 1 & 8

Kendall Staff Training

Hidden Gems                                                                                                             April 2016

Presented by Alice Dooley

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Overview:  Presenting “Special Collections,” archival and research materials available through the HPL website.

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Description:  The Houston Public Library website under the tab, “Research”

1.    The African American Library at the Gregory School

2.    Clayton Library for Genealogical Research

3.    The Foundation Center Funding Information network Partner

4.    Greenburg Collection

5.    Government Documents

6.    Houston Area Digital Resources

7.    Houston Metropolitan Research Center

8.    Houston Oral History Project

9.    The Texas and Local History Department

10.  The World Languages Collection

Hidden Gems

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):  April 15^th

As a way to introduce you to Digital Collections, the Houston Public Library, Houston Area Digital Archives, Smithsonian Libraries, library.si.edu/color, New York Public Library, nypl.org/publicdomaindigitalcollections.nypl.org, the Portland State University Library, http://library.pdx.edu/color-our-collections-february-1-5/ and other libraries, have made available pictures that are in the public domain that you can color.

Your assignment is to choose a picture(s), color it, and then put it in my mailbox.  A displayed of your artwork will be put on display somewhere in the workroom. 

Staff Training Notes, October 2 & 9

The Art of the Reference Interview
Presented by Alice & Leona (Karen on 10/9)

Slides and Handout provided by the Idaho Commission for Libraries, 2010 at libraries.idaho.gov/page/able (under ABLE Courses, scroll down to Public Services Sequence, 1. The Reference Interview).  If you missed the training, you can complete the online version and submit the certificate of completion to Karen for credit.

NOTE: All ABLE courses which you take online are pre-approved by HPL Training for training credit.  Go to training.houstonlibrary.org/online-training for details. 

Staff Training 6-10-15

2nd floor conference room, 11:15-11:55AM
1. Excel: Formatting a Spreadsheet by Pam

• Identify spreadsheet terms
• Build a Bingo card (format a spreadsheet)

2. Brainfuse by Jasmine (handout)

Staff Training 2-18-15

Topic: Handbook of Texas Online - Biographies                                                                                     Presented by Alice

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Overview:  The Handbook of Texas Online, a publication of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), offers a full-text searchable version of the print edition of the handbook, along with 400 articles not included in the print edition.  Learn about the early explorers of Texas, Indians, outlaws and lawmen, famous men and women, cities, towns, rural communities, and much more between the pages of the handbook.  Today, we are going to meet those individuals who had some impact on society and were either born in Texas, lived in Texas for a considerable period of time, or were out-of-staters who had a hand in shaping Texas.  NOTE:  Only deceased people are the subjects of biographical articles.

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How to access, Handbook of Texas Online, from the homepage

1.    Research Tab

2.    Alphabetical Listing click on the letter “H”  OR

3.    Resources by Category

·         Almanacs

·         Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

·         Biography

·         History and Social Sciences

·         Homework Resources

·         Houston and Texas

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks)

1. Lucille Fay LeSeur is the pseudonym for…?
2. Who was Thomas Edward Ketchum and what was his nickname?
3. Rufus Green, Sr. he was a founding member of what Black organization?
4. Why can’t I find biographical information about former Governor Rick Perry?
5. Who was Robert de La Salle?

Staff Training Notes 1/21/15

Kendall Staff Training

Reader’s Advisory for Kids                                                                 January 21, 2015

Presented by Leona 

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Overview: Ideas for providing quality reader’s advisory to kids and their parents

Resources for quality reader’s advisory:

·         ASK QUESTIONS!!!

            Nonfiction- What do they need? The specific assignment? Biography or certain facts?

Fiction- What grade or reading level? What have they read they liked? What type of book interests them?

·         KID’S PAGE

BOOK LISTS- Books by Grade, Award Lists/School Lists, Books About…, If You Like…

            NEWSLETTERS – Kid’s Books, Picture Books

·         DATABASES

Under HOMEWORK RESOURCES- *Novelist K-8 Plus* (Great resource for advisory)

                        Also- Lexile Book Search, 50 States of the US, Handbook of Texas Online.

·         REFERENCE BOOKS

A to Zoo- for finding picture books on certain topics

            Best Books for …

·         ONLINE RESOURCES

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/

http://www.guysread.com/books/

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

Getting patrons to the right place:

Know each section and the levels for each

            Picture books are for parents to read to babies & children & for confident readers to read. Recommend books according to attention span and what the child likes.  

Examples- Children under 2 need books with simple pictures, a few words and some rhyming like Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Martin. A 4 year will like a book with more story and humor like The Bear Snores On by Wilson.

            Beginning Readers have limited vocabulary for kids starting to read. The higher levels will be considered first chapter books. Example- Little Bear by Lobel,  

            Chapter books (Fiction) are for children in 2^nd-5^th grade according to the child’s ability. You can usually tell the level by the length of the book or the size of the type.  

            Teen books- older elementary and middle school kids can read some teen fiction but the parent must take their child’s maturity level into account. Good author is Erin Hunter.

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

·         Using the reference book A to Zoo find a picture book we have on any behavior and send me the title and author.

·         Using the database Novelist K-8 Plus, find a title to recommend a child. Send me the book they like (The Lightning Thief, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, etc.) and a “If You Like…” recommendation you can give.

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Kendall Staff Training

Adult Reader’s Advisory                                                                              January 21, 2015

Presented by Alice

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Overview: Reader’s advisory is a fundamental library service which involves suggesting fiction or non-fiction titles to a reader.  This can be done through a direct approach that is talking with the customer, or indirect such as, book displays, bookmarks, or booklists.

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How to:  Easy and Quick

1. Ask customer what titles or authors they have read and liked.

• Catalog
• Type title or author that customer has given you

• Click on title
• Scroll down until you see Reading Recommendations, Ratings, and more
• Click

Move your mouse over the word, “Why?” to read a brief summary about the book and “why” it was recommended.

• At the bottom of your screen you will see, “Sign Up for Reading Recommendations by Email.”  Then click on “Sign Up for Newsletters.”

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

1. Lookup your favorite author/title, fiction or non-fiction, and send me two of the titles that are recommended reading.
2. Signup for a newsletter and email me the name of newsletter.

Alice's Complete Handout

Open Discussion Notes 11/26/14

Workroom, 11:15-11:45AM         Recorder & Moderator: Leona

1. Obituary assignment- questions and comments were made about the assignment to Alice.
2. Delivery printer- discussion started by Julie.  
1. We don’t have to touch the printer to have it print.  It will give you a hold paper and a blank sheet after scanning the book on hold. Just collect the blank sheets to use again.
2. Also, the cartridge in the delivery computer is overfilled and extra ink is coming out, causing messy copies. Albert was made aware of this problem.
3. Star printer.  Someone is turning off  the star printer at various computers. When it comes back on it prints old jobs (many of them). It should not be turned off or the print jobs should be deleted.
4. Team leaders for the new structure of the library are: Theodora Muokebe, Pedro Fonseca, Patrick Atkins.  Note- They have not started these duties officially, since they are waiting for back-filling promotions that have been made. Shammi will be going working with the foreign language collection.
5. Karen will be gone for two weeks from Dec. 3-17. We are to contact Theodora with any problems.
6. Programs.  
1. Use the program tracker found in the G-drive to list all the programming.
1. The programs in this document do not need to be put in in order- they can be sorted.
2. The Winter Make-&-Take Craft was not in there for Dec.
2. Jennifer Schwartz had sent an email about MLK day, asking for ideas and what we are doing.
3. c. AARP Taxes will begin February through April 15
1. We will be getting less forms this coming year.
2. ii. Eventually the paper forms will be phased out and everything will be done online.
3. iii. The new JK Lasser Tax books have come in.
7. Holiday CD display will be on 2rd floor.
8. Box in the lobby is for the Mission of Yahweh. There is a sign above and on the side with what can be donated. These things are for the homeless and needy families.
9. Need programming meeting in the new year.  
1. Idea- Temeka says people are requesting more food programs like the ones done last summer. Maybe she can do one with Jasmine.
2. Idea- Need ideas for after school programs.

The Kendall Enquirer No. 1

THE KENDALL INQUIRER

For the Discerning Reader

Vol. 1 No. 1

Gale Virtual Reference Library                                        

Dateline:  March 1900-1904
Alice D, Editor

Disease carrying rats attack citizens of San Francisco

O-Kay, you have your clues.    Your answer should include 1 book title containing information about the subject along with 1 newspaper headline about the subject.  The deadline to email Alice your answer will be Monday, November 24, 2014 at 11:15 a.m. If you email the information by the deadline and it is correct, your name will be entered into a drawing for a box of Godiva Chocolates.

Staff Training Notes 11/19/14

Kendall Staff Training

Topic:   Obituaries                         November 19, 2014

Presented by Alice

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Overview: There are a number of databases, Houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle (Digital Image Edition), Historical Newspapers, Access Newspaper Archive, and ProQuest Obituaries that available to help you or a customer search for an obituary.  Today, I will demonstrate how to search for an obituary within those databases.

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How to find:   African American Obituaries.  There are two resource categories, African American Studies and or Historical Newspapers.

      

1. From the home page click on Research then Resources by Category
2. Under Resources by Category click on Newspapers
3. Scroll down until you see Historical Newspapers, click

• In the search field type in the name Rosa Cobb
• Then scroll down until you see Documentary Type
• In the box to your right scroll down until you see Obituary
• Click on Obituary
• Click on Search

How to find:  Cities/Towns/Rural Communities Obituaries, using Access Newspaper Archive

1. From the Resource by Category list, click on Newspapers
2. Click on,  Access Newspaper Archive (in library use only)

• Scroll down the page until you see a map of the United States.
• Click on the state, Kansas.
• You can search all newspapers in Kansas or narrow your search by choosing a city/town/rural community.

How to find:  Obituaries in the Houston Chronicle 1985 to present

1. From the Resource by Category list, click on Newspapers
2. Scroll down until you see, Houston Chronicle (Article Search)

• In the space next to the word Search, type in a name, Lucille Pasini obituary
• Now you have the date in which her obituary appeared in the Chronicle.  To read the actual obituary, the customer will need to:

• Go to the Central Library, and request the microfilm that covers the date they are looking for or,
• Email a request for a copy.

How to Find:  Houston Chronicle (Digital Image Edition) latest 45 days available

1. From the Resource by Category list, click on Newspapers
2. Scroll down until you see, Houston Chronicle (Digital Image Edition) click

• Click on the arrow next to the word Search at the top of your screen.
• Drop down menu click on “In Houston Chronicle”
• Type a name in the search field
• Under Date click on arrow and choose your date
• Then click search

Note:  As of November 14, 2014, the Houston Chronicle has changed the name of the section for Obituaries to Life Tributes.

How to Find:  ProQuest Obituaries

1. From the Resource by Category list, click on Newspapers
2. Scroll down until you see ProQuest Obituaries click
3. Below are the newspapers that you or a customer can search for an obituary.

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

1. Pick a state.  Count how many newspapers you can search in that state.  Then email  me the name of the state and the number
2. For fun type the name Smith in one of the databases pick an obit and email it to yourself and then forward it to me.  
3. Look in the database ProQuest Obituaries and list the newspapers that you can search and email me your answer.

Alice's Complete Handout