Sue Anderson, our librarian, continues to find creative ways to make our library a dynamic learning place for students and teachers. Her latest effort involved updating the staff on the new materials added to the collection since the beginning of the school year.
Sue worked with her assistant to produce short slideshows posted to YouTube with images of the book covers. Sue then embedded the videos into an all-staff email. One only has to select the thumbnail of the category of new materials to watch the slideshow in a pop-up window. The videos also are playing on the display screen in the school’s entrance area so that students and parents can see the new materials. Seamless and easy.
Sue juggles managing collections for four languages, so communicating with students and staff about updates is essential to her job. Here is the Dutch collection slideshow to give you an idea of what the videos look like. The viewer can quickly stop the slideshow and record the title to reserve the book via our online catalog.
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