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Cryer graciously stepped in at the
last minute to facilitate the session
and share her knowledge and experi-
ence with Pinterest. For each idea or
topic, just create a "board;' search the
site for the topic and "pin" or select
anything that is of interest. If you have
multiple boards, you do need to be
careful when pinning, but you can
always move items if they end up in
the wrong location. You can follow
others on this site if they provide new
ideas that you like on a regular basis.
Other functions: copy a pinned item
to multiple boards, send a pinned
item to individuals, and share a pin on
Face-book. This workshop provided
a good introduction to the basics of
Pinterest and opened a world of ideas
on crafts, displays, how-to directions
and more to the participants. If new
ideas are needed for displays, library
events, storage options and interior
designs, Pinterest is a good place to
start. -Marcia Trauernicht
CLASSIC RELIGIOUS
There was a lot of lively discussion
and excitement when favorite titles
were mentioned in the discussion
of the bibliography, Classic Religious
Books for Children, newly updated
by Carol Campbell and Evelyn
Pockrass. Participants quickly wrote
down titles to add to their own
congregational library collections
when the facilitators, Carol and
Evelyn, along with Jeri Baker,
highlighted specific print and e-book
titles. Participants each had a copy of
the guide to use during the session
and the arrangement of the guide by
subject with author and title indexes
made it very easy to use. The session
was a valuable reminder of the terrific
religious resources available for
children. -Cheryl Cutchin
Dr. Elizabeth Figa (CSLA Advisory
Board member) and Rita Nix co-
presented "Digital Storytelling." This
workshop integrated the principles
of storytelling to motivate congrega-
congregational libraries todaytions to preserve their corporate and
personal histories. Evaluation criteria
for storytelling and basic methods
for collecting oral histories were
shared.-Scott Dutkiewicz
IrABLES DEMYSTIF IED
No magician wants to perform
a trick without a magic wand.
Fortunately for participants in Susan
Snyder's workshop, a clear picture
was presented about how to navigate
through the Dewey tables with logic
and understanding as if a magic wand
was in action. Susan's discussion ofhow and when tables are utilized gave
everyone a wonderful and demystified
look at how Dewey numbers are
arrived at by cataloging services. As in
any challenge, understanding leads to
competence and competence leads to
confidence. Thanks to Susan Snyder
for help with our challenges. - Jane
Hope
)ISASTER MANAGE!
N THE CHURCH ANL
SYNAGOGUE LIBRARY
Maristella Feustle, Music Special
Collections Librarian, UNT, gave an
excellent presentation that reminds
us to think beyond the cataclysmic
disasters such as fire, natural floods
and earthquakes, and to remember
that our collections may be ruined
by much more common things such
as flooding from a leaky pipe, mold,insect infestation, and fading from
natural and fluorescent light. Some
essential steps: have a written plan in
place and widely distributed, includ-
ing current contact information of
people to notify and emergency help;
keep an up-to-date inventory that in-
cludes values of media and equipment
for insurance purposes; inspect your
collection regularly to nip potential
disasters in the bud. The new CSLA
guide Disaster Management Planning
for Small Libraries, by Laura Dallas, is
a good source for creating your own
plan.-Susan SponaasFUNCTIONAL FUTURE
FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC
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In "The Functional Future for
Bibliographic Control;" Dr. Shawne
Miksa of UNT described the changing
landscape of cataloging. In her
workshop she supplemented ideas
and concepts presented earlier in the
conference by Scott Dutkiewicz and
Ralph Hartsock. Miksa described the
Bibliographic Framework (BibFrame),
RDA, and FRBR. This included
Linked Data and the Semantic Web.
The future also holds more interaction
between librarians and users; social
cataloging and social tagging will
allow the user to add data to the
system.-Ralph Hartsock- -M
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