[Lswtalk] Re: Oct. mtg

[Erin Chesnutt]

I'm wondering if we can have a discussion re: bibliographic instruction. 
I get various age groups coming in for different reasons (boy scouts, 
class trips, homeschooling families, ARC, etc.) and pretty much give 
them all the same info. using only slightly different language and 
examples. I feel boring and ineffective and need help. So ... do we have 
a "best practices" discussion? Set up an internal / consortia workshop? 
I'm open to ideas and think this is something we can all discuss 
together as I'd like input from other public libraries, but think that 
school and academic libraries will have some awesome suggestions for the 
"instruction" part.

Thank you,

Erin N Chesnutt
Admin. Asst. Librarian
Beauregard Public Library

337-463-6217 ext 22
echesnut at beau.org



Karen Teigen wrote:
>
> Erin,
>
> Just realized I did not have you in my Libraries Southwest group, so I 
> added you to it. However, I’d already sent out an email to everyone so 
> here’s your copy. ;^>
>
> Southwesters,
>
> Our next meeting is at Lilly’s house on Oct. 14^th . I think this had 
> originally been planned as some sort of brainstorming retreat at Sam 
> Houston. Certainly we can do this at Lilly’s. We just need to all come 
> with issues/concerns that we want to consider as a group. We’re a 
> diverse group – some more than others, Howard ;^>--and need to make 
> sure that we hear from everyone. What are some things that we want to 
> focus on? Feel free to email me if you have some topics or just come 
> with them to the meeting.
>
> I’m wondering how far I can go to protect staff and patrons from flu, 
> what to do about an obviously disturbed patron who gets a crush on a 
> staff member, how to encourage more people to read &/or use our 
> resources, how far to go in answering prisoners’ requests for 
> information, etc. I’m sure everyone has some of these things floating 
> around in the brain.
>
> Lilly, if you will give us some ideas, we can each bring something to 
> contribute to lunch. Vegetables? Desserts? Salads? Soft drinks?
>
> Karen
>
> Karen Teigen
>
> Allen Parish Libraries
>
> P.O. Box 400
>
> Oberlin, La 70655
>
> (337)639-4315
>
> Fax: (337)639-2654
>