Speaking Volumes

Nov. 23 book club “City of Bones”

Shirley Volk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:50:25 +0000

Copies of The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare are now available at the circulation desk to check out. Join us on Monday, Nov. 23 in the library conference room. Bring your lunch! This first title in The Mortal Instruments series is also an Abe Lincoln Illinois HS Book Award 2010 nominee. For a list of nominees click here and check out the display in the library. If a nominee you want to read is checked out, please put it on hold.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Shirley Volk — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:59:38 +0000

Check out the hallway display created by Lab School’s Green Team and click here to find out more about the Green School Alliance.

El Dia de los Muertos

Shirley Volk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:14 +0000

Stop in the library to view Spanish teacher Senora Guerrero’s fabulous display about the Day of the Dead holiday.

Library Book Club

bherbert — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:09:10 +0000

Library Book Club-Please join us in the library conference room on Monday, Oct. 26 to hear about and discuss “How I paid for college: a novel of sex, theft, friendship and musical theater” by Marc Acito. Book club meets every two weeks so stop in to find out more and suggest future books to discuss. Freshmen and sophomores are encouraged to come. Bring your lunch!

Printing something in color?

Shirley Volk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:18:20 +0000

Help us cut down on paper and ink that might otherwise be used for printouts that don’t get picked up. All jobs sent to the color printer “RowleyCOLOR” will need to be released at the print release station on the printer island. Just log in with your LabNet ID, view your account and click on the job to be printed.

Where is the RowleyB_W2 printer?

Shirley Volk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:02:22 +0000

It has moved to the middle school library reference desk. When you send a print job, please check that your job goes to “RowleyB_W1″ or “RowleyCOLOR” if you need color printouts. Otherwise, *gasp* you’ll have to *walk* over to the middle school library reference desk to pick it up. We know it’s really far but, if you do send it, please pick it up there. In the meantime you get to say “hello” to Ms. Oakes or Ms. St. Clair.

Need to check out a laptop?

Shirley Volk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:55:39 +0000

Are all the desktop computers in use? A limited number of laptops may be available. See Mr. Herbert in his office (Media Center 116) next to Feitler. Please have your Lab School ID ready.

Remember these guidelines:

1. Library use only.

2. Never leave a laptop unattended.

3. Log out before you return a laptop.

4. The person who checks out the laptop is the one who returns it.

5. SAVE, SAVE & SAVE your work to the files server or a USB drive.

6. All computer use policies apply to the laptops.

If Mr. Herbert is not in his office, please find Mr. Fuller, Mrs. Volk or touch base with Ms. Paige or Ms. Patnaik at the circulation desk.

Deb Caletti-Bookless in Seattle

Shirley Volk — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:56:09 +0000

Hey, Deb Caletti fans! Her new book The Secret Life of Prince Charming was released this May– just in time for summer reading. But, what happens when Deb Caletti *gasp* runs out of books to read.

Finding the right book, she writes, is like trying to satisfy a food craving. “But there wasn’t The One. That certain something that will fill the specific craving, same as an exact and particular food item you are doomed to not have around the house (Lays Sour Cream and Onion chips, but not with the ridges, only the smooth ones).”

To read the rest, visit the Teenreads.com blog

http://www.teenreads.com/blog/2009/05/deb-caletti-bookless-in-seattle.asp

Book Club Titles 2008-2009

Shirley Volk — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:57:02 +0000

As we close out the school year, below is the list of the books you all (tried to?) read for our book club meetings. For those of you who had a super busy year and didn’t get a chance to read them, even though you happily made time to join our meetings, here’s a list to keep you busy this summer.

The Plain Janes by Cecil Castelluci

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Astonishing Adventures of Fan Boy & Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

Book Club on Monday, May 18

Shirley Volk — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:04:20 +0000

See you at lunch to discuss Life as We Knew It. It’s also one of the Abe Lincoln 2010 nominees , so get a head start on the list!

Check out Susan Beth Pfeffer’s blog.