News from the
Educational Resources Collections
Message from the Media Librarian
HOURS
Mon.Thurs.
Friday
Sat.
Sun.
7am—3am
7am—9pm
9am—6:30pm
10am—3am
Educational Resources
Collections
Bracken, Lower Level
(765) 285-5340
www.bsu.edu/library/
collections/edres/
ERC Staff
Diane E. Hill
Media Librarian
dhill@bsu.edu
Julie Nelson
Info/Circulation Supervisor
jnelson2@bsu.edu
Justin Knox
Office Supervisor
jmknox@bsu.edu
Mandy Vance
Info/Circ Evening Supervisor
mjvance@bsu.edu
Lora Jones
Booking/Reserves Assistant
lajones@bsu.edu
Sarah Newell
Circulation Assistant
senewell@bsu.edu
Behrouz Kousari
Equipment Technician
bkousari@bsu.edu
Hassie Holmes
Library Night Assistant
hjholmes@bsu.edu
The air is crisp and the burning bushes are starting to turn flaming red, an indication that another busy fall semester is well underway. Carpeting of the lower level
was completed just as the semester started. Educational Resources Collections
(ERC) is back in full service and all of the music books will soon be back in their
permanent location in the lower lever southwest corner. Also, if you have not already discovered this, the University Libraries web pages have a new look. The
conversion of the Libraries’ web site from Vignette to SiteCore has been completed. From the Libraries’ home page, ERC can be located by clicking on
“Collections and Departments” in the right hand column. Also, in this column is
access to “Essential Links For. . . “ This is where you’ll find a link to services for
faculty as well as links for other library users. Elsewhere in this newsletter there
are articles about new materials and equipment in ERC. If you have questions or
specific needs, let us hear from you. I can be reached at
5-5333.
New Circulating Digital Equipment
Several new types of equipment have
been added to the circulating digital
equipment collection.
First is the hand-held
SD video camera,
Panasonic SDR-S50.
Features include a
78X enhanced optical
zoom, long recording
mode, and hi-speed
USB for data transfer.
Second is the Canon PowerShot SX20
IS digital camera featuring 12.1 mega
pixels and 20X wide zoom. Finally, a
Lacie 1 TB external hard disk is available that is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS systems.
To find out more about these services, log onto http://cms.bsu.edu/
Academics/Libraries/
CollectionsAndDept/EdResources/
CircEquipment.aspx or call 765285-8760 to speak with Justin
Knox or Behrouz Kousari.
Unique Musical Instruments
Teaching music? Setting up
a display? Educational Resources
Collections has instruments from
numerous origins and countries.
Among the most recent additions
are boomwhackers in the colors
of the rainbow, a hand-painted
Australian didgeridoo, and a 20note brightly colored handbell set
intended for teaching music to children.
There are also autoharps, maracas,
claves, Indian drums, thumb pianos,
tambourines, castanets, an Irish harp, a
lyre, and many more. An advanced
search on CardCat choosing Realia
as the format and using the key
words “Muscial Instruments” will provide a broader list of selections. Or
use the Mega Media Finder to set up
your search. Instruments may be
checked out for 2-weeks with the
possibility of 2 renewals.
News from the Educational Resources Collections
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Viewing Booths in ERC!
Featuring Award Winning
Illustrator, Jerry Pinkney
Need to watch a video? There are eleven viewing booths available in the Educational Resources Collections (ERC) with equipment for various formats. Make yourself at home watching a DVD, Blu-ray disc, VHS tape, 16mm film, or even a laserdisc. Wireless headphones and 42-in. plasma screens are available in three
booths, 32-in screens are installed in two booths and 22-in flat panel monitors in five
others. The larger booths comfortably hold up to six people and the smaller ones
will accommodate two. Educational Resources personnel are ready to assist you
as needed.
Meet Jerry Pinkney, 2010 Caldecott Medal Winner
A self described storyteller at heart, Jerry Pinkney, is an awarding winning
illustrator. In addition to the 2010 Caldecott Medal for The Lion & the
Mouse, he has received multiple Caldecott Honor Awards, Coretta Scott
King Awards, and many other accolades. In the ERC collection, there are over 30
titles that represent Jerry Pinkney’s work. Browse the collection for his outstanding
illustrations found in youth books such as Noah’s Ark, The Ugly Duckling and
John Henry.
Food for Thought...
What’s New?
Examples of recent
acquisitions:
For an up-to-date look at
nutrition, check out ERC’s
new 3-D food pyramid model.
New Audiobooks!
2-week Loan, plus 2
renewals
Reading essentials
[videorecording] / producer,
Diane Dimoff ; script writer,
DVD Video
Diane Dimoff ; a Films for the
Humanities & Sciences
Inquiry circles in elemenpresentation. Films for the
tary classrooms
[videorecording] : new strat- Humanities & Sciences,
c2010. DVD VIDEO 8242
egies for comprehension
and collaboration / [video
Curriculum Guides
producer, Margaret
Broucek]. DVD VIDEO 6441
Hands-on learning! : more
than 1000 activities for
A place out of time
young children using eve[videorecording] : the Bordentown School / Hudson ryday objects / Gwen
West Productions ; directed Snyder Kaltman. Corwin,
c2009. 372.21 A1 H36 2009
by Dave Davidson ; produced by Dave Davidson,
Amber Edwards. Distributed
by PBS Distribution, c2010.
DVD VIDEO 8240
Many languages, one
classroom : teaching dual
and English language
learners : tips and techniques for preschool
teachers / Karen N.
Nemeth ; illustrated by Chris
Wold Dyrud. Gryphon
House, c2009. 428 A1 M36
2009
The new social story
book / by Carol Gray. Rev.
and expanded 10th anniversary ed. Future Horizons,
c2010. 371.9 A1 N49 2010
Youth Books
Hallowilloween : nefarious
silliness / from Calef Brown.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
c2010. 811.54 B877HA
The red pyramid / Rick
Riordan. Disney/Hyperion
Books, c2010. 800 R585RE
They called themselves the
K.K.K. : the birth of an
American terrorist group /
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. 322.42 B292TH