Centralized Collections - What
authors and series are included? Click here for
Adult and
Large Print authors,
Young Adult authors and series (including Graphic Novels),
and
Juvenile authors and series.
Handouts - Handouts on a variety of topics, available for
adaptation or duplication for use in your library.
Library Company of York Employee Handbook - effective August
11, 2009
Ready Reference Bookmarks - A
virtual ready reference shelf with links to websites that can
answer most reference questions.
YCLS Wiki Toolkit - Log in using the name
of your library and the password. If you have forgotten the password
email sbankert@yorklibraries.org.
Once in the site, click on Tools. Select
Users from the drop-down menu. Scroll down and click on
sbankert. Move through the sections of the toolkit by
clicking in the menu on the left. As you click on a section, the table
of contents appears on the right. Scroll down to see the links to the
documents. Includes a wide variety of documents, from creating an
email signature to renting a character costume. You will also find
templates for bookmarks, flyers, press releases, and more. A long list
of news release contacts is also included.
York County Library
Relations Wiki - Membership is required to access this wiki. If
you are not a member, contact
khostetter@yorklibraries.org. Library Relations has staff
available to help in your libraries. A calendar in this wiki has the
schedule of the team members who are available.
PowerPoint Presentations:
Accessing Mango Languages
(2010)
BookFlix: an introduction
(2010)
Social Media: Using it to spread our
message (2009)
Book Collections:
Big Books - Find out what
Big Books are available for your next story time. Go to the online catalog,
use genre instead of keyword, and search for big books.
Family Place Collection - Located at Martin
Library in the Children's Library.
Titles for parents of children birth through 3 years-of-age.
Many of these titles are also appropriate for librarians or
early childhood educators.
Topics include child development, developing early literacy,
other early learning, language activities, crafts, songs, finger
plays, child care and parenting. Includes some videos.
Also includes a sampling of picture books for parents to share with
children.
Parent Teacher Collection - Located at Martin
Library in the Children's Library.
Titles for parents and teachers of children aged 4 and up. Many
of these titles are also appropriate for librarians.
Topics include reading and literature for young children, home
schooling, child care and parenting, preschool and primary
education, storytelling, crafts, games, science activities,
health, mental health, and conditions such as dyslexia, autism,
deafness. There is a small reference collection mostly on
children’s literature.
Professional Collection -
Located at Martin Library in the 2nd Floor Information Services
Office. Ask at the desk for assistance.
Titles for the staff, boards, and Friends of York-Adams District
libraries on public library services for all ages.
Topics include library management, programs, buildings,
collection management, fundraising, intellectual freedom,
technology, reference, readers advisory, copyright, trustees,
and volunteers. There are some titles on library service for
youth, although titles on children’s literature, crafts, finger
plays, and story time would usually be in either the Family Pace
or Parent Teacher Collections.
Further reading:
CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries
-
The Library Development Division of the Texas State Library has
completed an updated and revised version of the CREW Method,
written by Jeanette Larson, which is now available online in pdf
format. An html version is coming. Visit
www.tsl. state.tx. us/ld/pubs/ crew/ for more.
