Just Say Fou?

This is my brain:

Apparently, this is my brain on drugs and Taoism:

Now that was a tasty breakfast.  Well balanced too if I remember correctly.

New Books in Reference - 4/6/09

Lots of new books in Reference:

Nobel:  A Century of Prize Winners (001.44)

Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 2009 (277.05)

TheStreet.com Ratings' Guides

Stock Mutual Funds (332)

Banks & Thrifts (332.1)

Life & Annuity Insurers (368.32)

Health Insurers (368.382)

North American Financial Institutions Directory (332.10257)

Internal Revenue Code and Federal Tax Regulations (345)  ...in all their simplicity.

US Code Congressional & Administrative News (345)

Florida Real Estate:  Principles, Practices & Law (346.759043)

Health Care Policy & Politics A to Z (362.10973)

The Princeton Review Guide to College Majors (378.199)

Honor & Respect:  The Official Guide to Names, Titles, & Forms of Address (395.4)

A Dictionary of American Idioms (423.1)

Florida Cruising Directory (623.892)

DC Comics Encyclopedia (741.50973)

Comic Book Price Guide (741.50973)

British Film Noir Guide (791.43655)

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (796.357)

Exit Now:  Interstate Exit Directory (917.304)

Due to the high volume of titles, these will be kept on a cart at the Ref Desk for your review.

As always, enjoy.

Teachers 'n Video

Sadly, this post is not about Van Halen's Hot for Teacher music video, though hopefully it is somewhat informative.

A teacher who frequently visits the library looking for videos and DVDs for her classes was in the other day, and there wasn't a whole lot on our shelves in the subject area that she needed. Since an Interlibrary Loan was not possible, I suggested that she try Youtube for clips to use.  She thought that would work since she could connect her laptop to the classroom television.

Lacking any hilarious library stories from that day, I told Mrs. Refman about the episode when I got home, and she knew of a few educator-approved online video sites that might bear mentioning to teachers hunting for videos in the future -- TeacherTube and Discovery Education.

Started by a veteran educator, TeacherTube's goal "is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos."  It has the look and feel of Youtube, and is totally free.

Discovery Education is produced by Discovery Communications (it's in the Discovery Channel corporate family) and is subscription-based.  The site "is committed to creating scientifically proven, standards-based digital resources for teachers, students and parents that make a positive impact on student learning."