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Insignia is the library system that many people in our library district are using. Here are some help documents:
For Volunteers: Network Login, Insignia Login, and Circulation Instructions By Beth
How to catalogue with Insignia By Beth - Updated June 2024
Insignia training guide By Insignia
Stamping and Labelling at MDJH By Beth
Goodreads - This is where I find pictures of book covers to put in Insignia, book descriptions, subject headings - I always make sure the genres listed here are added in to the Catalog reacord for searches. They are not the same as Sears subject headings
OCLC - You can input the ISBN/Title/Author - Does a pretty great job of finding most of those elusive Dewey numbers.
Library Thing - My favourite site for help with finding Dewey numbers if you have to figure it out for yourself. On top are the 100s headings. 000s are selected so the second line is the 10s for the 000s ... pick the 100s you want, and the proper 10s line will show up, pick the 10s you want and the 1s line will show up. Pick the 1s you want and the .1s will show up. Make sense?
Library of Congress - You can find Dewey numbers, subject headings. Search by title, ISBN, Author.
Common Sense Media - Extra useful when deciding on the appropriateness for different grade levels, if the book is reviewed in there. Only 3 reviews per month without subscribing. :-(
Sample Christmas Trivia and Sample Announcements
United Library Services - For general everything - they are a book seller like Chapters and don't just represent a few publishers. They are a Canadian company with offices in Alberta and B.C., they cater to school libraries. You get free MARC records and you can also purchase stickering if you wish. When you get an account, an automatic discount is applied - much cheaper than Chapters/Indigo.
Orca books - Really excellent high interest, low vocab. Books are short, about 120 pages, easy reading levels which are marked. Other maturity levels available but at the junior high level, Orca Currents would be for grade 5, 6, and 7. Orca Soundings is for 8, 9, and up - they include a bit more swearing and mature themes. Lots available as MP3 players (two audio books permanenty loaded onto one player. It comes with headphones, but I get the kids to bring their own) or you can buy them as digital audio files.
Indigenous Books - Good Minds and Inhabit Media
Fabulous first lines - Signage, mini posters, Open me tags small, medium, large, extra large
Banned Books Display - Signage, mini posters, book marks
Non-fiction shelf signage - Dewey
New books poster and bookmark
Black Lives Matter Banner and Book Marks
Ramadan Poster
Return Books Memes - Signage and mini posters portrait and landscape
If books were noses, I'd pick you display
February black history month
Bookflix
GOAT Checklist
Halloween Want brains- Read a book
Pac-man