We cataloged our titles about 2 weeks ago. We placed them as a special collection in our "New Books" area. Yesterday, a patron told me that listening to one of the Big Read guides inspired her to read My Antonia. I hope the CDs will inspire other readers in the same way.
Jan Steele Librarian/Director Lago Vista Community Library 5803 Thunderbird, Suite 40 Lago Vista, TX 78645 (512) 267-3868 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Howell Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ctls-l] FW: FW: CDs from Natl. Endowment for the Arts We cataloged our 14 titles, sending copies to all 4 branches. So far they have had little or no circ -- 5 times total. Linda J. Howell, MLS Technical Services Manager Waco-McLennan County Library 1717Austin Ave Waco TX 76701--1741 254-750-5993 [EMAIL PROTECTED] P Please consider the environment before printing this email -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Laurie Mahaffey Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ctls-l] FW: CDs from Natl. Endowment for the Arts Did anyone else get these CDs? What are you doing with them? Literary criticism is also on the TexShare Databases. Has anyone compared the 2 to see what the overlap (if any) is? Thanks. Laurie Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 _____ From: Nancy Franklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:38 AM To: Laurie Mahaffey Subject: CDs from Natl. Endowment for the Arts Laurie: I'm sure other libraries have received the literary CDs - "The Big Read" - from the National Endowment for the Arts. I need to know what other libraries did with them. Catalog them? How? Forget the cataloging & just put them out for folks to check out? Or pitch them out? (We just received 7 more in addition to the original 14 sent. I'm not sure what kind of literary criticism they contain, but they cover quite a few classics.) Thanks! Nancy
