Our high school has students do volunteer work as part of their civics class. I had 3 high school students use my Excell program to create a spreadsheet and type in titles of books, level, bin they were in (all were lettered A-Z), genre, and what teaching strategy the book could be used for. So, the Excell spreadsheet had 5 columns. I had previously leveled the books, but if they found one that wasn't leveled, they just left that field blank. For what the book could be used for, I put a sticky on the books, they left it blank if no sticky and I filled it in at a later time. With Excell you can ask it to find a book by it's title, or just search for a word. So if I want books that are good to teach inferring I use the find window and type in inferring. It will highlight them, and I can easily scroll through to find the one I want. And since the bin letter is one of the fields, it tells me right where the book is kept (unless of course a student has it!). It took the high school students about 3 weeks to finish, but I had about 1,200 books. I now have over 2,000. It did take me time to type in all the info when I got new books, but it makes locating them a breeze. I am now retired and am enjoying my books at home.
Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:07:44 -0400 > Subject: [MOSAIC] Creating a database > > I am interested in finding out what you are using to create a database for > book cataloging. All my books are leveled but not cataloged which can be > frustrating when I am looking for a read-aloud book to match instruction. I > would like to create a system to find the books I want to use instead of > digging through 4 bins in a certain level (Then of course enlisting the > kids! LOL) > > > > Sue > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
