tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47632804185318018042024-03-18T22:00:13.949-07:00Smells Like LibraryTommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-58604391338865205622016-09-07T19:20:00.002-07:002016-09-07T19:20:29.513-07:00BANNED BOOKS WEEK! Stuff I designed I've been busy making some stuff, so here it is:<br />
Via "Society6" and their awesome quality art prints, here are some designs I did with bulletin board display in mind. They can be printed at different sizes, and used as posters or small signs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Rebel Reader"<br /><a href="https://society6.com/product/banned-books-week-rebel-reader-library-poster-t1u_print#s6-8039757p4a1v45" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR PRODUCT PAGE</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"What Do You Mean I CAN'T Read That?!"<br /><a href="https://society6.com/product/banned-books-week-dont-tell-me-i-cant-read-that-poster-sign-dx8_print#s6-8047294p4a1v45" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR PRODUCT PAGE</a></span></td></tr>
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">APPAREL</span></b></u></div>
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And also I designed a few T-Shirts that I think are ideal for showing Banned Books Week pride:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Rebel Reader" T-Shirt<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mens-Tommy-Kovac-READER-T-Shirt/dp/B01LPFS61I/ref=lp_14567268011_1_4?srs=14567268011&ie=UTF8&qid=1473301084&sr=8-4" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR PRODUCT PAGE</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-59955426227572122632016-07-09T17:06:00.000-07:002016-07-09T17:06:17.344-07:00NEW BLOG LOCATION!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hey there, anybody who's interested! This blog will continue from this point on my website, right </span><a href="http://www.tommykovac.com/library-blog/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HERE.</span></a></div>
Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-15046369074836112872016-05-25T14:25:00.001-07:002016-05-25T14:25:13.201-07:00DISCARDED LIBRARY BOOK : "Deputy at Wild Card"<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">"Oh, go roast a marshmallow, Clelland."</span></b></div>
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(out of context quote)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> <b>All he ever wanted to be was a librarian,</b> but suddenly, through a series of unexpected events, Lance is forced to serve as deputy to the town of Wild Card. A dangerous prisoner escapes, and Lance is determined to "bring him back alive," using his wits instead of weapons. Eccentric Aunt Charlotte and Jamie, the town blacksmith, add to the color and action of the story.</i></span></div>
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(from the back cover)</div>
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According to the title page, this is a "PERSPECTIVES BOOK," published by Academic Therapy Publications in Novato, California. So... that sounds... fun?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Table of Contents:</span><br />
1) First Look at Wild Card<br />
2) Deputy or Cook?<br />
3) Wanted: a Library in Wild Card<br />
4) Clelland Tries Again<br />
5) The Coffee Break<br />
6) The Plan<br />
7) Tricked, Trapped, and Wised-Up<br />
8) Aunt Charlotte's Trick<br />
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I think there should be a band named <b>"Aunt Charlotte's Trick,"</b> and their first album could be called, <b>"Tricked, Trapped, and Wised-Up."</b><br />
<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-87135917271774123742016-05-17T12:20:00.001-07:002016-05-17T12:20:56.149-07:00NO GOOD DEED... (this library needs an enema)<div class="MsoNormal">
In the middle of the lunchtime rush today, one of the students
said, “Mr. Kovac, I want to get you an enema as an end of the school-year gift.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was like, “Whaaaaat???”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The student seemed perplexed at my response, and said, “It’s
a little figurine, called The Protector of Books. You know, an enema.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I could barely control myself, snorting and doubled-over. “Um…
I don’t think you mean ‘enema.’ That’s something else, entirely!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Crap. Oh my god. Well, it’s a word that sounds kind of like
enema.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I told him he needed to go look up the word “enema.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now thoroughly embarrassed, but not sure why, he said, “Don’t
tell anybody I said that! I don’t know what it means, but don’t tell anybody!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was still laughing pretty hard, like a <i>Mean Girl</i>, and
taunting him. “I’m going to tell EVERYBODY.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No, just forget I said that!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I began to finally take pity on him, and said, “Thank you,
though, that sounds awesome. I like that, ‘Protector of Books.’ But really, you
need to look up the word ‘enema,’ it’s pretty funny…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No! I don’t want to know what I said!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, to sum up this little episode: A student told me he was
thinking of buying me a very thoughtful gift for the end of the school year,
and I mocked him mercilessly. I will work on being less of a dick.</div>
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Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-62376300297263151762016-05-12T12:04:00.004-07:002016-05-12T12:05:35.256-07:00CASUAL LUNCH<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> So, we have
a district meeting today for all library staff. There are about 18 of us, 19
counting the District Librarian. We try to get together for lunch before our
afternoon meetings, because that’s nice, or whatever. Last time it was Ruby’s,
and everyone was fine with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This time,
however, things are not so simple. Oh, no, my friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I will convey the gist of things below. And believe it or not, this is almost verbatim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
1</b> (via email to group): Hey, are we doing lunch together before the meeting?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
2</b>: Sure! Where should we meet?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
1</b>: I don’t know that area very well. Suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
3</b>: Tommy, how about that Mexican place you usually go to? Or how about this
Country Café Place? (includes link)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
4</b>: I don’t like that place, it’s not very good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
3</b>: I think there’s a Spires nearby…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>TOMMY</b>: Yes,
there is a Spires right across from where our meeting is being held. I vote
Spires.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
4</b>: Yes, but there’s also a Chipotle, and plenty of other eateries in that same
area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
5</b> (privately to just Tommy): That’s where <i>Library
Tech 6</i> and I usually go before meetings! (Presumably referring to Spires)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>TOMMY</b>
(privately to <i>Library Tech 5</i>): Great! Let’s go there, then. Should we make
reservations?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
5</b>: Well, let’s find out where everyone else is going, first. <i>Library Tech 6</i> and I haven’t figured out
where we’re going, yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
1</b> (to entire group): I’m totally down for Spires!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>TOMMY</b> (to
group): Okay, how many of you are good with Spires, other than me and <i>Library Tech 1</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
7</b>: I have errands to run first, but I’ll be there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
4</b>: I’ll be there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
8</b>: Have you eaten at the Sandwich Place across the street from Spires? It’s
really good! We might want to try that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
9</b>: I vote for Chipotle, because it’s better and healthier. <i>Library Tech 4</i> is going there, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
4</b>: Well, actually it doesn’t matter to me! Either place is fine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>ANONYMOUS</b>
(sent via private text to Tommy): <i>Library
Tech 9</i> wants me to go to Chipotle with her. I know you committed to Spires,
but I vote you come to Chipotle with us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>TOMMY</b> (after
discovering no cell coverage anywhere in library, and wandering out to quad in
the sun, holding phone at various angles and directions until weak signal
finally appears): Who is this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>LIBRARY TECH
3</b>: It’s <i>Library Tech 3</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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frustrated, getting crabby): Oh! My cell is fucked up, not showing me who’s
texting. Already told Library Tech 1 and Library Tech 7 I’d go to Spires with
them. ALL THESE BITCHES NEED TO MAKE UP THEIR DAMN MINDS!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to get some work done, and goes to counseling office to scan some documents.
While there in the copy room, he mentions the frustration of the library techs
not being able to figure out where to meet for lunch.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ASSISTANT</b>: Oh! You should go to this really great place on Euclid—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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way, I don’t even want to CONSIDER adding another option at this point! That’s
the last thing we need!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ASSISTANT 1</b>: --and Broadway, it’s a gourmet hamburger place, the chef is
amazing, and—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ASSISTANT</b>: --it’s cheaper than that other place we went last time, remember, <i>Office Assistant 2</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ASSISTANT 2</b>: Oh, yeah, <i>Fancy Burger</i>!
It was good, but they were, like, $15 burgers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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HAVE been wanting to try that <i>Fancy
Burger</i> place! No, wait! That’s not helping! I’m not suggesting another
place!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back to his office.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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email to <i>Library Tech 1</i>, <i>Library Tech 4</i>, and <i>Library Tech 7</i>): So, apparently lunch is a big issue and requires
much heated debate. Are you guys switching to Camp Chipotle, or staying with
Camp Spires?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1</b>: Well, I’m not really in the mood for disease with my rice and beans.
Remember that contamination issue with Chipotle? But this is a community thing,
so I don’t know. Where are you going?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don’t know. My brain is dead and I am now incapable of making a decision. I say
we let <i>Library Tech 4</i> or <i>Library Tech 7</i> decide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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4</b>: Who knew lunch would divide us? I’ll go to Chipotle. But there is a
Northgate Market there, too, and they have a HUGE food court!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">THE END???</span></b></i></span></div>
Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-87103683477233485812016-05-09T18:52:00.000-07:002016-05-10T10:03:12.736-07:00ORIGINAL ART : "Fantasy" bibliography bookmark illustration Just did this illustration for a bookmark with a list of fantasy books on the reverse side. :)<br />
You can see the list <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JpcWNNPfnku6yDKMMh1ZxpTq2XXA8suMkMEjEMjgAh4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Fantasy" biblio bookmark illustration</td></tr>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-60523541201561467012016-04-11T09:20:00.001-07:002016-04-11T09:20:38.793-07:00T-SHIRT : Cheshire Cat With Dewey Decimal Hat<div>
Did you know you can buy a t-shirt with my version of the Cheshire Cat from Alice's Adventures In Wonderland on it? Only with Library Dewey Decimal Number 636.8 on the hat? Well, you CAN! It's amazing, right? Click the image below to see the product page on Amazon. It's available in sizes for Men, Women, and Youth, just lick on which one you want. (I mean "click.") Also color options.</div>
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Shirts run a little small, so order a size or two larger than you think you'll need. </div>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-26289331504777371922016-04-08T12:49:00.003-07:002016-04-08T12:49:55.442-07:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : Ladies & Bunnies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is what I did in March, between our Read Across America Alice In Wonderland extravaganza, and April's Poetry Month stuff.</div>
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The quote and illustrations above are from the <i><b>Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes</b></i> by Du Bose Heyward and Marjorie Hack. I thought it perfectly represented Easter/Spring AND Women's History Month because that is one sassy, forward-thinking little bunny.<br />
"Wait and see!"<br />
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-29941138620280016782016-04-08T12:04:00.000-07:002016-04-08T12:04:28.813-07:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : April is Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month! So what? Well, I'm just saying.<br />
Here's what we did in my library:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stole the slogan from the Art of Manliness website. Hence the mustache.</td></tr>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-9899809618554239372016-03-09T18:30:00.001-08:002016-03-09T18:30:43.657-08:00T-SHIRT : "Bibliophile"Check it out-<br />
Now this design is available as a T-shirt on Amazon, from CleverT.<br />
You can purchase it <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bibliophile-Lovers-Librarian-T-Shirt-Asphalt/dp/B01CPZI324/ref=sr_1_14?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1457576748&sr=1-14&nodeID=7141123011" target="_blank">HERE,</a></span> if you should wish for such a thing.<br />
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I'm just going to dump these pictures here, and assume they're mostly self-explanatory. Basically, I'm so over Dr. Seuss as a theme for Read Across America Week, so I'm doing Alice In Wonderland, and using the Cheshire Cat wearing the Mad Hatter's Hat as a "different cat in a different hat."<br />
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And look what's lurking at the back...<br />
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The Jabberwock! (The lighting in this photo makes it a little hard to see, but in person the drawing is more visible)<br />
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On Friday our Alumni Association is hosting an Author Forum of Alumni Authors, and we're inviting everyone back to the library afterward for a Mad Tea Party Reception. Hence, the paper lanterns.<br />
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All week long we have daily activities and/or contests. I'll post more pictures and details later. I even have prizes to give out. :)<br />
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This easel is positioned just outside the library door, with these fancy "ultra-shape" balloons that cost $6.00 each and are supposed to last all week but dammit if some turd didn't steal one, poke a hole in another, and leave only the blue one intact. And this is just the FIRST DAY.<br />
But it's a learning experience. Next year I will fill the balloons with napalm.<br />
<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-63402089443208053002016-02-17T21:53:00.001-08:002016-02-17T21:53:20.049-08:00ORIGINAL LIBRARY ART : "Bibliophile"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-86094677054935944822016-01-23T20:54:00.000-08:002016-01-23T20:54:02.623-08:00ORIGINAL LIBRARY ART : The Cheshire Cat (in the hat)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This year I am eschewing Dr. Seuss and the Cat In the Hat for Read Across America Week. I work in a high school library, and Dr. Seuss is for BABIES. Yes, I said it. For BABIES. It's fine up until you're 5 or whatever, but to me Seuss does not have the lasting quality that Sendak, or some other classic children's writer/authors do. Anybody can just make up shit to fit a rhyme. I appreciate Seuss's art a lot more than I do his "writing."<br />
I'm fully aware that Read Across America Week was created to coincide with Seuss's birthday on March 2nd, and that's nice. It's fine to give a nod to Seuss. But it's short-sighted and simplistic to think EVERYTHING about Read Across America Week has to be ALL SEUSS, ALL THE TIME, EVERY YEAR. Unless you're just not familiar with the great wealth of children's, teen, and young adult lit we have to draw on.<br />
Especially for junior high and high school.<br />
So I came up with the idea to decorate the library like Wonderland for the week of February 29th through March 4th, and my flyers and promotional stuff will all feature my version of the Cheshire Cat, wearing the Mad Hatter's Hat, and the tagline,<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">"Uh-oh! A <i><b>different</b></i> cat in a <b><i>different</i></b> hat is taking over Read Across America this year in the library!"</span></div>
This will give me a chance to highlight Lewis Carroll's original works, plus related works like Beddor's <i><b>Looking Glass Wars</b></i>, Gaiman's <i><b>Coraline</b></i>, books on mathematics, chess, poetry, dream interpretation, Victorian England, etc. (And yes, even my own <i><b>Wonderland</b></i> graphic novel that I wrote and Sonny Liew illustrated for Disney Press/SLG)<br />
My campus is doing a week-long celebration in cooperation with our Alumni Association for RAAW 2016, and I'm on the planning committee, along with our admin. The Alumni are spotlighting alumni authors, and published works that are influenced somehow by our school. We have a bunch of local authors scheduled to do author forums in the auditorium on Monday and Friday of that week, and there will be a display in the library of books by alumni, and books about our school.<br />
Throughout the week I have planned Wonderland-themed contests, and will give out prizes. There will be a Cheshire Cat scavenger hunt, a house-of-cards building contest, and a Queen of Hearts "guess how many candy hearts are in the jar" contest. Plus the library will serve as a hospitality room for any guests during the week, so I need to make sure it all looks really nice.<br />
The culminating event of the week will be the author forum on Friday, and immediately following that will be a Mad Tea Party Reception in the library, which I'm currently planning with my awesome Volunteer Mom. Petit fours, multi-colored macarons, cucumber sandwiches, and a selection of teas will be offered.<br />
I suggested that maybe for that week the Main Office could be Seuss's "Whoville," to appease Seuss-enthusiasts, and maybe the English building could be Hogwarts or something like that. I think all it would take would just be a little effort to decorate, and put some signs up. They could even have students do that part of it.<br />
We have SSR at my school, although sadly many teachers don't observe it. For RAAW, we plan to reinforce SSR by having a different staff member on the video announcements for "Staff Book Breaks," in which they can share a favorite book, and maybe read a passage from it.<br />
I've ordered paper lanterns that we're going to string across the library, and we're creating a Read Across America-themed backdrop for the presentations that will take place during the reception and also serve as a photo op. There is a very long, old, heavy wood table in the library that we're going to place in the center of the room and decorate as the Mad Tea Party table. One of the strange things we found in the library's back room when I started working there was a full silver tea service, so of course we'll use that! Plus the Nonfiction section will be transformed into the Tulgey Wood. I'm making myself insane with all of this, but I think there's enough time to get it in order by February 29th.<br />
Incidentally, I recently finished reading Gregory Maguire's <i><b>After Alice</b></i>, and really enjoyed it. LOTS of food for thought. A very smart, multi-layered little book. Probably above the heads of most teens, though. It was almost over MY head.<br />
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So this was the last of the January bulletin board displays to go up. My Mom, Super Library Volunteer, put this together, and the slogan was her idea, and I totally love it.<br />
That pug is the BEST.Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-80397960947361296452016-01-18T09:05:00.000-08:002016-01-18T09:06:13.958-08:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : Rainy Day Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My mom (Library Volunteer Extraordinaire) found the slogan, "It Starts Raining, I Start Reading," so we created this bulletin board in the hallway just outside the library. We had to work fast, because soon we'll have to focus on preparing for Read Across America Week, and some big plans for that.<br />
It was overcast when I took the above photo, and it made the color look super weird.<br />
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Above is a nice little alcove the students pass on their way out the door of the library, so it seemed like a good place to remind them to keep their books dry. Those purple things are supposed to be storm clouds. Do they read as storm clouds? I was in a hurry.Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-16512953604830007452016-01-14T15:45:00.000-08:002016-01-14T15:45:27.177-08:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : Book Thief Rain Quote<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Working on January displays a little late, and my awesome volunteer Mom went online and found the slogan "It Starts Raining, I Start Reading." So we were working with that, and then I found this great reading- and rain-related quote from <b><u>The Book Thief</u></b> by Marcus Zusak, and did some cut and paste to create this display on one of the stack ends.<br />
But wait, there's more cleverness...<br />
In the close-up, look what I used for the streaks of "rain."<br />
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-71163549268996969462015-12-18T20:27:00.000-08:002015-12-18T20:27:30.417-08:00BLOODY UNICORN This is just a brief glimpse at what it's like working with kids.<br />
In the high school library where I work, kids were dressed up for "Pajama Day," and one very slight and childlike 9th grade boy was also clutching a stuffed panda that doubles as a pillow. Here's the gist of our conversation:<br />
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ME: Nice panda pillow!<br />
KID: Thanks. My little sister wanted to borrow it, but I was like, "You have your own!"<br />
ME: She has a panda pillow, too?<br />
KID: Well, hers is a unicorn.<br />
ME (distracted, trying to work): Mm-hm...<br />
KID: But she always wants to take mine...<br />
ME: ...<br />
KID: Because a couple of years ago I accidentally knocked into her when we were playing around, and my elbow hit her head and her head cracked open a little and bled all over the unicorn pillow.<br />
ME: Wh-- Yikes! So... there's not STILL blood all over her unicorn pillow, right? I mean, your parents must have cleaned it?<br />
KID: Well, they tried, but it didn't really come out, so it's still covered in dried blood stains.<br />
ME: And your sister still uses it.<br />
KID: Yeah, she still uses it.<br />
ME: Huh.<br />
KID: Well, I guess I'll go find my friends outside. See you later!<br />
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*Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-34897253184890178862015-11-12T19:54:00.000-08:002015-11-12T19:54:55.292-08:00SMELLS LIKE LIBRARY (the comic)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-80219954629569324142015-11-11T10:02:00.001-08:002015-11-11T10:02:22.088-08:00DISCARD TIME! Your Cat...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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(Is it, though? Is it really?)</div>
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<b>You're ok, your cat's ok</b> by Marcus Schneck & Jill Caravan. Sigh. </div>
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I guess I should just be thankful that they used "you're" and "your" correctly, and also used an apostrophe correctly.</div>
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I know this is probably (hopefully) supposed to be funny, especially with that "meaningful relationship" part. But it's really just, like, "Ugh..."</div>
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Right?</div>
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Anyway, it's old, nobody has checked it out in at least a decade, and it's on its way out the door.</div>
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Good DAY, sir.</div>
Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-39757821590893295292015-11-07T09:01:00.000-08:002015-11-07T09:03:27.064-08:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : Star Wars Reads Day 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hopefully these pics will be self-explanatory, because this is another one I'm posting a while after the fact. Good thing I took pictures.<br />
Basically, a few of my fellow library techs in our school district shared that they were doing displays and activities/events for Star Wars Reads Day, which I had never observed before. So I felt like, "Shit, I guess I better add this one to my October file..."<br />
I mean, I wanna be cool. And Star Wars is cool.<br />
All the other techs were submitting requests for these free giveaways some of the new Star Wars books' publishers were doing. I got some cool card thingies with that new droid, BB-8, that punch out and make little stand-ups of the character. I gave those away as part of the "consolation prize" to all the contest entrants who didn't win one of the 3 grand prizes.<br />
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Luckily, my high school library has plenty of Star Wars novels, chapter books, even some nonfiction about the vehicles and creatures, etc.<br />
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The prizes I gave out were:<br />
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<li>A 6' tall cardboard character stand-up of <i>The Force Awakens'</i> Captain Phasma</li>
<li>New hardcover book <b><i>Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey To the Force Awakens</i></b> by Chuck Wendig</li>
<li>The Darth Vader head bank you see pictured above, which we used as a raffle box during the contest.</li>
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Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-58169495043888213362015-11-07T08:49:00.001-08:002015-11-07T08:49:08.238-08:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : Banned Books Week 2015! *I'm posting this way after the fact, but don't judge me. Things get really hectic in a school library.*<div>
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Every year I struggle a little to make sure the students understand Banned Books Week as much as possible. I know some libraries call it "Intellectual Freedom Week," but usually that's partially for the sake of simplification, and partially because they shy away from anything that might sound controversial. I do NOT shy away from what might seem controversial, plus I like how arresting "Banned Books Week" sounds. It's SUPPOSED to get your attention because it's an important issue!<br />
But it also means you can't be lazy, because you'll probably be explaining the same things to your students all month. (No, we are NOT banning books, yes you MAY check out the books on display because we're celebrating the fact that they are available in OUR library, well- do YOU think one person or group should have the right to decide what YOU have access to and what you do NOT? No, this doesn't mean I'm going to put <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> in our school library, etc...)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several teachers created extra credit assignments based on the lists I sent out of Frequently Challenged and/or Banned Books that are available in our library. I thought that was really cool. :)</td></tr>
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Most of the stuff I put up this year is stuff I've already posted about, so I didn't post pictures of the old stuff. Instead, here is a link to a few older posts with display ideas for <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://smellslikelibrary.blogspot.com/search/label/Banned%20Books%20Week" target="_blank">Banned Books Week</a>.</span></div>
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Waaaay back in March, I did some displays for Women's History Month. Why didn't I post this back then? I dunno.<br />
I drew that fancy lady. She was originally for a NaNoWriMo display, but I realized she'd also be great for Women's History. But now I can't use her for NaNoWriMo. Because that would be cheating. Creatively speaking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Kovac's favorite feminist: Kathleen Hanna</td></tr>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-74987270935042543392015-11-07T08:29:00.001-08:002015-11-07T08:29:17.222-08:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : Halloween 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I meant to post these pictures early in October, but things got away from me. So I'm just gonna post them now. I'm kinda bummed that I totally forgot to take pictures of all the OTHER Halloween decorations we put around the library, especially since my library volunteer (Mom) and I really went all-out and did a super great job with it. So you just have to trust me, we should have won an award for "Best Halloween Decorations On Campus." The Attendance Office and the Counseling Office think they're so great, with all their fancy things on windows and hanging from the ceiling...<br />
We'll see how things fall out when the Christmas decorating contest rolls around. We'll just see about all that...<br />
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At the beginning of this school year SSR was newly reinstated, after a hiatus of probably more than 10 years. At first, LOTS of teachers just were not doing it. Didn't understand it, couldn't figure out how to handle it. Kids were still wandering into the library for various reasons during that sacred 15 minutes of SSR, when the ENTIRE CAMPUS is supposed to be silently reading, especially the adults who need to model it for the kids.<br />
I kept having to put my own book down and send kids back, and when I'd ask them why they weren't doing SSR, many of them had never even HEARD of it, which means their teachers were not only ignoring it, but they weren't even MENTIONING it.<br />
Luckily, our Principal was really good (and patient) about doing reminder announcements and emails, until finally I think most of them are doing it now. (3 months down the road)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stole that slogan from somewhere online. I think it's super clever. But I can't take credit for it. I can take credit for the artwork and lettering above, though. Isn't it nice? Why, thank you. :)</td></tr>
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<br />Tommy Kovachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878240273084275013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763280418531801804.post-73791549090443577602015-11-07T08:14:00.000-08:002015-11-07T08:14:13.647-08:00BULLETIN BOARDS & DISPLAY : November 2015 (cont.)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Above is the interior bulletin board version of the <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a> display I did in the glass case outside the library. I made those big typewriter letters a few years ago, using a silver Sharpie to outline them. I think I just did a Google image search for old-fashioned typewriter letter keys, and copied and pasted into a Word doc, then cropped and enlarged, etc. Really pretty easy.<br />
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Our new District Librarian, Regina, who is awesome, reminded us all that November is National Picture Book Month, and if any of our libraries have cool picture books, now is the time to promote them. My high school actually has a lot of great picture books, which rarely get used because it's a high school, and because they're located in a far corner, facing the wall. I think the previous library staff purchased them for all the kids who are struggling at very low reading levels, but most of the time those kids are too embarrassed to check out <b><i>Goodnight Moon</i></b> or <b><i>Bread & Jam For Frances.</i></b><br />
I used three end-of-stacks display shelves that face out to showcase some of the better picture books I thought would interest our students. Funny ones, and classics, and ones that are geared toward older readers and are more "all ages."<br />
For more info: <a href="http://nationalpicturebookmonth.com/">nationalpicturebookmonth.com</a><br />
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One of my library technician friends in the same district shared that she was putting up leaves that she was having staff write their favorite book titles on. I appropriated that idea, and created a quick template, printed it on variously sort of autumn leaf-colored papers, and had my trusty library volunteer (Mom) distribute one to every staff mailbox.<br />
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We immediately started receiving filled-out leaves back, and started cutting them out and posting them on the end of a shelf, with a sign on top to explain what they are. Mom and I both did one, of course.<br />
One of our library regulars already asked for the title I put on mine (<b><i>The Monstrumologist</i></b> by Rick Yancey) and checked it out. :)<br />
So... that's November so far!<br />
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I was in a spastic frenzy to put something up in the glass hallway case outside the library, and there is little time between now and when I need to put Christmas stuff up.<br />
So I did a quick NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) display, including the <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/">nanowrimo.org</a> website, and some simple explanation of what it is. None of the English teachers I've asked at this school know what it is, yet. But hopefully they'll start getting interested.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stole that graphic at the top from somewhere online. It didn't have an artist credited, otherwise I would include that. The typewriter with the green background is from a monthly calendar I had a few years ago. The shield I printed in black and white from the official website, and then had a library volunteer (my aunt!) color the blue background.</td></tr>
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On the official website, they had a brief list of some professionally/traditionally published novels that started out as NaNoWriMo books. Here are a few:<br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sara Gruen’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><em style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><u>Water for Elephants</u></span></b></em></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Erin Morgenstern’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><u>The
Night Circus</u></b></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rainbow Rowell’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><u>Fangirl</u></b></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and Marissa Meyer’s</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><em style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><u>Cinder</u></b></em></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These typewriters are just clip art printed on cream-colored paper, and then I cut a slit where the paper would come out, and hand-lettered the genre banners on white paper.</td></tr>
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