When: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 11:50 a.m.
Where: Education Library Media Center
Topic for August: Finding Children’s Literature

Are you looking for the best picture books to teach about a special topic for your class? Perhaps you already have a good book and want to find another on a similar theme? Or maybe you’re just looking for a good kid’s book to read and want to find the latest award-winning title?

If you answered “YES” to any one of the questions above, then you will want to sign-up for August’s workshop on how to find children’s and young adults’ literature at the Education Library. Attendees of this workshop will learn strategies on how to search for children’s and young adults’ books by subject, grade, and award.

Sign-up sheets are located at the circulation desk at the Education Library. For more information, please contact Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca or at Extension 2227.

Length: 25 Minutes

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 11:50 a.m.
Where: Education Library Media Center
Topic for July: Finding Resources @ the Education Library I  : OnTRAC

Attendees of this workshop will learn tips on how to find books, educational materials and other resources at the Education library using the library catalogue OnTRAC. Attendees will also learn how to search for resources by collection, access and use their “My Accounts”, and how to locate electronic books through the Tyndale libraries website.

Sign-up sheets are located at the circulation desk at the Education Library. For more information, please contact Mark Mueller (ext. 2227) via e-mail.

Length: 25 minutes

The Education Library will be hosting the first of a series of mini-tours on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (12:0o p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

The first mini-tour called “Books, books, books, and more books” is about finding printed and electronic books through the Tyndale Library System.

Attendees of this mini-tour will be:

• introduced to the Library of Congress cataloging system
• provided instruction on how to use the library catalog OnTRAC
• introduced to the e-Book collection available through the Tyndale library website

If you are interested in signing up for one of the mini-tours please contact Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca. You may also sign up for one of the mini-tours at the Education Library circulation desk.

If you are unable to attend any of these mini-tours you can also book a one-on-one appointment with Mark by e-mailing him or by phone at 416-226-6620, ext. 2227.

Please note: we will be meeting in the Education Library’s Media Center at 12:00 noon on each day.

Are you interested in learning more about the resources at the Tyndale libraries but don’t have time to attend a one-hour workshop?

Have you ever wanted to attend a library workshop but were unable to attend due to scheduling constraints?

If you answered “YES” to any of these questions then you might be interested in attending an Education Library mini-tour.

These Education Library mini-tours are designed for busy users seeking in-depth library instruction. The mini-tours are 30 minutes in length and will cover a different topic every other week.

The mini-tours will be scheduled for lunch-hour at the Education Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit the Tyndale Library blog (www.tyndale.ca/libraryblog) often to find out what parts of the collection the library will be covering for that week.

To sign up for a mini-tour please send an e-mail to Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca. You can also sign up at the Education Library circulation desk.

BE SURE TO SIGN UP QUICK. THERE ARE ONLY 10 SPOTS PER TOUR.

For more information, please contact:

Mark Mueller, Education Librarian

Tel: 416-226-6620, ext. 2227

E-mail: mmueller@tyndale.ca