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ipods and audiobooks

01/31/2011

the big house library is now the proud owner of ipods! :)

we loan them out preloaded with whatever audiobook you need to read.

the only catch is that you're responsible for replacing it if it gets damaged or disappears.

we also still have portable cassette players for the titles in the collection that we don't yet have on iTunes, and we'll gladly let you borrow these, too. :)

we'd like thank our district's generous voters. measure c/measure k makes projects like this possible. :)

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Test Prep

01/05/2011

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Thanks to the Sonoma County Library, you can practice for all your important tests for free, from anywhere, anytime.

Peterson's Testing and Education Reference Center (from Gale) has practices tests for all the APs, the ACT, the SAT, the PSAT, the SAT Subject Tests, the CAHSEE and more, plus test taking tips and strategies and other resources.

All you need is your Petaluma Public Library card barcode number to login. If you don't have a public library card, you can pick up an application at the library circulation desk.

Good luck and hope this helps! :)

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Teen Read Week 2010

11/11/2010

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without a lot of fanfare this year, we acknowledged teen read week at the big house library.

all i did was i laid out pieces of poster paper on tables and asked students to write the titles of books they've read and loved on them.

i also begged/bullied a bunch of random students who were studying into saying "happy teen read week" on camera (see video above). :)

what surprised me was how excited students were to write the title of their favorite book and tell anyone standing nearby why it they loved it.

i was also surprised to see them reading books they're not getting from our library and loving books they read in their english classes.

i'm glad we did something for teen read week, even if it wasn't anything much. :)

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Casa Service Awards 2010

10/19/2010

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Every year in Petaluma, the superintendent of our school district comes to each campus to honor employees for their years of service.

Pins are given for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and so on years of experience.

This video celebrates those educators being honored this year.

Congratulations to all 12 wonderful recipients and thank you for your 295 years of service! :)

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Banned Books Week 2010

09/28/2010

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During Banned Books Week in the United States, libraries across the country commemorate our freedom to read.

The U.S. Constitution guarantees Americans intellectual freedom.

You can read whatever you want whenever you want, and basically, libraries aren't allowed to rat you out.

Here at the Big House Library, we support your right to read.

So, act out, read a banned book today. :)

P.S. Thanks to Paul Yakovlev, Casa's Video Production Club, Miss Helen, and our library's awesome TAs for their help making this totally wonderful video.

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gwvpQnUJ4 ]

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Love Google Books! :)

09/21/2010

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Since our local libraries in Petaluma don't have access to every book on every topic,
we really love Google Books! :)

With Google Books, you can find ebooks (magazines and journals, too) on almost any topic and read them online immediately.

To learn how to use this awesome resource, check out our Google Books page or go to books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html.

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