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laurie s stories skip to main skip to sidebar monday november 5 2018 using libib pro in my school library this school year i replaced the retiring librarian at my sons school library the catalog of over 12 000 items and the circulation was housed on the long defunct winnebago spectrum platform on a stand alone computer no longer connected to the internet the computer was so old that it still had a floppy disk drive well a few weeks into the school year the computer crashed completely and all was lost the former librarian had warned me that this day was coming so thankfully i had already chosen a new system to use libib the professional version the regular version is free when i was researching libib it was hard to find much information on it by actual institutional users but the price was right so i bought an annual subscription very reasonably priced plus discounted for non profits i m quite happy with it i will list pros and cons to help others out there who are trying to decide if it s a good fit inputting books pros very fast and easy if you have the item s isbn number i just use the library scanner or type in the number if there are stickers over the barcode which there often are libib also has an app and i believe that it allows you to use your phone to scan the barcodes but i haven t used it personally most items are already cataloged although i do have to add a call number you can also use manual entry for cataloging which i had to do with our book buddies which are kits that contain a stuffed animal or toy and 3 related books if you are migrating data from a system and your records include isbns you can import them as a csv i didn t have this option cons the cataloging is basically crowd sourced so sometimes the formatting is inconsistent or the book description says something like fair condition or good book instead of giving a summary barcodes pros the pro is that custom barcodes aren t strictly necessary if the book has been added to your catalog you can check it out by retrieving it by title or isbn this only presents a problem if you have multiple copies of a book with the same isbn when you check an item back in you can use the isbn printing barcodes is also easy the templates use standard avery labels you can choose to print by date range and sort by title or by when copies were added and choose what information you want to be on the label itself cons the barcodes generated by libib are qr codes so we had to purchase a new scanner that reads both traditional barcodes and qr codes libib recommends a model that is fairly reasonable so this wasn t a huge con circulation pros the circulation mode is fast and easy you can retrieve patrons by name or by patron number entering an email address allows circulation reminders to be sent to patrons cons there is no patron field for grade this presented a problem for me as some teachers want a printout of what their students have checked out to work around this i put a letter or number preceding each student s last name i e k for kindergarten p3 for three year old preschool 1 for first grade reports are generated in excel so this way i can sort students by grade and then just print the relevant portion of the spreadsheet i also haven t found a way to print overdue notices overall i love libib i think it s a fabulous low cost application for small libraries the online catalog is customizable and visually appealing the pro version even gives you the capability to set up a self check kiosk which i plan to do once all of our books are cataloged my current solution for checkout since so few of our items are cataloged is to catalog things as they are checked out i can quickly input a book and then it s immediately available for checkout then at the end of each school day i print out labels for the books that were added that day and put the labels on the books as they are returned also anytime i ve reached out to customer support with a question it s been answered within hours have you used libib are you considering it for your library let me know in the comments posted by laurie at 6 34 pm no comments thursday august 16 2018 a light so lovely the spiritual legacy of madeleine l engle author of a wrinkle in time by sarah arthur my rating 4 of 5 stars a lovely examination of the influence that one of my favorite authors has had on culture and faith i appreciated arthur s insights and her synthesis of the overarching themes of l engle s work she managed to convey great admiration and respect for l engle and her legacy without resorting to idolatry a thoughtful and thought provoking book for any l engle fan thanks to the publisher for providing an arc in exchange for an honest review view all my reviews posted by laurie at 8 36 pm no comments thursday february 16 2017 hello fresh review a friend gave me her discount code to try hello fresh for 40 off which meant i got three 2 person meals for 20 i thought that was a pretty good deal so i tried it the meals were delivered to my doorstep and they were delicious there is prep involved washing and chopping veggies etc but all of the ingredients are pre measured so i could feel like i was on a cooking show as i cooked portion sizes were generous too my husband and i are not dainty eaters but all 3 recipes were enough for us the pasta dish even had leftovers it was really nice to know exactly what i was making for dinner and that i had all the ingredients for it since i ve been falling down on the meal planning job lately all in all i would not feel right routinely paying 20 for a meal that only feeds my husband and i i am an aldi shopper after all but i ve noticed that groupon often has half off deals and if a friend uses your discount code you get 20 off your next box too if you d like to try it out with my discount code click here this is my honest review hello fresh has no idea who i am posted by laurie at 7 35 pm no comments wednesday february 10 2016 book review they danced on the darlings 3 they danced on by carre armstrong gardner my rating 4 of 5 stars judging by the epilogue i think this may sadly be the final book in the darlings series but what a lovely book it was and i was happy to spend time in the company of the darling family the main focus in this one was the darling matriarch jane as she faces the inevitable loss of her husband who has als some time was also devoted to laura and her alcoholism and to the other members of the family as well but i still want more thanks to edelweiss and the publisher for providing an e galley for review view all my reviews posted by laurie at 8 01 pm no comments thursday january 28 2016 book review you choose this one has become a favorite since it arrived a few weeks ago for both my boys ages 5 1 2 and almost 4 each two page spread asks a question like where would you want to live or how would you want to travel and my boys love to pore over the pictures and choose it s a great book for encouraging both speech development and vocabulary and as an oversize hardcover it s a bargain for only 12 99 click here to read more about it or to order posted by laurie at 12 15 pm no comments monday november 30 2015 busy probably no one in cyberspace has noticed but i ve been mia lately since mid august to be precise when i started selling usborne books it s been a whirlwind but a good one i m still working 20 hours a week at the library so i ve been fitting usborne in to my free time if you re a mom you know there s really no such thing but i m loving it and i ve really helped boost our family s income i just wanted to explain where i ve been i m still here and what i ve been doing i hope you all had a lovely thanksgiving posted by laurie at 8 17 pm no comments sunday august 16 2015 usborne books and more as a children s librarian at a public library i see a lot of books some are fun some are educational and some are both i recently discovered usborne books and hosted a home party i was so impressed that 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