Alaska Bush Library Service

One of my favorite aspects of library service is when we have just the right material for a teacher, right when she needs it.  Twice in the last 24 hours I have been able to experience that.  The first was when an SFA facilitator asked to borrow four copies of “Danny and the Dinosaur”.  I checked the out and put them on the desk of the person who was traveling to the school today.  I got back to my desk, checked my email, and found a note from the person traveling.  She asked for four copies of “Danny and the Dinosaur”.  I let her know that they were already on her desk.

The second time was with a teacher that I invited into the library yesterday afternoon so we could talk about a project that I want to do with her students.  I wanted to collaborate with her about teaching some research skills to students.  I didn’t tell her that part as her class was coming in and I didn’t want to take much of her time.  Imagine my surpise when she emailed me an apology for not showing up, this morning.  She included a couple of sentences that she wants to talk to me about teaching some Internet research techniques to her sixth graders.  I am going to use the program at Connexions to build a module today and teach it tomorrow.