School Librarian  . . .  I love my job! has been renamed to BookByter.  The new name was suggested by my friend and colleague Christy Paulk at Smile, Not Shush!

I think the title is far  more descriptive of my interests because it combines books with technology.

Hopefully, this new title will encourage me to make a fresh start with blogging.

Thanks Christy!

I have decided to combine my teacher blog with my professional librarian blog.  I have not been keeping up with either one of them, so I intend to put my focus on one thing.

This is not the only area in which I am trying to simplify things.  I have been experimenting with multiple online to-do lists.  The problem with all of them is I actually have to look at them.  I have decided to take my to-dos to analog form and just use paper and pencil.  I have recently invested in a Moleskine Weekly Journal in the largest size I could find.  The left hand page is a weekly calendar and the facing page is a lined journal.  That is where I will write my current tasks.  Of course, my first task is to get the entire thing setup.

I desperately need to do what I call a brain dump and write down everything both personal and professional that I need to accomplish.  The idea is so overwhelming, I can’t seem to even start on it.

Anyway, my next post will be about teaching the high school administrative staff about Google Documents.  My principal is very excited with the little I have shown him and I hope I can convince the others to feel the same way.  After that, I will work with the teachers during their planning periods.  That should be interesting because they are already so busy that I hate to take any of their time.  Of course, GDocs will be a time saver in the long run.

Have a look at our new bulletin board display!  The display was designed by our parapro Wanda Land and the quotation is from one of our students.  Three of our library aides actually put the board together.

I have decided that the second set of books I will read is Dracula by Bram Stoker and Bloodline by Kate Cary.  I have already started on Dracula through DailyLit.  I am not sure that I can read a book a short piece at a time.  I normally read straight through everything.  I will have to see how it goes.

I have also subscribed to Jane Eyre as well although I haven’t started reading it.

I am going to talk to one of my English teachers about including her students in this challenge.  I think it would be a great way to get them involved in blogging.

Melissa, over at One Librarian’s Book Reviews, has started a challenge where you pair a classic with a related modern book.

This is her description: “Essentially, the Classic Double Challenge will encourage you to read one older book (classic) and a newer book that relates to the older one in some way.”

I am going to sign up for the Medium level which is four books or two pairs of related books.

I am definitely starting with Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Jane by April Lindner.