Author: mkmcdaniel

No Storytime for Fall 2018

The Ballenger Teachers Center will not be hosting a Fall 2018 Storytime Series. Please stay tuned for updates about our Winter Storytime series. If you are looking for things to do on Saturday mornings during Fall 2018, please consider the following suggestions: The 18th Street Farmers Market is open every Saturday morning, 8am-12pm, through September … Continue reading "No Storytime for Fall 2018"

Summer Stacks Shift

Although the BTC is usually much quieter in the summer, this May the BTC has been abuzz with activity. My student workers have been busy re-organizing the BTC Stacks (a.k.a. Textbooks and Teaching Materials or Curriculum Collection) to be in call number order A-Z, left to right. We also had help from our fabulous circulation … Continue reading "Summer Stacks Shift"

Preschool students visit the BTC

Today we had a very special group of visitors come to the BTC: Preschoolers from Immanuel Lutheran Early Childhood Center. The children came to EIU for a Kids and Science Day hosted by the biology department. After the students saw live snakes and other reptiles in the Biological Sciences building, they came for an interactive … Continue reading "Preschool students visit the BTC"

Earth Day with S.E.A.

On Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 7pm, the Ballenger Teachers Center will host the Student Education Association RSO for an Earth Day themed presentation. Mrs. McDaniel will introduce students to Earth Day related resources for our pre-service teachers available at the BTC. Resources include a wide variety of kits, games, and science modules; resource books … Continue reading "Earth Day with S.E.A."

2018 ALA Youth Media Awards

Every year, the American Library Association forms committees to select the best books of the year in a variety of categories. The selected titles represent examples of excellence in children’s and young adult literature and audio books. In addition to the gold medal award winners, each award will typically give honor awards to a few … Continue reading "2018 ALA Youth Media Awards"

BTC Storytime

Our Spring 2018 Storytime series has finished. Please stay tuned for future storytime opportunities in Fall 2018. Thank you to all the families who joined us for the program this academic year. Overall, we served 49 children in the 2017-2018 academic year. We would like to extend a huge thank you to all the RSOs who … Continue reading "BTC Storytime"

New foreign language and bilingual children’s books in the BTC!

Booth Library has recently acquired a number of Spanish, French, and bilingual children’s books for the Ballenger Teachers Center collections.  These titles were selected by Sarah Johnson, Foreign Languages librarian, and Michele McDaniel, Coordinator of the Ballenger Teachers Center.  They can be found on the New Book Display in the BTC. Estudiantes de español: ¡visiten … Continue reading "New foreign language and bilingual children’s books in the BTC!"

BTC Basics

Whenever I lead a tour or class in the BTC, I always tell students that the key to navigating the BTC is “Location, location, location!” Did you know that the BTC has over 13 different locations? Most often the locations separate out different types of materials such as textbooks and teaching materials, kits, juvenile books, … Continue reading "BTC Basics"