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Welcome to my blog! My name is Kathy Parker and I’m a life long lover of all things books. A librarian for more than 30 years, I’m looking to discuss books with others. Oh yes, I’m a Cubs fan, too!
Wondering why my blog is named Marianslibrary? Ever since I first saw the movie, The Music Man, when it premiered in the theaters in 1962, it left a lasting impression on a certain 7 year-old little girl! I fell in love with the music, Professor Harold Hill, and a certain fictional librarian, Marian Peru. I decided since I loved to read and at the encouragement from my very own English teacher - my mother – I decided to pursue the prospect of becoming a librarian when I grew up!
Enjoy this clip from The Music Man of “Marian the Librarian” from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnFv29iPACc&feature=related
I’m featured in 2 Cubs’ commercials! Watch my 2011 Cubs on WGN-TV Kathy P.’s Story to discover what was my most memorable Cub/WGN-TV experience.
Also watch the entire group of all 5 of us as we share our stories for The 2011 Chicago Cubs on WGN-TV.
You can follow me on Twitter at @marianslibrary.
Kathy, I love your blog and really enjoyed your “picks” lists. Hi to everyone. Thanks for suggesting all those good reads! Ann
Morning Ann!
Yes, I’ll tell the “oldie, but goodies,” HELLO from you! Glad to hear you like my picks. Working on my April/May Parker’s Picks over break.
Take care!
Kathy
Hi Kathy, I love your blog. I just started my won too. Just finished my first post. I follow you on twitter. @marianathinks
Happy to hear from you! It’s a little over a month old so I’m still plugging away with it.
Good luck with yours as well!
Kathy
Kathy, are you a librarian in the Chicago area? I’m looking to find a location to do an event. Can we chat?
Just had lunch with you daughter, having heard her speak this morning at Free State Social. She’s a doll and you and your blog are swell. I’m a librarian at Lawrence Public Library, working on using social media for Reader’s Advisory — will be following you!
Thanks for your compliment about Sarah! Glad you are enjoying my blog! I’m enjoying it more than I thought!
Marian,
Congrats on your nice book blog. How does a writer contact you about possibly reviewing his/her book?
Best!
Hi Paul,
Thank you for the compliment! I’m really enjoying writing for my blog. I’ll email you the address where you can send your book to me to read and review.
Please share my blog with friends!
Happy Reading & Writing!
Kathy
Kathy,
Please send me your address and I’ll get a copy to you.
Best!
Paul Clayton
This is way too cute, Mom! Reading your blog makes me smile.
Thanks Daughter of Mine!
I thought you’d get a kick out of it!
Love,
Mom
Hi Kathy!
I tracked you here from the Unquiet Library’s site. So impressed and inspired by what you are doing!!! I’m wondering if you would give permission for our school to use what you put together for a Kindle permission form, as I’m starting a pilot in our library soon.
All my best,
Belle
Hi Belle,
Yes, please feel free to use the Kindle permission form for your library. Tweak it to suit your needs if necessary. Good luck with your Kindle endeavor! If I can be of any other help, please drop me a line.
Thank you!
Kathleen
Hello Marian,
I found your blog through The Unquiet Library. The Rotary Club of Fort Worth has given my library 25 Kindles and 75 to the school. This is a 3 year project in which we will receive 25 Kindles every year – total of 75. My district is having trouble figuring out how to handle the email accounts, but I have the need for forms and documentation instruments. Unquiet indicates you have given permission to adapt some of your forms. May I do that also and give you credit? Thank you, LaVonne
Good Afternoon LaVonne!
Congratulations on acquiring Kindles for your library! I love hearing this fabulous news. Yes, you surely may use the forms. I enjoy helping others with their programs. If you would ever need any other assistance, please feel free to contact me.
Best to you,
Kathleen
Kathleen,
I too am in need of the forms. I’m fairly new to the library scene, and especially inept with digital resources. Your documents would be a tremendous help for me. May I also use them, giving you credit?
Hi Lynette,
Yes, please feel to use the forms. Glad I can help you out!
Best,
Kathleen
Hi Kathy,
I located your site after linking to The Unquiet Library. Our elementary media center has just received 30 iPads and 30 Kindles. May I tweak your forms and use them with our students as we get ready to roll out this pilot program? We would give you credit for the intellectual property. Thanks, Andrea Baker
Morning Andrea,
Congratulations on acquiring the Kindles and the iPads for your media center! Yes, you surely may tweak the form to fit your needs.
I would be interested in finding out how you’re planning on using the iPads. Thanks for sharing your information!
Best,
Kathleen
Hey Kath, I heard you were involved in my Christmas Kindle. Thanks!
Just about finished with “Colonel Roosevelt”. Very good, I read the 1st book, “Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” 15 years ago and thought it was as good a biography as I’ve read. Read parts of the 2nd volume and didn’t like as much. Say hi to everyone for me!
Hi John!!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog site to drop me an email! What a nice “brother” you are! Glad you are loving your Kindle! Yes, I had a hand in it.
Thanks for sharing what you just finished reading. I think you might enjoy some of the non-fiction books I selected for my Winter Reads List.
Best to you & tell the family hello!
Kathy
Right now I have 2 more books on kindle I need to read, next up “The Dragon With The Girly Tatoo” or something like that. Apparently I missed the mem0 but it seems that this required reading for anyone over 12. Who new?
Most definitely John!!
Steve and I loved the trilogy – sad though the author has since died & there will be no more books about Lizabeth! Let me know what you think of them.
Happy Reading!
Kathy
Hello from Virginia. Our high school library has obtained four Kindles and it would be wonderful if you would allow us to adapt your form. It is the best one out there to suit everyone’s needs! We would definitely give you credit as well. Thanks so much for forging the road for all of us!
Morning Lisa!
Yes, please feel to use the Kindle form. Glad I could be of help to you and your school.
Best to you and your newest venture!
Kathy
Hi! Your form was passed along to me from Buffy Hamilton here in GA, and I noticed she had credited you at the bottom. I would like to modify and use that Kindle form as well. Is that OK? I can send you a copy of the modified one if you like. Please advise; thanks!
Kelly Paynter
Media Specialist
Sprayberry High School
Marietta, GA
Good afternoon Kelly!
Yes, please go ahead and use the Kindle form.
Happy to help!
Best,
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
Our library recently acquired three Kindles and I would love to adapt your permissions letter and attribute the original to you? Love your blog!
Best,
Nancy Florio
Library Director
Canterbury School
New Milford, CT
Marian-
Like so many of the previous posts, I wish to adapt your Kindle permissions form as found on The Unquiet Librarian site. Our 7-12 library hopes to acquire 6 Kindles in the next few weeks, and I am a Kindle “newbie”.
Hi Mary Alice! Love the name. I have a very dear book club friend with the same name.
Yes, you are more than welcome to use and adapt our Kindle permission form as you start your Kindle program. If you have any questions along the way, please feel free to email me. Also, if you haven’t been to: http://www.edukindle.ning.com – it’s an EXCELLENT site for Kindle information.
Best,
Kathy
In reading your wonderful blog, it looks like I’m not the first to ask permission to adapt your Kindle forms (and give you credit) for our school libraries. We’d greatly appreciate it.
I loved reading how your blog got its name. Many, MANY years ago, my sister had a bit part in the musical at the local high school, and I was forced to attend her performance. I was hooked on Music Man and Marion from then on.
Cheers!
Kit Vaughan
Acquisition Librarian
Chesterfield County Public Schools
Chesterfield, VA
Good afternoon Kit!
Thank you for the very nice compliment concerning my blog! I’ve enjoyed writing for it over the past year. I’m in the process of contributing part of a chapter to a professional book so I’ve been a bit lax with my blog. I do have my Spring Reads to post later next week as well as my 10 Parker’s Picks for April and May.
Yes, please use my Kindle form for your school library.
I loved your story about your sister and The Music Man!!
Best to you!
Kathy
My school district has just recently begun to purchase Nooks & iPads to use for ebooks. We came across an AUP that you developed, and we wanted to ask your permission to use and modify it for our schools?
Thank you!
Susan P.
Good afternoon Susan,
I’d love to help out a fellow Illinois school!
Yes, please feel free to use it for your Nooks and iPads & modify it to suit your needs.
Best,
Kathy
Kathy,
I have also discovered your Nook permission form and think is is great! I would like to ask your permission to modify it to reflect our school’s information and costs and use it within our school district. I am in a small town school in Wisconsin.
Morning Sue,
Yes, please feel free to modify the form to suit your school’s needs.
Thanks!
Kathy
We would like your permission to use a greatly-adapted version of your form for our Kindles. May we? Thanks!
Hi Ann,
Yes, please feel free to use and adapt the Kindle form.
Best,
Kathy
Kathy, I would like to contact you to ask several questions about digital reading. What email I could use?
Best Regards,
Marco
Hello Kathy,
I am also requesting the use of your forms. I’m a dither head, but would certainly appreciate NOT having to make up new forms. Thanking you in advance for your time, talents and permission.
Lynette
That little green icon, well it fits me to a tee!
Don’t worry,
we all have to start somewhere. I too feel torn in many directions when it comes to digital resources.
Best again!
Kathleen
Sorry for the delay in my response. Hopefully you received my approval to use the forms.
Best,
Kathleen
Thank you, I did receive the permission email. I have passed along the information to our district media specialist for her perusal. Perhaps you will be getting another permission request. I’m certainly appreciative of the time it took you to create these documents and to work through all the “wriggles” Thank you so much for being a “sharer” and not a hoarder. I love the blog and look forward to the time when I can explore more fully all there is here.
Have a lovely Thanksgiving.
Kind regards,
Lynette
Thanks so much for your kind words! As our school has now started to research the possibility of using iPads in the classrooms, we’ve been lucky enough to have some resource educators who have shared their information with us. Sometimes there is no sense “reinventing the wheel” so to speak.
Yes, stop by again to visit my blog! There’s a multitude of information, book lists, and book reviews.
Best,
Kathleen
We would also like permission to use your forms with the Kindles in our media center. We are just starting to “put a toe” in the water when it comes to eBooks. Your forms would be a real help to us in getting started.
Thanks! Cathy Keller
Hi Kathy!
Like so many others, I too would love to adapt your Kindle Use form. It is concise, and that is something that I really need as a first year librarian. I will be waiting for your permission. Thank you! Aimee Emerson
Yes, Aimee, you may use the Kindle User Form for your school. Glad I could be of some help!
Best,
Kathy
Hi Kathy!
I would also like permission to adapt your Kindle User Form. I will be receiving Nooks in the near future, and would like to have a form in place when they arrive.
Thanking you in advance,
Stephanie Humphries
Good Afternoon Stephanie,
Yes, please feel free to use our Kindle User Form and make any changes to suit your district’s needs. Good luck with your program!
Best,
Kathy
Hi Kathy–
Our school is about to embark on a Kindle experiment and your blog as well as Buffy Hamilton’s have been enormous help. I am also requesting permission to adapt the permission form for use at our school. I will certainly give you credit for the original form.
Thanks,
Faith
Good Afternoon Faith,
Congratulations and good luck with your Kindle program! If you need any assistance please don’t hesitate to ask. Yes, you have my permission to adapt our school’s Kindle permission form.
Best,
Kathy
Good Morning Kathy,
I am adding another request for permission to adapt your Kindle User Form. I am currently setting up 12 Nooks for use with my high school book club and would like to utilize your form. It is well worded, clear and professional.
Thank you,
Karen
Good Afternoon Karen,
Thank you! Yes, you may most certainly use our Kindle User Form for your Nooks. Good luck with your program!
Best,
Kathy
Dear Marian,
I’m contacting you because I’ve read many of your article on the e book and on the kindle and I understood you work with the Kindle when teaching.
I am a reporter working for the French TV M6, located in Paris.
My program, Capital, is the French leading economic program and reaches an audience of 4 million people, on Sunday evening, prime time.
We are currently working on a 25 minutes story on the e-readers and the Kindle.
We thought it would be great to show how the Kindle can be used in classrooms in the United States.
I was wondering if you could help me find students that actually use the Kindle in the classrooms and for scholar work.
We would love to come film those classes for a couple of hours to fully understand how the Kindle can be used in schools.
I know that the Seattle schools and universities are very much involved in the use of digital technologies so it might be interesting to show it to the French students, where e-readers are slowly starting.
Please feel free to reach me on my email or my phone at ( +33) 1 41 92 39 16 or (+33) 6 45 56 66 03 (cell)
Thank you so much for your help,
Best Regards,
Sybile Penhirin
M6 – CAPITAL
Good Afternoon Sybile,
I just sent an email off to you concerning your interest in our school Kindle program.
Hope to talk with you soon!
Best,
Kathleen
Hi, Kathy,
May I please adapt your permissions form for East Bridgewater High School library? We are starting a program with Nooks.
Sincerely,
Carrie Tucker
Good Afternoon Carrie,
Yes, you may go ahead and use/adapt our Kindle User Agreement for your high school library.
Good luck with your new Nook program!!
Best,
Kathy