Lending Library

Materials in the Butler Soil & Water Conservation District's Lending Library can be borrowed overnight, for 7 days, free of charge. Because we have only one copy of some publications, everything must be returned by 3:00P.M. on the due date, in order to give everyone equal access to the same information. Materials can be borrowed for consecutive weeks, as long as no one is on the waiting list for loaned items.

The borrower must observe the copyrights on the publications in order to sign them out. All of our books are copyrighted and should not be reproduced. Photocopies of other items are available.

We ask that  library items be handled personally. This will cut down on loss and guarantee its destination. Please, don't send these items through the mail system.

The following pages lists the materials available through the Lending Library that are marked for teachers, scout and other youth group leaders, parents and students, for educational purposes. Additional information may be available in the areas of urban and rural development that are not listed.

Some publications from the Natural Resource Conservation Service, formally the Soil Conservation Service, are currently available in our office, while others can be ordered.

All questions and comments concerning the materials in the Lending Library, or the terms which they are lent out, can be brought to the attention of Lynn White, Butler SWCD Education Specialist.

New Stuff!

• Book: Geology Rocks! 50 Hands-on activities to explore the earth, by Cindy Blobaum.

• Video/DVD: Stay out and stay alive: abandoned mine safety from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Mineral and Resources Management.

Books and Pamphlets

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Folders and Kits

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Binders

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Videos

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Books

Amazing Dirt Book At Your Disposal [4H, garbage] Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks & Minerals Biology Is Outdoors [land labs] Citizen's Guide to Clean Water [water quality] Citizens of the Soil Consider Stewardship [poetry] Directory of Great Lakes Education Material [water catalog] Dirt Cookbook Earth Science [gr. 5-8] Earthways [pre-K to 2, crafts] Earthworm Empire: The Living Soil Environment and Pollution Environmental Education at a Glance Exploring Animals [4H] Exploring Environments [K-6] Exploring Our Insect World I [4H] Exploring Our Insect World II [4H] Exploring Plants [4H] Fish Story [water quality pre-K to 2] Fossils of Ohio Great Lakes- An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book Great Minds? Great Lakes Ground Water & Surface Water: A Single Resource Guide to Ohio Outdoor Education Areas Guide to Ohio Streams Habitats for Learning [land labs] Handle with Care [water pollution] Hands-On Earth Science Activities [K-8] Homeowner's Conservation Guide, The Integrating Environmental Education & Science Kids C.A.R.E. [4-6] Land Resources and Pollution

Learn about Watersheds Liquid Treasure Water History [Project WET] Look, Listen, & Learn [K-2, 3-4, 5-6] Meteorology Mill Creek, The: An Unnatural History… National Directory of Volunteer Environmental Monitoring Programs Nature Scope [mammals 1, mammals 2, pollution, insects, birds, trees, wetlands, reptiles/amphibians, crafts, endangered species, weather, geology] Ohio's Food and Farm System in Transition [agriculture] Once Upon a Wellfield Perspectives on Nonpoint Source Pollution Planet Earth [earth science] Principles of Ground Water for Resource Management Systems Rainstick, The: A Fable Rocks, Minerals, & Fossils Salamanders of Ohio Schoolyard Science Science Day Guide Science Fair Projects for the Ohio River and Its Tributaries Science Puzzlers! Soil Survey of Butler County Stream Data Base- for Butler, Clermont, Hamilton & Warren Counties Teaching Soil and Water Conservation Treemendous Ideas for Teachers Understanding Ohio's Surface Water Quality Standards Water [activities, experiments, gr. 4-6] Water, Ohio's Remarkable Resource Water, Water Everywhere Weather Web- A Resource Guide for the Science Classroom WOW!: The Wonders of Wetlands

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Posters

Conservation & the Water Cycle Do Something Wild Don't Let a Great State Go to Waste Earth Day to Earth Day l995 - 1996 Earth Needs You- Join the Team Earth- There's No Place Like Home Forests Are More than Trees Hold the Line- Protect Your Waters Humanities /Environment series: After the Harvest, Changing Face of Ohio, Cost of Coal, Earthly Visions, Individual Choices on Common Ground, Prospects for Renewal, Shared Resources & Common Concerns, Stress of Growth, Toll of Transportation, Upstream-Downstream in Ohio Out of the Rock series: Coal, From Mountains to Metal- The Story of Rocks, Minerals & the Mining Industry, From the Mine to My Home, Out of the Rock, Rocks & Minerals: How We Use Them Paper Route Recycle, Ohio! Recycling Works When You Buy Recycled Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Buy Recycled Water Cycle- Nature's Recycling System Water Matters series:  Water- The Resource that Gets Used & Used & Used for Everything!, Wetlands: Water, Wildlife, Plants & People, How Do We Treat Our Wastewater?

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Agreement

The individual borrowing any of Butler SWCD's property must sign their name to the release sheet. The signature shows the accepted agreement to (a) return the items on time, and (b) observe the copyright rule: That the materials in our books are copyrighted and should not to be reproduced in any way. To complete the form, the individual provides his or her name and a phone number where they can be reached, list every title borrowed, and agree on the out and in dates. A staff member should provide their initials to the agreement.

If materials can not be returned by the due date, normally seven days after checkout, special arrangements should be made to bring them back as close to the date as possible. Items may be renewed and borrowed for multiple terms, but that must also be arranged before signing out the materials.

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