School Library System Council

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Broome-Tioga BOCES

School Library System Council

December 12, 2014

BOCES ISC – Room A

8:00 – 11:00AM

Minutes

X / Binghamton – Debbie Sluzar / Owego-Apalachin –
X / BOCES Library Media Center – Rick Gridley / X / Susquehanna Valley – Rita Foran
X / BOCES SLS – Nicole Waskie-Laura / Tioga – Alice Hanbury
Chenango Forks – Melissa Slater / X / Union-Endicott – Cheryl Naslund
X / Chenango Valley – Chris Ruf / X / Vestal – Tracey Cornwell
X / Deposit – Phyllis Sanford / X / Whitney Point – Stephanie Hodkinson
X / Harpursville – Trisha Williams / X / Windsor – Terri Brandt
X / Johnson City – Nancy Orr / X / SCRLC – Nora Hardy
X / Maine-Endwell – Carrie Randall / Higher Education BCC Learning Resource Ctr. – Robin Petrus
Newark Valley – Michelle Bombard / X / Public Library System – Starr LaTronica
X / Nonpublic Schools – Kathryn Frech / X / OIR – Scott Beattie, Windsor CSD

Guests: Kathy Harasta

Council Items (8:00 – 9:00)

Review/Approve Minutes

·  Revisions

o  Tracey Cornwell’s term changed to “2014-2015”

o  “SAGE CQ Research” changed to “SAGE CQ Researcher”

·  Carrie Randall made motion; Rita Foran seconded it

NYSED/DLD (Dept. of Library Development) Updates

·  Annual Report Approval – approved and will be posted on the listserv.

·  NYSTCE: Cheryl Naslund – worked on cut scores for library teacher certification exam

·  ILEAD opportunity

o  All expenses paid grant to work on educational technologies

o  Includes 3 meetings of 2 days each near Utica and virtual meetings

·  School Library Summit

o  School library stakeholders met to discuss initiatives/develop an action plan to strengthen the role of school librarians

o  The ESIFC is now on EngageNY: https://www.engageny.org/resource/common-core-toolkit

·  WebJunction: http://learn.webjunction.org

o  Virtual professional development for libraries, slanted towards public libraries

o  Offered through OCLC

·  Uncommon Core Conference: August 11-12, 2015

o  Social Studies focus

o  Free to attend

o  Call for proposals – teams of teachers and librarians. Will post on listserv.

EMTA Grants: http://www.edmediatech.org/grant.cfm

·  Educational Media and Technology Association

·  Annual grant for media literacy lessons

Librarian-Administrator Breakfast Update

·  Marc Aronson, Friday, May 8

o  Nora Hardy made motion, Kathryn Frech seconded it

·  “Administrators' Advantage in a Common Core World: Your School Librarian”

·  STEM focus in the afternoon? Social Studies?

Public Library/Local University ILL update

·  Starr LaTronica will work with Nicole and Kathy

Around the Table

·  Nora Hardy – professional development through SCRLC

o  Weeding webinar – January 16

o  Saving to the Cloud webinar – January 21

o  Embedded and Empowered Librarian – January 29

o  www.lynda.com – seats available for 2 week sessions

Adjournment

·  Carrie Randall made motion; Stephanie Hodkinson seconded it

Communication Coordinators Meeting (9:15-11:00)

TeachingBooks Webinar (9:30-10:15)

Upcoming Professional Development

·  Text Sets Workshop

o  What to expect: focus on inquiry, about aligning texts to meet curricular goals

·  Starr LaTronica – February 13, afternoon

Monthly Media Resources Format

·  Place links of categories on top each month for remaining of this year

·  Next year – use thematic format

·  Sample: http://vkits.cnyric.org/

Media Library Updates

·  Defined STEM

o  http://www.definedstem.com/learn/learn-more.cfm

o  www.definedstem.com

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·  Rosen Spotlight on New York eBooks

o  Have some in MackinVia.

o  Possibly add more in Media Library

“Ed Camp-esque” Roundtables

·  Pollev.com/btsls

·  Text 265077 and your message to 37607

·  Groups discussed Augmented Reality/Intellectual Freedom