SLS Weekly Digest

October 5, 2012

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“I am a librarian. I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library. Before I fell in love with libraries, I was just a six-year-old boy. The library fueled all of my curiosities, from dinosaurs to ancient Egypt. When I graduated from high school in 1938, I began going to the library three nights a week. I did this every week for almost ten years and finally, in 1947, around the time I got married, I figured I was done. So I graduated from the library when I was twenty-seven. I discovered that the library is the real school.” –Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
Librarian Peer Mentoring
In lieu of a formal mentoring program the SLS would like to coordinate peer mentoring. One example would be to visit or request a visit from a fellow librarian in our SLS. You do not have to be new to your position to apply. In this “Brave New World” we need to address SLOs, the Common Core and the Empire State Information Fluency Continuum. It is new to all of us. Let me know how you would like to be mentored? This is a brainstorming request! There are no ‘bad” ideas. - April
Council Seat Vacancy
Nominations are now being accepted for the Administrative seat on the SLS Council. It you have questions or nominations please send an email to April Bliss or call 377-7350.
We currently have one nomination. Nadine O’Shaughnessy, K-12 Principal, Copenhagen Central School. If you plan to submit a nomination please do so by October 12, 2012.
NYS Annotated Rubric for Writing an SLO
For those writing SLOs take a peek at the state rubric (annotated) for the SLO.
http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/11-Annotated-SLO-Rubric-Form.pdf
Free School Library Journal Webinars on Common Core and Librarians
Part 1 Getting Real: Marc Aronson and Sue Bartle, October 18, 2012
Part 2 Librarians, the Secret Weapon, November 20, 2012
Part 3 Making the Text Connection, January 17, 2013
If you register and cannot sit through on the date of the webinar, SLJ will send an e-mail letting you know when it is archived. http://tinyurl.com/8f8oat7 for registration information
Co-Sponsored Workshops from the JL Teacher Center and SLS of JL BOCES
·  The Empire State Information Fluency Continuum Nov.5th, 19th and Dec. 3rd 4:00-6:00 at the Jefferson Lewis Teacher Center
·  School Librarian SLO Peer Review, Nov. 15th 3:30-5:30 at Lowville Academy High School Library
Flyers coming soon
Increasing Awareness & Use of Your TeachingBooks.net License
View a short movie with suggested strategies: http://teachingbooks.net/archive/use
Explore the newly enhanced TeachingBooks.net Support Area: http://teachingbooks.net/support
Winning The Follett Challenge Will Change Your World
Don’t miss this opportunity to positively impact your school – enter the Follett Challenge today! www.FollettChallenge.com.
The Robert E. Barron Cultural Media Award
Attention SSL members! The Robert E. Barron Cultural Media Award encourages the purchase of humanistic non-book materials to enrich the collection of the Library beyond the usual purchase of curriculum materials. The award is $500. It is presented at the SSL Spring Conference.
Deadline: November 9
Qualifications
Applicant must be a current member of NYLA/SSL.
Evidence of use of non-book materials for a humanistic program and/or activity with the school librarian during the current (or last school) year that has enriched the School Library beyond the purchase of curriculum materials. Collaborative activities between the librarian and teaching staff are strongly encouraged.
According to Stanford University, the humanities can be described as the study of the myriad ways in which people, from every period of history and from every corner of the globe, process and document the human experience. Since humans have been able, we have used philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history and language to understand and record our world. These modes of expression have become some of the subjects that traditionally fall under the humanities umbrella.
Download the Application
For further information, contact Maxine Kamin, SSL Awards Chair at
Library Media Specialist Position Available
Potsdam Central School District - Library Media Specialist Position Available:
An application is available by contacting Davida Martin at the Office of the Supt.,
29 Leroy St., Potsdam, NY, 13676, (315)265-2000 ext:733 or https://sites.google.com/a/potsdam.k12.ny.us/home/employment
Application deadline: October 12, 2012
Previously Printed
Lead with the Common Core, keynote title for the Administrative Breakfast
The invitation for the Administrative Breakfast, to be held Friday, October 19th is available on the SLS website at http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/AdminBreakInvite2012.pdf
SLS Conference Scholarships
I meet with Todd Green this week and we with advisement from the business office have decided that the SLS will not be able to offer scholarships to conferences for the 2012-2013 school year. I apologize for the time you have put into having a conference approvedby your district.The SLShas been generous in previous years and unfortunately no longer has the extra funding to provide this valuable professional development.
April
Brown Envelopes
Reminder: No library should have more than one brown envelope at a time. Please return the extra envelopes to the SLS. We have no remaining envelopes for some schools. If you receive an empty manila envelope addressed to your library it means we do not have any of your envelopes left.

Coordinated Cooperative Collection Development Packets

SLS will send out CCCD packets upon request prior to November 15th. We usually send the packet with ordering information out mid-November with a due date of mid-January. I hesitate to move up the launch date due to the chaos of the start of the school year.

Booklist Webinars

Check out the upcoming Booklist webinars http://www.booklistonline.com/webinars

BookList and Booklinks

A request from Tanya Roy, South Lewis

As the new librarian (whose money was all spent before she got here!) I am looking for some help. What are the chances that someone in the BOCES system received BookList and Booklinks that they could share with me?

NYS 3 Apples Book Award

Nominations have begun for the New York State 3 Apples Book Award for all three categories: young readers (children in grades PreK-2 (ages 3-8), children in grades 3-6 (ages 8-12), and teens in grades 7-12 (ages 13+.)

Have your students nominate their favorite books for the 2013 award. Did they read something over the summer that was incredible? Encourage them to nominate that book at either their public or school library.

Nomination time period is from September 1 through October 20th. All nominations must be entered into the website (www.3applesbookaward.org) by midnight on October 31st. The nomination password is apples2013. (Please don’t hand out the password to the students.)

Please visit the website for more information. If you have any questions please e-mail us using the contact us link on the home page.

The NYS 3 Apples Book Award Committee

Debora Donohue, SSL Co-Chair

2012-13 Letters About Literature

TheEmpire State Center for the Book is once again a participant in the national Letters About Literature program sponsored by the Library of Congress National Center for the Book. New York State students in grades 4-10 are eligible to participate in the state program.The state winners in the three age categories go on to represent New York on the national level.Last year NYS submitted 1500 letters to the national organization.

The program has student readers write to an author living or dead describing how that author’s work somehow changed the reader’s view of the world or himself/herself. Readers respond to the book they’ve read by exploring the personal relationship between themselves, the author, and the book’s characters or themes.

There are three competition levels:
•Level 1 for grades 4-6
•Level 2 for grades 7-8
•Level 3 for grades 9-10

NYS Letters about Literature Winners & Finalists:

The Empire StateCenter for the Book’s Letters About Literature program will select a state winner and two-three runners-up in each of the three age categories. The winners and runners-up will receive cash awards. The three winners will be recognized at the 2013 New York State Writers Hall of Fame Gala, on June 4, at the Princeton Club in New York City. The NYS Writers Hall of Fame is also an initiative of theEmpire State Center for the Book.

National winners, announced in May, receive additional cash prizes!For more information please visit: http://empirestatebook.org/?page_id=79

Please contact Ellen Rubin, NYS Letters About Literature Coordinator, with any questions at:

SSL Beatrice E. Griggs Scholarship

Are you working towards certification as a school library media specialist or do you know someone who is in school?

The Beatrice E. Griggs Scholarship award is given to an individual who is currently enrolled in a MLS program working toward the school library media certificate. The amount of the award is $1,000 and registration to the SSL Spring Conference.

Deadline: November 9

Qualifications:

Applicant must be a current member of NYLA/SSL.

Applicant must have completed 15 credit hours toward certification as a school library media specialist in an ALA accredited MLS program.

Applicant must be currently enrolled in the program.

Applicant will work for 1 year as a SLMS in New York State.

Applications for the 2013SSL Awards are now being accepted and can be downloaded from the NYLA website:

http://www.nyla.org/max/4DCGI/cms/review.html?Action=CMS_Document&DocID=232&MenuKey=ssl

For all awards, please email applications by the deadline of November 9th unless otherwise noted. Recommendation letters can be scanned with the author’s signature included and emailed as well. Please note that the Leadership Institute applications are not due until April 15, 2013.

For further information contact the SSL Awards Chair, Maxine Kamin

“Check It Out” Column Call for Book Recommendations

Attention all NYLA/SSL members:

NYSUT United is NYSUT's official publication mailed out every month during the school year to all NYSUT members.

NYSUT has asked for book recommendations** from NYLA/SSL members to be included in each issue of NYSUT United.

Here are some questions about the book that the NYSUT United editor would like you to address in your book recommendation:

Title and author of book and specific grade that you use the book with in your library

Why did you choose it?

How can teachers use this title to teach across the curriculum (or what subject/subjects does it touch on to help teachers in the classroom and/or address the Standards)

Mention tie-ins to author websites (optional)

What do you like best about the writing and/or art?

JPEG of the book jacket cover art

Please choose one title per book recommendation. If you choose to write more than one book recommendation, please send each one with the completed form and JPEG separately. Every question should be answered in one sentence. Remember that this isn’t a book review!

If you are interested in completing a book recommendation, please send as email attachments this completed form, your book recommendation in Word, and a JPEG of the book jacket to:

Ellen Rubin or Liza Frenette

School librarian’s name: ______

NYLA/SSL membership number: ______

Local teacher’s union: ______

Email address: ______

School district: ______

Building: ______Grade levels: ______

Title and author of recommended book: ______

Recommending this book for grade level (choose more than one grade level if applicable):

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

** Submission of a book recommendation does NOT guarantee publication. Only one recommendation will be published in each monthly publication.

Professional Development Opportunities http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/profdev.htm

Useful Links

Website / Website URL
Engageny / http://engageny.org/
NYLA / http://www.nyla.org/
AASL / http://www.ala.org/aasl/
ALA / http://www.ala.org/
SLS Wiki / http://jeffersonlewissls.wikispaces.com/
SSL / http://www.nyla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=403
E-Blast / http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/

Library/School visits

If you have something special happening in your library please invite me to join in the excitement.

Newsletter contributions are always welcome

If you have a great website or bit of information to share with your colleagues please send me an email and I will add it to the newsletter.

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