School Library System Council

______Broome-Tioga BOCES School Library System Council May 14, 2015 | 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 X 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 SCRLC – Nora Hardy X Maine-Endwell – Carrie Randall Higher Education BCC Learning Resource Ctr. – Robin Petrus Newark Valley – Michelle Bombard Public Library System – Starr LaTronica X Nonpublic Schools – Kathryn Frech X OIR – Scott Beattie, Windsor CSD

Guests: Kathy Harasta Council Items (8:00 – 9:45)

Review/Approve February Minutes  Carrie Randall made motion; Rita Foran seconded it

NYSED/DLD (Dept. of Library Development) Updates  SLMPE Rubric Updates/Due Date o http://tinyurl.com/slmpereview o Evaluation of our program every 5 years, with ours due next Spring ______o Information link will be sent out in the next few weeks, with on-going reminders in the Fall/Winter, o Rubric is a program, not personnel evaluation: meant to be an conversation starter with your building administrator  5 year Plan of Service o Plan of Service due in April 2016. o Will have subcommittee to work on this - if interested, please contact Nicole

Updates from February Meeting  3-D Printer o Received four 3-D printers o Will be available through Media Library o Summer PD sessions being offered on how to use the printer hardware, software and 3-D modeling software o PD session is a pre-requisite to borrowing the printers  Robotics o Dash and Dot . Available through Regional Science and Math Center service . Work with iPads and iPhones . Can program with different levels of coding . Summer PD session being offered, not a pre-requisite for borrowing o Cubelets . Available through Regional Science and Math Center . Tiny robots . Makes block coding tangible . Summer PD session being offered, not a pre-requisite for borrowing  SLS app o Now available on Android and Apple products o Search “BT BOCES SLS” in app store  Rosen eBooks o “Spotlight on Ancient Civilizations” and “Spotlight on NY” are available through Media Library o MARC records are provided o Located in Mackin Via and on the Rosen Bookshelf  World Book eBooks subscription o SLS is purchasing for all schools for the 2015-16 year  Library Champion Bookmarks o Advocacy push from NYLA to build support from parents o Will be sent to our elementary librarians along with a guidance letter o Should be distributed to all 2nd graders

SLS Updates  NY School Boards Association presentation o Nassau BOCES System Coordinator will be presenting in October 2015 ______o Sent out a call for photos, videos, write-ups on what is happening in your library o Send this information to Nicole; she will compile and send  COUNCIL 2015-2016 o Fall meeting date--September 16 o Membership Expirations - letters will be sent to administrators over the summer . Trisha Williams volunteered to be chair from 2015-16 yeaar  Carol A. Kearney Leadership Institute Scholarships https://fs6.formsite.com/BTbocesSLS/form48/index.html Deadline is June 6 o 10 scholarships offered through NYLA o 3 scholarships offered through SLS o Scholarship provides conference registration/lodging

Librarian-Administrator Breakfast  Feedback o Great speaker - nice combination of administrator and librarian focus o Good venue and parking o Structure of day was good  Ideas for next year? o Scott Beattie suggested more time built into the morning for shared administrator/librarian program planning and conversations

Around the Table  Rita Foran o Call out for volunteers for Robercon, Sept. 26 & 27. o Need ideas for table ideas, reading incentive/giveaways o Contact Pat Westgate to help  Nancy Orr o Discussion on SLS-provided databases for the 2015-16 year . SLS will provide SIRS, National Geographic, World Book eBooks . No anticipated changes to NOVEL NY  Trisha Williams o Discussion on CCCD funding  Cheryl Naslund o Discussion on whether textbook funds could be spent for library resources o Scott Beattie – textbook funds can be moved to hardware, unsure about requirements around library texts  Carrie Randall o M-E is planning to add 4th librarian pending budget approval o Each building will have a librarian o No library clerk in one elementary. Contact Carrie or Nicole if anyone is interested in applying for this position  Tracey Cornwell o Vestal still has 1.5 positions open Adjournment ______ Tracey Cornwell made motion; Kathryn Frech seconded it

Communication Coordinators Meeting (10:00-11:00)

Summer Professional Development

 Social Studies Work

o Series of PD for middle schools

o Will continue over the summer

 3D Printing - August 25

 Robotics - August 26

 Changes to service next year

o The BOCES 10% fee is a separate service line

o Amount listed in CCCD Balance reports will be exactly what you have to spend