SLS Weekly Digest December 14, 2012 http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/

“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations--something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.” - Katherine Patterson

A Note from… Jill Hurst-Wahl, School of Information Studies, Associate Professor of Practice Director, Library & Information Science Program

Dear Upstate NY Library Professional,

I am seeking projects for the spring semester of IST 613 - Planning, Marketing and Assessing Library Services - at the SU iSchool. Student teams need to work with area libraries during the spring semester to develop plans for new library projects, products or services. (more details on last two pages of newsletter)

EngageNY highlights from…Melissa Balk

Please read the “Engaging the Adolescent Learner- Text Complexity and Close Readings” by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey from the Engage NY site and share with your teachers. It is one of the ones that the state is saying should be mandatory. http://education.ucf.edu/mirc/docs/Fisher_and_Frey_January_2012.pdf

SLO for Librarians http://engageny.org/resource/slo-for-librarians

I have attached a PowerPoint that contains the draft of the "modules" for 6-8. See attached to the email sent on December 14th. Subject: SLS Weekly Digest for December 14, 2012

CoSer Authorization Forms

Communication Coordinators/Library Department Chairs will be receiving a packet in the BOCES Pony that includes the three CoSer authorization forms for the 2013-14 school year.

o Resource sharing package: ICEPAC/ICICIL and SLS ebook access o CoSer 502.100 Coordinated Cooperative Collection Development (CCCD) o CoSer 528 Database Purchases

The forms are also available on the SLS website http://jlbocessls.nnyln.org/cosers.htm 1 Previously Printed

Interested in Having Nicola Davies for an Author Visit?

A note from Ann Morosini…If anyone would be interested in having author Nicola Davies visit their school during the first two weeks of May 2013, please contact Ann Morosini as soon as possible at [email protected] Nicola's fee is very reasonable and she writes mostly nonfiction. She presents to K-12 students. Thank you!

Program Call for Proposals: NYLA Annual Conference in Niagara Falls Sept. 25th-28th 2013

A note from: Livia Sabourin, VP for Conferences, NYLA/SSL

If you or your constituent librarians have an idea for a program that would be suitable for the 2013 NYLA Annual Conference, please submit a completed Program Proposal form (http://www.nyla.org/images/nyla/files/2012-Conference_Program_Proposal_Form.pdf) to me by December 25, 2012. Please remember the theme of the upcoming conference, “Libraries Spark Imagination,” when proposing your program. As you can see the proposal is in a pdf file, it may be easiest for you to simply print it out, neatly hand write your proposal, and finally mail it to me unless you have access to Adobe. Please contact me NYLA/SSL VP for Conferences, P. O. Box 493, Woodridge, NY 12789 or [email protected] or 845- 649-9383

Library Materials Aid - Questions and Answers

This Q&A is intended to assist school district administrators and business managers, library media specialists, school library system directors, and boards of education in the understanding and use of Library Materials Aid. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/technology/library/libmataid.html

Looking for SLO Examples for School Librarians

A Note from Jim Belair, Monroe 2 School Library System Director… SLSA (School Library System Association) is looking for examples of School Librarian SLOs. We have already started to collect various SLO samples on http://www.slsa-nys.org/slo.cfm? subpage=153013 Currently, we are seeking as many library SLOs as we can. The next step after collecting samples will be to dig through them and identify exemplars. If you would be willing to share your SLO example, please email it to Patti Rose [email protected] who will upload it to the SLSA website. Note: we are not looking for any assessment information, just SLO samples. Please send the SLO examples by December 17, 2012. After we have collected all the samples and identified exemplars, we will send out another message.

Preventing Challenging Behavior in the Library by Clarifying Expectations, Rules and Routines

Madison Oneida School Library System and Central Early Childhood Direction Center (CECDC) present: Preventing Challenging Behavior in the Library by Clarifying Expectations, Rules and Routines with Susan Calandra, Project Coordinator for CECDC

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All information will be geared for early elementary level. They will provide practical strategies, video clips, sample materials, and resources to use with your students. January 17, 2013, 9:00am- 11:30am Location: Madison-Oneida BOCES T7 Entrance: Triplexus Seminar Room Register Online at: http://ny.evanced.info/moboces/lib/eventcalendar.asp

Free School Library Journal Webinars on Common Core and Librarians

The first webinar was excellent please register and view the archive webinar. Part 1 Getting Real: Marc Aronson and Sue Bartle, October 18, 2012 (the webinar is now archived) Part 2 Librarians, the Secret Weapon, November 20, 2012 (the webinar is now archived) 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.

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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What do the students do? The students research how other organizations have planned, marketed and assessed projects similar to yours and produce a literature review. Then they create a project plan for your endeavor, taking into account what they have learned about your organization (e.g., staffing, etc.). After the project plan is complete, they work on a marketing plan and finally an assessment plan. Each document is reviewed by the professor and modified based on the professor's input and additional information gathered by the students. The format of the documents follows the format outlined in the syllabus, which may include more information than you would require, and ensures that the students have thoroughly considered the details.

Note that the students are required to do all of the documents in the paragraph above. They cannot just do a marketing plan, for example.

What don't they do? It is important to note that the students do not implement the project. They are responsible for developing the plans for the project. Some of the students may be available to help with implementing the project afterward as part of an internship.

What will your library receive? At the end of the semester, you will receive a project plan, marketing plan, assessment plan and literature review for your project. This material is then yours to implement as-is or tweak to further meet your needs. Some libraries have used these plans in order to obtain funding from the library's board of directors or other sources.

What would be your time commitment? During the first four weeks of the semester (Jan. 17-Feb. 14), you - or your appropriate staff member - would need to spend approximately one hour with the student team, at your facility, discussing your project idea. (Each team will contain 2-4 students.) At this meeting, you would need to tell them what you have in mind and any parameters that they should be aware of. After that, the students may need to contact you by phone or email to ask any clarifying questions. At the end of the semester, you would need the last class on Thursday, April 25 (5-7:50 p.m.), where every student team will present a poster on their semester-long projects. At that time, you would receive the plans that the students have developed for you.

While you may want to review all of the plans in-depth during the semester, it is not part of the commitment that I am seeking from you. In other words, I want the impact on you to be fairly low during the semester.

With all of that in mind, my estimate is that the time commitment -- including coming to class -- would be approximately 6-7 hours.

What services have students developed plans for in the past? Some services that students have worked on in the past include:

· Virtual or IM reference · Downloadable audio · Gaming programs - for youth or intergenerational groups · Single-service points · Information commons · Library blogs, wikis or portals (e.g., revised library web site) · LibGuides · Book clubs for adults, students, and pre-K children 4 · Outreach & orientations · Library art programs · Feedback services · Bicycle lending program · Computer recycling program · Library funding raising event · Music events in the library (coffeehouse)

What projects you might want them to work on is only bounded by your imagination.

You have an idea! What do you do next? Please email the following information to [email protected]:

· Name of your library · Address of your library · 5-6 sentence description of the project. What do you envision the end result of the project being? What are you trying to achieve? · Name, phone number and email address of the person on staff who will be able to answer specific questions about the project

Please note that I will only accept a maximum of two (2) ideas from your library. If you have more than two idea, please send me the ones where you believe you will benefit the most from the students’ work.

If you're unsure if your project would be a good one for our students, then let's find time to talk about your idea and see if it would work.

We're looking for projects from public, school, academic and special libraries. After the class starts on January 17, students will review the projects ideas and select the projects they want to work on. Once the selection process is complete, I’ll let you know who has selected your project. If your project is not selected, I'll try to connect you with an intern.

I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance for your help!

Regards,

Jill

Jill Hurst-Wahl | School of Information Studies Associate Professor of Practice Director, Library & Information Science Program

Syracuse University 208 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.1070 e [email protected] http://my.ischool.syr.edu/Profiles/Preview/jahurst ischool.syr.edu

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