The early bird deadline for Fall Into Books registration is July 30th!
FALL INTO BOOKS
12th Annual Children’s & Teen Literature Conference
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Mount St. Alphonsus, Esopus, NY - www.mountsaintalphonsus.org
Early Bird registration - $65 Postmarked by July 30, 2010
Regular registration - $75 Postmarked by October 1, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Barbara Wall (School Library Media Specialist and University Lecturer)
Author Speaker: Laura Amy Schlitz (School Library Media Specialist, Storyteller and Newbery Medal winner)
We have a copy of Laura Amy Schlitz’s 2008 Newbery Medal acceptance speech. If you would like to borrow the cd please contact the SLS office or stop by during the summer to pick it up!
Jeffrey Cannell, Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education, is pleased to announce the selection of electronic products to constitute the NOVELNY (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) statewide collection for July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.
2010/2011 NOVELNY Databases:
EBSCO’s Primary Search (including Searchasaurus and Kids Search interfaces)
Gale’s Academic OneFile (new)
Gale’s Business and Company Resource Center
Gale’s Health Reference Center Academic (new)
Gale’s General OneFile (new)
Gale’s InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Gale’s National Newspaper Index
Gale’s New York State Newspapers
Gale’s Twayne Authors Series
Grolier Online (includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge) Read more »
Description:
The Coordinator is responsible for the administration of the School Library System program, which provides services to member libraries in 17 school districts and 36 non‑public schools under the System’s Plan of Service as approved by the BOCES Cooperative Board of Education and the New York State Education Department. Additionally, the Coordinator manages the Library Automation, Media Library, and Professional Reference Library cooperative services.
Qualifications:
‑ NYS Certification as School Library/Media Specialist and minimum of three years experience as a certified School Library Media Specialist.
‑ NYS School Building Leader (SBL) certification or School Administrator and Supervisor (SAS) certification or willingness to obtain within 3 years of appointment date.
‑Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
Start date: Immediate
Full Time/12 month Administrative position
Send letter and resume to:
Dr. Mary Ann Wilson
Asst. Superintendent for Instruction
53 Gibson Road
Goshen, NY 10924
The Games in Education Symposium is scheduled for August 17-18, 2010 at Hudson Valley Community College. For more details go to http://gamesineducation.org/index.php
With great excitement, the Youth Services (YSS) and School Library Media (SLMS) Sections of the New York Library Association (NYLA) announce the winners of the 2010 3 Apples Book Award:
Young Reader’s Award Winner: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Children’s Award Winner: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Teen’s Award Winner: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Thank you to the librarians who promoted this award and to the students who voted and participated in the awards process through their school and public libraries. Read more »
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers minigrants of $500 to Public School and Public Libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs relating to the work of Ezra Jack Keats (writer and illustrator) are welcome, but not required. An application form is available on the website. - http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html
Creative programs funded in the past have included:
Ongoing pen-pal projects bringing disparate communities together
Multi-cultural portrait projects
Art projects culminating in art shows, murals, or quilts
School Library System July 23, 2010
