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SLMS Awards - Extending deadline for elementary administrator award

The deadline for nominations for the Beatrice E. Griggs Elementary Administrator’s Award has been extended until next Tuesday, November 24. The award is presented to an elementary or district administrator who has been responsible for initiation, maintenance, and/or improvement of the School Library Media Program of an Elementary Library Media Program in NYS.

For more information and applications, go to the SLMS website:
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=609

Or for more information contact:
Maxine Kamin
owls00@earthlink.net

SLMS Awards

The deadline for the SLMS awards applications is fast approaching!

The Beatrice E. Griggs Elementary Administrator’s Award and the Secondary Administrator’s Award are awarded to building or district administrators who have effectively supported the maintenance and improvement of a School Library Media Program in NY State.

The following awards are presented to current members of SLMS/NYLA:

The SLMS/Gale Conference Award provides $500 for a direct service school library media specialist to attend a full SLMS Conference, being held
April 29 - May 1, 2009 in Albany.

The SLMS/Follett Scholarship Award provides $750 for continuing education in the field of School Library Studies to a certified SLMS currently employed in NYS.

The Robert E. Barron Cultural Media Award provides $500 towards the purchase of humanistic non-book materials to enrich the library collection.

The Beatrice E. Griggs Scholarship Award provides $1,000 plus SLMS conference registration for an individual currently enrolled in a program, including online programs outside of New York State, that leads to certification as a New York State school library media specialist.

The Carole A. Kearney Memorial Scholarship Awards provide $250 for a certified SLMS, employed in NYS, to attend the annual SLMS Leadership Retreat held in August, 2009.

Application deadline: November 17, 2009

All application/nomination criteria and forms are available online at:
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=609

Or for more information contact:
Maxine Kamin
owls00@earthlink.net

SLMS Seeking AASL representative

The School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association (SLMS) is currently seeking applicants for a three year position as the New York State representative to the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).

The term of office becomes effective at ALA Mid-Winter in Boston.  The successful candidate will be ratified in a vote by the SLMS Executive Board.

The SLMS AASL representative has a line in the NYLA-SLMS budget which covers much of the representative’s normal expenses at the conferences.  There is also reimbursement for much of the expenses incurred to attend SLMS Board meetings.

For more details regarding the responsibilities of the SLMS AASL representative and the application process go to http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1692&news_id=142

Knickerbocker Award Nominations

Nominating a New York State author or illustrator for the Knickerbocker Award is a SLMS member benefit. You can nominate an author or illustrator who lives in NYS, and whose body of work supports NYS Standards, by submitting the form found at http://www.nyla.org/content/user_19/kNICK_NOMrev5.doc .  The form must be filled out in its entirety to be considered and sent to Karen O’Donnell, the Knickerbocker Award Chairperson, by March 15th.  Nominated authors will be vetted and placed on an electronic ballot, with voting by SLMS members to be held in May. The winner will be honored at the Knickerbocker Banquet at the SLMS 2011 Spring Conference.

Submitted by Carole Kupelian - SLMS President

SLMS Leadership Retreat

The 2008 SLMS Educational Leadership Retreat at Cornell University will be held Sunday evening, August 3rd until Tuesday morning August 5th. This year the retreat topic is Standards for the 21st Century Learning: Ready! Set! Action!

Barbara Stripling and Gail Dickinson will present the new AASL Standards. For more details and registration information check out the SLMS website: http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=52

Past attendees, please share your SLMS Leadership Retreat experiences by commenting to this post!