OASL Fall Conference
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Oct. 9th and 10th Salem Conference Center
Registration begins June 12th!

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Check out it out!
It was mailed to you, and it is online as well.
Spring Issue of the Interchange

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And the winner is. . . . .
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Find out more about the Beverly Cleary Award

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The Intellectual Freedom Committees of OLA and OASL and the ACLU of Oregon receive the SIRS-ProQuest State and Regional Achievement Award for their statewide Banned Books Week project.

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Connie Hull Endowment Mini-Grants: --- Applications due by November 6, 2009

Have an idea to try out in your school library to promote literacy and student achievement? Did you hear about a new activity at the OASL Fall Conference sessions to implement at your school? Apply for a Connie Hull Mini-Grant for a parent-child book club, a student storytelling festival, a visual literacy activity, or that intriguing collaborative project germinating in your brain.

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Support School Libraries - Keep in touch with what is happening in the legislature.
Find out more: Fund our Future Oregon
Find your legislator:  http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/

• School Library Consultant at Oregon State Library!
  Jennifer Maurer, School Library Consultant OSL

Find the new Library Media Endorsement Standards adopted Aug 2007 on the OASL Professional Development page for certified LMS. Thanks to Springfield Public School employees for giving us an easier-to-read version in .doc or .rtf!

 

Cyberbullying :
--On the Illinois Library Assn. website find a set of 3 bookmarks on Cyberbullying, Safe Blogging and Social Networking. They can be ordered at http://www.ila.org/netsafe/, $8 for 100...or download the master and print locally at no charge.

Looking for a great shirt or vest? CLICK HERE

Resources

Legislator READ Posters

Oregon School Library webpages

Washington K-12 Library Initiative

Intellectual Freedom resources : Have you had a book challenged in your library or community?

OASL Promotional Bookmark and Brochure