Electronic Newsletter of The
Oregon Educational Media Association
Available on the website at
<http://www.oema.net>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Volume 18 No.8
April,
2006
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONTENTS:
FROM THE
PRESIDENT
the "official" letter
----- Jim Tindall
FROM THE
MEMBERSHIP
1. Beverly Cleary Children's
Choice Award ----- Jann
Tankersley
2. Region 6 Conference ----- Allen Kopf
3. Lisa Williams chosen to present
at IRA ----- Kelly Kuntz
4. Library Promotions ----- Meg Miranda
5. OSLIS APA Citation Maker ----- Patty Sorensen
6. Mock Student Election -----
Patty Sorensen
7. Report from Regions 1&4 spring Conference -----Deborah Alvarez
8. OEMA REGION 7 SPRING FLING
----- Pam Hankins
FROM THE STATE
1. How to Check Items
out from the Oregon State Library ----- Patty Sorensen
2. From the Library Research Service (at the Colorado State
Library) ----- Ann Reed
FROM ALA, AASL and
BEYOND
1. Poetry Month
Resources ----- Kathy Agarwal
2. Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day is April 12 -----
Kathy Agarwal
3. Celebrate School
Library Media Month at your school ----- Kathy Agarwal
4. Libraries Important to HS
Success - Duh! ----- Kathy
Agarwal
===================================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FROM THE
PRESIDENT --- Jim Tindall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
While we may be conservative or
apolitical or radically militant in our personal politics, professionally we
are of a more common ilk, thanks to the guiding direction of the ALA’s Library
Bill of Rights. If this isn’t a document you’ve
read recently, read on.
The American Library Association
affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the
following basic policies should guide their services.
I. Books and other library
resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment
of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be
excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to
their creation.
II. Libraries should provide
materials and information presenting all points of view on current and
historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of
partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge
censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information
and enlightenment.
IV. Libraries should cooperate
with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free
expression and free access to ideas.
V. A person’s right to use a
library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or
views.
VI. Libraries which make exhibit
spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such
facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or
affiliations of individuals or groups requesting
their use.
We are the keepers of the keys for
our workplaces where we offer access to our stores of information and skills.
We are members of a corps of discovery for which we guide our children and
staff through terra incognito. By our work within the school and among the
community we are developers of capital ideas.
Because of the growing partnership
between OEMA and OLA, I had the opportunity to recently attend the fiftieth
anniversary banquet of the ACLU of Oregon. Thank you Janet Webster, for the
chance to sit down with civil libertarians and politicians to discuss school
libraries and OEMA’s work in creating thoughtful, imaginative, and responsibly
skilled young citizens.
Long live the Library Bill of
Rights! One way to celebrate this forceful advocacy for libraries is to attend
the upcoming Oregon Library Association conference in Salem, April 5-7 in
Salem. See details at:
http://www.olaweb.org/conference/
This event provides school library staff a great opportunity to rub
elbows with our public and academic counterparts.
I hope to see you there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FROM THE
MEMBERSHIP
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
1. Beverly Cleary Children's
Choice Award ----- Jann Tankersley
The new titles for the 2006-07
Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award contest are:
**The Birthday Pony by
Jessie Haas
Grandma Aggie tries to help
her granddaughter
Jane and the independent pony Popcorn, who were born on the same day, become
riding partners.
**Bronco Charlie and the Pony
Express by Marlene Brill
Tells the story of Charlie Miller,
who became the youngest rider for the Pony
Express in 1861.
**Down Girl and Sit by Lucy
Nolan
Recounts the adventures of dogs
who think their names are Down Girl and Sit, as they try to keep the world safe
from squirrels, the paper boy, and a creature
named Here Kitty Kitty.
**Owen Foote, Mighty
Scientist
by Stephanie Greene
Third graders Owen and Joseph have
fun planning their science project for the Science Fair, only to have to change
it at the last minute.
**Ruby Lu, Brave and
True by Lenore Look
Almost 8 year old, Ruby Lu spends
time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and
has adventures.
** Say What? By
Margaret Peterson Haddix
When their parents intentionally
say the wrong thing every time Sukie and her brothers misbehave, the children
fight back with their own wrong phrases.
**Shredderman:Secret
Identity by
Wendelin Van Draanen
Fifth grader Nolan Byrd, tired of
being called names by the class bully, has a
secret identity—Shredderman!
**SOS file by Betsy Byars
The students in Mr. Magro’s class
write stories about their biggest emergencies.
2.
Region 6 Conference ----- Allen Kopf
Blooming in the
Library
OEMA's 2006 Region 6 Spring
Conference
Saturday, April 22,
2006
Hermiston High
School
The conference will feature QEM,
New Citation Maker, Advanced OSLIS, RSS Downfeeds, L-NET, Easy Library Lessons,
Battle of the Books, Vendors, Book Reviews and more.
Please join us for the best OEMA
Region 6 Spring Conference ever!
You will learn about connecting curriculum to librarianship. We will also share library stories and
you can visit with colleagues. We will eat (breakfast), eat (lunch), and eat
(snacks) and have a wonderful time. We may even eat a piece or two of
chocolate.
Please register by April 10,
2006, online by emailing Allen Kopf -
kopf@umatilla.k12.or.us. You
may pay the $10 fee at the door.
Directions to Hermiston High School will
be sent when you register.
Please pass this message on to
interested library workers in your area who may not have received this
information.
3. Lisa Williams chosen to
present at IRA ----- Kelly
Kuntz
Lisa Williams, Chelalem Elementary
School Library Media Specialist, will be presenting "America's Greatest
Pastimes: Book Clubs and Baseball at
IRA in Chicago this spring along with one of her classroom teachers. Their
symposium opens with a brief "Pre-Game Show" to introduce the concept of book
clubs and set the rationale for choosing books on a topic both familiar and of
high interest to readers. Then we "Play Ball" with 5th grade teacher
Sarah Dunkin explaining her book club unit on baseball books, using sports
literature to feature personal, historical, and social issues, and making
connections to her American history/social studies curriculum regarding issues
of injustice and equality. Sarah will
explain the specifics for book clubs
(selecting books, preparing for and teaching discussion, written response,
extension projects) and demonstrate how she aligns book club strategies with
her district and state standards.
Elementary school librarian Lisa
Williams will then present "Equipment Check: Teaming with the Librarian to
Choose Books," discussing how she teams with classroom teachers to support
reading instruction through book clubs. She will explain the role of the
school librarian in choosing books, accessing information to support teachers'
use of sports literature as read alouds or book club selections, and creating
lunch time book club in the library.
4. Library Promotions ----- Meg Miranda
Here is a suggestion for
beautifying your library and creating a memory helper at the same time. Although I have a lovely new library,
there is no wall space for posters so I found that the library looked a bit
sterile. I decided to scan the
covers of some of my favorite books and print them four to a page (I use
Publisher). I laminate each page
and cut apart the four pictures. I
then created a collage on the end of each fiction book case with the covers of
the books located in that book case.
It serves as a reminder of books to recommend to students and brightens
the library at the same time.
5. OSLIS APA Citation Maker ----- Patty Sorensen
Watch the OSLIS website for the
April debut of the APA version of Citation Maker, then pass this resource along
to your staff and students! A BIG
thanks to Victoria McDonald and Mary McClintock who worked hard on this OSLIS
project in addition to Mark, the OSLIS webmaster
who coded the whole thing!
6. Mock
Student Election ----- Patty
Sorensen
Invite your Middle and High School
teachers to participate in next fall's mock election by registering this
spring. Several resources for this activity are at:
www.lwvor.org
http://www.lwvor.org/orstudentmock.htm
www.nationalmockelection.org
www.governmentguide.com
7. Report from Regions 1&4 spring Conference
-----Deborah Alvarez
Region 1 & 4 Spring conference
was held at LaSalle High School on Saturday,
March 11th, 2006.
Conference Wrap-up
Info:
Melanee Lucas showed us the
changes to OSLIS, EBSCO, and Lexiles.
Author of The Big Book of Boy
Stuff, Bart King talked about his experience with getting his books
published and about his new book The Big Book
of Girl Stuff.
Deb Wheelbarger, OEMA's
Intellectual Freedom Chair, discussed how she has helped OEMA members with book
challenges and may be able to support a librarian if you have a book challenge
at your library.
At the end of lunch, Jim Tindall
and Martha Decherd shared OEMA information and led a small discussion on the
OEMA name/possible renaming.
Teri Nowak,the author of Bird
in Hand, read a portion of her book and
shared a short video about hummingbirds
and information about her book.
Battle of the Books Presentation
and Panel: A number of wonderful volunteers discussed and answered questions
about how they organize and run their Battle of
the Books programs.
Edith Fuller and I closed the
conference by asking the attendees to complete the evaluations and
drew/distributed door prizes.
Submitted by Debbie Alvarez,
Region 1 and Edith Fuller, Region 4
8. OEMA REGION 7 SPRING
FLING
----- Pam Hankins
For all library staff, both school
and public, from Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, and Wheeler
Counties (we're all in this together)
Friday, April 14th, 2006 at the
Buff Elementary School Library
375 S.E. Buff St. in Madras,
Oregon
8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Topics: Change is constant, Basic Book Repair, Grant Writing, New
L-Net software, Vendors, good eats, round-table discussion of our best kid
programming ideas (things that work!), free
books, prizes, etc.!
$15 registration fee to cover book
repair materials and food
Make checks payable to OEMA Region
7 Spring Conference
RSVP so we will be sure to have
sufficient materials and food by March 23rd by e-mailing Pam Hankins at
phankins@fossil.k12.or.us or writing her a short note addressed to her at
Fossil Elementary School, P.O. Box 287, Fossil, OR 97830
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FROM THE STATE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
1. How to Check Items out
from the Oregon State Library -----
Patty Sorensen
The Oregon State Library in Salem
is both a research and lending library.
It has a collection of school library materials related to many aspects
of schools from Best Books to Reading to Storytelling to Materials for PE and
Health Education to Character Education.
There may be some resources that would help support your school library
activities. Resources are in
two categories. One is for library
use only and other materials are available to be loaned. Items that are marked
as "available". If items are marked as
"checked out" you can also request they be shipped to you as soon as they are
returned. Items may be requested for inner library loan by faxing your
contact information; name, title, address, phone number, etc. and the item
requested: Title, Call number to
(503)-588-7119. The item will be
mailed to you for 28 days use.
Prior to the return date, you simply mail the item back to the State
Library.
To locate relevant resources
from the Oregon State Library, head to
http://oregon.gov/OSL
On the lower left, click on Online Catalog. This takes you into the
search screen. I did a search for "school library" under keyword and came
up with over 600 entries from 1900+ to 2005. Results are not listed by copyright date so you'll have to
do some browsing or narrow your searches. Here are three samples:
1---We recently purchased this
one. It is REMARKABLE! Listening to this is like your own
personal tutorial on how to strengthen your library. It has lots of activities that
you can alter quickly for use.
I actually listened to it twice to be sure I caught all the good ideas. It also
comes with a notebook full of great resources. For large school districts, I would highly recommend this
purchase for circulation amongst library teachers. It is from the Bureau of Education & Research at
www.ber.org or by calling 1-800-735-3503.
(Stock # A-BLB-1053) Cost was
$89 + $9 shipping.
Author Berger, Pam
Title 21st century strategies for strengthening
your school library program [sound recording] / by Pam Berger
LOCATION
CALL
NO.
STATUS
OSL Main Oversize 027.8 Berge
AVAILABLE
Pub.
info. Bellevue, WA : Bureau of
Education & Research, 2004
Descript'n 6 sound cassettes :
[analog?] 33 cm. + 1 resource handbook
Note "The best,
current ideas for enhancing your
school library
program."--Container
Summary Strategies for
helping teachers meet instructional demands. Topics include how to build a
library Web site, ways to support
curriculum development and active learning, how
to make the school library program the center of the school's instructional program, ideas for strengthening students'
reading and writing skills, and how to network
with colleagues
Subject
School libraries
Media
programs (Education)
School libraries -- Aims and
objectives
School librarian participation
in curriculum planning
AUDIO-CASSETTE
Add
author
Bureau of Education &
Research
Alt
title
Twenty-first
century strategies for strengthening your school library program
2-Another new addition to the
collection.
Author Toll, Cathy A., 1956-
Title The literacy coach's survival guide :
essential questions and practical answers / Cathy A. Toll
Click on the following to:
Connect to
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018814.html
LOCATION CALL NO.
STATUS
OSL
Main 428.40715 Toll
AVAILABLE
Pub.
info. Newark, DE : International
Reading Association, c2005
Descript'n
184 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Bibliog. Includes
bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index
Subject
Mentoring
in education -- United States
Reading
teachers -- In-service training -- United States
3--There was also an October,
1906, publication from the Oregon Library Commission.
Title What the
school library means
LOCATION
CALL
NO.
STATUS
OSL Special Coll
371.64 Or32s, no.1 no.1-9
LIB
USE ONLY
OSL
Main
371.64 Or32s, no.1 no.1-9 c.2
DUE
04-18-06
Pub.
info.
Oregon : Oregon Library Commission, [1906]
Series School
circular (Oregon Library
Commission) ; no.1
Subject
DEWEY
OREDOCS
Add
author
Oregon Library Commission
This resource has both a Library
use only copy and one that is checked out to me right now. Page 9 has a section titled:
Care of School Libraries.
"A county tax for school libraries
of ten cents for each child of school age is required by law. Books purchased from this fund must be
chosen from the State list, the order forwarded to the county superintendent,
and bought through the Oregon Library Commission, which has contracted for
delivery of books to counties at a very low rate, made possible by purchasing
in quantity and at one time. The
prices include delivery at the county seats. The law requires school directors to select books between
the first Monday of July and the first Monday of
August in each year."
Life
is a bit different now, huh?
2. From the Library Research
Service (at the Colorado State
Library)
----- Ann Reed
Are you considering adding a
coffee shop to your library? Probably not but this is just one of the
interesting studies on Field Initiated Studies page of the Library Research
Service website, http://www.LRS.org/field.asp.
These reports are based on
informal exchanges between practicing librarians, not sophisticated research;
but, they provide useful information about
topical issues facing
libraries.
If you would like to be contacted
via e-mail when new reports such as this one are available from the LRS, visit
the LRS blog at http://www.lrs.org/blog/ and sign
up for an RSS feed. (If you don't
know how to do that, we also provide links to introductory information about
web logs and RSS feeds.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FROM ALA, AASL and
BEYOND
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
1. Poetry Month
Resources ----- Kathy Agarwal
Online Poetry
Classroom
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/6
National Poetry
Foundation
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
PBS
poetry page
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/poetry
Ideas from read. write.
think.
http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=478
12 famous American Poets, a class
research project
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poet.htm
Lesson plans and activities from
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_special/poetrymonth.shtml
Poetry Teacher
website
http://www.poetryteachers.com
Poetry Month resources from
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/poetry.htm
2. Drop Everything and Read
(D.E.A.R.) Day is April 12 ----- Kathy
Agarwal
National D.E.A.R. Day is a special
reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together
on a daily basis a family priority.
D.E.A.R. is a collaborative effort
among National Education Association (NEA); National Parent Teacher Association
(PTA); HarperCollins Children's Books; Association for Library Service to
Children (ALSC), a division of ALA; and Reading Rockets.
The National D.E.A.R. Day partners
are marking the 90th birthday of beloved author Beverly Cleary as the official
event date, April 12th. Ramona Quimby is the
program's 2006 spokesperson.
Find out more at
http://www.dropeverythingandread.com
3. Celebrate School Library
Media Month at your school ----- Kathy Agarwal
Many school library media programs
celebrate the month of April as School Library Media Month in conjunction with,
and sharing the same theme as, National Library Week. This year's theme is
Change your world @ your library
Get National Library Week
resources at
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/nlw/NLW.htm
Learn more about School
Library Media
Month at http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmmonth.html
Access all of AASL's advocacy
resources from
http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=aasladvocacy
Read about School Library Media
Campaign @ your library at
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/schoollibrary/schoollibrary.htm
Read the ALA resolution
"School Libraries and Librarians are Critical to Educational Success"
at http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslissues/aasladvocacy/alaresolution.htm
Get the AASL Advocacy Toolkit at
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/toolkits/aasladvocacy.htm
4. Libraries Important to
HS Success - Duh! ----- Kathy Agarwal
CHICAGO - The Partnership for 21st
Century Skills (the Partnership) issued a new national report today,
"Results That Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform."
(available for download at www.21stcenturyskills.org) The report designs a
compelling framework for 21st century learning that focuses on the results that
matter for today's high school graduates' success
in the workplace of the present
and future.
The American Association of School
Librarians (AASL), an active member of the Partnership, applauds the report's
findings and considers school library media programs to be crucial to the
success of high school reform.