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APOLOGY AND THANKS FROM
THE EDITOR
An apology is in order regarding the heading and
date of the last newsletter. Only when I started to
put together this issue did I realize that the last
issue was incorrectly numbered and dated. I'll get
my mistakes fixed on the web version. Thanks for your
understanding.And a huge thanks to those of you who
responded to my request for information for this newsletter.
It's your suggestions tha t make this newsletter useful
to members of
OEMA.PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Mark your calendar! I am very pleased to announce
that OEMA will again host a Summer Institute this
July. The date is set for July 15 & 16 at Eagle
Crest Resort near Redmond. The theme will be: "Building
Partnerships: Teachers and Librarians Working Together
to Meet the Standards." We have a tentative agreement
with Dr. David Loertscher, professor in the School
of Library and Information Sciences at San Jose State
University to be one of our keynote speakers. He is
also the author of a number of books of interest to
school librarians and teachers. The most recent book
is titled Increasing Academic Achievement Through
the Library Media Center: A Guide for Teachers. Other
speakers will be announced soon. We are hoping that
you will encourage teachers to attend this Institute
with you. You will be able to continue and build on
your collaborative work at this conference. In an
effort to make this institute affordable to all, three
meals will be included in the registration cost of
$125. Eagle Crest will be offering very affordable
room rates, which will be posted on the listserv in
the next few days. You will also receive a brochure
about the Institute this spring. It is becoming a
tradition that we host a Summer Institute every other
summer. Even though this is an "off" year,
the Board felt there would be enough interest in another
Institute to schedule one this summer. In response
to a number of members' requests, we have changed
the locale and tried to make it more affordable. This
valuable professional development opportunity is one
you won't want to miss. I look forward to seeing you
in Redmond this July!
BOARDHI-LITES
The Executive Board is taking on the responsibility
of the summer institute planning to perfect the art
of simple efficient coordination - right after they
solve the problem of world peace. In the political
arena we decided that Jeri will write a letter suggesting
that if some of the Reed Amendment money can go toward
paying for a statewide database, that would be a good
thing. We also decided that as an organization we
cannot endorse a candidate for office but we can collect
money from individual members and send as support.
Planning for the Beverly Cleary Award continues. Right
now they are looking for a graphic design - preferably
one they don't have to pay for. It was suggested that
this become a permanent committee under the umbrella
of promotions. Details like a proposed budget will
be on the agenda for the May Board meeting. Also on
the May Board agenda will be a proposal to pay the
conference fees and two tickets to the award banquet
for the award recipients. And on that same agenda
will be a proposal to make the summer board meeting
the transition meeting.
OEMA ELECTIONS
It will soon be time to vote for OEMA board members.
Please watch your email. The ballots will be sent
via email within the next week or so.
REGIONALSPRING CONFERENCES
Check
your region
Region 1 Kathy Chan
April 20
Pathfinders, Web resources, Spanish resources, Inspiration,
new books
Region 2 Jean Townes
April 6
Salem: Sprague High School
Invisible Web, Battle of the Books, PR, World Library
Partnership, booktalks for adult readers, and LOTS
of vendors
Region 3 Melinda Warburg
April 27
McCornack Elementary in Eugene
PowerPoint, video streaming, collaboration, survival
Region 4 Edith Fuller
April 27 - 8:30 - 1:00
Centennial Middle School Library
Region 5 Judy Hale
April 6
Jefferson Elementary in Medford
SOLIC, local grants, Blackstone Audio, new book
Region 6 Allen Kopf
April 13 - 8:45 - 3:30
Pendleton High School
Benchmarks, PIONEER, historical fiction, AR, vendors,
and more.
Region 7 Kate Ratliff
April 6 - 10:00 - 2ish
Jefferson County Middle School
Oregon Study, Shirley Burden, Children's Choice and
Good Reads
OEMA 2002-2003 SCHOLARSHIPS
Two scholarships of $800.00 each are being offered
by OEMA to individuals studying at the graduate level
in the fields of educational media/instructional technology.
The scholarship grants may be used to assist the recipients
to further their education in a summer session or
academic year of graduate study at any accredited
college or university in Oregon. Programs of study
may be at the Masters or Doctoral level. Scholarship
money must be used between July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003.
Deadline for submission of all application forms and
letters of recommendations is May 1, 2002. Judging
results will be send to all applicants on or before
July 1, 2002. Requests for application forms may be
made by e-mail to Jenny_Takeda@beavton.k12.or.us,
by calling 503-524-1315 (work), or in writing to Jenny
Takeda at the address listed below. Selection of finalists
and award amounts is subject to budget restraints
and quality of the applicant pool.
All forms and letters should be sent to: Jenny Takeda
OEMA Scholarship
Hiteon Elementary
13800 SW Brockman Road
Beaverton, OR 9708
DISTINGUISHED
LIBRARY SERVICE AWARD FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
This award is a citation made by OEMA annually to
an administrator of a school or group of schools for
developing an exemplary School Library Media program
and for having made an outstanding and sustained contribution
advancing the role of the School Library Media Center
as an agency for the improvement of education. The
administrator should demonstrate: - evidence of leadership
for the provision of high quality library media staff,
facilities, collection, equipment, and staff development
opportunities - evidence of support for library media
center services that provide learning opportunities
and curriculum implementation for all students - evidence
of promotion of library media programs
Eligible for nomination are county or district administrators
who are directly responsible for a school or group
of schools at any level. Also eligible are district
administrators who are responsible for broad instructional
leadership. Nominations may be made by School Library
Media Specialists, District Library Media Supervisors,
and district or local Library Media organizations
who are current OEMA members.
To nominate please submit: - name, title, school,
and/or district address, phone number, brief description
of his/her job role, and educational and professional
background - a written narrative of the nominee's
outstanding and sustained contribution toward furthering
the role of the School Library Media program, a description
of the district or building Library Media program
and staffing, and an example of the administrator's
library philosophy - two signatures of fellow teachers
who endorse the nomination of this administrator (identify
each of the two supporters) Nominations should be
submitted by May 30, 2002 and mailed to: Martha Decherd,
Co-chair
O.E.M.A. Awards Committee
David Douglas High School
1001 SE 135
Portland, Oregon 97233
503.261.8357
Martha_Decherd@ddouglas.k12.or.us
2002 OEMA WLMA JOINT
CONFERENCE
Planning for Libraries Without Boundaries, the joint
conference with Washington State October 10-12 at
the Doubletree Hotels (Jantzen Beach and Columbia
River) in Portland Oregon is moving full steam ahead.
Details about speakers are beginning to come together.
Richard Rodriguez (an editor at Pacific News Service
and television essayist on the Public Television program
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) has been confirmed as
the banquet speaker. Authors Lois Lowry, Jacqueline
Woodson and Francisco Jimenez are among the authors
that will be part of the keynote panel. It promises
to be an informative and interesting event. For more
information check out the conference website at http://www.librarieswithoutboundaries.org
IMPROVING LITERACY THROUGH
LIBRARIES
The NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Act provided $12.5 million
for Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (The
Reed Amendment.) Applications will be available May
24 and due on July 24 for the $50,000 grants. All
the money must be sent to school districts by September
28th. The grants will be awarded on a competitive
level directly from the U.S. Dept. of Ed. web site
to the school districts. School districts must have
at least a 20 percent child poverty rate.
Uses of Funds:
1) acquire school library media resources;
2) acquire and use technology that can help to develop
the information retrieval and critical thinking skills
of students;
3) facilitate Internet links and other resource-sharing
networks;
4) provide professional development for school library
media specialists, AND activities that foster increased
collaboration between school library media specialists,
teachers and administrators;
5) provide students with access with access to school
libraries during non-school hours.
The project officer is Margaret McNeely (e-mail: Margaret.mcneely@ed.gov).
LSTA AND STATE LIBRARY RESOURCES
It's time for school libraries to become more active
in applying for the LSTA grant funds for local projects.
With a full understanding of the LSTA objectives,
some school library projects could be eligible, particularly
partnership projects with public libraries to further
information literacy skills of the students both types
of libraries serve. The guidelines are clear that
automating school libraries individually, or proposing
to use grant funds to make up for local funding that's
been withdrawn are not eligible projects. OEMA has
been quite consistent in applying for statewide project
grants but individual school libraries have not. The
new application timeline, information and downloadable
documents are online at http://www.osl.state.or.us/home/libdev/lsta.htm
A really good source for ideas of grants that have
been funded by LSTA, or would be eligible under other
IMLS programs would be the IMLS site, as well as their
electronic newsletter. The IMLS website is at http://www.imls.gov/.
They often feature "best practices" grants.
One or two of Multnomah's have shown up there. Information
can be found to subscribe to Primary Source, their
newsletter, at http://www.imls.gov/utility/subscrbe.htm.
If you'd like to throw some ideas around for collaborative
projects, use our listserv or contact Patty Sorensen
at psorensen@sherwood.k12.or.us, our LSTA representative.
Don't forget to check out all the resources the Oregon
State Library has on their web page at http://www.osl.state.or.us.
There is a wealth of links which would be quite useful
for state projects as well as Civics classes. Some
of the databases are password protected for state
government employee use under database licensing agreements.
OREGON
REFERENCE LINK: Q &
A
1. Question: We are looking for information on the
attire that might have been worn by Nzingha, warrior
queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1582-1663.
Answer: photocopies of pages from In Praise of Black
Women were sent to Ruth LaFrance from Nestucca Valley
Middle School
2. We are looking for reputable health websites in
Spanish for a couple of 8th grade students getting
ready to do a research project on a disease or health
issue (diabetes, effects of smoking, SIDS, etc).
Answer: National Network of Libraries of Medicine:
http://www.noah-health.org/spanish/spqksearch.html.
Also sent a list of websites found on WorldCat search
using the search query: subject index: health and
Language Limiter: spanish and Limit Type: Internet
Resources was sent to Karin Krakauer at Calapooia
Middle School.
ARKLEY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
COLLECTION COMES TO OREGON
Mark your calendars for the month of April. The Hamersly
Library of Western Oregon University is hosting an
exhibit of Children's Literature. Part of the Arkley
Collection of Children's Literature housed at the
University of British Columbia will be on loan to
WOU and on exhibit. Watch April's newsletter for details
regarding this exhibit. If you have not seen Western
Oregon University's new library this will be a wonderful
opportunity to see a beautiful library and a great
collection
of antique and collectable children's books.
URL's TO TIMELY INFORMATION
Anne
Frank: A History for Today Exhibition at Portland
Lloyd Center
Oregon Dept of
Revenue Tax Information Website for Students
Put
Reading First - Free booklets from the US Dept of
Education on how to successfully teach students to
read.
Student
Website Competition
SLJ
Giant Step Award
"The
Public Library's Role in Student Success: a Planning
Grant to Determine Best Practices for Multnomah County
Library"
GRAPEVINE
From Joy LeaMaster, District Media Director in Baker
City. The latest Eastern
Oregon LINK newsletter had an interview with Mike
Duncanson, the Media Specialist at Hermiston High
School. The interview format was interesting and,
especially for those of us who are in a remote geographical
area, helpful to hear about issues others are facing.
These newsletters are certainly a link with colleagues.
Kelly Kuntz reports that she at the invitation of
Gresham-Barlow library media specialists, she did
an Oregon Study presentation to their elementary principals.
It was very reassuring to see a row of elementary,
middle and high school media specialists at the meeting
supporting the presentation.
IN MEMORIAM
Jan Luelling died on January 30 in her home in Madras.
Jan had been a school Library Media Specialist since
at least 1975 at Marshfield High, and was active on
OEMA committees in the 70s and 80s until her retirement
in 1994 from Sandy Union High.
CALENDAR
Mar. 10 Multnomah
Co. Library Centennial Celebration begins at 1:30
Mar. 12 Virginia Euwer Wolff Celebration at Multnomah
Co. Central Library 6-8p.m.
Mar. 13-16 NCCE Conference,
Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle
March 16 Freedom
on Information Day
April 1-30 April
School Library Media Month
April 1 -30 Arkley Children's Literature Exhibit
at Western Oregon
April 8-May 5 Anne
Frank Exhibit at the Lloyd Center
April 14-20 National
Library Week
April 15-21 Children's
Poetry Week
April 16 An
Evening with Christopher Paul Curtis
April 19 Reading
Summit, Oregon Convention Center
Apr. 17-20 OLA/WLA
Conference 2002 "Building Bridges" Columbia
River/Jantzen Beach Doubletree Hotel
May 7 Jim
Trelease: "Reading More and Loving It"
Double Tree Columbia River
May 18 OEMA Board Meeting Location TBA
June 13-19 ALA
Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
July 15-16 OEMA Summer Retreat "Building Partnerships:
Teachers and Librarians Working Together to Meet the
Standards." Eagle Crest
July 23-27 Third
Annual Children's Book Festival Cannon Beach
Oct. 10-12 OEMA/WLMA
Joint Conference - "Libraries Without Boundaries",
Jantzen Beach Hotels in Portland
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