OEMA
SPRING REGIONAL CONFERENCES
Mark your calendars for OEMA Spring Regional
Conferences. Here are the dates and the organizers who are working
very hard to produce a quality Saturday spring mini-conference for
you:
Region 1: May 3 - Kathy Chan
Region 2: April 19 - Jean Townes
Region 3: May 10 - Melinda Warburg
Region 4: May 1 0 - Edith Fuller
Region 5: April 5 - Judy Hale
Region 6: April 12 - Alan Kopf/Sharon Porter
Region 7: April 12 - Kate Grant
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OEMA BOARD ENDORSES SB 238 AND SB12
The OEMA board endorsed two senate bills that have
been introduced this session for consideration by Oregon
legislators. School libraries will benefit from the passage of
both of these bills.
SB 238 amends the work of the state library to
include reporting statistical data on school libraries. This bill is
being introduced by the State Library Board. If this bill becomes
law, the state library will get the staffing and budget data that
schools report to the ODE annually, analyze it and publish a report.
This report will provide information and greater visibility for
school libraries.
SB 12 enables a statewide database licensing
program, a statewide E-reference service, and prepares for a future
statewide courier service. These objectives, which were unanimously
approved by the Senate Interim Task Force on Library Cooperation,
are entirely consistent with OLA's Vision 2010. If passed, initial
phases of the measure would begin at the State Library in 2003 with
redirected LSTA funds. SB 12 would eliminate the Oregon LINK net
lender reimbursement program.
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FEBRUARY 18
OREGON LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE DAY
School libraries are encouraged to attend Oregon
Library Legislative Day in Salem on February 18. Many librarians
will be calling on legislators to encourage them to support SBs 238
and 12, as well as to talk to them about what happens in Oregon
libraries.
Feb. 18 is also the date for the hearing on SB 238
which gives the State Library the authority to publish an annual
report on school libraries. OEMA President Kelly Kuntz is organizing
a group of school librarians to testify to the Senate Education
Committee. It would be great to have a large contingent of school
libraries in the audience to show our support for this bill. Members
of the Senate Education
Committee are Sen. Charles Starr, Chair, Ryan
Deckert, Vice-Chair,
Sen. Ted Ferrioli and Sen. Bill Morrisette.
Contact Jeri Petzel at
jpetzel@canby.com to learn
more about Oregon Library Legislative Day.
If you cannot attend, Jeri urges school librarians
to write your legislators urging them to support SBs 12 and 238, and
just as important to tell them about how school libraries make a
difference for kids. Your legislators addresses are available at
http://www.leg.state.or.us/index.html.
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OEMA DISTINGUISHED LIBRARY SERVICE AWARD FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
Deadline: May 30, 2003
Do you have a great administrator? Make a
nomination!
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.
Criteria: 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.
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)
Please mail the nominations by May 30, 2003 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
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OEMA
2003 SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
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.
Recipients are selected by the OEMA Scholarship
Committee.
Scholarship money must be used between July 1,
2003-June 30, 2004.
Deadline for submission of all application forms and
letters of recommendations is May 1, 2003. Judging results will be
sent to all applicants on or before July 1, 2003.
Application forms will be available on the OEMA
website at
http://www.oema.net/scholarships/scholarships.html.
Requests for application forms may also 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 97008
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OEMA KEEPER OF
THE KEYS
The location of next fall's OEMA Annual Conference
is outstanding. The combined facilities in Corvallils of the
LaSells Stewart Conference Center and the CH2MHill Alumni Center are
stunning. All meeting rooms have T1 lines, there are lots of windows
looking out on beautiful landscaping, and some rooms have soft
chairs.
Mark your calendars for to be in Corvallis on Oct.
10 -11 to experience a great conference in a beauitful setting.
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OSLIS UPDATE
You should start seeing some changes to the OSLIS
website between now and Spring Break. With funds provided by State
Library LSTA funds, ten "experts" have been working with diligently
to update the "how to" section. Additional how twos are being
developed to fill in some areas, such as website evaluation and note
taking.
The LMS desk will be called the Librarian's Desk
with some changes in content. There will also be teacher resources
and links to Oregon and ALA standards.
Your cost to subscribe to EBSCOhost will remain the
same as it was last year at $.60 per FTE.
The Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Group is
pleased to announce the extension of the EBSCO statewide contract
for a fourth and final year at NO INCREASE IN PRICE (assuming all
current libraries renew their participation). The final year of the
contract will begin on September 1, 2003 and run through August 31,
2004.
You might remember a survey last April to determine
the general sentiment among librarians about EBSCO. Response was
very good and broke down this way:
70 academic; 69 public; 102 K-12; 29 community
college; 10 other.
We found that overall, 86% were either somewhat or
very satisfied with EBSCO and that 53% wanted to stay with EBSCO,
31% wanted to consider other vendors and 16% were ambivalent.
These results, combined with the uncertainty
libraries are experiencing with budgets led to the decision to stay
with EBSCO for one more year.
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LAURA BUSH FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR BOOKS
The deadline for applying for grants from the Laura
Bush Foundation is February 28. The Laura Bush Foundation for
America's Libraries
http://www.laurabushfoundation.org is awarding grants
worth up to $5,000 to school libraries.
The first lady established the foundation last
summer to help school libraries update, extend, or diversify their
book collections. Any school may apply, but priority for grants will
be given to those schools in which 75 to 100 percent of the school
population receives free or reduced lunch.
Online submissions are encouraged. The contact is
Meg Pearson at (202)955-5890, ext. 125,
mpearson@cfncr.org
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READ ACROSS AMERICA
Don't forget Read Across America on Monday March 3,
2003. The National Education Association, along with a variety of
partner organizations, including the American Library Association,
sponsors this annual event to focus the country's attention on how
important it is to motivate children to read.
The Read Across American website
http://www.nea.org/readacross provides a variety of
resources and ideas.
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THE
OREGONIAN FROM NEWSBANK - Amy Kinard
Reprinted with permission from SOLIC News (Southern
Oregon Library Information Cooperative)
Thanks to a statewide licensing contract with
NewsBank, Oregon libraries have a new way to access the Oregonian
newspaper from 1988 to the present. After a training session with
representatives from both NewsBank and The Oregonian I now know why
I've had trouble finding certain articles, and I also have some
tricks to try.
The most important aspect of searching for full-text
articles online is authorship. On June 25, 2001, the Supreme Court
ruled that newspapers cannot reproduce articles that appeared in
their print editions in online form without permission from the
author. Known as the Tasini Decision, this has had a huge impact on
databases. Because of this, the Oregonian only provides
NewsBank online access to articles written by Oregonian staff
reporters, or free-lance writers under contract with the Oregonian.
Other articles (such as AP stories) will not appear online due to
copyright restrictions.
For example, a search for articles about the Biscuit
Fire found 76 articles in the Oregonian via NewsBank. The same
search in the Oregonian's in-house database produced 97 articles
(the in-house database would include wire stories). This is one
reason why you cannot retrieve every article in the online Oregonian
that appeared in the print Oregonian.
That said, there is an important exception! NewsBank
has added a very useful service called "Special Reports". Current
reports are on the "Iraqi Standoff", "War on Terrorism" and "Mental
Health". These reports include links to articles from newspapers all
over the world because NewsBank has paid the royalties to provide
them full-text to NewsBank subscribers.
When searching the Oregonian via NewsBank there are
two types of search interfaces: Keyword and Customized.
Patrons may begin with the very simple "keyword" box. Searches
default to the "and" operator, but "or" and other boolean search
operators can be selected. It is also possible to limit the search
by date (clear samples are given > right on the page). More precise
searching can be done easily in the Customized format. This more
structured search allows you to enter words in different fields such
as Headline, Lead (paragraph), Section, or All Text. Boolean search
operators and date limiters are also available.
Truncation allows you to search the stem of a word.
Use an asterisk* at the end of a stem to substitute for one or more
letters (child* will retrieve children, childs, childish). Used in
the middle of a word it helps avoid spelling variations. (Kru*v will
find all variations of Kruschev. ) The question mark ? acts as a
wildcard, which substitutes for one letter. It can be used in the
middle of a word also. (Wom?n will retrieve women or woman).
Searches can also be restricted by Section. These
are:
Arts and Entertainment, Arts & Books, Business,
Editorial, Foodday, Forum, Graphics, Homes, Living, Local Stories,
Obituaries, Picture Caption, Real Estate, Science, Sports,
Television, Travel, Washington, Wire.
Paid obituaries, bridge columns, comics, crossword
puzzles, and advice columnists are not archived. High School
reunions and wedding anniversaries are currently archived but when
the bridal and anniversary announcements become paid sections they
will no longer be archived. Paid articles aren't archived.
The paper of record is the Sunrise edition, but
there are 7 other "zones". The Metro section has stories
localized for a particular "zone" on pages 2 and 3, and on Thursdays
there are additional neighborhood editions. The Northwest Zone
includes Medford. (You can see why it's difficult to find an article
someone saw in the Oregonian, unless you know which edition they had
read.)
To access the entire Oregonian database or to get
help searching you may contact the Oregonian library. They will
provide either citations or full-text of articles to librarians.
(This is not a service for the general public.) While the 10 library
staff members are now divided between the library and newsroom
research they are extremely helpful:
Oregonian Library 800-452-1420 Ask for the library.
(This service is NOT for the public, only for librarians.)
I also learned that the Oregonian is second only to
the Los Angeles Times in terms of news content so good luck and have
fun searching!
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STORIES BY THE
SEA STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
The 9th annual festival featuring storytelling,
workshops, and story swaps will take place on September 12 - 21. The
festival is sponsored by Children's Services Division and the Oregon
Coast Council for the Arts.
Location is the Newport Performing Arts Center, 777
W. Olive, Newport, OR. For more information contact Rebecca
Cohen,541-265-2153,
storyweaver@newportlibrary.org.
http://www.olaweb.org/csd/stories.html
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CALENDAR
February
18: Oregon Library Legislative Day, The
Capitol in Salem.
28: Laura Bush Foundation Applications
due
http://www.laurabushfoundation.org
28: Online Northwest 2003. CH2M Hill
Alumni Center, OSU
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw
March
03: Read Across America Day
http://www.nea.org/readacross
16: Freedom of Information Day
http://www.ala.olrg/washoff
31: Media Speciatist of the Year Award
nominations due
April
01: Beverly Clearly Children's Choice tallies
due
http://www.oema.net/beverly_cleary/cleary_awards.htm
01: YRCA tallies due
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
05: Region 5 Spring Conference in Medford 6-12
National Library Week
http://www.ala.org/
12: Region 6 Spring Conference in LaGrande
Region 7 Spring Conference - contact Kate Grant
12: Beverly Cleary Children's Choice News
Conference
McMenamin's Kennedy School at 5736 NE 33rd
Avenue, Portland
2:00 P.M. in the Jordan Room
18: Oregon Reading Summit
19: Region 2 Spring Conference - contact Jean
Townes
23-25: OLA Annual Conference in Corvallis
http://www.olaweb.org
May
01: OEMA Scholarship Applications due
03: Region 1 Spring Conference in Astoria
10: Region 3 Spring Conference in Eugene
Region 4 Spring Conference - contact Edith Fuller
12-13: National Library Legislative Day,
Washington D.C.
http://www.ala.org/wasjpff/alawon
17: OEMA Board Meeting, Beaveton City
Library
June
19-25: ALA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
http://ala.org/events/annual2003
July
01: OEMA Scholarship Winners Announced
August
4-5: OEMA Summer Board Meeting
September
19-21: Stories by the Sea Storytelling
Festival, Newport, OR.
http://www.olaweb.org/csd/stories.html
October
10-11: 2003 OEMA Fall Conference, Corvallis,
Keeper of the Keys
22 - 26: AASL National Conference, Kansas
City, MO
http://www.ala.org/aasl/kc/news/announcement.html
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OEMA Newsletter -- Editor: Sheryl Steinke, Eugene 4J
Schools
Published monthly on the 5th of the month September through May;
also available on the web at
http://www.oema.net/newsletter. To receive the OEMA
Newsletter by email, subscribe to the OEMA mailing list using the
form and then scroll down
to OEMA ListServe(s).
Send news items for the Newsletter to:
* Fax: 541-687-3463
* Email:
steinke@4j.lane.edu
* Mail: 2405 Blacktail Dr. Eugene, OR 97402
Deadline: 1 week before publication, except 2 weeks
for the January issue.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you
need.
--Cicero
