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FROM THE PRESIDENT - Jim Tindall
Have you visited the OEMA conference website? The geese rising up, the blue sky, the golden sun, and that wonderful honking are all icons of our western life. The OEMA fall conference and its theme of High Time in the High Desert will give you an opportunity to celebrate the joys of performing school library work in the west. I hope to see you in Redmond.
http://www.oema.net/conferences/2005/index.htm
The week prior to the conference secretary Jenny Tadeka, newsletter editor Linda Ague and I will be traveling to Pittsburgh to attend AASL. We hope to come back with stronger skills and more information to better serve OEMA membership. To take a look at that conference, go to
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/conferencesandevents/national/2005pittsburgh.htm
To all of you who read this, thank you for renewing your membership in OEMA.
***OEMA Conference *** - Gregory Lum
Remember to complete your registration form for the "High Time in the High Desert," the Oregon Educational Media Association Fall Conference, on October 14 & 15, 2005, at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond.
Featured authors are Nancy Pearl, Jack Prelutsky, and Michael Hoeye. Local authors include Leah Wilcox, Jeff Leeland, and Rick Steber.
Sign up for the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Breakfast, a new ticketed conference event, on Saturday. Although this year's winner Lois Lowry for Gooney Bird Greene will not make a personal appearance, a special presentation is in the works! Attendees could win a Beverly Cleary t-shirt, poster or one of the 2005-06 BCCC nominee books!
Friday's extended sessions provide a variety of activities and information for all levels. Topics include OSLIS, EBSCO, and Lexiles; book repair; the Newbery process; online resources; Big 6 turbo tools; YA literature; and a hands-on Make It, Take It session.
Also, congratulations this year's library media teachers of the year: Deborah Alvarez, Ridgewood Elementary, Carol Dinges, Lebanon High School, Molly Hansborough, Eugene School District; and Principal Sandra Satterberg, Jesuit High School, for the Distinguished Library Service Award for School Administrators. Presentations will be made at Saturday's banquet.
For more information, visit http://www.oema.net/conferences/2005/index.htm for conference information or contact Linda Bilyeu, Conference Chair, lbilyeu@bend.k12.or.us.
***OEMA Scholarship Raffle!*** - Gregory Lum
Come to the promotions table at the fall conference to win one of these great prizes at the scholarship raffle! All conference attendees will get one complimentary raffle ticket in their welcome bags!
--Portland Chinatown Extravaganza - Enjoy a $25.00 gift certificate at Fong Chong Restaurant and four tickets to the Portland Classical Chinese Garden. (Value $53.00)
--Cannon Beach Getaway - Enjoy two nights at The Ocean Lodge. (Value $275.00)
--High Times in the High Desert - Come back to the high desert sunshine for a one night stay at Eagle Crest! (Value $120.00)
--Powell's Books - Question: What could be more fun than finding a great book in the rows and rows of books at Powell's? Answer: Finding that book and using a Powell's $50.00 gift certificate. ($50.00)
--Inspired Inspiration/Kidspiration - Inspiration Software is donating four special software packages for this raffle! (Value $90.00 - $180.00)
--Your Fortune of Unfortune - Win the series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" from IngramBooks. (Value $119.90)
Please support the Joyce Petrie Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $1.00 each, six for $5.00, fifteen for $10.00, or thirty-five tickets for $20.00. Questions, contact Gregory Lum, Promotions Chair, glum@jesuitportland.com
***Connie Hull Mini-Grants*** -
Martha Decherd
Now is the time to start thinking about that literacy project you've been wanting to do but didn't have the funds for. Check your email for the
invitation to apply for a Connie Hull Literacy Mini-grant later this month.
***OSLIS Collaborative Lessons*** - Patty Sorenson
Is one of your goals this year to do more collaborative lessons and projects with other teachers? Don't miss the incredible wealth of collaborative lesson plans on the OSLIS website in the Librarian/Teacher section at:
http://www.oslis.org/librarians/index.php?page=teachCollaboration
The first section, About Collaboration, has two great resources to browse for collaborative concepts. Be sure to look at the table at the end of the paper by Nancy Powell. The second article on page 27 includes a pyramid which shows the progressive steps to collaboration.
The Example Collaborative Lessons are broken down by Elementary and Secondary level. There are over four dozen links to ideas for you to use. In the Elementary section, the worksheets for Caldecott and Newbery Award Books from Jan could be extended to be also used with the YRCA and Beverly Cleary contest books. Don't miss her Adopt-A-State Packet Research Unit. The new EBSCO Student Research Center and Kid Search interfaces both have incredible resources for State Reports. Char's Exlorers Research Report is another one to incorporate EBSCO database use. In the Secondary section is a great resource for those of you working on implementing OSLIS resources at the high school level. Allen has basically outlined the full process in detail for others to use. There are several other companion resources like the OSLIS Research Assignment Worksheet by Kay. I don't have the space here to go into details about all these remarkable collaborative resources. Be sure to find a few moments to browse through these on your own. Many of the resources can be redesigned to fit various grade level projects. I think you may find that they save you time in the long run!
If you have lessons that you would like to share with others too, be sure to email them to OSLIS (pdsorensen@comcast.net ) for consideration. Working together is how we can work smarter!
*** Tunes for librarians to teach to*** - Debbie Straw
To the tune of "Sixteen Tons"
You shelve sixty books, whadda you get,
Another cart's full, and you ain't done yet.
Don't ask me to do checkouts, the scanner's on the fritz,
Too bad I can't afford to spend a week at the Ritz...
To the tune of "Home on the Range"
Oh give me a tome
Where old Dewey does roam,
and the numbers are cat-a-gor-ized
Where often is read
a good cookbook on bread
or a field guide on birds at your home.
To the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (or was it "...Out of the Bathtub")
Cat-a-log acquisitions,
Stamp with name and locale,
Roll out spine labels, and smack 'em on,
Put new books out, and soon they'll be gone,
For it's process, process new titles,
The public's screaming for more,
Get more se-quels, "how-to's", and such,
For our reading corps!
***Totally Brilliant Tip***
- Daurel Coolidge
Hang books on bulletin boards by using long narrow strips made from the left-over clear scraps trimmed from the edges of laminated posters. Loop the strip through the book and attach to the bulletin board with a pushpin. These strips are much stronger and easier to use than yarn, string, or fishing line. If you don't laminate posters at your school, check out the waste baskets at Kinko's. (Another use for the clear strips is to tack them up in a library display, and twist them slightly to add a little dimension and sparkle.) Daurel Coolidge, St. Mary's School, Medford.
***First Timer Scholarships***
The scholarship committee is pleased to announce that four individuals who might not otherwise be able to attend the OEMA Fall Conference 2005 will join us in Redmond because they were selected to receive a "First Timer" Scholarship. The recipients reflect the wide range of backgrounds of the many deserving applicants working in K-12 school libraries all over Oregon. OEMA is pleased to award conference scholarships to Robyn Meeks, Library Assistant at Ontario Middle School in Ontario; Stephanie Thomas, Media Specialist at Parkrose High School in Portland; Malane Bryant, Librarian at Central Christian School in Redmond; and Margie Lawler, Teacher Librarian at Hollyrood School in Portland. Each scholarship includes a two-day conference registration, a ticket to the celebration luncheon, and one year of OEMA membership. Please extend your congratulations and a warm welcome to each of these new OEMA members when you see them at the conference.
Hmmmm - no news is good news?
***ALA Creates "Adopt a Library" Program to assist Gulf region libraries recover and rebuild***
- ALA
(CHICAGO) While cleanup efforts begin in Louisiana and Mississippi, the American Library Association (ALA) continues its mission to lend support to devastated libraries in the Gulf Coast region. The ALA's Chapter Relations Office has established an "Adopt a Library" program to provide assistance to libraries damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
The program will provide an opportunity for U.S. libraries of all types to adopt a library in the Gulf Coast. The ALA will collect information from libraries that need assistance, and will connect those libraries with others that can provide relief. Contributing libraries are asked to lend support in the way of books, computers, fundraising and volunteers.
Libraries interested in adopting a library may visit ALA's Chapter Relations Office Web site at http://www.ala.org/katrina/adopt and complete a participation form.
ALA's Chapter Relations Office serves as the lead unit in ALA that gathers information on library disasters in the United States, and has been in constant contact with ALA chapters in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, and continues to gather information on damage to libraries in the region. .
Information inquires should be directed to Michael Dowling, director of ALA Chapter Relations Office at 312-280-3200 or mdowling@ala.org.
For updates on the relief efforts for libraries affected by Hurricane Katrina please visit ALA's Hurricane Katrina Library Relief Web site at http://www.ala.org/katrina
Contact: Michael Dowling
Director, ALA Chapter Relations Office
312-280-3200
mdowling@ala.org
***Don't forget to celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 16-22!***
This year's theme is "Get Real! @ your library," and the focus is on promoting nonfiction and realistic fiction to get teens to read for the fun of it.
Time is running out: register to participate in Teen Read Week by September 15th to receive up to ten free books!
Registering to participate in the event also shows YALSA's sponsors that a wide variety of librarians and educators support this teen literacy program, and that it is worthy of continuing. To learn more, including tips and resources for planning a celebration in your community, or to register, please go to: www.ala.org/teenread.
*** Teens rely on online tools more than ever before***
The Internet is an important element in the overall educational experience of many teenagers. The number of teenagers using the internet has grown 24% in the past four years and 87% of those between the ages of 12 and 17 are online. Compared to four years ago, teens' use of the internet has intensified and broadened as they log on more often and do more things when they are online.
Among other things, there has been significant growth over the past four years in the number of teens who play games on the Internet, get news, shop online, and get health information.
These are some of the highlights of a new report, "Teens and Technology," issued by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, based on a November 2004 survey of 1,100 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 and their parents.
Read more details from the report at http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/162/report_display.asp
Get the questions asked by the 2004 survey athttp://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teen_Questions.pdf
***That's all
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