2004 Summer Reading Online Manual:
Look for a mid-December announcement of the 2004 Summer Reading Program Online Manual! The user name and password for accessing the artwork is the same as last year. Information on this will be sent out to all who ordered 2004 materials. Please call Susan Babb at 888-326-7772 if you need help. The 2004 Online Manual presents all the regular sections such as programs and activities, reproducibles, promotion and display ideas, and a reading list. In addition, design and navigation are greatly improved this year. Susan Grabski, Operations Manager, designed the web site and worked with Susan Babb to create a user-friendly site. Workshops on navigating through the Online Manual will be offered on February 12, 10:00-12:00, and on February 25, 2:00-4:00. Look for registration in the NMRLS Continuing Education Calendar at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/.
Job Shadowing 2004: Recruitment to the Profession
Each January associations across America join forces in support of National Job Shadow Day. PLA, along with ALA divisions for school and academic libraries (AASL and ACRL) encourage librarians to participate too! Job Shadow Day, is in its sixth year and each year gives students across America the chance to "shadow" a workplace mentor as he or she goes through a day on the job. Young people nationwide will get an up-close look at how skills learned in school are put to use in the workplace. School, academic and public librarians will receive information and support from the three divisions to participate in the program as part of recruitment efforts association-wide.
By participating in the job shadow day program, PLA hopes public librarians will:
- introduce junior and high school students to the profession of librarianship
- help young people make the connection between academics and careers and encourage partnerships between libraries and young people
- build an on-going relationship with the community you serve
The benefits to the program include:
- to help prepare the future workforce
- to highlight career possibilities in the library profession
- to provide an opportunity to deepen understanding and appreciation for the work librarians do.
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More information at http://www.jobshadow.org/index.html.
The YSLead Massachusetts Leadership Collection
As part of the current YSLead Massachusetts Youth Services Leadership Institute, youth services consultants from each of the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems have developed the YSLead Massachusetts Leadership Collection - a rich collection of professional resources that addresses the topics of librarians as leaders, mentors, and subject specialists. A complete listing of the titles in this informative new collection is now available via the YSLead Massachusetts website at http://www.wmrls.org/YSLead. All of the titles in this collection may be borrowed via interlibrary loan. YSLead Massachusetts is an LSTA grant project coordinated by the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System with funding administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
YSLead Institute Participants Recognized at NMRLS Annual Meeting
"Youth services staff must become leaders, mentors and recruitment experts if Massachusetts is to remedy the critical shortage of qualified staff serving young people." (Grant Abstract)
It was my pleasure to award Certificates of Completion to the 2003 YSLead Institute Graduates and recognize 2002 Graduates in the audience. I began by sharing information and background of YSLead Massachusetts.
The project concept grew out of strategic planning conducted by Regional youth service consultants in June 2000. It was proposed as a grant supported with LSTA federal funding administered by the MBLC. It was designed and implemented by the youth services consultants from the six regional library systems in Massachusetts.
During the summers of 2002 and 2003, 95 participants and 32 mentors in school and public libraries from across the state were identified, selected, and brought together for two and a half days of collaborative training in leadership and mentoring. Maureen Sullivan, a prominent national consultant, facilitated both Institutes. Ms. Sullivan addressed topics of interest, including the understanding of leadership styles, the role of the leader, communication, coaching and mentoring. Leading by Association: An Opportunity Fair gave participants the opportunity to discover the benefits of active participation and leadership in professional associations.
Mentors from each of the six regions served as role models for the participants by demonstrating their leadership skills, interacting with their colleagues, and sharing their own successes and lessons learned in their professional development. The mentors are committed to continuing their leadership guidance with the participants throughout the coming year.
In the coming months, the mentors and graduates of the YSLead Massachusetts Leadership Institute will combine their skills as they plan and design a continuing education workshop for the Introduction to Dynamic Youth Library Services (IDYLS) series, which will be held in each region during the winter and spring of 2004. Additionally, they will take an active role in regional, state, and national library associations.
In the Northeast, several of these individuals have already been matched with protégés, children's librarians new to the profession. Additionally, several hold leadership roles in the YSS of the MLA and NERTCL (NELA). The qualities of leadership were already present in these individuals who attended the Institutes. If anything, the Institutes served to affirm and proclaim those qualities.
Please join me in a virtual round of applause for all listed below!
2003 Participants:
Stephanie Aude, Andover Memorial Hall Library, Andover
Kimberly Barker, Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
Rachel Baumgartner, Reading Public Library, Reading
Suzanne McGowan, Lynnfield Public Library, Lynnfield
Ann Distasio, Danvers Public Schools, Danvers
Patricia Ells, Keverian School, Everett
Lisa Estabrook, Shore Country Day School, Beverly
Margie Shepard, Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury
2003 Mentors:
Maureen Hardin, Amesbury Middle School, Amesbury
Corinne Fisher, Reading Public Library, Reading
Deborah Lang Froggatt, Memorial Middle School, Beverly
Kathleen Hutchins, J.V. Fletcher Library, Westford
2002 Participants:
Lorraine Barry, Librarian, Reading
Kate Belcyzk, Children's Lib., Memorial Hall Library, Andover
Jennifer Brown, Reference Lib., Gov. Dummer Academy, Byfield
Marion DePierro, Billerica Schools
Beth Gallaway, Young Adult Librarian, Haverhill Public Library
Kathy Moran-Wallace, Head of Children's, Nevins Memorial, Methuen
Donna Maturi, Head of Reference, Peabody Institute Library, Danvers
Debra Murphy, Library Media Specialist, Essex Agricultural and Technical H. S., Danvers
Mary Puleo, Head of Children's, Parlin Library, Everett
2002 Mentors:
Valerie Diggs, Library Media Specialist, Chelmsford Public Schools
Beth Kerrigan, Head of Youth Services, Memorial Hall Library, Andover
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Upcoming YS Workshops
The Youth Services Book Review Group
Thursday, January 8, 2004
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
The Youth Services Book Review Group meets once a month, from 10:00 to 12:00, at the NMRLS office in Danvers. Books from publishers are available to reviewers in advance of their publication date. Reviews are shared each session in round-robin fashion. New reviewers are always welcome! Just come and the books will fall into your hands!
Please register for the workshops listed below at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ceform.shtml
Making the Connections:
A MSLMA/NMRLS Library Media Specialist Discussion Series
January 21 - 3:15-5:15 - Shore Country Day School, Beverly
"Impact of Library Media Center on Student Achievement"
Join your colleagues in a discussion of how the library media center impacts student achievement and the community. Is collaboration a defining characteristic? What practices do you employ in your library program to achieve the best for your students?
YS Resources on the Web: Planning a Web Site (Series of 3 Sessions)
Session One: 1/27/2004 - 01:30 PM to 04:30 PM - NMRLS, Danvers
Session Two: 2/24/2004 - 01:30 PM to 04:30 PM - NMRLS, Danvers
Session Three: 3/23/2004 - 01:30 PM to 04:30 PM - NMRLS, Danvers
Planning a web site takes a lot of careful planning. But why recreate the wheel? In this series of workshops, participants will examine "best practices" of virtual library Web sites, organize and design a web site, and create a basic Web site for your library media center or youth services area.
Session One: Evaluating Web Sites
Participants will examine virtual library sites on the Web and evaluate them based upon the criteria of content, design, and purpose. Participants can note special features for their own web sites.
Session Two: Planning a Web Site
Web Site planning should be a careful and thought out process. In this workshop, participants are going to examine their objectives in creating a Web site as well as organizing and designing the content of their site. Included in the workshop will be Web tool resources which can aid in creating a Web site.
Session Three: Creating a Web Site - The Basics
Participants in this workshop will be introduced to basic HTML as well as a web editor. Using information from the previous sessions, a basic Web site will be created. Scanning, sizing, and inserting images into a web site will also be demonstrated.
Ten (10) PDPs will be awarded if all 3 sessions are attended. This series has been approved by the DOE.
Best and Worst of Times Survival Toolkit: Managing in Lean Times
1/28/2004 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM - Reading Public Library, Reading
A Youth Services series of workshops to help colleagues both in public and school libraries with advocacy, programs, services, and management in light of grim budgets.
This workshop will focus on:
- Managing personnel: how to organize, train and schedule volunteers and
staff in order to best utilize their willingness, skills and interests, including ways to acknowledge them
- Managing collection development: selecting and purchasing on "Bare bones"
Presenters: Corinne Fisher, Head of Youth Services, Reading Public Library
Kathy Moran-Wallace, Head of Children's Services, Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen
Beth Gallaway, Young Adult Librarian, Haverhill Public Library
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