A lot was learned about blogs, wikis, and more at the workshop!
Sara and Jeff’s presentation can be found on their wiki.
Barb’s presentation may be found on her blog.
Susan’s presentation can be found on her del.icio.us bookmark page.
I would love to hear how folks use any of these tools in their library! Feel free to comment on this blog!
Making the Connections: MSLA/NMRLS Library Media Specialist Series
Tuesday April 8, 2008
3:00 PM until 6:00 PM
Session Four: Web 2.0 in the School Library
Staff from Phillips Academy in Andover will demonstrate how wonderful wikis are: for resources, research, and planning. Library Teacher Barbara Fecteau from Beverly High School will show how easy it is to maintain a blog in the school setting. Susan Babb will cover other web 2.0 technologies such as flickr, LibraryThing, YouTube, del.icio.us, and IM.
Participants will have an opportunity to try their hand at any of these programs.
Location: Ayers Ryal Side Elementary School, Beverly
At the end of the workshop, the group came up with a list of strategies or solutions for communication:
Participants in this workshop had a lively discussion on collaborating with the public library.
Chelmsford
Roberta, Sharon, and Valerie of Chelmsford began the discussion by giving a brief history of collaboration. It began in the mid-1990s with Children’s Book Week and filming a TV show of reading to second graders aired on local cable. From there, the two staffs met once a year to find out what was happening with each other. A grant supporting a One Town reads program really involved the juniors and seniors of the high school. They gave valuable input as to the book - Empire Falls - and attended the author visit with lots of questions. It has been a good and fluid relationship.
The most recent Chelmsford collaboration has taken this
form. The school librarians took the I-Search Form to the public library. It’s on the web site; it’s a brochure which is a good source of how to use the databases.
After years of bringing the 6th graders to the public library by bus, the librarians have streamlined the process: the public librarians go to the schools! There’s more visibility; it is more efficient.
(My thanks to my colleague Janet Eckert from the Western Region for this posting!)
On September 12, Maureen Ambrosino, Central Massachusetts Regional Libary System’s Youth Services Consultant, requested that we change the location of our monthly Regional Youth Services Meeting to Boston as she had volunteered to testify at the State House to support school librarians for the Massachusetts School Library Association. After our regional meeting concluded, we accompanied Maureen to the State House to support her.
Maureen was among the last to testify and those who preceeded her all read from notes. While they were informative, their presentations were very dry. Maureen quickly realized that her testimony would be more powerful if she spoke extemporaneously. In fact, Maureen’s testimony was the best of the day and the legislators were truly interested in what she had to say.
Inspired by the day’s events, Maureen submitted an article summarizing this experience to School Library Journal. School Library Journal was so impressed by Maureen’s piece that they asked if they could reformat her story as a graphic arts piece.
Read about Maureen’s “Metamorphosis” in the January 2008 edition of School Library Journal at:
Mark your calendars for the following workshops:
January 24, 10:00-12:00 - NMRLS Open House
An informational Open House to meet the NMRLS staff and learn about regional programs and services.
Open to any library staff member. Great as an introduction for new staff!
Refreshments will be served.
January 29, 9:30-12:30 and 1:30-4:30 (PDPs available!)
Strategies for Hearing It Right the First Time and Strategies to Communicate Effectively and Be Heard as Intended
Both workshops led by Pat Sordill.
February 6, 3:00-6:00, Chelmsford Public Library
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Session Three: Public and School Collaboration - The Homework Bridge
MLA and MSLA have a joint statement on School and Public Library Collaboration to Meet the Information Needs of Children and Young Adults in Massachusetts. One of the strategies in the joint statement focuses upon interacting and communicating with school/public library counterparts by:
* Anticipating a program or service need
* Knowing each other’s mission and role
* Taking initiative for a program or service
* Respecting and relying on each other’s knowledge and expertise
* Recognizing the importance of interaction
* Committing to teambuilding
By focusing on homework and assignments, participants in this workshop will share their best practices and strategies. All are encouraged to come with a counterpart, either school or public.
Teaching with Technology
This workshop will focus upon library instruction with technology: techniques, best practices, assessment, outcomes. We are also
going to investigate how the library teacher fits this into:
• the recent MSLA/MassCUE statement,
• technology standards,
• P21,
• the new national standards,
• technology integration requirements of a national board certified teacher
Keep reading →
Building Partnerships between Library Media Specialists and Academic Librarians
Librarians and educators will have a rare opportunity to come together to discuss their common concerns and strategize on ways to best prepare their students as they proceed through the educational system and into the workforce. Massachusetts public schools, public libraries, as well as two and four-year colleges and universities are invited to participate in this unique opportunity to dialogue with colleagues, and discuss such topics as information literacy and writing and research across the curriculum.
Keep reading →
1. How you handle academic dishonesty (plagiarism, copyright issues, etc) at your institution?
Discussion - Lyena Chavez, Lisa Estabrook, Ellen Keane, Sharon Burke
2. What specific research skills are students expected to have when entering college? Which research methods, tools and documentation styles should college freshmen be familiar with? Should they be learning to use databases such EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier or InfoTrac’s Expanded Academic in high school? Should they already be familiar with MLA and APA? Should English teachers or librarians be teaching this in high school?
Discussion - Donna Maturi, Lisa Estabrook, Sharon Burke
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This group offered:
