KASL Winter Newsletter
Baby It's Cold Outside, but it's HOT in the Library
From the President
Do you have an idea you would be willing to share that answers one of these questions...
Inspired your students? Collaborated with a teacher? Encouraged more reading? Learned the ins and outs of a program? Addressed core content? Mastered a piece of technology? Made your day-to-day library work less stressful? Used the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards? Re-arranged your library to meet student needs and interests? Had to rebuild a library after a disaster? Found ways to advocate for your library program? Increased teen interest in libraries? Used e-books successfully? Work in a BYOD school? Have a school with 1:1 technology? Revamped your collection? Serve more than one school? Linked with authors or other schools? Decorated on a dime?
The possibilities are endless, but the experts are here among us. Your K-12 library colleagues would like to hear your ideas. Grab a friend or colleague and present together! Go to www.kasl.us and click on the “Conferences and PD” header. Click on the link as indicated. Despite the heading at the top, KASL (K-12 librarians) will be using the KLA form to propose a session. Be sure to note “KASL” in the box where you are asked if it is sponsored by a section or round table. The February 21 deadline is approaching, so get those ideas in!!
Making your case to attend is much easier with your principal when you also note that you will be presenting a session.
KASL sessions will be on Friday afternoon, Sept. 19 and all day on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The KBA Author Luncheon will also be on Saturday this year. The vendor/exhibit area will be open until Friday afternoon. To make hotel reservations, see full conference information at KLA’s website: www.klaonline.org
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Janet Johnson Wells
President, Kentucky Association of School Librarians, 2013-2014
School Librarian, Grades 9-12
Rockcastle County High School
P.O. Box 1410
1545 Lake Cumberland Road
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
Phone: 606-256-4816 ext. 2533
FAX: 606-256-3755
Author Jeff Kinney Visits Bowling Green Jr. High
The students at Bowling Green Jr. High School were entertained by author Jeff Kinney when he came and spoke at BGJHS on January 10th. Barbara Hines, the school librarian, won a contest through Scholastic and the visit was the prize. He spoke to the entire student body in the gym and had a meet and greet in the library. The students and staff really enjoyed it.
SAVE THE DATE
#KyLChat
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014, 08:00 PM
NEA's Read Across America
Coming soon to the CFSB Play Center
at Kentucky Oaks Mall
The Kentucky Education Association
and First District Education Association
present:
NEA’S READ ACROSS AMERICA
FEBRUARY 22, 2014, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Bring your kids to meet the
Cat in the Hat!
Stay for story time and enjoy free books and other goodies for children!
Saturday, Feb 22, 2014, 10:00 AM
Kentucky Oaks Mall, Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY, United States
KYSTE Conference
Wednesday, Mar 5, 2014, 08:00 AM
Galt House Hotel, North 4th Street, Louisville, KY, United States
McNet Conference sponsored by First District Association of School Librarians (FDASL) & McNet Group
Friday, May 30, 2014, 09:00 AM
West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, KY, United States
KASL Summer Refresher
More details and call for presenters coming soon.
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2014, 09:00 AM
Berea, KY, United States
DISTRICT NEWS
November 7th, four members of Southern KY Association of School Libraries (previously 3rd District) met at Panera in Bowling Green to revise district by-laws to include the district name change and meeting procedure updates. Creating a Southern District website was also discussed and Renee Hale of Warren Elementary in Bowling Green has already established a Facebook page for the district. Participants also enjoyed district fellowship and a wonderful buffet of finger foods in a suite at the Galt House Friday evening of KLA/KASL, sponsored by WKU's LME department and faculty members Dr. Marge Maxwell and Dr. Andrea Paganelli, where we also began discussions about the webpage idea and also outreach efforts to strengthen our district organization. Plans are to further promote the outreach with specified activity in our Southern District's 2014 Spring Meeting April 17th at Butler County Middle School with President Latisha Cardwell presiding. KET will also share new aspects in programming, and our 2nd Share Fair will be provided by volunteers who have signed up for presenting information on Google Docs, Symbaloo, and Cataloging Free Ebook Websites, where attendees will have the opportunity to access their own Destiny accounts to catalog these websites and free ebooks during the session. More sessions will be provided according to more volunteer sign-up.
--submitted by Latisha Cardwell
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Mark your calendars now for our Spring CKASL meeting! It will be held on Tuesday, April 22 at Madison Southern High School in Berea, KY. Dinner will begin at 5:30 pm with the meeting following at 6:00 pm. This is a working meeting at the host site of the Summer Refresher. Please click here for a brief survey indicating your preference for the presentation portion of the meeting.
Congratulations to Felica White, LMS at Madison Middle in Richmond, for bringing the most guests to our Fall meeting. Who will win the prize for bringing the most guests to the meeting??? Can this be your first meeting? Join us!!! We want to continue to grow stronger in members, advocacy and as a professional learning community. Visit our website for more information and to join today!
The Central district is comprised of the following counties, although we welcome everyone to attend! Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jackson, Woodford, Jessamine, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Midway, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Rockcastle, and Scott.
It is that time of year again! Nominations for Central Kentucky Outstanding Media Librarian are open. The application is due March 7th, 2014. If you have questions please let me know. Thanks so much.
Damonica Partin, NBCT
Library Media Specialist
STLP Sponsor, STC
WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIBRARY?
I LOVE TO READ WEEK
Jason Moncer, NBCT
Library Media Specialist
HOT New Award Winners
2014 Caldecott Winner
2014 Newbery Winner
2014 Coretta Scott King Award Winner
2014 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audio Book Production
2014 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
2014 Robert F. Sibert Award
APPS I Recommend
Nearpod
Socrative
Enlight K-12
Book Sources to Surf While You are Snowed In
http://click.bsftransmit7.com/ViewInBrowser.aspx?pubids=7143|77803|612212|669938&digest=0Ql29waYAWcVe4mODrvedw&sysid=1
Booklist Read Alerts
http://ala-publishing.informz.net/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Individual?mailingInstanceId=3776701&subscriberId=1026657455
Booklist Webinars
http://ala-publishing.informz.net/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Individual?mailingInstanceId=3757494&subscriberId=1026657455
ALA Workshops - Integrating iPads and Tablets into the Library Setting
http://ala-publishing.informz.net/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Individual?mailingInstanceId=3783806&subscriberId=1026657455
Brilliance Audio (see what audio books are hot for young readers)
https://library.brillianceaudio.com/default.asp
First Look Book Club
http://www.librarywebservices.com/firstlook/index.cfm
BookBub
https://www.bookbub.com/home/?source=fbkn421
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/?esp=CORPHP/ib/////NAV/Parents/MAIN/LibHP////
Perma-Bound Books
https://www.perma-bound.com/library/
Professional Resources
Resources for educators that could be added to a media center's professional collection:
The Association for the Gifted mentions professional books about gifted education on its website: http://www.cectag.org/
The page that has the list of books can be found in the Resources section of the website.
submitted by Lisa Phillips
Beyond Proficiency @your library’s Library Media Program Rubric includes a link to a sample collection development policy on page 6. Below is a direct link to the sample policy.
http://lms.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Program%20Admin/Collection%20Management/InstrucMatls.pdf
Kathy
Kathy Mansfield
Library Media/Textbooks Consultant
Kentucky Department of Education
President's Day Classroom Resources
KET
https://www.smore.com/rn2z-presidents-day-classroom-resources?ref=email