LIS Update 12/9/2019
January Meeting Details
- Our next LIS Meeting is January 8 at the Career Center in the IOL Room.
- The meeting will be from 8am-3pm.
- I am in the process of registering everyone for the meeting in Eduphoria.
- The campuses on the snack patrol rotation are: Albright, Hastings, Youngblood, Budewig, and ENGC.
E-Colors
We will be diving deeper into E-Colors during meetings in the spring. For those that weren't with us, we were introduced to eColors during our winter meeting in 2018.
Don't know or don't remember your E-Colors? Please take the Personality Diversity Indicator
If you would like to learn about eColors or have a refresher, here are opportunities:
Spring Professional Development
Our Spring LIS/Digital Resources/Destiny Discover Professional Development sessions have been scheduled and the sessions are live in Eduphoria.
- January 25, 2020: Collaboration and Planning with Destiny Discover
- February 22, 2020: Alief Digital Resources / HPL Digital Resources
- April 18, 2020: Collaboration and Planning with Destiny Discover
- May 2, 2020: Alief Digital Resources / HPL Digital Resources
All Professional Development sessions before February 29, 2020 count for the 19-20 school year. Then Professional Development sessions taken starting March 1, 2020 count for the 20-21 school year.
Spring Events
- January 8, 2020: LIS Meeting @Alief Center for Advanced Careers
- February 1, 2020: BookWorm Festival (please e-mail Charla if you want to attend with students)
- February 15, 2020: BrazosCon (please e-mail Charla if you want to attend with students)
- March 3, 2020: Marissa Meyer Author Visit @Taylor Theater
- March 24-27, 2020: Texas Library Convention @George R. Brown
- April 4, 2020: TeenBookCon (please e-mail Charla if you want to attend with students)
Santa will be @Your Library
Please let your families know that Santa will be making visits at two local-ish Houston Public Libraries. HPL invites parents to bring their cameras.
- Henington-Alief Regional Library, 7979 S. Kirkwood, 12/19/19 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM
- Walter Neighborhood Library7660 Clarewood,12/17/19 from 11:30 AM to 12:30
Season's Readings Program
Enjoy the Holiday Season with HPL! Read, earn rewards, visit with Santa and have fun creating in a reading program for ages 0-18.
Here's how to participate:
- Read between December 1, 2019-January 15, 2020.
- Read at least 20 minutes per day.
- Read 10 days to complete the program
- Sign up online for the Season's Readings program with HPL
Those who complete the program earn:
- a free voucher for 4 to attend HITS Theater's production of Roald Dahl's Matilda in April 2020
- a book of their choice
Check out all the details at the HPL Season's Readings site.
Sebco Books Stock Sale
Sebco is having a warehouse blowout sale. 20% off all in-stock titles through 12/31/19. Lowell Rosenthall is the contact for Sebco Books.
Penworthy Contact Update
We now have a local-ish contact for Penworthy. His name is Chris Roblin and he can be reached at chris.roblin@penworthy.com.
Penworthy has a new line of World Language titles representing 29 different languages.