HOLIDAY BREAK
We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! Refresh and recharge your batteries - and we'll see you in the new year!
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ALA Award Finalists YALSA's William C. Morris YA Debut Award and Award for Excellence in Nonfiction 2018 nominees have been announced! Look for more upcoming announcements at YALSA's Book and Media Awards for Libraries page and the Association for Library Service to Children page. | Edutopia - Teacher Morale Boosts This online article from Edutopia talks about improving morale with teachers using weekly emails. How can you modify this to work for improving regular communications with your teachers? | Nick's Picks Have you checked out Nick's Picks or the blogs in TeachingBooks.net? They are always adding resources, as well as showcasing special collections such as Teaching Diverse Books, authors, popular and award-winning books and more! Be sure to check it out if you haven't lately. |
ALA Award Finalists
YALSA's William C. Morris YA Debut Award and Award for Excellence in Nonfiction 2018 nominees have been announced!
Look for more upcoming announcements at YALSA's Book and Media Awards for Libraries page and the Association for Library Service to Children page.
Edutopia - Teacher Morale Boosts
This online article from Edutopia talks about improving morale with teachers using weekly emails. How can you modify this to work for improving regular communications with your teachers?
Nick's Picks
Have you checked out Nick's Picks or the blogs in TeachingBooks.net? They are always adding resources, as well as showcasing special collections such as Teaching Diverse Books, authors, popular and award-winning books and more! Be sure to check it out if you haven't lately.
Tech Retreat
April 20 - 22, 2018 is our 4th Annual Tech Retreat at Carey Institute for Global Good in Rensselaerville, NY. Beginning Friday evening and going through Sunday noon, you're immersed in technology and comaraderie! Look for information coming soon in your email about signing up and cost.
Rescheduling Shannon Miller
We are working with rescheduling Shannon Miller to get to our area. If you were already signed up, you will still be on the list! We'll let you know as soon as we have more information.
Battle of the Books
Date: March 12, 2018
Place: Skidmore College, Palamountain Hall
We will be getting out an eNewsletter to all participating librarians and coaches right after the holiday to alert them to schedules and training sessions.
Please call or email J’aimé with any questions.
Overdrive Winter Competition
We are once again having our Winter Competition for Overdrive! This will take place starting with the Holiday Recess and going through the February Winter Break. We will officially start counting on December 22, 2017, and the count will end on February 25, 2018. Below you'll find the contest information flyer; or you can also find it on our SLS LibGuide eBooks page.
Fable Learning Now in Overdrive!!
Overdrive has worked very hard with us to get all of the Fable Learning titles into their system after Fable Learning went out of business and I'm happy to say, it's been successful! When you go to the WSWHE Elementary Catalog, click on the "Collections" tab on the upper left where you'll find all of the Fable Learning eBooks together. Of course, you can also search by some of your favorite authors, such as Seymour Simon, or books in Spanish.
State Archives Student Research Award
The Student Research Awards program is a statewide competition open to all New York State students in grades 4-12. A total of three awards are given, one each for students in grades 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12. For more information, go to the New York State Archives page. Deadline is July 1, 2018 - still plenty of time!
Contact Us
J’aimé Pfeiffer - SLS Director
Sharon Hinkle - Catalog & ILL Librarian
Karin Howansky - PD (OPALS, Technology) School Library Media Specialist
Deb Massa - PD Journals & Books, ILL Claims, Conferences & Workshops
TBA - Databases, Purchases, CCD
The best way to reach SLS is through our libraryservices email!
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