SLS Weekly Digest
February 3, 2012
http://www.nnyln.net/jlbocessls/
"There is no substitute for books in the life of a child." (1952)
~ Mary Ellen Chase ~
School Library System Professional Collection Highlight (available via ILL)
Interactive Videoconferencing: K-12 Lessons That Work
Edited by Kecia Ray and Jan Zanetis
“Break down the walls of your classroom! Build interdisciplinary collaborations by integrating
interactive videoconferencing (IVC) into your standards based lessons. This book focuses on a blend
of interactive technologies that increase learning by building virtual classrooms. IVC allows for virtual
and voice interaction beyond the walls of the classroom, while the Internet connects students to
current information and provides a shared location for data.”
Gifted Biographies, Gifted Readers!:Higher Order Thinking with Picture Book Biographies
By Nancy Polette
“Stretch young minds to creative and productive thought with some of the best picture book
biographies available. With our current emphasis on standardized testing and the basics in American
education, we are in danger of permanently dimming the light of inquiry and curiosity that shines from
the eyes of our brightest children. The majority of children identified as gifted in most school settings
are those who are academically talented. They are attentive and learn rapidly and easily. …However,
a study of biography will reveal many individuals who were not successful as students, yet later used
their gifts to the fullest-Albert Einstein, Stephen Spielberg, and Roald Dahl, to name but a few.”
CoSer 528 Database Order Form Now Overdue
Please be aware that the 528 database order form is available at
http://nnyln.net/jlbocessls/cosers.htm SLS only needs one form completed per district.
Thank you to the 10 districts that have already sent in their order:
Adirondack
Alexandria
Belleville-Henderson
Indian River
Lowville
Lyme
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South Jefferson
South Lewis
Thousand Islands
Town of Webb
(and Copenhagen and Watertown have informed the SLS that their order is in process.)
Everyone who is not on the list above, please let us know the status of your CoSer 528 Online
Database Order. We only need to hear from one of you per district—the Communication
Coordinator, or whoever has been designated in your school district to handle this CoSer
order. Thank you!
School Visit to Copenhagen
I went to visit Tasha Laverghetta at Copenhagen to discuss CoSers. CoSers are confusing to most of
us the first time we hear about them. I can stop in to visit you at your library or speak with you on the
phone to help you answer questions such as: your school district’s aid ratio or how to fill out the 528
Online Database Order Form.
The Mystery of Scotland's Secret Book Sculptor
A brief BBC video. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9680129.stm
NYLA News
Michael Borges is resigning as NYLA's Executive Director. He has accepted a position with the New
York State Association of School Business Officials and will begin in mid-March.
Advocacy Day
There are still seats available on the NCLS Bus!! We have a 30 seat bus – it’s half full now. Here’s
the message that was sent. People can contact me or send a message through the web site here:
http://ncls.northcountrylibraries.org/node/882
The War of 1812 Educator’s Guide
The School Library System has 2 copies of The War of 1812 Educator’s Guide for schools to borrow.
2012 Dream Big READ! Audio is Available for Download and Listening
The 2012 Audio (radio spot) promoting Summer Reading at New York Libraries, "Dream big
READ!", is now available for download from summerreadingnys.org. Click on “audio and video spots
(in the blue box).
Use these fun, foot-tapping music downloads to enhance summer reading experiences at libraries, at
home, or anywhere. Play them for your children as they get ready to visit the library or sit down to
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read a book. Add them to your blogs, podcasts and websites. Enjoy them as a download to your
computer. You can also send these summer reading promotional spots to your local radio stations for
broadcast –a short “script” of text about your library can be added to the end.
A Note from…Mike Thomas, Sales Manager at Mitinet
I just wanted to make sure that your librarians were aware that your Marc Wizard subscriptions, can
update Lexiles. We also could give you Z-server access to our data base, which will include E-book
records soon, with our brand new product Best Marc which will be web-based. I included our template
below that includes the F & P info.
I know that the state of New York is one of many that has adopted the Common Core Standards. In
those standards it lists the Lexile levels that students should be reading upon entering and exiting
each grade level. This is a big part of what we do at Mitinet.
Please let me know if this free webinar interests you, even if it’s just for consideration, in the future.
We now have a staff dedicated to doing free webinars, for existing and potential new customers. Our
hope is this will simplify the training process for you; and give you, an overview of everything they can
ultimately do using the Marc Wizard to supplement Mandarin or any system. These run from 9:00 to
4:30 EST and take about 25 minutes. Thanks and please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks
Mike Thomas, Sales Manager miket@mitinet.com
Full Circle Support Sample Template with data
What to do first with the Starred Bundle
Data Match for Lexile
Previously Printed
Interlibrary Loans
There is still some confusion with the new interlibrary loan procedures. Please refer to the ILL
Delivery/Mailing Procedures document, found on the interlibrary loan page of the SLS website.
If you have questions, please contact us. The three most common problems: 1.The CIDER label
sheet for MO and OH BOCES transactions—this should be kept as a whole sheet, not cut up. 2.
Changing the way you send books to each other or to us at the SLS—the procedure hasn’t changed
for ill’s within the Jefferson-Lewis BOCES system, whether it’s a CIDER transaction or an ICICILL
transaction. 3. Pull slips—these MUST be included with each item you send. With one exception
(which isn’t exactly the best way to keep track of your ill’s but, will work):
When sending a book that has been requested through ICICILL email, if you do not put it into ICICILL
or CIDER before sending, (and therefore would generate the needed pull slip) then please print off
the email message listing the request and WRITE YOUR SCHOOL NAME AND CODE on it and send
it with the item. This will be an immense help to the lending library.
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What is Espresso Elementary? Free Trial
Espresso Elementary, for Pre-K to 5, is an online cross-curricular, multimedia learning site with a
wide range of interactive, video-rich resources that inspire children to learn. It takes a “real world”
approach to learning, empowering students with familiar examples to reinforce a learning objective.
Espresso is built around “learning modules”, a unique combination of full screen video clips,
multimedia activities, games, photos, printable worksheets, interactive fact files, and fun lively
characters all working in conjunction towards curriculum objectives.
Their weekly “News Roundup”videos and USA Today articles also bring current events into the
classroom through topical, age-appropriate stories helping your students understand the world
around them.
All Espresso resources are mapped to both the Common Core and New York state standards.
Furthermore, “Module Guides” show teachers, at-a-glance, how resources support the Common Core
standards and then provide useful suggestions of how to use the specific resources - guiding
questions, lesson ideas, and prompts help the teacher ensure they are meeting the depth of learning
required by the standards.
How can I try Espresso for myself?
1. Visit the Espresso website: www.espressoeducation.com
2. Enter the Group code: ny_jlhho in the top right hand corner
3. Fill in the web form to set up your own username and password
You will now be able to login and explore Espresso for yourself.
Where can I get more information?
Visit the Espresso Education website: www.espressoeducation.com to find out more about Espresso
including subject coverage, testimonials from Espresso users and what’s included in a subscription to
Espresso.
You can also contact April Bliss, School Library System Coordinator at the School library System
of Jefferson-Lewis BOCES with any questions, including the special pricing options available to the
New York State schools. Email: abliss@boces.com Phone: 315-377-7350
"The more I use this site the more I find so many ways to use it in my classroom. Current events
linked with USA Today articles really assists my students with informational text. My plan is to use
News Roundup every Friday for the rest of this school year! The visuals, and various activities my
students use, individually or with whole groups using our SMARTBoard, allow students active, not
passive learning."
Debbie Dermady, Teacher, Guardino Elementary School. Thousand Islands CSD, NY
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National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access has offered
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions for more than a decade. These grants help
small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies,
archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their
ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Awards of up to $6000 support
preservation related collection assessments, consultations, training and workshops, and institutional
and collaborative disaster and emergency planning. Preservation Assistance Grants also support
education and training in best practices for sustaining digital collections, standards for digital
preservation, and the care and handling of collections during digitization. Institutions may request
funds for a preservation assessment of digital collections. NEH does not fund digitization or the
development of digital programs in this grant category.
All applications to the NEH must be submitted through Grants.gov. See the application guidelines for
details.
The 2012 guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions are available at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. You will also find sample project descriptions, sample
narratives, and a list of frequently asked questions. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2012.
Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant and those considering
projects in digital preservation are especially encouraged to apply.
For more information, contact the staff of NEH's Division of Preservation and Access at 202-606-8570
and preservation@neh.gov
Resource Sharing Package Includes ICEPAC/ICICILL and the SLS eBook Access
Please find linked http://nnyln.net/jlbocessls/cosers.htm the ICEPACICICILL 2012 purchase memo.
This resource sharing package includes ICEPAC/ICICILL and the SLS eBook access. Each school
district will need to submit a copy of the resource sharing purchase agreement with the signature of
their Superintendent of Schools or Business Manager to the School Library System. If you have any
questions, please contact the SLS office. Thanks to the schools that have already returned the
authorization form!
WorldBook Trial
Find the trial at: http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb ID: Americas PWs: tiger (1/3 2/7) cattle (2/5 - 3/16) Attached to the newsletter email is a one page flyer for the trial.
Helpful Websites
ALA Crosswalk Common Core and AASL Standards
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/commoncorecrosswalk/index.cfm
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Website
Engageny
NYLA
AASL
ALA
Website URL
http://engageny.org/
http://www.nyla.org/
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/index.cfm
http://www.ala.org/
SLS Wiki
SSL
E-Blast
http://jeffersonlewissls.wikispaces.com/
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=52
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/eblast/
Library/School visits
If you have something special happening in your library please invite me to join in the excitement.
Newsletter contributions are always welcome
If you have a great website or bit of information to share with your colleagues please send me an
email and I will add it to the newsletter.
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