SLMS+Minutes+Mar+2010

All members present except Rosalia Carraba (flowers were sent to Rosalia- hopefully she is feeling better!)

Denise discussed her attendance at BOCES meeting:
 * impact of State Budget crisis on area libraries (Lockport, Alden etc.)- should we be advocating for positions, clerks, aides etc. or staying under the radar at this point
 * Software programs (Pebble Go etc.)
 * New School Library Evaluation Forms- how do we best utilize these (as part of our annual reports? do we want to have conversations about these across levels? possible PSP idea? Contact Carol Tauriello to come in and elaborate on this?)
 * Discussion of Soundzabound and usefulness in our district

School budget discussion- at this point, our main priority is to get this budget to pass

Opening Days- 2 days
 * Wednesday- do we want to bring people in for us (or for a larger audience i.e. copyright for teachers and administrators)- we still need to attend the general session.
 * Thursday is building based
 * We need to let Daryl know by May 1st

Internet Safety Issues/Curriculum in Spring What issues do we want to address? Meet by levels? Different Levels will need different amounts of time. Upper levels may devote some time to discussion of MLA changes.

Databases- confer within levels (possibly via wiki) to see what's essential and what can be discarded.