SLMS+Minutes+May+2010

SLMS Minutes May 2010:

Minutes from West Seneca LMS Meeting of May 26, 2010 Prepared by Denise Daley (In attendance:Jean Turner, Sandy Eichelberger, Denise Daley, Emily Urbanski, Amanda Marrano, Lydia Wrobel, Michele Pava, Lynne Knaze) *Daryl Janus began by reviewing the revised district calendar for the 2010/11 school year. *The following scheduled was proposed for the 2010/11 district LMS meetings: (all begin at 8:00 a.m.) September 21, 2010 -Northwood October 19, 2010 -West Elementary November 16, 2010 - Clinton December 14, 2010 - Potters January 25, 2011 -Ebenezer (full-day) February 15, 2011 - West Senior March 15, 2011 - East Middle April 12, 2011 - East Elementary *May 24, 2011 - Ebenezer (full-day) * *tentative – to be determined June 14, 2011 - Winchester *Daryl indicated that there are no longer any internal candidates for the LMS opening at East Elementary and the district will begin searching for external candidates.It would be optimal if an elementary LMS sat on the interview committee. *Soundzabound has been ordered and we should have it in September.Daryl will try to arrange for some training on this new tool. *Daryl advised that the Encyclopedia Brittanica subscription has been renewed and he will try to arrange for training on this source, also. *The issue with students being unable to log-in to Destiny at home is a result of the district’s policy that prohibits students from using district computers after 6:00 p.m.There may be software that allows this policy to be circumvented for Destiny but Daryl will talk to Stephen Yi about updating the district policy and possibly extending the computer cut-off time to 9:00 p.m.   *”Library specific” online subscription requests through BOCES need to be e-mailed to Sandy E. no later than June 1, 2010.It was mentioned that a list of each building’s online library subscriptions (and their passwords) would be beneficial.Daryl indicated that all existing building subscriptions will automatically be renewed, as long as they are being utilized. *Patty Labrenz shared important inventory and year-end procedures for Destiny. *Sandy E. shared important notes and updates from the School Library System.