SLMS+Minutes+Nov+2009

Other SLS news included conference highlights, ILL, online subscriptions and some staff development opportunities. Look at the minutes from the meeting for more details.
 * SLS Minutes** : Sandy went over the SLS information. She had the minutes finished but they have not been forwarded to everyone yet. Some information from BOCES has already been forwarded such as Connecting Boys to Books, the Big 6 Associated Skills and the Student Credit report for non-authorized web sites in research. Jean questioned whether we are using the Big 6/Little 3 in our district. Consensus seemed to be that we use the ides of Big 6 without specifying the exact steps.
 * WS LMS Staff Development:** discussion centered on inviting people from BOCES to come to West Seneca to offer sessions on copyright and Google options. We switched the date in Jan to the 29th instead of the 26th and we would like to have a BOCES instructor present Internet safety from 8:00-11:00. After a working lunch at which we would have our regular meeting, we would like to have a copyright session from 12:30-2:30. Daryl will look into getting presenters. Another day that we hope to meet is March 17th. It would be a full day of staff dev. with possibly a Google presentation and perhaps a vendor. This would also be a working lunch with pot luck. Both days will be held at Club Yi at Ebenezer.

There are 3 issues of Our Schools left for the year and the next deadline is right before Christmas. We would like to see a “Did you know…?” introduction to libraries in WS. This article could be up to 500 words. We will brainstorm on the topic using the wiki. We will come up with different “Did you know” topics for the other issues.
 * Brianne Howell** : she will forward informational articles to the PennySaver. Submissions should be sent by Wednesday to be submitted for the next week’s issue. The PennySaver has a designated spot for WS news. Articles should only be about 200 words max. Use of student pictures is allowed only if students have photo permission signed.


 * We the People Bookshelf** : Lynne and Jean will submit the paperwork for the bookshelf grant for the district.


 * Guest** : Michele is bringing a publisher in to talk about the //Hidden Letters// book about the Holocaust.


 * Moodle** : Rosalia showed us the Moodle that the elementary librarians have already joined. We will use this as a forum for discussion and information. There is a section of the Moodle with Twitter updates to click on if we want to follow ALA or YALSA. There also is an area to share lessons that only participants can access.