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In today’s difficult economic times, many school districts are choosing to cut non-classroom teaching positions. Over the next several weeks, the Colorado State library will be posting a tip a day from an upcoming brochure called “7 Tips for an Indispensable School Library Program.” Use these tips and other leadership strategies to help you develop an effective library program that impacts student achievement and makes you an indispensable school librarian.
Tip #1 – Know your State Initiatives
Have you heard of the new Colorado Academic Standards (Senate Bill 212)? The Educator Effectiveness Initiative (S.B. 191)? Become the building or district expert in implementing these mandatory new standards in your school or district. Follow these two links to learn more about these CDE initiatives and how you can be on the cutting edge of helping to implement them in your buildings:
WebJunction has teamed up with E-rate Central for a free webinar about form 471.
Register now to ”hear more about filling out the Form 471 which is the second major step in the application process. During the one-hour webinar, our presenters will cover the steps you need to take before filing the Form 471, an example of a successfully completed form and recommendations on what documentation to retain. We’ll also take a look at the next steps in the process after completing the Form 471.”
You can also visit the archive to for first webinar in series, E-rate for Beginners.
The Library Research Service just released a study on the recession’s impact on public library use. The findings indicated that in 2006 to 2007 (prior to the recession), use, as measured by visits, circulation, program attendance, and Internet use, remained relatively static or decreased in Colorado public libraries.
In contrast, use increased by between 6% and 28% during the recession (2007 to 2009).
View the complete report as well as a Fast Facts highlighting key findings
Check out this blog: http://alalearning.org/
This month, the ALA Learning Round Table bloggers are sharing resources, training, and ideas for e-books in libraries.
- High school librarian Buffy Hamilton has great ideas for the school library
- Angela Nolet of King County shares great video instruction on e-books
- Lori Reed points out new e-book resources available for library collection development
And that is just the half of it. Great ideas and resources for all types of libraries and library staff of all levels of experience with e-books and e-readers.
As a consultant involved with training and instructional design, I’m always on the lookout for quality training material that can be shared with colleagues, keeping us from having to create content from scratch. Today I came across a great resource that looks very useful for both library staff and patrons who need to learn about the web and how to use popular websites.
The resource is Grovo (http://www.grovo.com) and it offers free, high quality instructional videos. The videos are 1 to 2 minutes each and are very professionally done – completely appropriate to use with staff and patrons.
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