I’m presenting a session at the PSLA Conference called: “SEW What: Selecting, Evaluating, and Weeding in the Shool Library” Friday, May 1, at 10:45 a.m. in Room 104. I’d like your help.

I’ve made a 15 question survey, and if you’ll take it, I’ll tally the results and share them during the session. My hope is that we have a lively discussion on Friday morning.

If you can’t attend the session, I’ll share the results on the page “For Librarians” on the www.monakerby.com site. Before you start the survey, you may want to run a report that identifies how many volumes you have per Dewey classification (000s, 100s, 200s,.easy fiction, fiction, reference) and also the number of graphic novels, if available. However, if you don’t readily have the numbers, you can go on to the other questions.

Click on the link to go directly to the survey. Or, you may copy and paste the url address into your internet browser: http://mcdaniel.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_6znghKjglDNxGPG &SVID=Prod

Thank you, Mona — Ramona N. Kerby, Ph.D.

Professor Coordinator of the School Library Media Program

McDaniel College

2 College Hill

Westminster, MD 21157-4390

Phone:  41…

 Email: rkerby@mcdaniel.edu

http://www.mcdaniel.edu/5005.htm

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm

http://www.monakerby.com

Doug Francis

All Clarion University alumni and current students are cordially
invited to a reception to be held at PSLA (Penn Stater Conference
Center) on Friday, May 1, from 10:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m. in Executive Room
12.

Don’t forget to stop by our booth #57 (Senate Suite) to chat and to
register for the alumni raffle.

See you soon–Andrea Miller

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Andrea L. Miller, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Library Science,
Chairperson & Program Coordinator
Institute for the Study and Development
of School Library Information Centers,
Director
Clarion University, Clarion, PA 16214

How many of us leave Conference with energy and a renewed enthusiasm for our library programs? Or how many times have there been too many great sessions to from which to choose? Now, through our Conference wiki, we can keep this energy going by participating in any of the sessions, networking and sharing ideas after the conference is over!

Not to mention, what better way to test out Web 2.0 tools so you can become the expert and incorporate them into your collaborative library lessons! And, this year we have an extra incentive – every person that registers for the PSLA wiki will be entered into a drawing to win a free 2010 Conference!

Interest peaked? Curiosity whetted? Great! Now check it out and register

@ http://pslawiki.wikispaces.com/

Have a great day!

The following message is for CFF schools only.  Librarians, it is not too late to register, so talk to your CFF coach partner and join us on April 30.  Pre-registration is required.

Lynn

Lynn M. Moses | School Library Development Advisor

Pennsylvania Department of Education

333 Market Street | Harrisburg PA 17126

Phone:  71… | Fax: 717-783-5420

Lmoses@state.pa.us | www.pde.state.pa.us

Hi Lynn,

Attached and below is an announcement regarding PSLA.  Registration has been finalized and is available through the PaTTAN Coursewhere system.  The direct link for registration is provided.  Could you please send this out to the librarian list serv?  It is going out to the coach list serv today as well.  Please copy and paste the text in the body of the e-mail and also attach the document to the e-mail so they can print it a little easier if they want.

Thanks,

Bethany

Bethany Rohler, Administrative Assistant

Classrooms for the Future

c-brohler@state.pa.us

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Classrooms for the Future Librarian/Coach Partnership

PSLA Pre-Conference Session

Thursday April 30, 2009

8:30AM – 1 PM

The Penn Stater, State College, PA

CFF Coaches and Librarians are invited to come as a team from your school to participate in this free event.

Registration:  http://www.solutionwhere.com/pattan/cw/showcourse.asp?1261

Overview:

The morning will feature an exciting panel of librarian/CFF coach partnerships and an opportunity to delve deeply into the often confusing issues of Copyright, Fair Use and Creative Commons.

Coach & Librarian Partnership: Continuing the Conversation

CFF Coaches and High School Librarians have a common goal to help teachers and students achieve success.  This portion of the session will be an opportunity to hear from successful partners and reflect on strategies for deepening the partnerships in home districts.

Is it Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?

Did you ever feel guilty about using images you found on Google Images, or a snippet of video, or song because someone told you that it was stealing other people’s copyrighted work?   Well, it’s not just owners who have rights under copyright ~ users have rights, too. With the rise of digital media tools for creating messages, learning and sharing, it is critical for students and educators to understand their rights under copyright law and the Doctrine of Fair Use which allows people to incorporate copyrighted materials into their own creative work, especially when their new work adds value or re-purposes the existing materials. This conversation is designed to show that, when it comes to the use of copyrighted material for teaching and learning, the overall message is “YES, YOU CAN”. This is quite a different message from the “guidelines” of which many educators are familiar. After a brief introduction of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (a national-level consensus among media literacy educators in K-12, university and after-school programs about how copyright and fair use applies to specific instructional practices involving uses and sharing of copyrighted materials) we’ll talk about why fair use matters to ensure that copyright law fulfills its purpose, under the U.S. Constitution, to help promote creativity and the spread of knowledge.

We will spend time examining scenarios, analyzing real student work and having conversations to help understand the process of reasoning what is transformative use, as well as what clearly is not. There also will be opportunities for exploring creative commons resources for images, audio, & video.  

Doug Francis
Vice President/Conference Chair, PSLA

Times to volunteer:

Thursday -3:30-4:30 and 4:40 – 5:30, one individual at each time period

Friday -8:15-8:45, 12:45-1:15, 4:45-5:15, two individuals needed for each of the following time slots 5:15-6:00, 6:00-6:45

Saturday -8:30-9:15, 12:30-12:45, one individual at each time period.

Membership Table Work Schedule 2009