August
2007
New Post, New Year0
SAYL Mailers–
It’s a new school year, a new attempt at this blog, and a new job for me. Beginning September 17, 2007, I will no longer be the School Library/Youth Services Coordinator for the Alaska State Library, but will start a new job as the Head of Library Development, the position formerly held by Nina Malyshev, who resigned in July.
Among my new responsibilities will be designing training for Alaskan librarians in all types of libraries. Because that has been a big part of my current job, I will still be in touch with you, just in a slightly different capacity.
We expect to have a new School Library Coordinator starting sometime in late September or early October. In the meantime, I’ll be working with you all.
The School Library Coordinator serves between 300 and 400 teacher librarians and library assistants. Because of the large number of consultations that this position is expected to provide, the Youth Services aspect portion of the job, which consists largely of the statewide summer reading program and serving as the State Library liaison to statewide early literacy efforts, will be separated from my current position, and I will handle those duties as Head of Library Development. The new School Library Coordinator will maintain the SAYL Mail and this blog, but that person and I will both communicate any information that might be relevant to children’s and teen services in public libraries.
If you have any questions, you can leave questions here as a comment (just click on the greyed number next to title above, or contact me at the email address I acquired in June: sue.sherif at alaska.gov (Replace the word at with the proper sign. No spaces.)
I am very excited about my new position because I see it as a way to find new challenges, but also to continue working with all of you to keep making Alaska school libraries better. The really neat thing is that for the first time ever, the Alaska State Library will have four school librarians on staff: Linda Thibodeau (Deputy Director), Valerie Oliver (E-Rate Coordinator), the new School Library Coordinator, and me. I am sure your voices will be heard more than ever at ASL!
Sue Sherif
