March
2008
SAYL Mail March 4, 2008
SAYL MAIL
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR & LINDA K. BARRETT SERVICE AWARD / BATTLE OF THE BOOKS / NOVELIST & NOVELIST K-8 CHANGES / INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION GRANTS DEADLINE APRIL 1 / KUDOS
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR AND LINDA K. BARRETT SERVICE AWARD
At the Alaska Library Association Annual Conference last weekend in Fairbanks, Bonnie Cavanaugh of Wasilla Middle School was announced as the 2008 School Librarian of the Year, and Barbara Bryson of Valdez City Schools was presented with AkASL’s Linda K. Barrett Service Award. The other nominees for this award were also recognized at the Awards Banquet on Saturday night.
Bonnie and Barb are the school librarians that inspire us all. Congratulations to them both for being recognized for all their hard work. Bonnie sponsors an annual reading motivation program for her middle schoolers called Shred Fest, in which students win the opportunity to see world-class snowboarders in action as a reward for reading. She has also served as chair of Authors to Alaska and arranged for the amazing Deborah Ellis, author of The Breadwinner, to appear at the conference.
Barbara has been the fearless leader of AkASL’s efforts to secure an annual school library collection grant in the Alaska State Legislature and is a former AkASL School Librarian of the Year herself.
The School Librarian of the Year Award is cosponsored by Follett Library Resources, who provide a $500 check for the honored librarian.
NOVELIST & NOVELIST K-8 INTERFACE CHANGES THIS SPRING
EBSCO, the vendor of NoveList and NoveList K-8 available on the Digital Pipeline on SLED (http://sled.alaska.edu ), makes this announcement about forthcoming changes this spring:
“As announced on 1/22/08, the NoveList and NoveList K-8 interfaces will include not just a brand new look, but several new features to make them even more valuable to you and your users. You will see the new release in just a few days, and may experience down-time for a very short period as we migrate to the new platform.
For details and screen shots of the upcoming interface redesigns, click here. <http://crm.ebscohost.com/app/crm/marketing/campaignlistener.nl?__lstr=__cl&__r=1886343&c=392875&__h=b627a369cc127274b5e0&
_od=aHR0cHM6Ly9mb3Jtcy5uZXRzdWl0ZS5jb20*&url=http://support.epnet.com/
support_news/detail.php?id=434&t=r&page=4&private=true> ”
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS REVISED TENATIVE LIST
Fresh from the statewide Battle of the Books competition and the AkLA Conference in Fairbanks, Shelly Logsdon makes this announcement:
Battle of the Books 2008-2009
It’s that time of year to think ahead. The 2008-2009 Tentative Battle list is posted on the Battle of the Books website… http://www.akla.org/akasl/bb/bbhome.html
If you were at the AKLA conference, there have been a few changes since conference so please download the newest revisions…
Thanks for all the input at conference! Welcome aboard to Erika Drain, from Mt. Edgecumbe, as she takes on the co-chair job of the state battles with Shelly…
Questions? Contact:
Shelly Logsdon
Library/Media Specialist
Wasilla High School 701 E Bogard Rd Wasilla, AK 99654
Phone: 907-352-8227 Fax: 907-352-8288
INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION GRANTS DEADLINE APRIL 1, 2008
Even though you may have to sneak in a spring break between now and the deadline of April 1 for these grants, you may want to take a look at the State Library’s website at: http://www.library.state.ak.us/pdf/anc/ILC2008.doc 
These grants are meant for libraries to try something new, to work on a project with partner libraries, or to develop a project that will benefit libraries statewide. Proposed projects should fall within the guidelines outlined in the grant application. Generally it is good to include another library or libraries in the project. If you have an automation project in mind, you will want to have some sort of local funds to contribute to the project. If you have a training project, you will have to make sure that the training addresses the goals outlined in the guidelines. If you want to propose a marketing or promotion project, you will need to be sure that the proposal is not just to market your library alone, but to promote a specific project or activity of your library or several libraries that meets federal guidelines. The general range of the grants is from several hundred dollars to less than $50,000. We have and do fund projects at a higher level, but these are fewer.
Read the application packet carefully, and if you have any questions, contact Patience Frederiksen, the grants administrator or me, at 1-800-776-6566 outside of Anchorage or 269-6570 in Anchorage. We’d be glad to listen to your proposal to help you make it competitive. The awards are for the period from August, 2008 until June 30, 2009 in most cases.
KUDOS
Cheers to all the organizers of the 2008 AkLA Conference in Fairbanks. They did a great job of making everyone feel welcome and even arranged clear sunny days for our visit there. School librarians Marit Vick and Lynne Krizek served as local arrangements chairs extraordinaire. North Pole Middle School Librarian and new AkASL President Lyn Ballam handled registration and coordinated a large welcoming crew. Katie Sanders and Jimmy Hameister of the FNSB School District provided creative table décor and indefatigable technical support respectively. A whole team of Fairbanksans made the conference a wonderful experience for everyone.
I was very happy to see a large number of people from very small school and public libraries all over the state attend the conference. I hope that many of you will be able to attend the next AkLA Conference which will be held in Kodiak in mid-March, 2009.
Sue Sherif
Head of Library Development
Alaska State Library
344 West Third Avenue Suite 125
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-269-6569 Fax: 907-269-6580
800-776-6566 (Toll-free in Alaska)
sue.sherif@alaska.gov
