21
September
2007
This message was provided by Joyce McCombs of the Delta Community Library:
Acclaimed Delta Junction author and photographer, Cindy Lou Aillaud, has asked me to let you know that she is now retired from teaching and is ready to begin her long anticipated book tour - and of course she’s starting right here in Alaska!
You already know that “Recess at 20 Below” became a best seller as soon as it was published. “Recess” has sold out time and again and is currently in it’s 5th printing. If you have a signed first edition - you’re one of the lucky ones!
Cindy is starting her book tour in the Anchorage area in October and dates are filling up fast. She is glad she can finally say “Yes” to road trips during the school year and is eager to meet you.
To schedule an assembly or visit to your library anywhere in the state, and to learn more about her educational and fun filled presentation, check out the brand new “Recess” website:
http://www.recessat20below.com/
Winter is on it’s way and now the perfect time to plan a program that will encourage your students, families and patrons to do as Cindy does and…
“Bundle up and play outside!”
In a hurry?
Email Cindy now at: smiles99737@yahoo.com and she’ll get back to you asap.
Posted: Uncategorized
17
September
2007
ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK NEWS / PASSWORD FOR LHH / POSITION POSTING / HOORAY
ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK NEWS
Kerri Canepa asked me to post this to you all:
The Alaska Library Network has a new web page! Check out http://alaskalibrarynetwork.org/ for loads of promotional materials for SLED and the Digital Pipeline all available for download and printing. You’ll find brochures, bookmarks, posters and other items. Just click on Products & Services in the lefthand column. Keep up with what’s happening with ALN by clicking on News and also Schedule & Events. As ALN grows, so will the web page so make sure to bookmark the site and visit regularly! SLED has a new toolbar that can be added to your browser! It’s customizable and will search SLED from anywhere on the Internet. Go to sled.alaska.edu and click on “Download the SLED toolbar!” text in the lefthand column. Please note, the toolbar does not work with Safari, so if you use Apple products, download the toolbar in Firefox. The Digital Pipeline now features a series of video tutorials! These are designed to provide step-by-step instruction for using the EBSCOhost interface. The tutorials build on each other by explaining the features of the interface and how to use it for searching for information. Each tutorial is approximately 2 1/2 to 3 minutes in length and can be viewed over and over again. Go to sled.alaska.edu/databases/ and click on the “Need Help?” box on the righthand side of the page to get to the list of tutorials. Please send any comments or suggestions about any of the web sites to:
Kerri Canepa, Coordinator, Alaska Library Network Alaska State Library, 334 W. 3rd Avenue, Ste 125, Anchorage, AK
99501907-269-6567 kerri.canepa@alaska.gov
LIVE HOMEWORK HELP PASSWORD (AGAIN!)
Live Homework Help is a valuable afterschool service offered on SLED (http://sled.alaska.edu/) or on a number of public and school library websites each day from 1 to 9 PM for students who need help with their homework. As I wrote last time, it now works with PCs AND Macs, but it requires a password. Although we can not post or mail that password electronically, we can tell you that it is the password that one uses for the databases on the Digital Pipeline. If you do not know the password, look at the Live Homework Help page for the toll-free number to obtain it. Feel free to distribute it freely in paper format, but just DON’T post it on a website or send it to students, teachers, or parents via email. Remember that students will need to know to use the password if they are asked for a library card number. Library card numbers will NOT work despite what the screen asks.
If you would like a couple of cute posters to advertise LIVE HOMEWORK HELP in your school, please contact Priscilla McAdara at priscilla.mcadara@alaska.gov
SCHOOL LIBRARY COORDINATOR DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/1/2007
Because there were insufficient applicants for my position, the search has been broadened and the deadline extended. Take a look at the job description to learn how you can apply on Workplace
Alaska at: http://notes4.state.ak.us/wa/PostApps.nsf/0/5A5E395DFF0E09438925735300655EFC?OpenDocument
The position is listed under Librarian III and School Library Coordinator. It’s one job listed two different ways.
HOORAY!
Cheers for all the energetic youth services librarians who gathered in
Anchorage September 11-12 for the first-ever Alaska Youth Services Workshop. Priscilla McAdara of the State Library Anchorage office commented, “I don’t think I’ve ever been around so many people who had so much passion for their jobs.” There were 32 librarians in attendance, but there was enough energy in the room to stoke a few small power plants.
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Posted: SAYL Mail, School Libraries, Summer Reading, Technology, Training, Uncategorized
22
August
2007
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
Posted: News, Uncategorized
