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September 17, 2010

__﻿Ronda's Corner__ __﻿ __**How I Spent My Summer** by Ronda. (//I miss doing those essays every September//) My summer was spent getting some really cool things cataloged into Medianet before all the students returned to the area elementary schools. We have several new book sets that are geared toward the Primary and early intermediate school levels. They are published by Sylvan Dell and come with 5 copies of the title and a cute plush animal. These are award winning picture books by different authors and illustrators plus a reading and language learning program that integrates Science, Math, and Geography with the books. Just type in Sylvan in the search box on the Medianet page. Check out the "Additional Resources" section of our webpage [|www.casls2.org].

I was also busy working with OCLC to get our holdings catalog updated on the OCLC FirstSearch page. This will increase the number of titles libraries from outside our districts request to borrow from our School Library System. It will also decrease the number of requests I get from outside our SLS for titles that your library weeded. Our holdings hadn't been updated since we first started using OCLC years ago. As of this morning, our files from the Union Catalog are at OCLC and the paperwork is all in place. My hope is that by the end of next week we will be all up to date.

The best part of my summer was when September brought everyone back together and the emails started coming in from everyone. I missed you all.

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Applications for the following SLMS awards are now being accepted. The deadline is Monday, November 15, 2010. Both the Beatrice E. Griggs Elementary Administrator's Award and the Secondary Administrator's Award are awarded to building or district administrators who have effectively supported the maintenance and improvement of a School Library Media Program in NY State. The following awards are presented to current members of SLMS/NYLA: The SLMS/Gale Conference Award and the new SLMS/ML Associates Conference Award each provide $500 for a direct service school library media specialist to attend a full SLMS Conference, being held in early May 2011 in Buffalo. The Laura Wedge Conference Award has been established this year to provide a veteran school library media specialist with the opportunity to attend a full SLMS Conference. The SLMS/Follett Scholarship Award provides $750 for continuing education in the field of School Library Studies to a certified SLMS currently employed in NYS. The Robert E. Barron Cultural Media Award provides $500 towards the purchase of humanistic non-book materials to enrich the library collection. The Beatrice E. Griggs Scholarship Award provides $1,000 plus SLMS conference registration for an individual currently enrolled in a program, including online programs outside of New York State, that leads to certification as a New York State school library media specialist. The Carole A. Kearney Memorial Scholarship Awards provide $250 for a certified SLMS, employed in NYS, to attend the annual SLMS Leadership Retreat held the first week of August 2011. Application deadline: November 15, 2010 All application/nomination criteria and forms are available online at: http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=609 John P. Brock Associate in School Library Services Office of Educational Design and Technology New York State Education Department 89 Washington Avenue Room 319 EB Albany, NY 12234 Phone: (518) 474-5922 FAX : (518) 473-4884 JBROCK@MAIL.NYSED.GOV http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/library.html School Libraries Improve Student Achievement