CASLS+NEWSLETTER+VOL.+4+N.17

**JUNE 3, 2014** **HAVE A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE SUMMER! FOR THOSE WHO ARE RETIRING WE WILL MISS YOU!** **REMEMBER TO SEND US YOUR MEMBER PLAN.**

**RONDA'S CORNER**

Well, here we are nearing the end of another school year. This summer is going to be extremely exciting here. We are going to be firing up Overdrive for the districts who have decided to join us in this project; completing another big project so that finding what you need from Learning Resources will become a //**Snap**// and saying "goodbye" to our Program Manager, Brian Crawford, and "Hello" to whomever fills his position.

Here are the stats for May.



**MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS** 

Sent by Jim Belair: I wanted to share a poem written by an 8th grader in one of our schools. It was written for an anti-bullying project and she wrote it for her librarian. The author wishes to remain anonymous but asked the poem to be shared....

Here you are, Surrounded by books, That make my day. I read these stories, Get lost in their pages, Find joy in the simplest of things, My message here to you is... "Books are my family, My friends, And I disappear inside them, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">To escape the people who insisted <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I disappear for real." <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Books saved me from bullies, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">And you gave me those books, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">That saved me, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">That saved my life, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Thank you. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I only ask one thing of you, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Pass this poem on <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Give it to your family, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Your friends, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Anyone who will listen. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Post in on a website, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Something, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Just as long as the message is heard. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Books saved my life from bullying. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Give a book, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Save a life.

Jim Belair Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES School Library System Director 3625 Buffalo Rd Rochester, NY 14624 Office: (585) 349-9099 Cell: (585) 465-9906

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Taken from LMNET - Trails Webinar

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">http://educators.infohio.org/home/zoolink <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">http://trails-informationliteracy.wikispaces.com/Home+Page <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">FROM THE WEBSITE :

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">""About this webinar:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">This session will explore ways to use the web-based assessment tool TRAILS (Tools for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) that was developed through a project at Kent State University. The web-based assessments are based on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th grade standards and measure students’ strengths and weaknesses in five categories related to information literacy: developing a topic; identifying potential sources; developing, using, and revising search strategies; evaluating sources and information; and recognizing how to use information responsibly, ethically, and legally. A variety of formats allow flexibility in usage from full length tests for pre/post testing to 10 question category assessments that allow teachers and librarians to target specific skills. The presentation will demo the site and explore ways it can be used in conjunction with information literacy lessons. Participants will also learn about improvements and

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">additions to TRAILS to be available in September 2012. Following the presentation, participants will create a TRAILS account, view assessments, and come back with a plan of how they will use TRAILS in their school, or how they will increase usage in their school. The discussion will utilize the chat in Adobe Connect and a KBC group.""


 * Statistics for Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES School Library System**

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