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Is Your School Library a Pebble or a Boulder?

Is Your School Library a Pebble or a Boulder? . Making your Library "Rock" Through Publicity and Advocacy. Joanne F. Christensen Marianne F. Bates UELMA 2011. Thoughts.

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Is Your School Library a Pebble or a Boulder?

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  1. Is Your School Library a Pebble or a Boulder? Making your Library "Rock" Through Publicity and Advocacy Joanne F. Christensen Marianne F. Bates UELMA 2011

  2. Thoughts “Less help? Less money? Less resources? So what do we do about it? Look to each other - to network, share, talk, advocate. No one tells our stories better than we do. “Let’s get out of our comfort zones and do more with less. We can still make library memories that will last a lifetime and teach our kids that librarians do care about them and are always around to help. Because we DO make a difference.” --LanellRabner

  3. Department Meetings Develop collaborative lessons Show books and provide book lists Scheduling In-service

  4. Collaboration Book carts to room Sharing ideas—content, technology Help for substitutes Aid with the new Common Core

  5. Collaboration Requests Book Orders

  6. Meeting With Principal Program—overview of curriculum taught Budget—needs, how spent Alert—special activities, problems Planning—long term goals “Bring the principal on board early and win support.” (Adapted from an E-mail from Sharyl Smith, March 15, 2011)

  7. Bulletin Boards & Displays

  8. Book Fairs Teacher “Wish Lists” Book fair book talks Activities to bring in shoppers Thank you gifts Showing New Books to Teachers

  9. Book Talks Reading classes, by genre Social studies—historical fiction, multi-cultural Book Recommendations and Reading Blog “Speed dating with books” PowerPoints with book trailers

  10. Bookmarks Highsmith Bookmarks Scented Bookmarks Bookmarks Designed by Deb Herget Herriman High

  11. Real Men ReadBonneville High Preston Warren, an English teacher, said, "It's good for the students to see that reading continues on throughout your life.” The girls were also asking for a club, so the Laker Book Club was begun. --Rosette’ Acord , 2010 UELMA LM Teacher of the Year Book club for male students and faculty T-Shirts Refreshments Held early in the morning

  12. Book Clubs Read same book Read same genre Book Chats Invite outside guest Skype or invite an author

  13. Newsletter Articles New arrivals in the library Announcements Policies and procedures Research tips

  14. Multimedia Presentations Animoto Picture Trail Glogster Want more info? Check out our UCET presentation!

  15. School Website

  16. School TV & Newspaper Warrior News Newspaper Articles Lunch Hour Broadcasts

  17. Social Media Blog Wiki Facebook Twitter

  18. School Announcements from Your Phone Instant hold arrivals Book club announcements Book Fair

  19. Club Rush Week Poster Book marks Sign up sheet

  20. Email and Letters to Parents Research Library Activities

  21. Letters • Legislators • Governor • Newspapers “I taught English early in my [26 year] career and U.S. History and U.S. Government and Citizenship for most of my career, and I could not have done so without the media centers, and the individuals who managed them and taught library-media skills.  Thanks for everything you do for the children in your school and for the teachers who teach them.” •   --Rep. Joel Briscoe (response to email from MFB)

  22. Teaching & Sharing Technology Skills • Emails to teachers (individual or mass) • One-to-one mentoring • Faculty meeting or inservice

  23. Teachers New faculty orientation District new teacher orientation New arrivals email to teachers.

  24. Events for Students Christine Hunsaker Roy High Brownies & Books Veteran’s Day Event Author events

  25. Faculty Events • Mike Goodman • Book(ies ) and Cookies • FAB (Andrea Woodring) ($75) • Chili, Nacho Cheese, & Dessert from Costco • Close library during lunch • Leftovers for kids-books & desserts Mike Goodman Mt. Jordan Middle Andrea Woodring Bonneville High

  26. Leadership Laurel Harris, Jordan High, UELMA Librarian of 2011 School Community Council Land Trust Committee Technology Committee Library Committees Community Outreach

  27. Library Itself Warm and friendly staff Comfortable furniture Welcoming atmosphere Electronic picture frame Reading quotes

  28. Images “Veteran’s Day.” <freeenterprise.com> “Veteran’s Day.” <spartanexperience.wordpress.com> “Mt. Jordan Jr. High.” <sites.google.com/ site/mtjordanmemoryproject/home “Real Men Read.” <itsallaboutbooks.net>

  29. Problems Moving to CH Do we have enough carts for LCDs? Do we have enough DVD/VCR players? Which books should we take? Will the computers fit in the space? Can the students at Butler use the CH library? Back

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