IU 13 ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA MEETING

MINUTES

Thursday, October11, 2012

IU 13 1020 New Holland Avenue, Lancaster

1:00 – 3:30 pm

INTRODUCTIONS

Eric Karol –IU 13 Coordinator of Instructional Technology & Digital Media

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BUSINESS ITEMS

  1. Registering for Meetings
  2. Please register for meetings so that we know how many people to expect
  1. Updating Sites List
  2. Pleas act on Matt’s e-mail and complete the Google Form
  1. Updating Access PA Participant Directory
  2. To request a change in Directory information, e-mail
  3. Contact and inform them of changes
  1. Communication Modes
  2. IU 13 Librarians listserv
  3. HSLC Lan-Leb listserv
  4. Moodle
  5. Contact Colette Cairns () or Eric Karol () for a username/password
  1. IU 13 Information – Eric Karol
  2. - Non-profit, truly free online teaching videos, resources, social networking site for educators
  3. Funded through Gates Foundation
  4. Intended for teacher use; ideas and planning
  5. Submissions are made by teachers, site produces all content
  6. Creating account is free
  7. Videos aligned with Common Core Standards
  8. Documents or transcripts may be attached
  9. 65,000+ teachers registered
  10. Discovery Education, Safari Montage, CultureGrams discussion and survey
  11. At this point none are going away
  12. Safari v. Discovery
  13. Discovery can be accessed at home & downloaded
  14. Safari, more current & better quality
  15. CultureGrams is available for the year
  16. Link to survey…
  17. Tuesday December 4th Elementary Technology Conference
  18. Keynote + 20 sessions – able to attend 4 different sessions
  19. $50/person IU districts, $75/person non-IU (Lunch is included).
  1. IDS – Rebecca Schrecengost
  2. Check IDS website for correct information:
  3. Use accurate IDS numbers for sender and receiver
  4. Use accurate addresses for sender and receiver from IDS database
  5. Double check non-IDS school addresses - Verify address in HSLC Directory
  6. Include full and complete address, including School Name
  7. IU 13 pays for any mistakes
  8. UPS DOES NOT deliver to a PO Box
  9. Renewal information
  10. Fee for 21 schools sending 701-1000 packages - $359.95 (1% increase)
  11. Rebecca will send letters – return promptly
  1. Discover Earth – Penny Talbert, Ephrata Public Library
  2. Interactive traveling exhibition
  3. Mid-Atlantic site
  4. All science related
  5. Field trip dates May 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 Dates are filling up.
  6. Take home activities and take home goodies
  7. Discover Earth LibGuide –
  8. Access PA librarians will be invited to private opening
  9. Zinio – January 1, 2013
  10. Full text magazines-Focusing on Science magazines.
  11. Available as an app
  12. Open to the public
  1. IU 13 ILL Training for new librarians & aides
  2. Beth will send an email through HSLC listserv
  3. VDX and Shipping training needed
  4. Presentation will be either live or video
  1. Lancaster-Lebanon School Library Association
  2. Merger with Lancaster County Library Association
  3. School librarians have always been eligible to join Lancaster County Library Association
  4. Suggest programs of interest to school librarians
  5. Suggest future collaborations
  6. Treasury funds
  7. LCLA would be willing to put the funds toward their scholarship
  8. May raise the amount for a year or two
  9. Scholarship already is announced to school librarians, too, through e-mails through listservs
  10. Including Lebanon County might be a minor question – resolution may be needed to allow librarians to apply on a one-time basis or perhaps while LLSLA funds are made available
  1. Future meeting topics
  2. Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers Program (Matt Good)
  3. LibGuide review
  4. NoodleTools updates
  5. The Pennsylvania Comprehensive Literacy Plan: Keystones to Opportunity (Cindy Anderson & Barb Smith)
  6. Literacy Design Collaborative(Barb Smith, Kelly Galbraith, participating librarians)
  7. Teacher evaluation – 50% observation & evidence, 50% student performance (15% building level data, 15% teacher specific date, 20% elective data) - How does this affect librarian’s evaluation?
  1. Future meetings
  2. December 20, 2012 - 1:00 - 3:30 pm
  3. March 14, 2013 - 1:00 - 3:30 pm
  4. May 23, 2013 - 12:30 - 3:00 pm –Ephrata Public Library – THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE

UPCOMING EVENTS & MEETINGS

2012

October12-13AASL Fall Forum, Transliteracy and the School Library Program – Satellite site, Bucks County IU 11, Doylestown, PA , or join the conversation on Ning

October 18School Library Research Release – Harrisburg, PA – see attached

October 25School Library Research Release – Philadelphia, PA - see attached

November 1Lancaster County Library Association meeting, Black Gryphon, Elizabethtown, 6:00 pm

Roundtable dinner discussion focused on common read programs

December 20ACCESS PA Lancaster-Lebanon Regional Group Meeting - 1:00 - 3:30 pm

All IU 13 ACCESS PA meetings will be held from1:00 to 3:30pm, IU 13, 1020 New Holland Avenue, Lancaster.

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