The 5th annual Strong Libraries, Strong Scores mini conference for School Administrators occurred as part of the Texas Library Association Annual conference held in Houston March 31-April 3.
We had over 85 school administrators attend. We have already received 2 e-mails unsolicited from administrators that were going to increase the Library budget or rethink how the [...]
I had the privilege of watching two outstanding presentations on Librarian and teacher collaboration last night from my students at the University of Houston – Clear Lake.
Introducing Collaboration
Are Two Heads Better Than One?
Collaboration between teacher and Librarian is one of the best ways to counter the teacher statement of “I don’t have time to come [...]
Thursday evening dinner with Rosen Publishing and many distinguished guests.
Rosen Publishing does things right. They brought 14 School Librarians together in a quiet private dining room and feed us physically and intellectually. We took almost the first hour introducing ourselves as each person told of something they were currently doing and the questions around the [...]
What might a forward thinking Librarian fear most during this scary season?
10. Books might really go away.
9. Librarians might loose their jobs.
8. Librarian’s budget might be cut.
7. Teachers will not collaborate with Librarians nor bring their classes to the Library.
6. Students might not respect the information specialty skills of the Librarian.
5. Standardized testing will win [...]
Finally got my new password fixed. Perhaps a new post will be coming soon.
Organize – Access – Evaluate – Use/Create – Continue the Conversation
Starting my 30th year in the Library Science world does not necessarily mean much. Except that I have been fortunate to have had an excellent university preparation from the University of Texas and had the opportunity to work with many wonderful thoughtful Librarians mostly through [...]
At the Texas Library Association (TLA) summer meeting, the School Librarians were privileged to have the Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Executive Director and one of the Board Members come speak with us about their 100th Anniversary program – SMART (Start Meeting And Reading Together).
Next year (2009) will be the PTA’s 100th anniversary. PTA and Libraries have [...]
TLA stands for Texas Library Association. Their annual conference was April 15-18. Electronic handouts exist for most presentations. Handouts will be added to those presently posted.
Wednesday, April 16th I was able once again to participate in the “Strong Libraries, Strong Scores School Administrators mini-conference that was inspired by the White House Conference on School Libraries [...]
TLA stands for Texas Library Association. Their annual conference was April 15-18. Electronic handouts exist for most presentations. Handouts will be added to those presently posted.
Tuesday, April 15th all day I was able to attend a pre-conference on building Libraries called “Building for Books, Bytes, and Beyond”. The two presenters were Anders Dahlgren, president, Library [...]
February 27 & 28, 2008, Austin, Texas, the State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) sponsored another “Statewide Resource Sharing Summit”. These happen about every 4 years for as far back as 1987 that I know of.
The best thing that I can think of for Texas School Librarians to come out of this summit was that [...]
