NOVELny Online training webinars

Posted Fri, 07/30/2010 by cgharris

The New York State Library is pleased to announce online training sessions ("webinars") relating to the database titles recently added to the NOVELny statewide database program. These sessions will be conducted by a trainer from Cengage-Gale. They are offered at no charge to all types of libraries and will last approximately one hour.

The following sessions have been scheduled:

"An Introduction to Searching on Cengage-Gale," with emphasis on the Academic OneFile, General OneFile, and Health Reference Center Academic databases: Friday, August 20, 11:00 am ET.

"An Introduction to Searching on Cengage-Gale," with emphasis on the Academic OneFile, General OneFile, and Health Reference Center Academic databases: Tuesday, September 14, 4:00 pm ET.

"An Introduction to Searching on Cengage-Gale," with emphasis on the Academic OneFile, General OneFile, and Health Reference Center Academic databases: Monday, September 20, 12:00 noon ET.

"An Introduction to Searching on Cengage-Gale," with emphasis on the Academic OneFile, General OneFile, and Health Reference Center Academic databases: Monday, September 20, 4:00 pm ET.

SLS 2010 ALA Books Grant

Posted Fri, 04/30/2010 by bmayer

Congratulations to everyone who received an ALA Award Books grant. Attached you will find the records for all of the books that were selected by the participating schools. Import the files for the selected books you received and modify the records, adding your location information (852 field) and your holdings.

As always, please contact Brian or Andy with any questions that you may have.

Visiting Author Day – How to Meet with Success

Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 by jellison

When my school first joined the Visiting Author CoSer in 2006 I was excited about the opportunity for the students but also worried about how to go about pulling off a successful and memorable visit. The first thing I did was talk to Donna Katter about it and she gave me names of a couple of other librarians who had been having successful visiting author days for years. She suggested that I contact Carin Barwick at Geneseo Elementary and Jill Feine from Batavia John Kennedy to ask for ideas. I did this, and it was a big help. My two biggest suggestions to anyone who is planning a day are to start planning early and to get your faculty and staff involved.

SIGMS Technology Innovation Award

Posted Tue, 01/19/2010 by bmayer

The ISTE Media Specialists SIG (SIGMS) announces the 3rd annual “Technology Innovation Award”. This award is quickly becoming recognized as a premier award to honor school librarians for their outstanding work in integrating technology into teaching and learning in their schools. Sponsored by Linworth Publishing, Inc. and Follett Software Company, the award will be presented to two teams of a school librarian and collaborating teacher who have conducted an exemplary technology program extending beyond the library to meet the needs of classroom students and teachers. The purpose of this award is to identify, promote, and sustain excellence in collaborative and innovative technology-based projects driven by the school library media center in support of curricular and instructional needs in elementary, middle, and high schools.

Awardees will be notified in April and highlighted at ISTE’s annual conference and exposition in Denver Colorado, June 27—June 30, 2010. In addition, winners will:

  • Receive a one-year membership to ISTE (2 per team)

Libraries Got Game

Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 by aaustin

Taking their experience and expertise from working with the educators and students in the Genesee Valley region, through the School Library System Game Library, Brian Mayer and Christopher Harris, have co-authored the new book, Libraries Got Game, published by ALA Graphics.

Storytelling Registration

Posted Wed, 12/30/2009 by dkatter

Details for the 2010 Storytelling Festival are now available.

See the documents attached to this story for more information.

Online registration is available here: Online Storytelling Registration. You will need to be logged in.

Julie Crowell (York Elementary) gets shout out from author Laurie Keller

Posted Thu, 10/15/2009 by cgharris

Laurie Keller, an author who recently visited the region through the Visiting Author service from the School Library System, gave a big shout out to York Elementary librarian Julie Crowell. As Keller noted: "I’ve been doing school visits for quite awhile now and I’m still blown away when I see how much effort librarians, teachers and kids put into making the day so special and so much fun. GREAT JOB, JULIE, BRANDY and all the YORK STUDENTS! Thank you for making me feel so welcome!" The students worked to decorate the library based on themes from Keller's books and even painted special chairs for the author visit.

October named National Information Literacy Awareness Month

Posted Mon, 10/05/2009 by cgharris

By order of President Barack Obama, October has been named National Information Literacy Awareness Month. Noting that in addition to just learning to read, "it is equally important that our students are given the tools required to take advantage of the information available to them," President Obama praised libraries as places "that can help separate truth from fiction and signal from noise."

This proclamation clearly defines the need for strong library programs in our schools. "Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communicationtechnologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decisionmaking. National Information Literacy Awareness Month highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age." This is the mission of the school libraries of the Genesee Valley.

Happy Information Literacy Awareness Month!

Livonia CSD Named National School Library Media Program of the Year

Posted Wed, 05/13/2009 by cgharris

The School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES is proud to announce the selection of member district Livonia Central School as the AASL/Follett National School Library Media Program of the Year! This award, presented annually to one district and two individual schools to honor excellence in library programs, is the most prestigious award in the field.

Updated Website

Posted Fri, 02/06/2009 by bmayer

Welcome to the School Library System's updated website. We have been working very hard at producing a quality website that combines functionality with innovation. You can navigate to any page of this, or another SLS site through the tabs in the upper right of the website. Each site will also have local navigation in the left sidebar.

We have trimmed forums to one for library related conversations, one for off-topic conversations and one for Multiple ILL's. Each user has an avatar, or a pictorial representation of themselves. Please feel free to change yours by selecting "My Account" under the contacts menu in the left navigation bar. You can select another avatar already loaded, or you can upload your own picture.

As always, please contact Chris, Andy or Brian with any questions you may have.

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