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NEMA Board Meeting Agenda September 18, 2010 10:00-12:00 P.M.   Merryman Performing Arts Center 225 W. 22nd Street in Kearney, NE

I. Call to Order: Betty Meyer  10:04 am. m. Sara, s. Stacy Lickteig II. Additions to Agenda, Agenda Approval  m. Karen, s. Carrie III. Minutes from July 15, 2010: Sara Churchill  Minutes are available on Google Groups, Wikispaces, or by email request   m. Laura P., s. Stacey IV. Treasurer's Report: Lynne Wragge  Net Worth Report As of 9/14/10 9/14/10 Accounts Balance Assets Cash and Bank Accounts Certificates of Deposit 0.00 NEMA Checking 0.00 Savings 0.00 Union Checking 3,399.50

Union savings 3,587.86 Total Assets 6,987.36

L i a b i l i t i e s 0.00 **Net Inflows/Outflows 6,987.36**

V. Executive Secretary's Report: Jean Hellwege
 * Membership Numbers: Total Active Memberships increased by nine NEW members since August 1 to bring our current memberships to 386.

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 * Seven memberships were received from the letters mailed out to 78 lapsed members in August. Becky Nicholson, Omaha Public Schools, was the winner of one year's additional membership.
 * Received notification that NEMA has been approved for affiliation by the AASL Board of Directors. The next re-affiliation process will take place in 2012.
 * Received notification from ABCLIO that we have a net royalty payment due to us in the amount of $40.11 for the sale of seven copies of the NE Guide. Payments are not made for balances under $100 so this amount will be rolled over into our next royalty cycle and added to any additional royalties earned.
 * Received a thank you letter from Bev Gustafson for the NEMA Continuing Education Scholarship she received.
 * Received an email concerning NetSmartz **//Online Safety Education Kit//** . They sent a complementary copy of their kit hoping to get their Online Safety Kit out to various Elementary Schools/Libraries in Nebraska. I replied that I would take this information to the board and they would make a decision.

B. Nebraska Guide Committee: Deb Levitov Sara spoke with Deb via phone yesterday. Deb's father is one of the vets that gets to go on a special flight. That is why she is not here today. LU has the book available for purchase. We have the .pdf to take to Morris Press. She is contacting Morris Press and getting the printing rolling. We need the board to look at the cover Sara made and approve. Deb would like it on Monday. We need someone to pick up the guides in Kearney and bring them to conference and then someone to help deliver them to Lincoln with Jean?? Committee will be presenting at Conference.

Judy will pick them up in Kearney and district heads will help disseminate the copies.

C. AFCON Liaison: Lora Leibrandt The AFCON Board met on September 11th in Lincoln. Discussed were the AFCON Annual Meeting and the Student Expression Act. AFCON is still working with the state legislature to try to pass the Student Expression Act. Sen. Ken Haar of Lincoln, a former teacher, has introduced the legislation but it did not come up for a vote last year. AFCON is hopeful of the Act’s eventual passage and will continue to work with Sen. Haar. The AFCON Annual Meeting will be held November 6th in Lincoln. The meeting’s theme is “Speechless in Nebraska: The High School Press and the speaker will be Frank LoMonte, Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center. Afterwards will be a panel discussion on student expression rights and responsibilities. It appears that AFCON has had some difficulty in reaching their target audience in regards to student free speech issues; attendance has been low at high school journalism events sponsored by AFCON. It would be helpful if NEMA could help AFCON reach Nebraska’s high school journalism teachers and students. D. NDE Liaison: Mary Reiman There is no report. There have been no meetings or discussions since our last meeting. The next meetings regarding the school librarian endorsement will be in early October.

E. NLA Liaison: Christine Walsh
 * NLA/NEMA Affiliate Membership (by another name). Approved by the board $30 for any current NEMA members to join. Should be up before conference. Sections and round table will be priced accordingly.
 * NLAQ will be ceasing publication and will be an online journal run by the NLA publications committee and be free of charge. Mostly peer-reviewed content. Clear delineation if there is non peer-reviewed. The goal is to hire a journal editor and possible publication by the end of 2011.
 * Conference rotation - Tri Cities and then Lincoln/Omaha and then committees could choose a location of a venue that can hold us.
 * Keynotes planned a year in advance would be helpful.
 * Job offer will go out for a new internet site candidate. Christine will make sure that Sara gets their name and they get hers.
 * Local committee chair - Duties have changed and they would like to review how it works and who is needed. Michael welcomes input on that portion.

F. NEMA Liaison to NLA: Betty Meyer-Karen Buckley G. NLC Liaison: Rod Wagner  Best wishes to all for a great meeting. I'll look forward to seeing NEMA board members at the conference in October. Thanks to all who have worked hard on the conference program - lots of great program sessions and activities!

The Library Commission's NCompass Live weekly webinars cover a broad range of topics. The webinars are presented live on Wednesday mornings and are recorded and archived for access later (usually available within 24 hours). For details: []

The Library Commission's "Cultivating Rural Librarians' 21st Century Skills" program begins in November. The program focus is 21st Century Skills. Funding will provide for scholarships, stipends and internships. The three-year program is the result of a 21st Century Librarian Grant award to the Commission by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information can be found at: [] H. State Advisory Council on Libraries: Glenda Willnerd The State Advisory Council on Libraries met via teleconference on July 16, 2010. Rod Wagner gave an update on Federal Library Programs. He also gave an update on the Broadband Technology Opportunity Grant Program. The State Biennium budget looks dismal because state revenue is below projection. Agenices have been asked to submit budget modifications of 10% reduction from the current year appropriation level. The focus of the meeting was a discussion of 21st Century Skills and how they impact all libraries. For more information go to the SACL wiki - http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ wikis/sacl/. To login you should use your first and last name as your user name. The password is advisory 2 (all lower case). I. Nebraska Youth Advisory Board: Kelly Melson

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The Youth Advisory Board met in Lincoln on 8/28/10. Kathryn Brockmeier from the Commission met with us and reported the progress of the Nebraska Humanities Council grant for $1000 for our work on the One Book for Nebraska Teens/Kids program. Grant was for travel across the state to talk to kids about book discussions, being creative, what they like to read in books, etc.. 6 sites in Nebraska were visited. A lot of planning for a website for kids and teens or adding to the One Book for Nebraska site has been the discussion for the future. The most important part of this being the feedback that was received from kids. A report from the visits and focus groups in the 6 libraries across the state will be shared when data is compiled. The YAB then held a staff focus group of our own about ideas for the future of the One Book program.====== ===Now what you all want to know!! The 2011-2012 One Book for Nebraska Kids (ONfNK) was chosen on 8/28 and is //The Last Newspaper Boy in America// by Sue Corbett. This will be announced at the upcoming NEMA/NLA Conference in Grand Island.===

Kelly Melson will do an One Book for Nebraska Kids Exploratorium for conference, Sally Snyder will do a session.
J. Awards and Scholarships: Stacy Johnson As the chair of the NEMA Scholarships and Awards Committee I have the following items to report. I have received four applications for scholarships and awards. Three of those applications were received last Wednesday (September 8, 2010) via postal mail from the former committee chair. I knew these were coming since the August dateline, so we have waited for them before beginning to make our decisions. No decision has been made due to their late arrival. I was recently contacted by a person who wishes to remain anonymous about NEMA sponsoring a new scholarship in honor of Karla Wendelin. This scholarship would be to support any type of continuing education pursuit such as taking a class at any Nebraska college or university, attending a conference, etc. The anonymous donor would support this scholarship in the amount of $300. It would only be offered in the spring. Please see the Wendelin scholarship document for a basic application form. I am asking the NEMA board to approve sponsorship of this award. We will present our recommendations for August scholarship and award applicants next week.

==== Description: The scholarship is intended to support individuals who wish to enhance their ability to provide services to youth in school libraries. The scholarship may be used at Nebraska institutions of higher education or for professional development activities focusing on youth services sponsored by Nebraska library organizations. ====

· completed application form
==== · documentation showing current registration status in school library media/youth services courses in a Nebraska Institution of Higher Education OR current registration status in school library media/youth services workshop/conference ====

Selection Committee: NEMA Scholarship Committee
moved for NEMA to sponsor this scholarship Laura, s. Stacy Discussion: Stacy ask to revisit it with the donor about the recipient being a current member of NEMA. Vote failed due to discussion. Motion table this and take an email vote pending the results of the discussion with the donor m. Sara, s. Sherry

K. AASL Liaison: Nancy Larimer AASL promotional materials will be available at the NEMA booth during the upcoming NLA/NEMA Conference. The AASL 2010 FALL FORUM – IN FOCUS: //Essentials for 21st Century Learning// – will be held in Portland, Oregon, Nov. 5-6, 2010. Anyone registering before October 4 will receive discounted advanced registration rates. IN FOCUS: //Essentials for 21st-Century Learning// is designed to aid school librarians in using AASL's //Standards for the 21st-Century Learner// and //Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs//. Several NEMA members are attending the Forum. AASL’s newest tool to assist school librarians’ implementation of the Standards, //A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners//, can be ordered through Britannica Digital Learning (1-800-621-3900). The Guide includes personalized tools for data collection and analysis to be used in the development of goal setting. A short introductory video of AASL’s //A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners// can be viewed online: [] For more information, visit AASL: [|http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/planningguide/planningguide.cfm]

L. Read Aloud Nebraska: Joie Taylor The Read Aloud Nebraska Board met on September 2nd in the Seward Public Library. Currently 34 schools signed up for 2010-2911.

Michael Sullivan will be a part of the NLA Spring meetings, April 11-21. Meetings are being held in different parts of the state. Mr. Sullivan topic will be “Connecting Boys with Books. NEMA might want to consider giving this event some publicity and urging members to attend. RAN is funding part of his cost.

Willie Hamilton, the founder of Black Men United was present to talk about the organization and what they do with reading. This is an Omaha organization.

I will have a display for RAN during the Exploratorium at the NLA/NEMA Conference. The next meeting is October 6 at 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Seward Public Library. At that time we will pack books for distribution. The morning of the 6th we will meet for the Governor’s signing of the “Read Aloud to a Child Month” proclamation at 10:00 a.m.

M. Talking Books & Braille: Sara Mitchell There is no report as the committee has not had another meeting. It is due to be set in late September or early October.

N. Student Liaison: Sharon Axthelm Sharon's personal situation prevented her from being with us.

O. NEMA Webmaster: Sara Churchill If anyone would like to use the Twitter account or Facebook account, please let me know. Twitter ID is 21cnesl and Facebook is 21st Century Nebraska School Librarians.

P. Learning 4 Life: Judy Henning  NEMA hosted a booth at the 2010 NASP Administrators' Days in Kearney July 28-29 distributing information on AASL's 21st Century Learning Standards. I think this was money well spend by our professional association to advocate in a venue of over 1,000 Nebraska school administrators. Many thanks to those NEMA members who helped man this booth including: Sherry Crow, Bev, Gustafson, Connie Jelkin, Beth Kabes, Betty Meyer, Tracy Schall, and Beth Throne. Future 21st Century Learning presentations include Oct. 12-13 (specific time not yet assigned) at the Educational Administrator's Technology Conference in Kearney which is a joint venture of NDE and NASP. On Oct. 15 there will be a program at the NLA/NEMA Conference in Kearney from 10:40-11:35 a.m. At the same time L4L will also be represented at the Exploratorium. I need someone to volunteer to man the Exploratorium, and possibly someone to help with these programs, because Dr. Crow may be preoccupied with the role of new grandmother. A program will be presented on Nov.18 at the State School Board Association Conference at the LaVista Conference Center. The Panhandle ESU professional development day on Feb. 21 will also include a session on L4L. Carrie will visit with Lori regarding presentations at ESU3.

VIII. Old Business A. Twitter and Facebook page - See Webmaster report. B. NEMA Shirts- See Treasurer's Report, Carrie passed on TM info. Not worth pursuing, but we can put the TM on there as a discouragement. C. NEMA By-law changes - We shared, they need to be sent out to the membership soon to be voted on at Conference.

VIII. New Business A. NEMA News Assignments-Deadline November 15, 2010-need Laura P, Stacy L, or Sherry C to proof this issue. Betty-President’s Message and Conference Recap Jean-Conference photos Sara C.-Sept. 18 Board Meeting Minutes Highlights Jean-Membership Statistics Sharon-Student Liaison Report Carrie-Nominations Needed for Officers and Board members Jean- Listserv How To Stacy J.-Conference Award Winners; Scholarships & Awards Available-March 15 deadline Jean-Officers, Board Members, Chairs and Liaisons Contact information Jean Important Dates, **NEMA membership form** Benefits of being a NEMA member? Mary Reiman- Mad Hatter Winner The winner will be announced at the Friday SCYP luncheon of the NLA/NEMA conference. Glenda-SACL??? Deb-NE Guide?? **Stacy - Nebraska Leadership Institute** Mary Reiman-NE Dept. Ed?? Nothing to report yet and there probably won't be anything since the committee work is being done and the final revisions won't be approved by the State Board of Education until next year. Kelly-One Book?? Joie-RAN?? Nancy- AASL Report?? with others recap of conference Christine - NLA Affiliate Membership Sara - Facebook and Twitter article Will be proofed by Sherry and Sara

B. Nema contribution to groups Guidelines? Set amounts? Do we need to have this in writing? We can table this discussion for January. Maybe put it in the Essentials or on the website?

C. NEMA booth at Conference Please sign up for a time at the NEMA booth so I can attend some of the conference sessions. It is helpful if two people sign up for each time slot. Jean


 * **Thursday, Oct. 14** ||  ||
 * 7:45-9:00 || Jean Hellwege & Lynne Wragge ||
 * 9:00-10:00 || Jean Hellwege & Lynne Wragge ||
 * 10:00-10:45 ||  ||
 * 10:45-2:00 || Closed for keynote, NEMA lunch, meeting ||
 * 2:00-3:00 ||  ||
 * 3:00 - 4:00 || Jean Hellwege ||
 * **Friday, Oct. 30** ||  ||
 * 7:45-8:00 || Jean Hellwege & Lynne Wragge ||
 * 8:00-9:00 || Jean Hellwege ||
 * 9:00-10:10 ||  ||
 * 10:10-10:45 ||  ||
 * 10:45-11:45 ||  ||
 * 12:00-2:45 || Closed for keynote, lunch ||
 * 10:45-11:45 ||  ||
 * 12:00-2:45 || Closed for keynote, lunch ||

D. Annual Meeting
 * By-Law Changes - Jean will get to Sara so that we can copy
 * Reports by October 3rd so we can get them copied
 * Sara will make a poster to go with the logo unveiling
 * We will hand out the Guide at the meeting
 * We will do the School Libraries Rock theme
 * We will not raffle the computer. We will attempt to sell on Ebay to get more money.

E. NEMA Luncheon  Carrie will send Betty the agenda from last year. We will have a label party Wednesday night to get labels on the Guides. F. Communication If we get an email we will do our best to answer within a day or two. Even if your response is - I will get back to you in a day or two.

G. Labels for Essential Guide

H. NEMA Reciprocal membership needs to be discussed in January with more intel

IX. Announcements- Future Board Meetings January 29, 2011: 10:00 Teleconference, Lincoln, Omaha, Scottsbluff, Kearney April 30, 2011: 10:00 Bryan High School, Omaha July 14th, 2011 9:30 Pius X High School, Lincoln

X. Adjournment Moved by Carrie to adjourn 11:49 am, s. Stacy