07_15_12+Agenda

NSLA Board Meeting Agenda July 15, 2012 - 9:00 am - Bellevue West High School, 1501 Thurston Ave, Bellevue NE I Call to Order: Stacy Lickteig II. Additions to Agenda, Agenda Approval III. Minutes from April 28, 2012: Beth Kabes IV. Treasurer's Report: Tammi Mans V. President's Report: Stacy Lickteig VI. VIII. Communications: Stacy Lickteig A. Finance Report: Tammi Mans B. AFCON Liaison: Lora Leibrandt C. NDE Liaison: Mary Reiman (Gail Formanack) D.NLA Liaison: Gordon Wyatt E. NSLA Liaison to NLA: Stacy Lickteig F. NLC Liaison: Rod Wagner - The Library Commission’s scholarship/internship/stipend program funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services //21st Century Librarian// program is supporting a growing number of library science students. Scholarships are supporting students taking courses from community college through master’s programs. Summer internships are introducing younger students to work in libraries. Stipends are providing students with computers and helping with conference attendance. The Commission is holding a “Tech Rodeo” at Doane College (July 26-28) for scholarship students and other Nebraska librarians on a space available basis. The Commission is preparing its next five-year plan (2013-2017) as required by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for Library Services and Technology Act state program funding. G. State Advisory Council on Libraries: Betty Meyer No report at this time. Summer meeting was canceled. We will meet in the fall. H. Nebraska Youth Advisory Board: I. Adwards and Scholarships: Deanna Reilly J. AASL Liaison: Carrie Turner There should be information coming out with regards to the genre arrangement of libraries, to distribute to school librarians. The hope is that those who have not already gone this direction will wait until the task force concludes their investigation. The main concern with genre arrangement is what does the research show? And if the research supports genre arrangement, there is a belief that in order to be an effective alternative to Dewey, genres must be named consistently. Hopefully the task force will be able to give us some answers soon. 6. The new Region IX Director is Cindy Pfeiffer (cpreiffer@usd357.org) and Ken Stewart is the incoming Director-Elect (KStewart@bluevalleyk12.org). K. Read Aloud Nebraska: Joie Taylor L. Talking Books & Braille: M. Student Liaison: Sharon Axthelm N. NSLA Webmaster: O. Learning 4 Life: Judy Henning The program proposal for the 2012 NLA/NSLA Conference has been accepted. The program is: Learning4Life: Motivation and Engagement Infusion! Motivation and engagement are key to student learning and success. In this session, presenters will share ways to utilize the inquiry process to foster intrinsic motivation and student engagement. Ideas will be given to integrate the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner into a standards-based curriculum. Participants will learn how to access the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database, as well as leave with technology-rich, high quality, collaborative 21st Century lesson plans for authentic P-12 classroom activities and projects. Presenters: Dr. Sherry Crow, Judy Henning, and Angie Richeson. The Nebraska Association of School Administrators (NASC) 2012 AdEd Tech Days are scheduled for Oct. 3 & 4 in Kearney. I have not heard if our proposal has been accepted for this event. If any of you are interested in submitting a program proposal for the state AdEd Tech Conference the proposal form is available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PWWLQ92 IX. Old Business X. New Business XI. Announcements – Future Board Meetings XII. Adjournment
 * 1) There is a challenge for each state to submit at least one application for the National School Library Program of the Year.
 * 2) Dollar General, in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the National Education Association (NEA), is sponsoring a school library disaster relief fund for public school libraries in the states served by Dollar General. Go to “Beyond Words” on AASL’s website to see how to apply for a grant if your school library program has been affected by a disaster.
 * 3) Ted Wegner of the ALA Washington Office spoke about the efforts to help states, which includes next year’s National Library Legislative Day on May 7 – 8, 2013, and providing tip sheets for 10 Simple Ways to Get a School Board Member or State Legislator in Your Library.
 * 4) Please browse the AASL website for more information on the tip sheets from the ALA eBooks Task Force, the Fall Forum (Oct 12 – 13 “Transliteracy and the SLP”), a free webinar for Banned Website Awareness Day (Oct 3, 2012, www.ala.org/aasl/bwad), the re-energized group of National Association of State Educational Media Professionals (NASTEMP), and available professional development on eCOLLAB (http://www.ala.org/aasl/ecollab).
 * 5) Nine commendations and three concerns were approved by the delegates and sent to the AASL Executive Committee for final approval. The concerns cover these areas:
 * Improved communication for delegates
 * Creation of a database of research studies
 * Formation of a task force to investigate genre arrangement in library collections
 * 1) Webmaster Position
 * 2) Fall Conference Update (Stacy Lickteig)
 * 1) NSLA Finances & Budget (Stacy Lickteig)