From jagibson at pembinatrails.ca Wed Feb 3 19:53:49 2010 From: jagibson at pembinatrails.ca (jagibson at pembinatrails.ca) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:53:49 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Schlib] School Libraries in Canada Online Journal Message-ID: <11049863.1265248429093.JavaMail.SYSTEM@modernserv2> The following is a dispatch email from the administrators of the following web site. http://www.manitobaschoollibraries.com/forums/ Your username: schlib Your email address: schlib at lists.merlin.mb.ca ------------------------------------------------------------ The Winter 2010 issue of School Libraries in Canada has now been released at: http://www.clatoolbox.ca/casl/slic/ From ejohnson at pembinatrails.ca Thu Feb 4 09:53:32 2010 From: ejohnson at pembinatrails.ca (Edna Johnson) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:53:32 -0600 Subject: [Schlib] Children's Hospital bookmarket Paperback sale Message-ID: <82939C2FE002FD41B4F05690962BD3C90158C1FF9F@AO-DIV-EXMB-1.valhalla.pembinatrails.ca> Hi All Children's Hospital bookmarket Paperback sale is on today thru Saturday at St. Vital Centre. 3 days only. Come out to replace older copies of books ; for something new to read OR just to support a great cause Edna Johnson Library Technician / Acadia Jr. High 204-269-6210 From jagibson at pembinatrails.ca Sat Feb 6 15:01:20 2010 From: jagibson at pembinatrails.ca (jagibson at pembinatrails.ca) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:01:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Schlib] MSLA L.I.T. Forum Feb. 22, 2010 Message-ID: <9567647.1265490080921.JavaMail.SYSTEM@modernserv2> The following is a dispatch email from the administrators of the following web site. http://www.manitobaschoollibraries.com/forums/ Your username: schlib Your email address: schlib at lists.merlin.mb.ca ------------------------------------------------------------ The Manitoba School Library Association would like to invite all its members and interested educators to an exciting professional development event being held on Monday, Feb. 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. The title of this year's L.I.T. Forum is "Networking with School Libraries Across Manitoba." At this event, we will be teaching participants how to use Skype and Twitter, discussing the benefits of using these social networking tools both on a personal and professional level. To put our new knowledge into practice will also be Skyping several members from our school library community including Thompson, Brandon and Boissevain, and our provincial executive rep from MTS who lives in The Pas, Manitoba. Our aim is to give school library programs outside Winnipeg more of a voice at the provincial level. The event will be facilitated by the past-president of ManACE, Andy McKiel, and the current president of the MSLA, Jo-Anne Gibson. It is being held at the St. James Professional Development Centre, 150 Moray Street. Admission is free for all MSLA members, $5.00 for non-members, payable at the door. Refreshments will be served. Anyone wanting to participate should contact pleclerc at retsd.mb.ca to register. Those attending are encouraged to bring a laptop although a laptop is not necessary for participation. We look forward to seeing you at the Forum! From jagibson at pembinatrails.ca Fri Feb 12 17:41:55 2010 From: jagibson at pembinatrails.ca (jagibson at pembinatrails.ca) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:41:55 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Schlib] 2010 CLA Conference Message-ID: <31321318.1266018115265.JavaMail.SYSTEM@modernserv2> The following is a dispatch email from the administrators of the following web site. http://www.manitobaschoollibraries.com/forums/ Your username: schlib Your email address: schlib at lists.merlin.mb.ca ------------------------------------------------------------ On behalf of the Conference Program Committee of the Canadian Library Association, it is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 65th CLA/ACB National Conference and Trade Show which will be held in Edmonton from Wednesday, June 2 to Saturday, June 5, 2010. For details, please go to:http://www.cla.ca/conference/2010/ Dianne Leong-Fortier From jagibson at pembinatrails.ca Fri Feb 12 17:47:12 2010 From: jagibson at pembinatrails.ca (jagibson at pembinatrails.ca) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:47:12 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Schlib] MSLA Letter to the Editor Message-ID: <4323707.1266018432484.JavaMail.SYSTEM@modernserv2> The following is a dispatch email from the administrators of the following web site. http://www.manitobaschoollibraries.com/forums/ Your username: schlib Your email address: schlib at lists.merlin.mb.ca ------------------------------------------------------------ In case you missed it, here's a letter to the editor of the Winnipeg Free Press that was published on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010: The members of the Manitoba School Library Association could not agree more with Marni Brownell, senior researcher at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, regarding her recent editorial Grading schools wrong way to success (Feb. 6, p. A18). In her article, she argues that Manitobans are far better off spending their limited educational financial resources supplementing early literacy interventions rather than ranking and reporting on schools based on student performance scores. Along with early childhood educators and reading specialists, the MSLA would also argue that more resources need to be spent hiring qualified teacher-librarians for every school at all levels in this province. There have been numerous national and international studies to show that there is a direct link between having a qualified teacher-librarian employed in schools and improved student achievement. An Ontario Library Association report in 2006 stated: "Our findings identified an association between school library staffing and student achievement on large-scale measures of reading achievement. Of even more interest was the finding of associations between school library staffing and students' attitudes towards reading. Children in schools with a professionally staffed teacher librarian had more positive attitudes towards reading"(Blackett/Klinger). Clearly, student learning and literacy are affected when a trained teacher-librarian is present in a school. Unfortunately, in far too many schools in Manitoba, this is not the case. The MSLA agrees that the mere act of posting individual school results will do little to improve the quality of education in our schools. It's reading the research and staffing our schools accordingly that will make our schools more effective in the long run. Jo-Anne Gibson President, MSLA From jagibson at pembinatrails.ca Tue Feb 16 22:29:11 2010 From: jagibson at pembinatrails.ca (jagibson at pembinatrails.ca) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:29:11 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Schlib] Celebrating School Libraries Across Canada: An Update Message-ID: <22382328.1266380951609.JavaMail.SYSTEM@modernserv2> The following is a dispatch email from the administrators of the following web site. http://www.manitobaschoollibraries.com/forums/ Your username: schlib Your email address: schlib at lists.merlin.mb.ca ------------------------------------------------------------ With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games permeating our days lately, the spirit of competition and collaboration is upon us! In our School Libraries there are always diverse interests of students, teachers and community members competing for our attention. The challenge of any one day is to carry the balance for all of our interested visitors. The collaboration for learning and the joy of reading is in the community that we create in our spaces and beyond our walls. Communicating this spirit to the 'powers that be'and carrying the eternal flame of Teacher-Librarianship are our games. This flame burns as a beacon across the provinces. In British Columbia the Teacher-Librarians? Association is involved in a survey of working and learning conditions and a renewed constitution. There has been a changeover of the Executive; advocacy work continues. Some exciting news is that Alberta Education has a draft copy of new policy on School Libraries ready and vetted by the Assistant Deputy Ministers. Thanks go to Judith Sykes at Alberta Education who has spearheaded this work! Once passed, the challenge may well be the provisions of qualified teacher-librarians across the province. There will be an external committee looking at innovative models and collaboration between public and school librarians. It's a hopeful time! In Manitoba the School Library Association is inaugurating professional development sessions with school libraries across Manitoba, showing how various social networking systems work, such as Skype and Twitter. On behalf of MSLA, Jo-Anne Gibson, has had published in daily newspapers a letter arguing that Manitoba schools need more teacher-librarians at all levels. The Ontario Library Association is hosting SuperConference 2010, offering much to discover in the learning and passion of librarianship. For those not able to attend, many of the sessions will be represented with digital files uploaded to the conference site, after the end of the month. (http://www.accessola.com/superconference2010/index.php) In New Brunswick the Education Department is in the process of developing a new three year Technology Plan, which includes the provision of online resources such as WorldBookOnline, EBSCO, and e-Library. Discussions are also taking place regarding upgrading 158 school libraries in the province to an online version of the Follett Library Management System. A concurrent dialogue is being held to consider scenarios of moving school library resources into classrooms and looking to precedents set in other jurisdictions. There are flickers of concern certainly, but advocacy is strong. We all carry the flame together. To highlight the learning and passion of school libraries around Canada, we are all invited to share a profile of a local facility and program. Derrick Grose, Editor of SLIC, is looking for submissions to be included in the next edition coming out in early March. Attached is a profile submission template, which can also be found at the online journal site. http://www.clatoolbox.ca/casl/slic/ . This is fine way for us to celebrate the sense of occasion, the every day in our school libraries! Here's to our work and the olympian feat of carrying the torch of school libraries! Please visit our ning to join in the network! http://caslnetwork.ning.com/ Share these sites with colleagues and please do invite others to join CASL as members in our community! http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Membership2 Cindy Matthews CASL Councillor FYI: A wonderful School Library resource, Q Tasks, has now been translated into French. This professional text addresses the development of good questions and critical thinking to begin student research. To read more, check out http://www.cheneliere.ca/main+fr+01_500+Des_questions_pour_apprendre_Enseigner_aux_eleves_a_se_poser_des_questions_et_a_utiliser_adequatement_les_reponses.html?DivisionID=0&ItemID=6379 From lcowie at wsd1.org Thu Feb 25 15:45:05 2010 From: lcowie at wsd1.org (Laura Cowie) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:45:05 -0600 Subject: [Schlib] MLCI Free EBSCOhost offer Message-ID: [http://www.mlcinc.mb.ca/images/MLCsmaller.jpg] FREE ACCESS to EBSCOhost Databases Have you ever wished you could have the newest magazines in your school for students to use in their inquiry projects? Would you like to have a collection at your fingertips, including titles as diverse as Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids, Canadian Geographic, or Popular Mechanics? Have you wanted to subscribe to important news sources like Time or Macleans, or professional journals like Reading Teacher or School Library Journal? EBSCOhost databases can provide you with full-text articles from all these sources and hundreds more, from the comfort of your home or at school. Click here for more information about the databases involved in this offer. Until April 30th, 2010, schools and public libraries throughout Manitoba are invited to make use a core of EBSCO databases at no cost to you! You can use the EBSCOhost site with your students and library patrons. After this time period, special pricing will be available for you to continue using the resources. This trial has been organized and paid for by members of the Manitoba Library Consortium, Inc. (MLCI). The MLCI is a non-profit organization designed to plan and manage cooperatively projects and activities which will provide the citizens of Manitoba with faster and more equitable access to the library/information resources of the province. One of the ways MLCI helps its members gain value is through collective purchasing to reduce costs. The Manitoba Library Consortium members have long believed that all Manitobans, especially young people, need to have access to the best resources, both print and digital. This offer is intended to narrow the gap in the digital divide by providing access to these materials to any person in Manitoba until April 30th. Working with MLCI, EBSCO has created a pricing structure which will seek to engage all libraries throughout the province. The more libraries that join the EBSCO license, the lower the price will be for all. The new license agreement will begin in September 2010. Along with access to the databases, you will gain access to and webinars to assist you in training library and teaching staff on the use of the databases. There are also promotional ideas available from EBSCO (http://support.ebsco.com/promotion/promo.php), including a feature on Kelvin High School in Winnipeg (http://www.ebscohost.com/customerSuccess/uploads/topicFile-839.pdf). 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URL: From lcowie at wsd1.org Thu Feb 25 15:46:18 2010 From: lcowie at wsd1.org (Laura Cowie) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:46:18 -0600 Subject: [Schlib] Ebsco Free Training Webinars and Training Opportunities Message-ID: [cid:image001.gif at 01CAB631.AB6D7310] EBSCO Webinars and Training Opportunities March and April 2010 *** All Sessions are scheduled Central Time Zone *** Hello Everyone, MLCI is pleased to offer the following EBSCO training webinars. Sign up for as many as you like - they're FREE! To register, please follow the links below. What is a Webinar? A webinar is an acronym for Web Based Seminar. Attending a webinar is like attending any seminar apart from the place where the event takes place. Instead of meeting in a conference room, we will meet in a 'virtual conference room' on the web. Once you have logged in, you can sit back and listen to the presentation on the phone while watching it on your computer screen. So what is required to participate? Basically a phone and PC with access to the web is all you need. No special software is required. Public Library Resources for MLCI In this session, learn just how easy searching in the EBSCOhost interface can be. Patrons can choose the clean, "Google" like page or more detailed search options, and utilize the Advanced Search page. We'll look at the Publication files, Image Collection and explore Personal Folders. Databases covered: Canadian Reference Centre, MasterFILE Premier and Academic Search Premier Tuesday, March 2, 2010 10:00 AM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130922637&UID=0 Academic/Special Library Resources for MLCI This workshop is designed for those who want to get the most of the EBSCO search experience! Using EBSCOhost, we'll deal specifically with advanced search strategies, using guided style search boxes and field codes and learn how to use limiters and subject headings for detailed searching. We'll access publications and create journal and search alerts. Users will learn how personal folders can help keep saved articles organized. This session assumes knowledge of basic search strategies and interface navigation. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 2:00 PM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130922622&UID=0 Secondary School Resources for MLCI Teachers and librarians will learn how to navigate and successfully search databases designed for grades 6-12. We will conduct searches in both Student Research Center and EBSCOhost interfaces and discuss Lexile reading levels and a variety of search methods. Your students are sure to become super researchers in no time at all! Databases covered: Middle Search Plus and Canadian Reference Centre Monday, March 1, 2010 3:00 PM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130922417&UID=0 Canadian Points of View Reference Centre for MLCI This session will introduce the user to Canadian Points of View, a resource designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on more than 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers. We'll review essays as well as explore the Reference Shelf, where students can access guides for debating, developing arguments and writing position papers. Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:00 AM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130922692&UID=0 Literary Reference Centre for MLCI In this session, users will learn how to access the broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Literary Reference Centre combines information from reference works, books and literary journals. We will discuss how to access plot summaries, full-text classics, classic and contemporary poems as well as author biographies. Friday, February 26, 2010 10:00 AM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130922472&UID=0 History Reference Centre for MLCI History Reference Centre contains reference books, historical documents, biographies of historical figures and includes over 80 hours of film and video. In this session, learn how to search using historical timelines, access over 150 leading history periodicals and find historical speeches. Friday, March 26, 2010 10:00 AM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130922827&UID=0 Auto Repair Reference Center for MLCI Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. Learn how to access content such as wiring diagrams, technical service bulletins and recalls, maintenance schedules and much more! Your library patrons can access this easy to use, point and click database in the library or remotely. Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:00 AM https://ebsco.webex.com/ebsco/k2/j.php?ED=130923382&UID=0 If anyone has trouble with these registration links, here is an alternative method for joining the sessions. 1. Go to: https://ebsco.webex.com 2. Click on the Welcome tab (on the left) 3. Enter the session number that corresponds with the session you wish to join. After entering the session number, you will need to scroll down and register before entering the session. TROUBLE? If anyone has trouble joining, or technical trouble, they should contact WebEx directly: (866) 229-3239. You will need to have the date of the training and the session number. ONSITE TRAINING and CUSTOMER SUCCESS FORUM MLCI will be offering onsite training in Winnipeg and other locations, in April. Join the Customer Success Forum on Tuesday, April 13 from 9 am - 12 noon, at the Library Resource Centre, Prince Charles ERC, 1075 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg. This informative morning will include demos from Ebsco trainers, and real-life examples from educators and librarians about ways they've incorporated Ebsco products successfully to engage their students and patrons. To register, contact Anna Ramsay at aramsay at ebscohost.com. QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or require further information, please contact: Laura Cowie Chair, MLCI Licensing Committee Library Support Services, Prince Charles Education Resource Centre, WSD lcowie at wsd1.org Phone: 204-788-0203, ext 146 ________________________________ This message including any attachment(s) is privileged and may contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) named above. Any other distribution, copy or disclosure is strictly prohibited. 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