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April 11, 2007 Book Repair Training and ESU Area Library Media Meeting

Panhandle Library System Book Repair Training Session, 10 a.m.-Noon Nancy Eddy from Sidney Public Library presented this training over the Distance Learning System to 20 school and public library participants at Scottsbluff (9), Chadron (3), and Sidney (8). Sidney was the originating site. If you would like a video tape copy of the presentation, please contact Cherie clongmuir@nlc.state.ne.us or Sandy swhite@panesu.org

ESU 13 Area Media Specialists meeting, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Attendance: Sidney=Carol Luna, Kimball; Sue Arndt, Leyton; Cherie Longmuir, PLS; Sandy White, ESU; Scottsbluff=Pat Gross, Gering HS; Laurie Bauer, Bayard HS; John Bays, ESU; Chadron=Janet Johnson, Gordon-Rushville MS; Carole Matthews, Hay Springs.

* New titles for Fall 2007—the ESUs across the state have joined together to purchase digital and duplication rights to 150 NEW TITLES. We are disappointed that some of the titles recommended by teachers in our area were not purchased (not enough funds to purchase everything), but the titles listed have been previewed and recommended by teachers in Nebraska.  CHANGE IN SERVICE—The titles will be mastered only on DVD and duplicated onto DVDs unless a school or teacher specifically requests a video tape.  Two pdf attachments of the150 new titles are included with these minutes—DO NOT use the five digit item numbers to order materials!!!

* The newly purchased web-based ESU media catalog was explained. The plan is to have the new system in place in August 2007. Teachers will be able to scheduled materials to be sent to them, or download or stream titles directly from the catalog site.  Along with the new online catalog and scheduling system, our ESU plans to have a digital content server running locally, located at the ESU building in Scottsbluff.  This local content server should help reduce the time it takes to download video from the PowerMediaPlus site.  Sandy also told the group that we will need the building, teacher name and e-mail of every teacher for their user ID for the new catalog/scheduling system.

* PowerMediaPlus, the current media on demand provider, was discussed.  The ESUs voted to renew the contract for the 2nd year of the five year contract. This insures that the service will be available for teachers for another school year, through June 30, 2008.  The use of PMP has increased the digital and online utilization of ESU media materials dramatically. Currently over 70% of the total media utilization is online.

* Route Schedule for Fall 2007 (see agenda for proposed delivery calendar). 
----Sandy reported that Sharon Deaver will be retiring at the end of this year after 31 years of service to the ESU in Sidney.  She has been the Sidney ESU media delivery driver for 30 years. Her last days on the route to schools will be May 15 and 16. 
----John Bays announced that the routes from the Scottsbluff media center will be moving to ONCE A WEEK delivery beginning in August of 2007. The proposed delivery schedule is below:
 

Delivery Schedule from Scottsbluff Office
 

*Tuesday NORTHWEST ROUTE - Angora, Alliance Schools, Box Butte Co. #39-#42-#44, Southern Hill, Hemingford Schools, Cottonwood, Crawford Schools, Sioux Co. HS, Harrison Elementary-Bodarc-Panhandle, Pink, Mitchell Schools, Morrill Schools, Chalk Butte
 

*Wednesday CENTRAL ROUTE - Scottsbluff Schools, Haig, Wheatland, Gering Schools, Cedar Canyon, Banner Co. Schools, Bridgeport Schools, Bayard Schools, Minatare Schools, Highland, Lake Minatare, Lake Alice
 

 *Wednesday NORTHEAST ROUTE (items leave from Scottsbluff site EARLY on Tuesday) – North Starr, Gordon Schools,  Extension, Rushville Schools, Mirage Flats, Clinton, Hays Springs Schools, Chadron Schools <o:p></o:p>


* February 16, 2007 Training: The evaluations of both the morning and afternoon sessions were reviewed.  The evaluations were very positive.  Those present agreed that we should plan a session for media specialists at the February 18, 2008 In-service Day.   Sandy asked for planning committee volunteers, stating that some of the work would have to be done over e-mail this summer. The committee will be able to continue to work over DL after the school year starts. The committee is: Laurie Bauer, Carole Matthews, Sue Arndt, John Bays and Sandy White. Some suggestions for presenters are: the Information Power Committee update of the Nebraska Guide and the NLC technology show. Anyone wanting to volunteer to be on this committee should contact Sandy  immediately swhite@panesu.org

 

* National Library Week Celebrations: The consensus was that these take a lot of time, and everyone was impressed with the information that Carla Schwartz has shared about her project to celebrate. If you have celebrations planned, please think about sharing through the PLS newsletter or at a future meeting.

* NEMA Report:  Pat and Laurie reported that the March 31st NEMA Board Meeting in North Platte was postponed. It will be on April 21st.  Pat urged school media specialists to think about serving as a NEMA Board member or officer. Carla Schwartz from Scottsbluff Middle School is running for the Board. The NEMA election is in progress. Members—please vote!!
 

* PLS Report:  Cherie told the group about the new disk repair machine for DVDs and CDs. It cleans and removes minor scratches in disks. PLS will do a few disks at no charge, but if a library has several disks there will need to be a small fee for consumables.
--The PLS/NEMA August workshop has been scheduled for Thursday, August 2 at the ESU 13 Conference Room in Scottsbluff (the computer lab is not available).
--The NLA/NEMA Fall Conference will be in Kearney (as far west as it is ever likely to be) on October 25 and 26. Mem Fox, the Australian Children’s Author, is scheduled for a pre-conference on Wednesday, October 24. Information about Mem Fox can be found at http://www.memfox.com/welcome.html
--Friday, July 20 is the scheduled date for the PLS Annual Meeting. The location will be the  w:st="on">WNCC</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName Harms Center in Scottsbluff.
--Cherie reminded us that One Book for Nebraska Kids 2007 book bags are available. This year the book is Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen.  Contact the PLS office for more information about the kits.
--On April 18, the Nebraska Library Commission representatives will be at the Alliance Public Library from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. seeking input on their five-year plan.
--Please vote in the upcoming PLS Board election. Ballots will be out soon.
--Sandy reminded the group that Cherie will be retiring the end of this month. Her Farewell Reception will be Thursday April 26 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Bluffs Business Center, 1517 Broadway in Scottsbluff.

* Meetings for the 2007-2008 school year. Duane and Tom Munson will host our group for lunch at the Gering Civic Center again in September.  The date will be either Monday, September 17 or Monday, September 24. Our ESU 13 area Media meeting will follow lunch.
--Next year we will try to have only TWO meetings, one in September and another one second semester. The second meeting will be over the DL system, and John suggested that we have four sites rather than just three.  Please send your thoughts on second semester dates and DL locations to swhite@panesu.org

* Following the meeting some of the participants stayed and discussed the content for the August 2 Workshop. If you are asked you share your talents or a special project you have done, please say YES!

 
 
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ESU 13 Media Specialists Meeting, January 18, 2007
DL Sites: ESU-Sidney, ESU-Scottsbluff, CSC
 

From 9 a.m. to noon  Public, School and Academic Librarians attended at training session with representatives from Follett. The session, set up by PLS (Panhandle Library System), was held over the Distance Learning system and 41 people participated.
 

There were 24 people at the afternoon school library media meeting, representing 15 school districts in the panhandle.  (See the attendance list at the end of the minutes.)  You are encouraged to share these minutes with your school administrators.

ITEM #1 -- People at each site introduced themselves, and Sandy White explained what the “lucky” winners of the red folders received.  Anyone who cannot be at the February 16 media session can contact Sandy swhite@panesu.org for a CSC Media P-12 Masters brochure, a “Nebraska Librarians Making a Difference” brochure or a copy of the Correlations to L.E.A.R.N.S. CD.
 

ITEM #10 - The NEMA (Nebraska Educational Media Association) Report and the PLS Report were moved to this place on the agenda.   Pat Gross reminded the group that Laurie Bauer’s term on the NEMA Board will end this summer.  It would be nice to have someone from Western Nebraska (the Panhandle) run for the Board position that Laurie is vacating.  It is a two year term and meetings are four times a year.  There is a retreat held in July in Aurora, a conference in October, a teleconference in January and a meeting in April in North Platte.  Membership to belong to NEMA is $25.00 a year which could be reimbursed by your school [NEMA membership application link--   http://nema.k12.ne.us/mem.dir/membership.html] There are people working with NDE to keep media programs and positions strong in Rule 10.

Some of the benefits of being a NEMA member are:  Nebraska Guide (c. 2000), which will be revised soon and has good information for School Library Media programs; also the NEMA website and listserv, newsletter, correlations CD, and workshops.  The 2007 NLA-NEMA Conference will be held in Kearney October 24-26 with the theme of “Nebraska Libraries-Charting Paths to the Future.”  There are scholarships available from both NEMA and PLS to attend.  [NEMA Scholarships link--   http://nema.k12.ne.us/mem.dir/award_scholar.html  ]  Laurie Bauer added that the AASL (American Association of School Librarians) 2nd Draft of the new “21st Century Library Learning Standards” is available, and input is being requested. [Courtesy of Glenda Willnerd on the NEMA listserv>>> Please go to the following website to view the second draft of the AASL Learning Standards--

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.htm  ]

Upcoming dates to remember from PLS are:

*February 1 – new technologies, ½ day session held at Sidney WNCC Campus.  The Library Commission has hired Michael Sauers from Colorado as their new tech person.

*March 22 – technology and webpage workshop in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> with Scott Kinney and James Britsch from Chadron presenting

*April 11 – Sidney Public Library ½ day book repair workshop with Nancy Eddy [date may change]

*July – a week long Library Leadership Institute Workshop at St. Benedict Retreat near Schyler. More information will be in the upcoming newsletter.

*January 30 – Job Alike at the Branding Iron in Bayard at 5:30, theme “Beating Those Winter Blahs”.  Deadline to register to Laurie lbauer@panesu.org or 308-586-1295 is January 26.

ITEM 2 – The previews were listed on the website for the area teachers, and were also e-mailed to school media specialists.  Sandy asked if teachers preferred preview lists in electronic or paper format.  Most chose electronic method, because they were able to forward the message on to their teachers. Some like both electronic and print.

ITEM 3 – A list of preview evaluations was handed out with recommendation in bold.  Out of about 90 titles available for preview, 36 were recommended for purchase.  If you have any other titles you would like to recommend you need to let Sandy know ASAP.

ITEM 4 – MediaNebraska usernames and passwords for all panhandle school library media specialists was distributed.  If you aren’t currently on the list contact Sandy via e-mail swhite@panesu.org  to add your name.  There are good resources for “21st Century Literacy” on this website.  The site was started to try to get an electronic learning community started for Nebraska school library media specialists.  The list may be similar to other listservs we already have through NEMA and PLS.
 

ITEM 5 – Audio Books, Playaways, Books with Videos: Would you like ESU to purchase these types of items?  The PLS has some audio books in Playaway format to borrow to see what they are like. Cherie said that some SPED teachers seem interested in this new format. The NLC (Nebraska Library Commission) has a program to help schools and libraries purchase Playaways at a discount. Sandy stated that we have a lot of Weston Wood titles on DVD and VHS, so if you have the book you could make your own book/video package.

ITEM 6 -  PowerMediaPlus Update – we have 120 teacher who have requested User IDs. We have had good feedback in our area and across the state. The contract should run for 4 ½ more years. The main issue for some districts is still bandwidth. Some teachers are requesting computers with DVD recorders, and some teachers are saving PMP files to USB flash drives.  Users like using short clips, and also use projection devices. The PMP materials are content rich, but literature based middle school materials are needed.  The morning session on February 16 in Scottsbluff will include working with lesson plans for elementary and secondary students.  Closed caption is available only if you are streaming.  Several members present said they would like a training session in their school. (Contact Sandy!)  

Elaine Lake suggested that we research a Media Center PC that is available through Circuit City. John Bays will look into this, and talk to the ESU 13 technology staff, and also the Nebraska Co-op Purchasing equipment specification writing committee for the future.  The device looks like it would be good for some needs, but is fairly expensive. Nebr. Co-op specs people said they will probably not have this type of computer equipment of Co-op. If you are interested, contact John Bays for the information he found on this topic. jbays@esu13.org ]

ITEM 7 – Sandy distributed a list of titles available for February including Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day.  She reminded the group that these are not complete listing as we have glitches in the online catalogs. If you want a title that you can’t find please contact Maggie or Gloria to help research it for you. The current online catalog is very time consuming to use for title lists, but we hope this will improve soon.

ITEM 8 – DVD and Videotape formats for 07-08 school year: Sandy asked if the schools would prefer DVD or videos duplicated.  Most schools indicated that they preferred DVDs. John Bays suggested to the group that if they need more DVD players they could check on ordering them through Co-Op purchasing at a good price.  New master titles ordered will be mastered on DVD only, but we will be able to copy in VHS format if requested.  Eventually we will be going to Internet, online based digital media such as the PowerMedaiPlus service instead of DVDs.  Several people suggested that we need to have more computer projection devices in our schools.

ITEM 9 – Good news that the ESU 13 Board has approved the purchase of a new web based online catalog and scheduling system for ESU Media Services was met with applause from the group. The ESU media staff will be working very hard to get the system ready for use by September 2007.  We are beginning to work on the conversion now. User IDs will probably match the school e-mail address for each person.  Due to the new system being made available in the fall,  Sandy will not be using a spring survey from the media specialists. 

ITEM 10 – Upcoming events:   February 16 Inservice – morning session with PowerMediaPlus with a focus on lesson plans and careers and vocational areas and the statewide ESU Alignment to L.E.A.R.N.S. website.  This will be held at Gering High School in Room 121.  The afternoon session will be presented by Dr. Pam Springer, current NEMA President, and will deal with assessments in library media.

ITEM 11 – School library media promotional ideas – Carole Matthews presented several reading posters that she had made to promote her library that included some of her family members.  Sandy also presented a brochure by Carol Luna for the Kimball HS Media Services, and Laurie Bauer had a brochure for Bayard Library Media Services.  If you would like a copy you may contact them by email: caluna@panesu.org  lbauer@panesu.org  cmatthew@panesu.org

ITEM 12 – Our next meeting is scheduled for April 19 over DL at the same sites. Sandy plans to travel to Chadron for the meeting.  It was suggested that maybe we combine this meeting with the book repair workshop on April 11th.  Sandy and Cherie will work this out and let people know ASAP so you can get the correct date on your calendar.

It was suggested that at meetings this spring (i.e. Job Alikes, the Febr. 16 Inservice) suggestions be solicited for the NEMA/PLS August Start Up workshop. This is a good time and starts the school year on a positive note; and suggestions for session topics and presenters would be appreciated.  Watch for information in the PLS newsletter before the end of the school year.

Sidney Site Attendance=10
Cyd Hanson, Creek Valley
Anne Hostert, Sidney
Elaine Lake and Susan Weinerman, Garden Co. Schools
Nancy Rochlitz, South Platte (guest)
Carol Luna, Kimball
Sue Arndt, Leyton
Sharon Johnson, Potter-Dix
Sandy White and Gloria Rose, ESU 13
 

CSC Site Attendance=4
Jan Varn, Janet Johnson and Dawn Weber, Gordon-Rushville
Carole Matthews, Hay Springs
 

Scottsbluff Site Attendance=10
Kathy Terrell, Pat Gross and Mary Robinson, Gering
Laurie Bauer, Bayard
Julie Kinzman, Alliance St. Agnes
Allison McBride, Alliance
Lillian Diedrichsen, Minatare
Carla Schwartz, Scottsbluff
Cherie Longmuir, PLS
John Bays, ESU 13
 

Following the meeting, Sandy, Sharon, Sue, Laurie, Kathy and Carole used the DL system for a meeting to finalize plans for the February 16 Media session.

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ESU #13 Media Meeting Minutes
Gering Civic Center
September 18, 2006
10 -11:30 a.m.

At the first ESU #13 School Library Media Specialist meeting of the year 19 members were present from the 11 county area served by the ESU.  Sandy welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending.  Introductions were made.   The ESU #13 media center website address is http://www.esu13.org/media/ and all information is current. 


 

The final Title V/Media Utilization report showed the distribution numbers from the previous school year.  Titles valued at almost $97,000 were permanently placed in the area schools during 2005-2006.

Cherie Longmuir from the Panhandle Library System reported that the Children’s Author Tour will have six school performances for 2nd and 3rd graders in the panhandle. The two public performances (and autograph sessions) will be held on October 17 at the Bayard High School Auditorium at 7:00 pm and on October 19 at the Scottsbluff High School Auditorium at 7:00 pm.  The featured author is Judy Schachner.  All librarians are invited to meet with the author--on October 18 at Applebee’s at 6:00 pm and/or on the 19th of October at 11:15 for lunch.  The cost is $7.00.  Please RSVP by Friday, October 13 at 308-630-6250. 

Cherie also reported that Becky Pasco from the UniversityNebraska-Omaha</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> will be in Scottsbluff on Wednesday, Sept. 20th from 4:00-6:00 with information on the new school library media masters program to be offered through Chadron State College.  At the PLS CE Committee meeting last Tuesday there were several of ideas from the surveys on topics for workshops.  There is PLS scholarship money available for those wishing to attend the NLA-NEMA Conference.

Laurie Bauer passed around pictures taken at the August 2nd NEMA-PLS Institute and pictures taken at the September 6th Author Tour Planning meeting. Both meetings were held at Bayard High School.  It was suggested that Laurie put together a display of these events for the NLA-NEMA conference.

Pam Gross reminded the group that the next Job A-Like Meeting will be held on Monday, September 25th at the Wonderful House in Scottsbluff.  These meetings are held every other month and all are invited.

Sandydistributed a CD that has teacher guides and standards alignments for several of the new media titles available from the ESU, plus IMAT annual report and a listing of expiring titles.  There were 150-200 new titles purchased this year in both DVD and VHS format.  This is possibly the last year that the ESU will master new titles in VHS format.  Format issues for schools were briefly discussed and will be discussed at our future meetings throughout this year.

The new print catalogs (complete revision) from the Sidney site will be distributed within the next two weeks.  The Scottsbluff site will be sending out a supplement soon of the new titles available through their office.  There will be a letter sent out on the van for each teacher with a listing of new titles available.  You may go online to get more information.  The Sidneysite online media catalog has been updated with the new titles. Jim Copley will begin working on the Scottsbluff online catalog update on September 19. If you talk to Jim, please tell him thank you.

Previewing titles: this year’s designated areas are math, computer education, business education and marketing.  Titles must be c. 2002 or later. There will be three methods of previewing this year:

  • Traditional—120 titles have been ordered in DVD format and will be available for preview from November 1st through January 15th.  A listing of preview titles will be e-mailed to media specialists to distribute to teachers, and the listing will be available on the ESU 13 Media website.  http://www.esu13.org/media/ (online about November 1st).
  • Online--The Films Media Group website has short clips of titles to view online. The website is: www.films.com  Titles must have a copyright of 2002 or later to be considered for digital duplication rights.   If your teachers see clips of titles they like at this site, let Sandy swhite@panesu.org  know so that she can submit these titles to the state group for purchase of digital duplication rights in the spring.  This information and some specific titles will be e-mailed to media specialists to forward to their vocational teachers about November 1st.
  • Preview DVD of 2006 releases from Landmark Media. This company has 2-3 minute clips from over 35 new titles available on one DVD.  A list was distributed to those present. If you want a copy (one per school) of the DVD for your teachers to preview, contact Maggie mbernal@esu13.org or Gloria grose@panesu.org   Teachers will need to e-mail Sandy if they want the title submitted for purchase.

NEW Media on Demand Service: Power Media Plus currently has over 60 teachers in the area signed up as users. Scottsbluff Middle Schoolcurrently uses the most.  The Power Media Plus Media On Demand service was purchased to replace Digital Curriculum and United Streaming available for the previous few years.  If you wish to have an account set up to view this site contact Sandy swhite@panesu.org   Teachers must provide their district, their school email address and their name.

At the September 27th  ESU 13 Advisory Council Meeting, Sandy will discuss the new Power Media Plus service and how this service should be positively effected by the scheduled DL/Internet update in the summer of 2008. You are urged to work with the tech people at your school site before using PMP because of bandwidth and your school server issues.

The 2007 NLA-NEMA Conference is to be held at the Quest Center</st1:PlaceType> in Omaha.  There is a registration form in your packet and you may go to the website for additional information.  http://www.2006nla-nemaconference.info/  The deadline for early conference registration is September 30, and the deadline for discounted room reservations is September 22 at $124/room.  After that date the room price goes to more than $200 so get your reservations made now. 

The February 16 inservice was discussed.  There will be a media strand. Members who volunteered to help  with the program are Sharon Johnson, Laurie Bauer, Carol Mathews, Kathy Terrell and Sue Arndt.  Thanks to Kim Elder for helping us get our strand approved for the February event.

The next meeting will be held over DL on January 18th at 1:00 pm at the following three sites: ESU 13-Sidney, Chadron State College-Miller Hall/Room 309 and ESU 13-Scottsbluff.  The final meeting for the year will be April 19th over DL at 1:00 pm at the same sites.  [BJ has confirmed these sites.]

The meeting space and delicious lunch were provided courtesy of Duane and Tom Munson from Munson Book Sales.



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ESU 13 School Media Specialists and Title V Meeting Minutes

April 20, 2006, Noon – 3:00 p.m.

Alliance, Chadron, Scottsbluff and Sidney (Distance Learning Sites)

Minutes will also be available at the ESU 13 Media website: http://www.esu13.org/media/

 

Those attending at the four locations introduced themselves over the DL system. Many attending received some “free” PBS videos (7-12 grade level) that were extra copies from the ESU Media Center-Sidney site.  You may keep these tapes in your school for the life of the tape.  By next fall (2006) the ESU will no longer have the rights to duplicate many PBS titles.  Before your district purchases PBS titles, check with the ESU Media Centers because both sites will still have many current titles available to circulate.

 

NEW TITLES FOR FALL, FALL PREVEIWS:   A copy of annotations for new titles was available for everyone to look at.  It was noted that there are no ESU media numbers assigned to the individual titles, and they won’t be until they are received by the Service Unit this summer and are put on the booking system for check out.  We have purchased the “encompassing duplication rights” which means titles can be duplicated on VHS or DVD or (eventually) will be available for downloading or streaming from a server.

 

The statewide focus next fall for previews is on math, business and computer education.  If you have requests for certain curriculum topics e-mail Sandy swhite@panesu.org by the end of August before she attends the September Preview Seminar.

 

The March 2006 Media Distribution report for the ESU 13 Media Centers was distributed, but not discussed.  Please note the high utilization of videos in digital format in panhandle schools! Some teachers in the area are doing a great job of embracing this new technology!

 

REPORTS:

PLS – if you haven’t voted for the PLS Board yet please do so NOW.  The

  • August 2nd  Jump Start Session at Bayard H.S. will include book sessions, technology, etc.  There is a $10 fee for the lunch.
  • July 21st is the Annual PLS meeting in Bridgeport at the Community Center.  A lunch and program are included. 
  • October 17, 18, and 19 is the Children’s Author Tour (five locations) for second and third graders.  The Author Tour workshop for teachers and librarians on September 6th at the Bayard H.S. Library. 
  • It was suggested that you encourage students to attend programs at their public library this summer. 
  • There will be a Nebraska Library Commission databases workshop on June 20 in Scottsbluff.

 

NEMA – Board Meeting was April 8 meeting at North Platte H. S., attended by Pat Gross and Laurie Bauer, Board members from the panhandle.  There are lots of benefits from belonging to NEMA including a newsletter.  There may be funding available from your schools for the dues for professional organizations such as NEMA ($25/year or $60/3 years).  Membership information is on the website: http://nema.k12.ne.us/

  • Unfortunately, the State Legislature veto override of the bill to fund encyclopedia data base didn’t pass.  NDE has revisions on Rule 10.  Go to the NDE site under policy and procedures and Rule 10 for these revisions.  There is an interpretation in the Spring NEMA Newsletter.  There was discussion about when the new rules go into effect, and it may be as early as the 2006-07 school year.
  • NEMA and the Nebraska Information Power Committee will be working on the revision of the Nebraska Guide For Developing and Evaluating school Library Media Programs, which was last revised in 2000. Sandy, Laurie and Ruth Walker are on the IP committee and will help with this, beginning at the NEMA Retreat in July.  The IP committee has also finished the correlation of the Information Literacy Standards to L.E.A.R.N.S. and technology standards. These will be available on the NEMA website soon, and also on CDs and print copies.  The NEMA candidates for officers and the board were mentioned. Be sure to vote, and let’s try to keep our panhandle/western Nebraska representation.
  • It would benefit us all to know more about the 65% Solution (Everyone should Google it!) which does not take into account school programs like guidance and library. The movement is taking hold in nearby states such as Kansas, Colorado and also in Texas.
  • The NLA/NEMA Conference is October 25-27 at the Qwest Center in Omaha. Scholarships are available to NEMA members to help with the cost of attending. More information on the NEMA website: http://nema.k12.ne.us/   Becky Pasco (UNO) and Milton Wolff (CSC) are working on a cooperative agreement for a masters program that should be very beneficial to SLMS master degree candidates from the panhandle—beginning in the fall of 2007.

 

TITLE V - It was reported that all of the remaining Title V Cooperative dollars will be spent soon on acquisition of  “encompassing duplication rights” and masters of titles through ESU statewide projects. Thank you to all the school districts who consorted Title V dollars this year. Next year schools should consider writing their own Title V grants or assigning the dollars to another area of NCLB or REAP. 

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DIGITAL MEDIA ONLINE SERVICES UPDATE: Sandy told the group that that Video-On-Demand pilot with AIMS/United Streaming (aka Discovery Education) will be ending on June 31 (actually June 30—since there is no June 31!!)  Letters will be sent to School Administrators, Technology Coordinators and School Library Media Specialists explaining that at the end of the pilot project ALL copies from the pilot period must be erased/destroyed—including copies on CDs, DVDs, hard drives and servers. The vendor has all the distribution records on their website, and tracks utilization be each teacher. Many participants requested a pilot project VOD users list of teachers from their buildings.  Lists will be sent out the first week in May, and the official letter will be sent out as soon as we receive it.

 

The ESUs are in the process of purchasing another online digital media service for Video On Demand titles. PowerMediaPlus www.powermediaplus.com  Sandy asked the people to go to the site to sign up for the 14 day free trial to look at what is available.  [Note: the vendor has given us a code to use for Nebraska Teachers to preview the site.]

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All new titles will have “encompassing duplication rights” which means titles can be duplicated on VHS or DVD or (eventually) will be available for downloading or streaming from a server.

 

SLMS Survey results were mentioned, and also the District Satisfaction survey results. Those who took the time to do the online survey are to be commended.  These survey results are a very important piece of data for our Unit Improvement Process.

 

MEDIA SERVICES MARKETING AND TRAININGS: Craig Hicks would like to do another Marco Polo training in May or June. Please contact him to set up a training.  Sandy will come to your district, work with the library/media group or with individuals on how to use the ESU 13 Media Website and Media Services. Contact her.

 

The new Video-On-Demand PowerMediaPlus website training for ESU staff members is in May, and Sandy will train school people (anytime—anywhere!!) [NOTE: the NEMA/PLS August 2nd Jump Start training will have a session on this topic.]

 

February 16, 2007 is the Inservice Day for ESU 13 area schools. If media people want to plan something for ourselves we need to get it worked on and submitted to the Staff Development Department SOON.  Laurie Bauer was asked to help Sandy with this. Possibilities include:

  • 21st Century Literacies (Information, Visual, Cultural, Media) a web based program available to schools through the myelearning system. ESU media coordinators will be helping to sponsor this program. Sessions will be at NETA this spring and NLA/NEMA next fall.
  • Work together on  School Library Curriculum which Allison said we many need to have in place as early as fall 2007. (She will check her sources for this timeline.)

 

OTHER ITEMS: Sue Gosnell from WNCC offered to help work with the K-12 schools on trainings, facilities, in anyway possible.  Prior to the meeting PLS hosted a job-alike/lunch at Scottsbluff, and at the Sidney site we had a “brown bag” lunch. (We hope the people at the other sites had an opportunity for lunch together!)   Some SLMS told us they will not be working in the ESU 13 area next year (sad news for us!). We will miss them at our meetings.

 

If you have any questions about PLS or NEMA, please contact Cherie clongmuir@nlc.state.ne.us  or Pat pgross@geringschools.net  or Laurie lbauer@panesu.org   

 

Our next meeting will be on September 18 at the Gering Civic Center, with a lunch hosted by Duane and Tom Munson.

 

ATTENDING:
Alliance: Allison McBride

Chadron: Carole Matthews, Patti Dean, Ruby Tiensvold, Colleen Harvey

Scottsbluff: Laurie Bauer, John Bays, Pat Gross, Cherie Longmuir, Lillian Diedrichsen, Kathy Terrell, Mary Robinson, Maggie Bernal

Sidney: Sue Arndt, Sharon Johnson, Carol Luna, Sue Gosnell, Stephanie Norton, Sherri Hausmann, Gloria Rose, Sandy White

 

Thanks for attending. We hope you ALL have a wonderful summer!

 

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School Library Media Meeting

January 17, 2006, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Meeting Schedule and Minutes area available online at the

ESU 13 Media Website: http://www.esu13.org/media/

Note: We have scheduled the next meeting over the DL system at four sites: Scottsbluff ESU, Sidney ESU, Alliance HS and Chadron HS. The date is Thursday, May 4, 2006, 1:00-4:00 p. m.

 

Present at the DL Site in Sidney:  Carol Luna, Kimball H.S.; Cyd Hanson, Creek Valley H.S.; Sherri Hausmann, Creek Valley Middle School; Sharon Johnson, Potter-Dix (both sites); Sue Arndt, Leyton (both sites); Sandy White and Gloria Rose, ESU 13-Sidney site; Gary Wilsher, Presente/Vendor.

 

Present at the DL Site in Scottsbluff:  Maggie Bernal, ESU 13-Scottsbluff site; Kari Gifford, Banner Co. Schools; Karen Harshbarger, Scottsbluff Elementary; Allison McBride, Alliance H.S.; Julie Kunzman, Alliance St. Agnes; Mary Robinson, Gering Junior H.S.; Kathy Terrell, Gering Elementary; Laurie Bauer, Bayard H.S.;  Lillian Diedrichsen, Minatare; Cherie Longmuir, Panhandle Library System; Pat Gross, Gering H.S.

 

Present at the DL Site in Chadron:  Colleen Harvey, Chadron Middle and H.S.; Janet Pickering, Chadron Elementary; Jan Varn, Gordon-Rushville H.S. and Elementary; Ruby Tiensvold, Gordon-Rushville Middle School; Patti Dean, Gordon-Rushville Elementary.

 

Following lunch, when the sites came up, participants introduced themselves.  Gary Wilsher, from Bound to Stay Bound Books, was introduced. He gave a presentation on types of book bindings, selection and acquisition, and online ordering.  If you have any questions for Gary you may contact him through his email address: GSWilsher@btsb.com  The BTSB website has many useful selection features and author information and website links: www.btsb.com 

 

The ESU video preview process was discussed.   Sandy handed out a list of preview titles that were previewed and recommended by area teachers to purchase in the Spring Buy.  If you have any subjects or curriculum topics that you or your teachers would like to have included next year contact Sandy early in the fall (before Labor Day). She meets with several vendors in early September to set up previews that are circulated to our schools November 1st through January 15th.   Sandy added two titles to this year’s printed proposed list: Blizzards White Out is about the 1888 blizzard in Nebraska, and Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness about a Japanese diplomat that saved European Jews during WWII.  This list will be sent in to be compiled with other Service Units for a final selection to be finalized in March.  By May we should know which titles were selected and will be available for teachers next fall.  This year the curriculum focus was on Social Studies.  The curriculum focus for 2006-2007 is Math, Business, Marketing, Computer Education. Specific topics in all areas will be considered.

 

Update on NCLB – A small portion of Title V funds were consorted at the ESU by schools in the panhandle.  This year the Grants Management System is going online and it really isn’t good timing to make this change since the ESUs merged. The two situations together have made for some delays. These funds are designated to spent on Instructional Materials.

 

A listing of videos with duplication rights expiring August 31, 2006 was distributed.  For the Sidney site schools, those requesting copies of these videos should be sent in as soon as possible for dubbing.  This list does not affect the schools receiving services from the Scottsbluff site as much, because the practice there has been that video copies are circulated and are not made to be retained in schools.

 

Digital Utilization (Online Video on Demand—VOD, and duplication of DVD titles) was discussed. In our ESU area, 40% of our total utilization this year has been Video Streaming/VOD, by eight school districts. This Video On Demand “pilot” project is in it’s third and final year. This year the project is using the United Streaming digital video service. It is very doubtful that this will be available next year because of increases in cost. The utilization of this VOD service across the state has been low. This project is not feasible to continue as an individual ESU. (Next year retail price for this service for all districts in the ESU 13 area could be as much as $1000 per building, rough estimate=$80,000??) Only 25 teachers use the service in our area, but they account for 40% of our total utilization. The current VOD project is available until the end of June so you still have time to check it out. Contact Sandy, swhite@panesu.org for your school pass-code.

 

The ESU Media Centers across the state are continuing to look at  how to best provide digital media to our schools in the most cost effective manner, and at the present time the ESUs may have to develop our own interface or purchase one that will allow us to put the titles we own with digital rights online.  We all know we need to go digital.  Right now the teachers in the panhandle who use digital media like it, we are working to find ways to help more teachers become digital media users.  Sandy swhite@panesu.org and Craig chicks@panesu.org will come to schools to do a presentation on some of the digital resources the ESU is making available:  Using VOD/United Streaming, NetTrekker, Library of Congress and Marco Polo.  

 

Sandy shared some copyright information from a November training. Kenneth D. Crews book Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators, 2nd Ed. has been added to the Sidney Information Literacy collection. Email the Sidney media site at media14@panesu.org and request #22-7030. BJ Peters was sent a copy for the Scottsbluff site, because it includes current information on the TEACH Act.

 

NEMA update from Laurie and Pat:    Note: Laurie’s Report Notes are at the end of the minutes.

·        NETA Conference scheduled for April 27 & 28 in Omaha

·        NLA/NEMA Conference on October 26 & 27 in Omaha at the QWEST Center

·        New scholarships available for a degreed program $800 or possibly $1,000; and scholarships for  $150 to attend a conference or for continuing education will continue.  Deadlines must be filed by March 15 and August 15.

·        NDE Rule 10 – Gail Formanack met with the Department of Education concerning proposed changes to Rule 10 on some of the issues like recommending that all media centers be staffed with qualified personnel, the requirements that encyclopedias not be older than 5 year, and other important issues.

·        The Nebraska Library Commission (NLC) is  trying to gain funding for an online encyclopedia to be available to all K-8 schools. Legislators may be contacted in support of this funding. Allison noted that Don Pederson is head of the appropriation committee.

·        NEMA/PLS Summer Institute will be August 2. The planning committee asked about possible topics, technology, Make It/Take It, send ideas for the institute via email to Laurie: lbauer@panesu.org

·        Alignment to Learns – videos aligned to LEARNS – several area teachers over the past four years were paid to look at videos to align to standards.  This is a project of ESU Media Centers across the state, and the ESU Media Directors have asked that this link be added to the NEMA website. You may search by grade level, standard or title name. Sandy gave a very brief tour of the Alignment site, which is also accessible through the ESU 13 Media Center site: http://www.esu13.org/media/

 

PLS Update – Cherie:

  • Scholarship from NLC in the amount of $2500 used toward a masters degree in either library/information science or education/school library media. More information at: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/index.html
  • The Panhandle Library Fund has scholarship money, $300 available. This money can be used to attend a conference such  as NETA or NLA/NEMA. If you are interested contact the PLS office for an application form or e-mail Cherie clongmuir@nlc.state.ne.us
  • Next fall Judith Schachner will be in the area for an Author Tour for 2nd and 3rd graders (2,400 students) in the panhandle..  The sites will be:  Chadron, Ogallala, Bayard, Scottsbluff and Sidney on October 17, 18, and 19. 
  • Workshops at two sites: Front Page web page software and Follett Sharing. March 1 at the Sidney-WNCC Computer Lab and on March 2 at Alliance Public Library facility, in the Computer Lab.  One half of the day will be spent on creating a web page and the other half on a sharing session.
  • January 30 is the Job Alike at WNCC Scottsbluff Library.  Sharing time will be 5:30 – 7:00 pm.  A flyer will be sent out with additional information.

Our next meeting is scheduled over DL on May 4th from the previous three sites in addition to an Alliance site.

 

Laurie asked the group if they would like to have a Mini Conference in August and to contact her with any ideas and suggestions.

 

Sue Arndt informed the group that Duane Munson will have a Book Exhibit on Feb. 27 at Leyton High School.

  

A Final Note from Sandy: I forgot—I forgot!! The ESU Media Services program has an opportunity this year to survey the people in our schools that know about our services. You will soon be receiving a list of questions to review and discuss with your teachers. Shortly after that, I will e-mail you an online survey link, so you can go to the web and do the survey quickly online. Please be watching for the survey—YOU are the KEY to getting accurate information about our services.

 

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend. I encourage you to print a copy of these minutes to share with your administrators. If they have any questions, they may contact me.
 

 

Laurie’s Notes:

 

NEMA Board meeting – Jan. 14, 2006

Highlights

 

NETA Conference

   Several library/media-oriented sessions will be offered.  Conference is in Omaha, April 27-28.

NEMA members/board will plan/facilitate a session on assessments at a NLA/NEMA pre-conference in the future. 

 

NEMA at this time is not planning on having a pre-conference every year.

 

NLA/NEMA Conference is Oct 26-27 in Omaha at the Qwest Center.  The theme is: “Libraries…Vital, Vibrant, Visionary.”  More information will be on the conference website.  http://papillion.ne.us~nla-nema2006

 

Slate of Officers for 2006-2007

   President: Pam Springer

   Pres. Elect:  Judy Henning

   Sec.: Kerry Tarner

   Members at large:          (2 of the 3 will be elected)

          Pat Gross (running for 2nd term)

          Lori Long (Gothenburg)

          Lori Umstead (Millard)

 

L.E.A.R.N.S. website – Sandy has info.  http://esumedia.unl.edu

 

Correlation to state standards is still in progress.  About half have been completed.

 

NEMA is offering a new scholarship for those taking college credit classes.  Two $800.00 scholarships will be awarded.  Final information will be given at the next board meeting in April.  All scholarship requests will now be due twice a year, Mar. 15th and Aug. 15th

 

NEMA/PLS Summer Institute is being planned for Aug.  Dr. Becky Pasco and Karla Wendelin have volunteered to come and present on topics of our choice.  They have presented locally, state wide and nationally on a variety of topics.  Other topics, including technology and a make it/take it session, are being considered.

 

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