Resources That Help Us Represent!

Here's a recent presentation I gave to the Youth Librarians of Illinois.  "Resources that Help Us Represent," discusses how I have effectively used book vendors, publishing houses, websites, databases and books while working as a school librarian.  Enjoy!

Marketing Your Library!

I'm wearing a Krazy Kreations
original T-Shirt

Marketing Your Library! from KC Boyd

My friend, Sabrena
aka Super Library Girl

Yesterday was the Chicago Public Schools annual Back to School Professional Day for Teacher-Librarians.  It was great seeing all of my librarian colleagues but also sad because many have lost their positions due to funding.  My prayer is positions will open up and these librarians will be able to return back to their librarians.  Please say a prayer for them.  Below is one of two presentations I gave.  Enjoy!

Marketing Your Library!

We know that you know all the wonderful things going on inside your library, but does everyone else?  View the steps in promoting your program to your students, administration, staff, and community. Highlights of this session will include free resource you can (and should) use, clever ideas for promoting your program, and how you can use this to document your professional growth and portfolio. 

https://sites.google.com/site/spreadthewordthelibrary/sessions  

Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Up

I will a presenter for tonight's Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Up.  Topics discussed will be the integration of social media projects for the Behind the Paws students news program, Phillips social media presence and digital projects.

If you would like to learn more about Mouse Squad and/or listen in on today's Google Hangout, register here:  http://mousesquad.org/DigitalMeetUp_4-8-14

FAQ's About the Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Ups

WHEN:     
The live meet-up will be held at 5pm EST on Tuesday, April 8th.

HOW DO I JOIN?: 
This meet-up will be held over Google On-Air. Fill out the short registration form below, and you'll get an email shortly before the meet-up begins with a link to join via your Google+ account.

WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE A GOOGLE PLUS ACCOUNT? 
You can create one here, or you can come back to this post and the YouTube livestream will be embedded above (you just won't be able to join the conversation). Please fill out the registration form below to get a reminder email before we begin.


WHAT ELSE? 
If you can't join us during the meet-up you'll be able to watch a recording later on YouTube. This post will be updated with the link to the recording after it's over.

Register for the Mouse Squad Digital Meet-Up
http://mousesquad.org/DigitalMeetUp_4-8-14

Databases for Research

     This lesson was an introduction to using databases for my freshman and sophomore classes.  I engaged the students in a brief discussion about upcoming research based assignments for their classes.  I then introduced and encouraged the students to listen critically to a short video describing internet search engines vs. library databases.  Next, I led the students in a brief discussion about Google and Wikipedia as a respected primary source for research. 

     The lesson concluded with the students logging onto Gale Student Resources and conducting a simple search using the subject:  Chicago Violence.