New York City School Librarians' Association

Please join NYCSLA in celebrating the holidays at our annual Holiday Happy Hour at The Dove Parlour! This year, we are asking all NYCSLA members to bring some school or office supplies (pens, pencils, markers, rulers, staplers, tape, notebooks, etc) to the Happy Hour. Any member who brings some supplies will have their first drink on NYCSLA. Any displaced librarian is welcome to take any of the supplies donated back to their buildings with them that night. We hope many of you will join us!

Details

Date: Thursday, 12/13

Time: 5:30

Place: The Dove Parlour, 228 Thompson St, btwn Bleecker and W. 3rd. 

Bring: School or office supplies (pens, pencils, markers, rulers, staplers, tape, notebooks, etc.) for librarians displaced by Hurricane Sandy. If you bring supplies, your first drink is on NYCSLA!

Getting there: A, B, C, D, E, F, and M train to W. 4th st; N and R train to 8th st-NYU; 6 train to Bleecker St.

Note: It’s easy to miss the entrance – it’s down a small flight of stairs, so look down!

We look forward to seeing you there!

We’ve added a new page to NYCSLA.org: Librarians In Need

On the page, you will find opportunities to help your colleagues whose libraries have suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy. Our first posting is from Eileen Markov, the librarian at PS 90 Edna Cohen. More opportunities to help will be coming soon – we will announce them in this space when they are posted.

We are happy to announce that our next meeting, Educator’s Appreciation Night at McNally Jackson Book will take place on Wednesday, 11/28! 

Link to full flyer with the new date: Educator’s Appreciation Night

McNally Jackson welcomes New York City educators and representatives from several major publishers and small presses to share ideas over food and drinks, preview fall and winter titles, and meet-and-greet with other educators, authors, and illustrators. Raffles and giveaways for galleys and teaching supplies will happen throughout the night.

Guests include:
David Levithan
Sophie Blackall
Adele Griffin
Susannah Reich
Michael Buckley
Geoff Rodkey
Tonya Hurley
Matt Luckhurst
Patricia McCormick
Matthew Reinhart

Schedule:
5:30 Start
6:00 Introduction
6:05 David Levithan
6:20 Kira Wizner (Blue School mother)
6:30 – 7:30 Meet & greet / signing
7:30 – 8:00 Educators mixer

Date:
Wednesday, 11/28

Location:

McNally Jackson
52 Prince Street
(between Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York City, NY 10012

See you all there!

ATTENTION EVERYONE: Educator’s Appreciation Night has been postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. The event will be rescheduled – we’ll post details on the new date soon. Stay safe!

Link to full flyer: educators appreciation night flyer

McNally Jackson welcomes New York City educators and representatives from several major publishers and small presses to share ideas over food and drinks, preview fall and winter titles, and meet-and-greet with other educators, authors, and illustrators. Raffles and giveaways for galleys and teaching supplies will happen throughout the night.

Guests include:
David Levithan
Sophie Blackall
Adele Griffin
Susannah Reich
Michael Buckley
Geoff Rodkey
Tonya Hurley
Matt Luckhurst
Patricia McCormick
Matthew Reinhart

Schedule:
5:30 Start
6:00 Introduction
6:05 David Levithan
6:20 Kira Wizner (Blue School mother)
6:30 – 7:30 Meet & greet / signing
7:30 – 8:00 Educators mixer

Date:
Monday, 10/29

Location:

McNally Jackson
52 Prince Street
(between Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York City, NY 10012

See you all there!

Please join us at the Martin Luther King Campus Library for our first meeting of the year! The meeting will focus on advocacy strategies and ways to promote your library program to teachers and principals.

Date: Wednesday, 9/19

Place: 122 Amsterdam Ave (at W 66th st)

Public Transit: 1 – Lincoln Center; 2,3 – 72nd St; B, C – 72nd St

Time: 4:30 – Snacks; 5:00-6:30 – Meeting

Hope to see you there!

NYCSLA would like to send a warm welcome to Richard Hasenyager, the new director of library services in New York City. Mr. Hasenyager comes to us from Texas, where he was the director of library services for the North East Independent School District. He was recently profiled in School Library Journal, and he was featured as one of 2011′s Movers and Shakers in Library Journal. We all look forward to working with him during the 2012-13 school year and beyond!