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Members: Apply for NYCSLA Fellowship and Administrator Awards

March 15, 2012

This year, NYCSLA is proud to offer two awards for members and their schools: the NYCSLA Fellowship award for members and the NYCSLA Administrator Award for principals. The application deadline is Friday, April 27, 2012.

NYCSLA Fellowship Award

This $300 Fellowship Award is awarded to a NYCSLA member to attend a national, state or regional conference. NYCSLA fellows are chosen on the basis of three criteria: (1) involvement and leadership in the field of school libraries, including professional accomplishments, (2) quality of your virtual library presence, and (3) willingness to share your conference experience with colleagues. NYCSLA board members are ineligible.

Apply online!

NYCSLA Administrator Award

The Award recognizes an administrator who has been responsible for the improvement of the School Library Media Program in a New York City school during the past two to five years. The winner receives a plaque and online recognition in the form of a press release and blog post acknowledging his/her support of the School Library Media Program. You must be a NYCSLA member to apply. NYCSLA board members are not eligible to apply.

Apply online!

All current NYCSLA members are eligible, so apply today! (Not sure if your membership is current? Email nycsla.librarians@gmail.com to check or come to our meeting on March 22 at Sunset Park High School to sign up.)

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NYCSLA Fellowship and Administrator Award Applications Due Friday!

March 15, 2011

This year, NYCSLA is proud to offer two awards for members and their schools: the NYCSLA Fellowship award for members and the NYCSLA Administrator Award for principals. The application deadline is this Friday, March 18.

NYCSLA Fellowship Award

This $300 Fellowship Award is awarded to a NYCSLA member to attend a national, state or regional conference. NYCSLA fellows are chosen on the basis of three criteria: (1) involvement and leadership in the field of school libraries, including professional accomplishments, (2) quality of your virtual library presence, and (3) willingness to share your conference experience with colleagues. NYCSLA board members are ineligible.

Apply online!

NYCSLA Administrator Award

The Award recognizes an administrator who has been responsible for the improvement of the School Library Media Program in a New York City school during the past two to five years. The winner receives a plaque and online recognition in the form of a press release and blog post acknowledging his/her support of the School Library Media Program. You must be a NYCSLA member to apply. NYCSLA board members are not eligible to apply.

Apply online!

All NYCSLA members are eligible, so apply today!

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March 9 Meeting Recap & Resources

March 15, 2011

Jesse Karp got everyone thinking visually at NYCSLA’s March meeting, which focused on using graphic novels in the library. Karp stated that, now that the resistance to graphic novels has somewhat leveled off and they do get shelf space in libraries, it is time to focus on doing some research to measure their ability to teach comprehension and raise students’ reading levels.

Participants had the opportunity to do some hands-on activities featuring literacy skills that graphic novels teach so well: interpretation, context, perspective and collaboration. In his upcoming ALA Editions book, Graphic Novels in your School Library (October 2011), Karp promises even more activities and a list of best titles.

In one of these activities, for example, Karp asked NYCSLA members to draw three interpretations of “sad” told in two panels each. NYCSLA President Sara Paulson said, “Everything I knew about the art form came flying out of my head and in spite of my rather poor drawing skills, I used perspective and the trope, ‘Three hours later..’ to get my ideas across. We all enjoyed it.”

NYCSLA also welcomed three new board members for 2011-13: Teresa Tartaglione as our new President, Kathleen Tarbell, and Jen Abounader. All members are welcome to come to our April 7th board meeting when the executive board will be editing our decades-old by-laws. Email nycsla.librarians@gmail.com for details. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a special evening!

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March Book Club: Hereville by Barry Deutsch

March 15, 2011

Better late than never: please join NYCSLA’s book club with our March pick for the 2010-11 school year: Hereville by Barry Deutsch. The NYCSLA book club is dedicated to reading engaging new literature for children and young adults. Hereville is a graphic novel nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy, part of the Nebula Awards. Here’s a little bit of info about the book:

Spunky, strong-willed, eleven-year-old Mirka Hirschberg isn’t interested in knitting lessons from her step-mother, or how-to-find-a-husband advice from her sister, or you-better-not warnings from her brother. There’s only one thing she does want: to fight dragons! Granted, no dragons have been breathing fire around Hereville, the Orthodox Jewish community where Mirka lives, but that doesn’t stop the plucky girl from honing her skills…. A delightful mix of fantasy, adventure, cultural traditions, and preteen commotion, Hereville will captivate children and grown-ups alike with its exciting visuals and entertaining new heroine.

Please add your comments about March’s pick here! Also, we need your recommendations for future book club selections. Please fill out this simple form to let us know the best new books you’ve read this year, especially titles you have a hunch will show up on Newbery, Printz, or other major award shortlists… it’s early, but never too early to start guessing!

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February Book Club: Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpool

February 10, 2011

After a brief winter hiatus, please join NYCSLA’s book club with our February pick for the 2010-11 school year: Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpool. The NYCSLA book club is dedicated to reading engaging new literature for children and young adults. Moon Over Manifest is Vanderpool’s first book AND our newest Newbery Award winner. Here’s a portion of the starred review in Booklist:

After a life of riding the rails with her father, 12-year-old Abilene can’t understand why he has sent her away to stay with Pastor Shady Howard in Manifest, Missouri, a town he left years earlier; but over the summer she pieces together his story…. Vanderpool weaves humor and sorrow into a complex tale involving murders, orphans, bootlegging, and a mother in hiding. With believable dialogue, vocabulary and imagery appropriate to time and place, and well-developed characters, this rich and rewarding first novel is “like sucking on a butterscotch. Smooth and sweet.”

Please add your comments about February’s pick here! Also, we need your recommendations for future book club selections. Please fill out this simple form to let us know the best new books you’ve read this year, especially titles you have a hunch will show up on Newbery, Printz, or other major award shortlists… it’s early, but never too early to start guessing!

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December Book Club: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

December 2, 2010

Please join NYCSLA’s book club with our December pick for the 2010-11 school year: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. The NYCSLA book club is dedicated to reading engaging new literature for children and young adults. Ship Breaker is Bacigalupi’s first science fiction novel for young adults, and it was a finalist for the National Book Award. Here’s a portion of the starred review in Booklist:

In a world in which society has stratified, fossil fuels have been consumed, and the seas have risen and drowned coastal cities, Nailer, 17, scavenges beached tankers for scrap metals on the Gulf Coast. Every day, he tries to “make quota” and avoid his violent, drug-addicted father. After he discovers a modern clipper ship washed up on the beach, Nailer thinks his fortune is made, but then he discovers a survivor trapped in the wreckage—the “swank” daughter of a shipping-company owner. Should he slit the girl’s throat and sell her for parts or take a chance and help her?… Vivid, brutal, and thematically rich, this captivating title is sure to win teen fans for the award-winning Bacigalupi.

Please add your comments about December’s pick here! Also, we need your recommendations for future book club selections. Please fill out this simple form to let us know the best new books you’ve read this year, especially titles you have a hunch will show up on Newbery, Printz, or other major award shortlists.

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View TEDxNYED presentations with NYCSLA & HVLA

April 19, 2010

NYSCLA and HVLA (Hudson Valley Library Association) are gathering to view and discuss TEDxNYED conference presentations on Wednesday, April 28, 4:30-6pm, at the Collegiate School, 260 West 78th Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue, in Manhattan.

Please r.s.v.p. to mckinleylibrary@gmail.com if you plan on attending, so that we can plan accordingly. Feel free to invite a teacher/administrator from your school.

TEDxNYED, an all-day conference examining the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education, was held in New York City on Saturday, March 6, 2010. TEDxNYED brought together leading educators, innovators, and idealists together to share their vision of education. The conference is a platform for administrators, teachers, and those passionate about education to connect, learn from these extraordinary speakers, and spread their ideas on how new media and technology are shaping the future of education. Each talk is 18 minutes long. We will view a selection of them for about 45 minutes and then allow time for discussion and mingling.

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