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26 October 2005

Map of Libraries Damaged by Katrina, Rita (from SirsiDynix & NDP)

Courtesy of SirsiDynix's Chief Statistician Bob Molyneux, here is a link to a map of libraries damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

http://www.libraryndp.info/special_katrina.html

Click on a marker to learn the library's name and the condition of its facilities.

While on that company's Normative Data Project website, check out NDP to see if it's something that might be useful to your library's managers.

Keith
Lance_k@cde.state.co.us

Public

14 October 2005

Power Librarianship Preconference Files Available

The PowerPoint file used at the recent AASL preconference--Power Librarianship: Research-Based Strategies for Leadership, Collaboration, and Technology Integration--is now available at http://www.LRS.org/impact.asp. Pdf files of handouts utilized at that event are also available. Others are welcome to use these files, but we would appreciate being notified in advance. Also, please encourage participation in the School Library Studies Outcome Survey at http://www.LRS.org/impact.asp.

Keith
Lance_k@cde.state.co.us

School

14 October 2005

Website Based on AASL Closing Session Launched

For the closing session of AASL's recent National Conference--whose theme was "Every Student Succeeds @ Your Library"--a panel explored the role of research in development of and advocacy for quality school library programs. Panelists included LRS director Keith Curry Lance as well as Steven Baule, superintendent for Community Unity School District #201 in Westmont, IL; Mike Eisenberg, dean of the Information School at the University of Washington; and Ross Todd, associate professor in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and director of research for the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL).

The website includes contributions made by the panelists during the closing session as well as before the AASL National Conference. Visit it at: http://oii.org/ferdi/AASL_ClosingSession.html.

Keith
Lance_k@cde.state.co.us

School

5 October 2005

2005 Colorado School Library Survey Now Open

The 2005 Colorado School Library Survey is now open. Fill out the survey for your school at http://www.lrs.org/schoolsurvey. If you need your schools login information, do not hesitate to contact us.

Additionally, the 2004 School Library Profiles are available for those schools that filled out last year's survey. They have been relaunched this year in a new pdf format. Enjoy.

Zeth
lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us

School

5 October 2005

"""Future of Librarianship in Colorado"" Journal Articles Now Online"

Edited by LRSers, Zeth Lietzau and Nicolle Steffen, the summer issue of Colorado Libraries journal featured articles about ?The Future of Librarianship in Colorado.? See all nine feature articles from this issue on LRS?s The Changing Library Workforce page at: http://www.lrs.org/workforce.asp.

~Nicolle
steffen_n@cde.state.co.us

LibraryWorkforce, Academic, Public, School

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