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“Full House for “”Must Know Strategies”” Session at CAL”

November 2006

Last Saturday, during the 2006 Annual Conference of the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL), it was standing-room-only for the LRS session, Must-Know Strategies for Analyzing and Presenting Your Library’s Data. The space allotted for the concurrent session seated about 25, and several later arrivals stood throughout the event. The PowerPoint file used for this presentation […]

Top Ten Reasons to Visit the LRS Booth at CAL

November 2006

10) Enter to win an LRS messenger bag. 9) Get the latest Fast Facts…and suggest topics. 8) Catch up on the latest LRS research, like the current Return on Investment study for public libraries. 7) Pick-up your free, official LRS pen. 6) Find out if you qualify to participate in the Third Colorado School Library […]

School Library Survey – Deadline Extended

October 2006

The deadline for the School Library Survey has been extended to November 24. If you haven’t filled out your survey, go to http://www.lrs.org/slsurvey to do so. Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us

Must-Know Strategies for Analyzing and Presenting Your Library’s Data

October 2006

From 2-3pm on Saturday, November 11, I will be presenting a session by this title at the Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference. The presentation will be videotaped to be one of two pilot projects for online delivery of professional development opportunities via LRS.org. The PowerPoint presentation for this session will be posted on LRS.org […]

“””Julie”” Lecture on Intellectual Freedom Passes 10 Year Mark”

October 2006

This year at the Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference, the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) will commemorate ten years of speakers at Julie J. Boucher Memorial Lecture on Intellectual Freedom. Karen Bary, current IFC Chair, notes, “On this tenth anniversary we are not only looking back, but looking ahead, aware that intellectual freedom is under […]

2006-07 School Library Survey – Open

October 2006

The 2006-07 School Library Survey is now open. If you are a school librarian, you can fill it out at http://www.lrs.org/slsurvey. If you need your login information, call us at 303-866-6900. -Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us

Cable in the Classroom Article: Power Roles for Librarians

October 2006

In its October 2006 issue (page 12), Cable in the Classroom has just published an article by me entitled Five Power Roles for Librarians. The article is available online at: http://www.ciconline.org/AboutCIC/Publications/cicmagazine.htm. This article is based on the PowerPoint presentation, Five Roles for Empowering School Librarians, available at: http://www.lrs.org/impact.php. Keith Lance_K@cde.state.co.us

CSL Jobline Gets an Update

September 2006

As you probably already know, Barbara Dey has retired from the Colorado State Library (CSL) and Deb Gettings, the LRS Administrative Assistant, is the new coordinator for the CSL Jobline. With the change in regime, we thought this would be a good time to give the Jobline an update. We are moving Jobline to a […]

Internet Filtering in Schools

School librarians may be interested in a Field Initiated Study posted regarding Internet Filtering in public and private schools. A survey was posted to Survey Monkey by Leroy Smith, inquiring about the implementation and effectiveness of internet filtering in public and private schools. A summary of the survey results is available in our Field Initiated […]

Lance/Russell Article to Appear in Best of Knowledge Quest

July 2006

An article entitled Scientifically-Based Research on School Libraries and Academic Achievement will be included in the first edition of a new series, The Best of Knowledge Quest. Originally published in the May/June 2004 issue of Knowledge Quest–a journal of the American Association of School Librarians–the article was co-authored by Keith Curry Lance and Becky Russell […]