All,
I just wanted to drop a line because 1: I'm a terrible person and let summer get the best of my blogging. I will do a much better job. I didn't even know about the Wall Street Journal article until yesterday. I know, FAIL!
2: Gordon sent the first program in a box out on Wednesday. It was the Japanese tea set. Don't worry, it'll come back in a month's time (maybe sooner) and then you can check it out for your library. Don't forget, we also have a Hunger Games program in a box and a Blue Balliet box. Both of those are available for shipping RIGHT NOW and can be to your library for the low, low price of only $10.
Contact someone on the exec board to find out how you can get one sent to your library right away!
Lastly, I hope you have all been waiting in anticipation for our Fall meeting. If you're going to ask questions like "When is it" we'll have to get back to you. What I can tell you is that our topic of discussion will be intellectual freedom. We are hoping to have someone from the Library Commission come and talk to us about the current challenges in intellectual freedom, as well as the opportunites we can take advantage of with students and patrons to talk about the various aspects of intellectual freedom.
Be well! Stay cool, and keep being awesome.
Jake
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Information and INFORMATION!!!
Hey everyone,
Jake here at the NLA board meeting. Gordon, Lindsey and I have been hanging out with a lot of really interesting librarians talking shop about NLA business.
A few things that you need to know:
1. If you have any ideas for presentations at NLA, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE submit them. It is very important that YART be a powerhouse of representation. Last year, we had at least 3 presentations at NLA Fall Conference, and we had standing room only at one of them and very good attendance at the other two. We have been doing well and we hope to continue that tradition. Proposals are due NEXT FRIDAY!!
2. June 1st is the deadline for nominations for Vice-Chair and Secretary. Each year, we have to elect new members to positions in our organization. It has come to our attention that we will need two (2) nominees for each position. That means we will need at least four (4) people to try for our open positions. I will be taking over for Gordon as Chair, so there will be someone in the exec board who knows what's going on (right...?)!
Lots of great things happening here. Be sure to keep in mind your Fall schedules because we will be having a meeting before NLA sometime in September.
Be Well!
Jake here at the NLA board meeting. Gordon, Lindsey and I have been hanging out with a lot of really interesting librarians talking shop about NLA business.
A few things that you need to know:
1. If you have any ideas for presentations at NLA, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE submit them. It is very important that YART be a powerhouse of representation. Last year, we had at least 3 presentations at NLA Fall Conference, and we had standing room only at one of them and very good attendance at the other two. We have been doing well and we hope to continue that tradition. Proposals are due NEXT FRIDAY!!
2. June 1st is the deadline for nominations for Vice-Chair and Secretary. Each year, we have to elect new members to positions in our organization. It has come to our attention that we will need two (2) nominees for each position. That means we will need at least four (4) people to try for our open positions. I will be taking over for Gordon as Chair, so there will be someone in the exec board who knows what's going on (right...?)!
Lots of great things happening here. Be sure to keep in mind your Fall schedules because we will be having a meeting before NLA sometime in September.
Be Well!
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
YART Spring Meeting
Hey there, YARTers!
Gordon here, messing up Jake's blogging flow and telling you some of what went on at the spring meeting. Good times!
Well, we had our Spring Meeting on Saturday . . . and it was EPIC! Well, maybe not epic, but it was a lot of fun! We discussed our Program in a Box initiative, came up with some amazing program ideas during our speed programming, found out about some incredible books from NLC's Sally Snyder, ate some donuts, elected a new secretary, and watched some buffoon dance around like a muppet. Well, I didn't watch a buffoon dance around like a muppet . . . you guys did. I was the muppet. Anyway . . . on with the post!
Welcome to our new Secretary!
Cathy Mcmahon indicated she might have bitten off more than she could chew in the beginning of the year and asked to step down from secretary. Lindsey Tomsu said she would step in as interim secretary and has served in that capacity since then. At the spring meeting, it was put to vote to make Lindsey the official YART secretary until the term ends at this year's conference, as per YART bylaws.
So, a big thank you to Cathy for all you've done for us! We sincerely hope that you'll continue to contribute your time and expertise to YART where and whenever possible. Much love!
And a big welcome to Lindsey Tomsu as our new YART secretary! You've been doing a fantastic job as interim secretary and we are happy to have you on in an official capacity!
Program in a Box:
For those of you who weren't there, "Program in a Box" is an initiative by YART to distill our varied areas of expertise into programs and lesson plans put into a box with all of the materials you will need to execute those programs or lesson plans. These boxes contain items, supplies, and information for doing around 4 library programs and lesson plans. Any member of yart (this might end up being a flexible definition) may “rent” a box for $10, which covers shipping to the library and resupply (the home library is responsible for restocking and the initial ship, but is reimbursed any cost by Yart).
Essentially, for $10 the renting library or school gets at least 4 programs that they can put on. The idea is that there are many librarians and school librarians out there who would like to do certain programs, lessons, and events, but feel they do not have the money or expertise to execute those events. While they might not, someone else in the state just may . . . so we are trying to share our expertise in a way that all of us can benefit. After the renting library is finished with the box or the rental period is up, they are responsible for getting it to the next on the list or back to the home library. This can be accomplished through library rate shipping or hand-offs. All of this will be organized and orchestrated by the Yart exec board.
We came up with three initial boxes we presented to the group: Japanese culture, anime, history, and language; mystery, math, critical thinking, Blue Balliett book club; and Hunger Games book club, world politics, social issues. We will be looking to make a few more for this year. So, if you have any suggestions or interest in putting one together, being a home library for a box, or helping out in some way please email us and let us know.
NLA/NEMA Conference is just around the corner . . .
. . . and we want YOU! We want a plethora of presenters and sessions with the "sponsored by YART" tag at conference this year! If you have anything you would like to present or anything you would like US to present, please let us know! The deadline for proposals is the 15th! That's next Friday! So, think about it and decide to share your expertise with us at the NLA/NEMA 2011 conference! If you have any questions or want to make suggestions, post on our forum thread or send us an email!
Additionally, it was discussed at the meeting that we will have a pre-post-conference business meeting on the Thursday of conference. This will happen after the day's sessions, but before the evenings activities and banquets. This change is due to the previous year's sadly small attendance to the YART business meeting. It is a bit difficult to schedule a business meeting for YART with all the other round tables, sections, and session events going on at the same time. We feel our members end up having to play triage in regards to what session is more vital for them to attend. We are hoping that by using this unconventional scheduling we will have more attendants to our business meeting. Please, if you have any comments or suggestions on this, let one or all of us know. Otherwise, watch the schedule for us and make sure to pop in and say hello and help steer our direction for the next year!
Thanks very much, all!
Gordon Wyant
Resident Muppet and YART Chair
Gordon here, messing up Jake's blogging flow and telling you some of what went on at the spring meeting. Good times!
Well, we had our Spring Meeting on Saturday . . . and it was EPIC! Well, maybe not epic, but it was a lot of fun! We discussed our Program in a Box initiative, came up with some amazing program ideas during our speed programming, found out about some incredible books from NLC's Sally Snyder, ate some donuts, elected a new secretary, and watched some buffoon dance around like a muppet. Well, I didn't watch a buffoon dance around like a muppet . . . you guys did. I was the muppet. Anyway . . . on with the post!
Welcome to our new Secretary!
Cathy Mcmahon indicated she might have bitten off more than she could chew in the beginning of the year and asked to step down from secretary. Lindsey Tomsu said she would step in as interim secretary and has served in that capacity since then. At the spring meeting, it was put to vote to make Lindsey the official YART secretary until the term ends at this year's conference, as per YART bylaws.
So, a big thank you to Cathy for all you've done for us! We sincerely hope that you'll continue to contribute your time and expertise to YART where and whenever possible. Much love!
And a big welcome to Lindsey Tomsu as our new YART secretary! You've been doing a fantastic job as interim secretary and we are happy to have you on in an official capacity!
Program in a Box:
For those of you who weren't there, "Program in a Box" is an initiative by YART to distill our varied areas of expertise into programs and lesson plans put into a box with all of the materials you will need to execute those programs or lesson plans. These boxes contain items, supplies, and information for doing around 4 library programs and lesson plans. Any member of yart (this might end up being a flexible definition) may “rent” a box for $10, which covers shipping to the library and resupply (the home library is responsible for restocking and the initial ship, but is reimbursed any cost by Yart).
Essentially, for $10 the renting library or school gets at least 4 programs that they can put on. The idea is that there are many librarians and school librarians out there who would like to do certain programs, lessons, and events, but feel they do not have the money or expertise to execute those events. While they might not, someone else in the state just may . . . so we are trying to share our expertise in a way that all of us can benefit. After the renting library is finished with the box or the rental period is up, they are responsible for getting it to the next on the list or back to the home library. This can be accomplished through library rate shipping or hand-offs. All of this will be organized and orchestrated by the Yart exec board.
We came up with three initial boxes we presented to the group: Japanese culture, anime, history, and language; mystery, math, critical thinking, Blue Balliett book club; and Hunger Games book club, world politics, social issues. We will be looking to make a few more for this year. So, if you have any suggestions or interest in putting one together, being a home library for a box, or helping out in some way please email us and let us know.
NLA/NEMA Conference is just around the corner . . .
. . . and we want YOU! We want a plethora of presenters and sessions with the "sponsored by YART" tag at conference this year! If you have anything you would like to present or anything you would like US to present, please let us know! The deadline for proposals is the 15th! That's next Friday! So, think about it and decide to share your expertise with us at the NLA/NEMA 2011 conference! If you have any questions or want to make suggestions, post on our forum thread or send us an email!
Additionally, it was discussed at the meeting that we will have a pre-post-conference business meeting on the Thursday of conference. This will happen after the day's sessions, but before the evenings activities and banquets. This change is due to the previous year's sadly small attendance to the YART business meeting. It is a bit difficult to schedule a business meeting for YART with all the other round tables, sections, and session events going on at the same time. We feel our members end up having to play triage in regards to what session is more vital for them to attend. We are hoping that by using this unconventional scheduling we will have more attendants to our business meeting. Please, if you have any comments or suggestions on this, let one or all of us know. Otherwise, watch the schedule for us and make sure to pop in and say hello and help steer our direction for the next year!
Thanks very much, all!
Gordon Wyant
Resident Muppet and YART Chair
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Information and collections: NLA presentations
Hello all!
Since it's March, that means......Time to start planning for OCTOBER!!!
If you were thinking of presenting at NLA (which you all should be thinking about!) then the link to get your topic on the list of potential presenters is here. So far, this link cannot be found on the NLA website, so you can thank you lucky stars that it's available from the folks at YART (and every other Round table, but we try to make ourselves sound awesome).
Again, NLA presentation proposal forms are live. We REALLY WANT to be active this year. If you haven't thought about presenting, you really should. Talk to fellow librarians in your building, or library staff, or librarians across town at the school in your community. Sharing is caring: Nobody has to do a presentation alone.
Do well, be brave.
Jake
Since it's March, that means......Time to start planning for OCTOBER!!!
If you were thinking of presenting at NLA (which you all should be thinking about!) then the link to get your topic on the list of potential presenters is here. So far, this link cannot be found on the NLA website, so you can thank you lucky stars that it's available from the folks at YART (and every other Round table, but we try to make ourselves sound awesome).
Again, NLA presentation proposal forms are live. We REALLY WANT to be active this year. If you haven't thought about presenting, you really should. Talk to fellow librarians in your building, or library staff, or librarians across town at the school in your community. Sharing is caring: Nobody has to do a presentation alone.
Do well, be brave.
Jake
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Information and Collections: The Facebook is eating your life!
In case you haven't noticed, Facebook's email service went live this week. This might be both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, it makes it much simpler for me the user to consolidate all of my Facebook messages into one place. The downside is that now EVERYONE will have an @facebook.com account.
Where do you think this will put your library? Are you excited to have email capabilites to places outside of the Facebook realm?
Where do you think this will put your library? Are you excited to have email capabilites to places outside of the Facebook realm?
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