The SCASL Board of Directors met on Saturday, January 24, 2015.
Important updates and reminders:
Book Award Deadlines:
Project ConnectSC Panel Discussion:
Panel discussion will take place at conference on Wednesday, march 11 from 4:30-6:00. This is a great event to invite your principal to attend with you. An evite you can share will be available soon.
Learn more about Project Connect here
Panelists include:
Summer Institute 2015
Summer Institute will be at Seawell's in Columbia on Tuesday, June 16 and the theme this year is MAKERSPACES! Ida Mae Craddock
http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/17711-innovations-at-monticello-high-school-library/
and some folks from the Richland Public Library system will lead the day's activities. I'll send a reminder when registration is active.
SCASL 2015 Conference Updates
Great stuff happening at conference this year! You can still register online at the SCASL site. This year will be BYOB (bring you own bag), SCASL's 40th anniversary, we will have an exhibit hall classroom where exhibitors will present and we will have space for "un-conference" between presentations, Project Connect Panel Discussion and lots and lots of authors! The Daring Librarian, Library Girl, Alan Gratz, Sharon Flake, Steven Sheinkin and more! See a complete list here.
2015 SC Read In
Registration is open for the 2015 Read In. The Read In will be held in Columbia on April 14. More details and registration link here.
Intellectual Freedom Award
Nominations close February 1. Visit the IF committee's page to submit a nomination.
Supervisor Committee
The Supervisor Committee met Monday, 1/26/15 to discuss the following items. People at SCDE really are still working for us! Let me know if you have questions or concerns that you would like for me to share at the next supervisor meeting (they will meet at conference)
Important updates and reminders:
Book Award Deadlines:
- Voting Deadline - February 27
- Banners Deadline - March 2
- Book Trailer Deadline - March 2
Project ConnectSC Panel Discussion:
Panel discussion will take place at conference on Wednesday, march 11 from 4:30-6:00. This is a great event to invite your principal to attend with you. An evite you can share will be available soon.
Learn more about Project Connect here
Panelists include:
- Senator Vincent Sheheen, Kershaw County
- Dr. Samantha Hastings, Director SLIS USC
- Jennifer LaGarde, Author & Librarian
- Dr. Austin Obasohon, Superintendent, Duplin County School District, Kenansville, NC
- G. Keith Price, Assistant Superintendent, Richland School District Two
- Ida W. Thompson, Director, Instruction Technology Services, Richland One
- Terri Kirk, AASL President
Summer Institute 2015
Summer Institute will be at Seawell's in Columbia on Tuesday, June 16 and the theme this year is MAKERSPACES! Ida Mae Craddock
http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/17711-innovations-at-monticello-high-school-library/
and some folks from the Richland Public Library system will lead the day's activities. I'll send a reminder when registration is active.
SCASL 2015 Conference Updates
Great stuff happening at conference this year! You can still register online at the SCASL site. This year will be BYOB (bring you own bag), SCASL's 40th anniversary, we will have an exhibit hall classroom where exhibitors will present and we will have space for "un-conference" between presentations, Project Connect Panel Discussion and lots and lots of authors! The Daring Librarian, Library Girl, Alan Gratz, Sharon Flake, Steven Sheinkin and more! See a complete list here.
2015 SC Read In
Registration is open for the 2015 Read In. The Read In will be held in Columbia on April 14. More details and registration link here.
Intellectual Freedom Award
Nominations close February 1. Visit the IF committee's page to submit a nomination.
Supervisor Committee
The Supervisor Committee met Monday, 1/26/15 to discuss the following items. People at SCDE really are still working for us! Let me know if you have questions or concerns that you would like for me to share at the next supervisor meeting (they will meet at conference)
- Rinice Sauls, SCDE Office of Instructional Practices and Evaluations –LMS evaluation information
- Candace Walsh, SCDE Read to Succeed Coordinator – update since last meeting
- Heather Loy – Intellectual Freedom Chairperson
- Jenny Dilworth, Ruth Thompson, Pamela Hoppock- Summer Reading Program/State Library and Discus
- Ida Thompson – Project Connect
- Julie Putnam – Library Survey for 2015