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1. 2013 LIBRARIAN “BACK TO
SCHOOL” EVENT
August 22, 2013
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2. Our hashtag:
#cpslib
Join the back channel!
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3. Today’s Sessions:
An Overview

4. Thanks to
Thankstoourweeding
&shelvinglibrarians!

5. Still Looking?

6. • Website: http://islma.org

7. Website: http://www.ourctla.org

8. Elementary Battle of the Books
• Registration and 2014 title lists available now!
http://cpslibraries.wikispaces.com/ElementaryBattleoftheBooks

9. CPL Teen Volume Conference
October 22 at
Harold
Washington
Library
For Middle and
High School
Librarians

10. New Library Media Specialists
• Join our workshop this
afternoon!
• Contact Dorsey Chambers
(773) 553-6218

11. National Louis University
15% Tuition Discount NOW – For CPS Librarians & Teachers

12. What’s New With Library
Databases?
• Cengage Learning: World History
database
• ABC CLIO: American History only
• NewsBank: Sun-Times only
• NBC Learn: News-related video
database

13. NEW to the CPS Virtual Library!
Encyclopedia
Britannica
eBooks!
See the flyer! Purchase copies for your school for 50% off.

14. See what’s new!
New OPAC
Check out today’s sessions

15. Visit our
Vendor Fair

16. Lisa’s
Top Ten
1. Build your library lessons from the CCSS and the CPS
Content Frameworks. Use AASL and other standards as
companion standards
2. Teach lessons that relate to subjects being taught in the
classroom; do not teach library skills in isolation.
3. Incorporate library, information, and technology skills
into content-specific lessons
4. Maintain a library website and showcase student work.
5. Use your website to aggregate electronic pathfinders to
support research
6. Be a technology leader in your school!
7. Be a leader in the use of mobile devices to support your
students to be CREATORS of content!
8. Curate your school’s digital library; incorporate eBooks
and other digital content.
9. Submit monthly reports to the principal and building
leadership; keep data on your program
10.Blend print literature and technology to create a library
media center that is the hub of your school!
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10-the-magic-number-of-posts

17. Please welcome…
Claudinette Swartz
Director, CPS Assessment