Welcome back or welcome to you. This is the first of many emails you will receive from me this year. I try to send the important information via email. I have been asked to then archive the information on the website, which I will do. You may find the archives at http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/lmcindex.htm  under the Bulletin Board.

1. Please send me the names and emails of any new people you know about OR anyone you know retired OR moved. I will update the database.

2. Materials for 2007 Summer Reading programs have been ordered for all schools in the state. I will let you know when they are sent to your building so you can watch for them. It will be several months.

3. 2006 Summer Reading programs

Anyone who had a summer reading program is strongly encouraged to report the results (number of students, activities, etc.) to Nancee Dahms-Stinson at the State Library. Nancee and I partnered to get school libraries involved in the summer reading program and she is collecting data. Her email is nancee.dahms-stinson@sos.mo.gov  Ask her for the "evaluation" to complete and then return it to her. This information will be used to continue, expand, or discontinue the purchase of materials for school summer reading programs.

4. MASL Newsletter -- Information from Diane Richert (MASL)
MASL Members!!!!
The Summer 2006 CONNECTIONS newsletter is available on the MASL website http://www.maslonline.org as of Thursday, August 3!! This issue will also be sent to you in a print copy but you may want to 'check it out' online immediately. Information about Fall Seminar (held in October this year) and the Readers Award Task Force are two of the many articles of interest for everyone.
 

5. Free Videos -- Information from Phyllis Barks, CISE
The Center for Innovations in Education (CISE) at the University of Missouri in Columbia has a variety of content-area videotapes available for free to school districts on a first come, first served basis. Content area videotapes can be used to supplement your curriculum, illustrate concepts in science, social studies, math, and other subjects or assist English language learners who have limited reading skills. The tapes are aligned with the Show Me Standards. To view a list of the videotapes available for free, see http://cise.missouri.edu/temporary/content-area-videos/.

If interested in any or all of the videotapes, contact CISE by August 25 to schedule a time to pick up them up in Columbia. You can reach CISE by e-mail, mocise@missouri.edu , or phone at (573) 884-7275.

6. Discounts on Electronic Reference Databases through MLNC -- information from Deb Ehrstein
MLNC is pleased to announce a new agreement with Greenwood Publishing Group (GPG) to offer our members discounted prices on Greenwood's electronic reference databases. GPG is one of the world's leading publishers of reference titles, academic and general interest books, texts, books for librarians and other professionals, and electronic resources. With over 18,000 titles in print, GPG publishes some 1,000 books each year, many of which are recognized with annual awards from Choice, Library Journal, the American Library Association, and other scholarly and professional organizations. MLNC members may now subscribe to the following databases at discounted prices:
-- African American Experience
-- Daily Life Online including:
-- Daily Life Through History
-- World Cultures Today
-- World Folklore and Folklife
-- Readers Advisor Online
-- Praeger Security International Online
-- Authors4Teens
-- Index to Current Urban Documents
-- American Reference Books Annual Online

MLNC and Greenwood will be running a free trial from August 15 through October 15. Details will follow soon.
For pricing and ordering information, visit the MLNC website http://www.mlnc.org/products/electref/greenwood/greenwood.html  or contact Linda Elkow (linda@mlnc.org , 800-969-6562 x803) at the MLNC office.
 

7. Professional Development for 2006 -- information from Lisa Walters/Donna Cash
Teaching and Learning Institute Fall Sessions (12 sessions to choose from -- several literature and of library interest)
September 15 & 16, October 13 & 14, and November 17 & 18, 2006 Holiday Inn Executive Center, 2200 I-70 Drive S.W., Columbia Missouri
For more information please visit our website at: http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/conference/index.html
 

8. Possible (no pressure) fund raiser -- information from Becky Forbes (requested by Lisa Walters)
Magazine renewal fund raising information. The Spectrum Reading info: Ron Brammer 1-800-844-0682 email rbfundraising@sbcglobal.net 








Lisa Walters
Library Media and Technology Consultant
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, Mo 65102-0480
573-526-4900
fax 573-526-7861
Lisa.Walters@dese.mo.gov