Is Your School Library a Pebble or a Boulder?

Making your Library "Rock" Through Publicity and Advocacy

Joanne F. ChristensenMarianne F. Bates

UELMA 2011

Thoughts

“Less help? Less money? Less resources? So what do we do about it? Look to each other - to network, share, talk, advocate. No one tells our stories better than we do.

“Let’s get out of our comfort zones and do more with less. We can still make library memories

that will last a lifetime and teach our kids that librarians do care about them and are always around to help. Because we DO make a difference.” --Lanell Rabner

Department Meetings

Develop collaborative lessons

Show books and provide book lists

Scheduling

In-service

Collaboration

Book carts to room

Sharing ideas—content, technology

Help for substitutes

Aid with the new Common Core

Collaboration

Requests Book Orders

Meeting With Principal

Program—overview of curriculum taught

Budget—needs, how spent

Alert—special activities, problems

Planning—long term goals

“Bring the principal on board

early and win support.”(Adapted from an E-mail from

Sharyl Smith, March 15, 2011)

 

Bulletin Boards & Displays

Book Fairs

Teacher “Wish Lists”

Book fair book talks

Activities to bring in shoppers

Thank you gifts

Showing New Books to Teachers

Book Talks

Reading classes, by genre

Social studies—historical fiction, multi-cultural

Book Recommendations and Reading Blog

“Speed dating with books”

PowerPoints with book trailers

Bookmarks

Highsmith BookmarksScented Bookmarks

Bookmarks Designed by Deb Herget

Herriman High

Real Men ReadBonneville High

Book club for male students and faculty

T-Shirts

Refreshments

Held early in the morning

Preston Warren, an English teacher, said, "It's good for the students to see that reading continues on throughout your life.” The girls were also asking for a club, so the Laker Book Club was begun. --Rosette’ Acord , 2010 UELMA LM Teacher of the Year

Book ClubsRead same book

Read same genre

Book Chats

Invite outside guest

Skype or invite an author

Newsletter Articles

New arrivals in the library

Announcements

Policies and procedures

Research tips

Multimedia Presentations

Animoto

Picture Trail

Glogster

Want more info? Check out our UCET presentation!

School Website

School TV & Newspaper

Warrior News

Newspaper Articles

Lunch Hour Broadcasts

Social Media

Blog

Wiki

Facebook

Twitter

School Announcements from Your Phone

Instant hold arrivals

Book club announcements

Book Fair

Club Rush Week

Poster

Book marks

Sign up sheet

Email and Letters to Parents

Research

Library Activities

Letters

Legislators

Governor

Newspapers

“I taught English early in my [26 year] career and U.S. History and U.S. Government and Citizenship for most of my career, and I could not have done so without the media centers, and the individuals who managed them and taught library-media skills.  Thanks for everything you do for the children in your school and for the teachers who teach them.”

  --Rep. Joel Briscoe

(response to email from MFB)

Teaching & Sharing Technology Skills

Emails to teachers (individual or mass)

One-to-one mentoring

Faculty meeting or inservice

Teachers

New faculty orientation

District new teacher orientation

New arrivals email to teachers.

Events for Students

Brownies & Books

Veteran’s Day Event

Author events

Christine HunsakerRoy High

Faculty Events

Mike Goodman

Book(ies ) and Cookies

FAB (Andrea Woodring) ($75)

Chili, Nacho Cheese, & Dessert from Costco

Close library during lunch

Leftovers for kids-books & desserts Andrea Woodring

Bonneville High

Mike GoodmanMt. Jordan Middle

Leadership

School Community Council

Land Trust Committee

Technology Committee

Library Committees

Community Outreach

Laurel Harris,Jordan High,

UELMA Librarian of 2011

Library Itself

Warm and friendly staff

Comfortable furniture

Welcoming atmosphere

Electronic picture frame

Reading quotes

Images

“Veteran’s Day.” <freeenterprise.com>

“Veteran’s Day.” <spartanexperience.wordpress.com>

“Mt. Jordan Jr. High.” <sites.google.com/ site/mtjordanmemoryproject/home

“Real Men Read.” <itsallaboutbooks.net>

Problems Moving to CH

Do we have enough carts for LCDs?

Do we have enough DVD/VCR players?

Which books should we take?

Will the computers fit in the space?

Can the students at Butler use the CH library?

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