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November 04, 2005

Student Media Festival 2006

Links for Student Media Festival 2006 Forms
Download 06SMFEntryForm.doc
Download 06SMFEntryForm.pdf

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October 27, 2005

Links for Librarians - 3

the arkleg Accessibility
Standards....
   http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/acts/1999/htm/act1227.htm
2. In 2002 Lewis at AETN gave us all two links and these have been shared
since, but I cannot find them now. http://techlearning.com    requires
registration but did not have webpage, did have copyright ino though
      http://www.educationworld.com was the other one that has been
referred to. I had to do a search of that site to come up with:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech161.shtml
3. Graphics and Tutorials from Mrs. McGowan:
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/1stgrade/webpages.html
4. From Washington Post, HHS Web Guidelines:
http://usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html
5. Doug Johnson has shared with us on Technoparenting and creating
webpages: www.doug-johnson.com
6. Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
7. Good School Webpages Powerpoint:
http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/general/goodwebpages.ppt
8. Website Design tutorial: http://shire.net/learnwebdesign/map.htm
9. Webpage Design and Layout from Yahoo:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Graphic_Design/Web_Page_Design_and_Layout/
   which is from Jakob Nielson's Website: http://www.useit.com/
10. Accessible Web Page Design: http://www.makoa.org/web-design.htm
11. ALA has offered tutorials in the past which have been very helpful too.
The last one on Accessibility was in 2004.. Watch ALA????
12. for Powerpoint more later maybe but this one on Accessibility is good
   http://www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/
The last one I wanted to add I cannot find this morning. It was HTML
Goodies from 2003
   http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ .

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Minutes

AAIM Board Meeting

10/22/2005

Airport Holiday Inn, Landing Room

Little Rock

Call to Order: 9:05 a.m., Rachel Shankles, President

In Attendance:

Rachel Shankles, Evelyn McFadden, Karen Richardson, Barbie James, Margie Rutledge, Karen Flud, Ferrel James, Brenda Sharpmack, Linda Dodd, Sarah Renard, Sara Dickey, Elise Hobson, Jill Heard, Jana Dixon, Diane Hughes, Linda Reed, Sharon Smith, Devona Pendergrass, Joyce McCain, Djuna Dudeck, Lawanda Dale, and Loyd Harris.

Minutes of the 04/19/05 meeting were approved as mailed—motion by Margie Rutledge and seconded by Barbie James.

Reports:

Historian:

Joyce reported that we had a booth at HSTI at which 34 members stopped by and signed in. 17 AAIM members presented sessions during the 2-day conference. AAIM also sponsored a booth at the AASL Conference in Russellville, Aug. 1, 2005.

Committees:

AEA

Carol Ann Hart her report to Rachel stating that AAIM will sponsor a session on videoconferencing at AEA on Nov. 3, 2005, at 8:00 a.m.in the Doubletree Hotel. Kristin Edwards, a teacher at

Lee

High School

in Marianna, will be the presenter.

Annual Conference

Evelyn McFadden reported that Dr. Michael Eisenberg from the Big6 will be the keynote speaker at the spring conference, “Flash to the Future.” She is investigating giving each attendee a flash drive if she can get enough donated. Wes Miller, incoming AECT president, will attend AAIM 2006 which will be at the Austin Hotel and Hot Springs Convention Center, April 9-11.

Audit

Mary Woodruff reported that she met with Pat McDonald on July 6, 2005, and they did an in-depth audit that covered the last several years. Everything was found to be in order to be presented to the next treasurer.

Commercial Representative

Cora Ellsworth sent a report and Loyd Harris attended the meeting in her stead. She is working with Lin Hatch and Sarah Renard on exhibits for the 2006 conference. She sent a list of questions to be answered by the conference chair. She is working with Jennifer Kitchens at the

Convention Center and Tim from

Sunbelt

. Loyd addressed the need for attendees to visit the vendors. Rachel thanked Loyd and Cora for their work in promoting AAIM across the State and encouraged all Board members to visit the vendors at conference.

Constitution

No report

Election

Linda Dodd reported that the Leadership Conference meeting helped clarify her responsibilities and solidify deadlines for her tasks.

Leadership Development

32 members signed up for the conference and 26 attended. 6 free registrations were given and 3 attended the Leadership Conference.

Legislative

Devona sent two requests to the listserv soliciting concerns from members to be addressed to legislators; she received 61 replies falling into the following two categories:

1. Reinstatement of the library per-pupil expenditure requirement

2. Conflict between literacy lab funding and library funding. At least three libraries have had their funding taken away and given to literacy lab funding.

Devona encouraged members to write their legislators concerning funding.

Long

Range

Planning

Djuna reported the following dates and locations for future AAIM conferences:

2006—Apr. 9-11,

Austin

Hotel

and

Hot Springs

Convention Center

2007—Apr. 22-24, Hotel and

Hot Springs

Convention Center

2008—Apr. 20-22, Doubletree and Robinson,

Little Rock

2009—Apr. 19-21, Doubletree and Robinson,

Little Rock

Djuna will have recommendations about 2010 and 2011 at the January meeting. Right now she is looking at going back to

Hot Springs

. Loyd recommended from a vendor stand point that the conference stay in the central part of the State.

Membership

Elise reported that we now have 601 members with 108 being new members. 92 former members did not renew. The directory is at the printers, and we should be getting it soon.

Membership Recognition

Jill suggested that we approach administrators and others for nominations for SLMS. Deadline for nominations is Jan. 15, 2006. Barbie has agreed to get the plaques, and Djuna will get the award displays.

Nominating

Deadline for nominations is Dec.1 for the two open positions, president-

elect and four-year board member, replacing Barbie James. Ballots will be mailed Feb. 1 and must be postmarked by Mar. 1.

Professional Materials

An article reviewing a Doug Johnson book will appear in the next AAIM Journal.

Publications—Journal

The current copy is at the printer. Barbie listed articles that she is soliciting for the next issue. Article deadline for the next issue is Dec. 1.

Publications—Newsletter

Newsletters will be published as needed. Linda Reed is ready to put one together when we see a need.

Resource Networking

Scott Adams was unable to attend because of a previous commitment. A discussion ensued about forms and the current format of the site. Rachel will contact Scott about putting forms such as Student Media Festival and membership on the web site in pdf format to make printing easier. She will also discuss the format of the site and ask him to make it a bit more user friendly.

Scholarship

Joyce McCain listed her committee members: Ann Ayres, Sara Dickey, Susan Lawrence, Iris Tucker, and Angela Watson.

Notification of the scholarship has been sent to Arkansas Tech, Southern Arkansas University, and

University of Central

Arkansas

Student Media Festival

New forms will appear on the website and an announcement will be posted to the listserv with the location. People who have trouble with printing the forms from the web site will be encouraged to email Jana requesting a copy by fax or snail mail.

Student Media Festival Program

The program will be held at the

Austin

Hotel

at 1 p.m.on Saturday, April 8, 2006.

Treasurer’s Report

Lawanda reported that we have total assets of $83,403.87. She will report in January about various interest rates available for a CD of $25,000. Lawanda is bonded for one year. Djuna made a motion that the report be approved and Devona seconded; motion passed.

President’s Report

Rachel reported that she had negotiated with the

Peabody

for a final cost

of $19,092.00 for the 2005 conference. She read her letter to their General Manager and his response. She has written articles for the AAIM Journal and gathered photos and other articles. She sent a letter to 60+ Catholic school librarians encouraging membership in AAIM. She took the directory to the printer. She has mailed membership brochures to several co-ops. She has spoken to vendor rep Cora Ellsworth about vendors for the 2006 conference. She has worked with Treasurer Lawanda Dale to ensure a smooth transition of finances to Lawanda’s area of the State. She has worked with Dr. Spillers and Scott Adams on the communications set up.

Old Business

None

New Business

Evelyn made a motion that up to $7,000 be set aside for a keynote speaker or speakers for conference 2006. Djuna seconded the motion, which passed.

The next conference committee meeting will be at 10 a.m., Sat., Jan. 28. Board meeting will follow at 1 p.m.

A motion was made by Ferrel and seconded by Karen Flud that the president be added to the signature card so that she can sign checks. The motion passed.

A motion was made by Barbie that Ferrel stay on the Board until April when a new Journal editor will take over the position. Margie seconded the motion which passed.

Barbie moved that the meeting be adjourned, and Margie seconded. Motion passed and meeting was adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Richardson, Secretary

October 27, 2005 in Board Minutes | Permalink | Comments (0)

New link

http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

October 27, 2005 in Links for Librarians | Permalink | Comments (1)

October 24, 2005

Links for Librarian's Most Asked Questions:

Links for Librarian's Most Asked Questions:

Arkansas

State

Library

http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/

Arkansas State Library Traveler (free database project for schools)

http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/index.html

Arkansas

Frameworks for Libraries

http://ghsweb.k12.ar.us/media/arklibframe.htm

Arkansas Information Literacy Skills for Libraries prepared by Dawson Co-op Media Specialists

http://www.dawson.dsc.k12.ar.us/Departments/Media/ails.html

Arkansas

Library Association

http://www.arlib.org/

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (our national affiliate)

http://www.aect.org/default.asp

American Association of School Librarians

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.htm

http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/library/copyright.html

http://vbschools.k12.ar.us/copyright.html

http://www.halldavidson.net/downloads.html

Licensing for Movies for Schools

http://www.movlic.com/

U.S.

http://www.mplc.com/links.php

http://dpi.wi.gov/lbstat/copyres.html

Performance Rights for Copyrighted Videorecordings

http://dpi.wi.gov/lbstat/coplicen.html

Library of Congress's

U.S.

http://www.copyright.gov/

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

American Library Association Copyright Issues

http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/copyrightb/copyright.htm

Management

Center

Indiana

University

http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/

Library Laws:

ACT 32 (formerly HB 1028 Section 1 ) has made it law that library books and other instructional materials shall be exempt from

Arkansas

gross receipts tax; this bill also includes technology-based educational materials.

STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

Adopted by the State Board of Education February 1984, Revised Edition

January 10, 2000

V. Instruction

B. CLASS SIZE AND TEACHING LOAD

5. In grades seven through twelve, a teacher shall not be assigned more than one hundred fifty (150) students; and an individual academic class shall not exceed thirty (30) students, provided that, in exceptional cases or for courses that lend themselves to large group instruction, these ratios may be increased.

XI. Support Services

B. MEDIA SERVICES

1. Sufficient resources shall be budgeted and spent yearly for purchasing and maintaining an appropriate, current collection.

2. A process to provide for input from teachers, parents, and students in the acquisition of instructional materials shall be implemented. These materials shall enhance and support the goals of the school improvement plan.

3. The changing role of the the library media center shall support technology as a tool for learning. Each school with less than three hundred (300) students enrolled shall employ at least a half-time certified library media specialist. A school with three hundred (300) or more students enrolled shall employ a full-time certified library media specialist. Schools enrolling fifteen hundred (1,500) or more students shall employ two full-time certified library media specialists. For districts with enrollment less than five hundred (500), a full-time library media specialist may serve the district. The library media specialist(s) shall ensure that access to records and resource data bases shall be available to students. The media specialist(s) shall assist students in the development and use of research skills.

4. The school media collection shall consist of a balance of print, nonprint and electronic media adequate in quality an quantity to meet the needs of the developmentally appropriate curricular program. The minimum book collection, exclusive of textbooks, shall be three thousand (3000) volumes, or at least eight (8) books per student enrolled, whichever figure is larger.

A minimum technology requirement will be one (1) computer per media center with multimedia/networking capacity for administrative purposes only.

FACILITIES

Minimum Schoolhouse Construction: Rules and Regulations:

published by the Arkansas Department of Education

for SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Minimum space areas for libraries on the secondary level shall be as follows (not including stack space).

Reading Room (8% school population x 40 square feet) - 2005-2006 our 709 population would require 2,280 sq ft

Office 120 sq ft

Conference Room 120 sq ft

Workroom/production area 200 sq ft

Materials/equipment storage 200 sq ft.

NCA Standards for Libraries:

from North Central Standards

36.10 The media center program shall reflect the philosophy of the school and the effectiveness of the program shall be judged on the basis of how it facilitates the instructional program. The number of reading stations in the center shall be as follows: for schools 501-999 - stations for 8% of the students - 2005-2006 our 709 population would require 57 stations in the reading room.

In addition, there shall be sufficient work space for the technical processing and repair materials, for conducting business routines, and for storing supplies and equipment

A more functional library media center will include one or more rooms or space for each of the following:

A library classroom
Teachers' professional materials library, with accommodations for seating.
Computer lab
Electrical wiring and outlets to meet the needs of computer automation and reference technology.

Furniture and equipment in the library media center should accommodate the resources and services offered and be appropriate to the level of students served. Shelving should be adjustable, with heights at junior high level not to exceed 6 feet and shelving in senior high schools not to exceed 7 feet.

Workroom/production areas should be equipped with sink, running water, counter top and cabinets for storage. The equipment storage area should be a secured area and shelves should be 18" deep and adjustable.

66.12 The center shall not be used as a study hall requiring supervision by the professional staff and reducing reading stations to fewer than the numbers specified above. Sufficient workroom and storage space shall be provided.

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