The School Library System (SLS), established by Commissioner's Regulations in 1985, is a fully state funded program. It supports the instructional program and informational needs of the students and staff in the public and non-public schools of the Genesee Valley BOCES region. An advisory council of librarians, administrators, technology representatives and teachers determine policy, and a liaison group of School Library Media Specialists representing each of the 22 public school districts and non-public school representatives determines procedures.
Christopher Harris, Coordinator, School Library System/Library & Media Services
Best Practices @ GCC
Submitted by bmayer on May 7, 2008 - 1:28pm.Next Friday is going to be a very exciting day indeed. We have 9 great presentations lined up:
The Art of Children's Literature
Book Reviews Revisited
Voice Threads and Glogster
Student Video Production - laptop/projector
Inviting Library Spaces
Boys Reading
Getting the Most Out of Fish
Tips for Increasing Circulation (grades 6‑12)
Preparing students for demands of collegiate research
If you have not had a chance to sign up, please take a minute to busmail or fax in the attached form.
See you there!
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Help the SLS Celebrate National Gaming @ Your Library Day!
Submitted by cgharris on April 15, 2008 - 8:35am.Friday, April 18th, is the first National Gaming @ Your Library Day as part of National Library Week. We will be hosting a Game Library open house to share new acquisitions to the collection as well as demonstrate the potential for video game systems like the Wii.
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We the People Bookshelf
Submitted by cgharris on April 15, 2008 - 6:09am.The School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES, applying on behalf of the member libraries of the region, was selected as a recipient of the We the People Bookshelf "Created Equal" project. This collaboration between the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities provides free resources to libraries to help students explore a topic. By reading some of the 17 titles provided K-12, the students of our region will develop a more clear sense of equality. A regional website is being developed to allow students to share these thoughts in writing, as podcasts, and through discussion with peers.
Congratulations also to librarian Clare Keating at York Central School who applied for and was accepted to the We the People Bookshelf project individually.
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Computers in Libraries 2008
Submitted by bmayer on April 1, 2008 - 7:58am.Chris, Andy and Brian will be taking Fish4Info to Arlington, VA to showcase at the Internet@Schools East section of Computers in Libraries April 6th - 9th. Thanks to all of you who have helped make Fish what it is today. Your feedback, experimentation and implementation have helped up slowly develop it into one of the leading Library 2.0 technologies.
You can follow along with the conference by visiting the SLS conference site On The Road and follow our podcasts, pictures, tweets and more.
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Christopher Harris - Library Journal Mover and Shaker
Submitted by bmayer on March 18, 2008 - 12:56pm.The School Library System is very honored to announce the naming of Coordinator Christopher Harris as a Library Journal Mover and Shaker for 2008.
"Christopher Harris says he switched from teaching to administrative support because he wanted to have an impact on more students—he now impacts 26,000 as coordinator for Genesee Valley BOCES. Charged with providing automation, online media resources, and professional development offerings to 22 small, rural New York school library districts, he is leading librarians and students into a Library 2.0 future through a combination of idealism and pragmatism."
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