Lisa Coleman Youth Services Librarian, Vernon Area Public Library

Lincolnshire , Illinois

15 years of experience as a Youth Services Librarian

Mary Jo Matousek, NBCT “2007” Media Specialist, Meridian Middle School

Buffalo Grove, Illinois

28 years experience as a School Librarian and 7 years experience as a Youth Services Librarian( part time).

Reaching Across Illinois Library Systems, Board School Representative

Marketing Manager for ISLMA

Who we are…

If you have ideas for working with your Schools or Public Library please share via the chat Please let us know if you are a School Librarian or a Public Librarian. Poll If you have photos/stories to share we would love to hear them. ISLMA, would love to share via our booth at ILA , ISLMA, and ICE Conferences. You can email them to Mary Jo Matousek @ mmatousek@d102.org

Housekeeping

Ways the Public Library and School Library work together

Visits to faculty meeting at beginning of year

Library Services to Schools and Teachers webpage

Assignment Alerts

School Loans

School Visits/Book Talks

Community Outreach

Summer Fun at the Public Library

Library Services for Schools and Teachers

http://vapld.info/kids/teachers

Assignments

How do we at the public library find out about assignments?

Communication with school librarian Topic, length, how many sources, copy of assignment,

further clarification

Planning with specific teachers for recurring assignments (3 times a year)

Follow up with teacher when child shares assignment

SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT if available, please make a copy of the assignment and attach it behind this sheet. Librarian Today’s Date________ Due Date_______________ School _________________________ Grade Teacher_____________________ Subject: Approximate # of classes or students:__________ Please add details here, including any problems you encounter. We can continue to add to this information as we help students. Online Resources:

Sample of School Assignment Sheet

School Loans

30 items for 6 weeks

Delivered to the school, on designated delivery day.

Via email , phone, at least a week in advance. Also the

form on the Services to Teachers page

Teachers can also select items in person and check out

that day.

Interlibrary Loans (curriculum planning).

School Loans – What can we get for you?

Interlibrary loans

Book Club

in a Bag

Parent / Teacher Collection

Multimedia available for School Loans

Books and Audio Books

Book Club in a bag

School Loan Bag

Homework Help from VAPLD website

http://vapld.info/kids/homework-help

Homework Guides

Visit the website to see more detail. http://guides.vapld.info/roaring20s

Summer Reading Assignments from Schools

Bookmark Contest

School Visits / Booktalks

Team of four librarians who make visits

Each grade has a topic appropriate to reading level

Authors and books are highlighted

Book list provided to school library

Students get a bookmark of the titles book talked

Some lists are online, linked to catalog

School Visit 1st Grade

School Visit 2nd Grade

School Visit 3rd Grade

School Visit 4th grade

School Visit 5th and 6th Grade

School Visit 7th and 8th Grade

Community Outreach

ELL Open House for parents of kids in ELL program

Family Reading Nights for Primary grades

Invite Public Library Staff/Trustees to be a mystery Readers.

Science Fair research instruction / judging

Strategic Design Planning for School District

ELL and Science Fair

ELL D102 Parent Night

Summer Fun at the Public Library!

Promotion at the schools

Summer Programs

Summer Reading Club: Keep students reading and using the library

Junior Volunteer program (Students 7th-11th grade)

Using the Public Library from School

Introduce students to Online Databases

Checking Online Databases for additional information

Check VAPL Catalog for topics we lack materials about

Have kids call from Media Center to put items on

reserve.

Meeting the Needs of Readers

6th Grade Readers (7 kids) Have been reading like crazy

I was running out of suggestions for them

Usually read a book in a day or two

Can check out more than the limit

We had a bag of books from Vernon, we rotated every two weeks.

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We have shared authors, splitting travel, lodging, meals, and author fees Authors we have had at Meridian: Gordon Korman, Dan Guttman, Kalli Dakos, Vernon Area Public Library has also partnered with local Elementary Schools and High School.

Managing loans from the Vernon Area Public Library

We have recently switched to Destiny. I now create a temporary record in Destiny that is then deleted when we check it back in. It is great because everything is now in one spot.

Other way to track books

Questions?

Thank You for attending

Lisa Coleman Youth Services Librarian, Vernon Area Public Library

lcoleman@vapld.info www.vapld.info

224.543.1438

Mary Jo Matousek, NBCT “07”

Media Center Director, Meridian Middle School

mmatousek@d102.org

847-955-3583