Hi all,

is now open for our Spring meeting.?

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Time: 9:00 am to noon
Hosted by: Eno Attah Meekins and Erin Blad-Johnson,?Will Rogers Middle School, Lawndale

We are very excited to have on the agenda a Skype discussion with award winning author/illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh on books as windows and mirrors for our community and how his work can strengthen the social emotional growth of our students.

Per the groups request, we have also invited Deb Ford to present on the state funded databases (ProQuest, TeachingBooks and Britannica) that are available to all public schools.

Finally, there will br a panel discussion on School and Pubic Library partnerships. We would love to have a couple of our LA-LMN members participate on the panel. If you are interested, please send me an email at smith_laura@....

Please visit our to register.

Registrants will be sent specifics about parking and check-in the week before the meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Thanks,

Laura

Hello -
We have changed the date for the Spring LA-LMN meeting to?Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 9 AM - 12 PM?at?Warren High School, 8141 De Palma St, Downey, CA 90241, in the school library. Unfortunately, we could not find a meeting space for our original date on March 14^th. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Happy Holidays!?

Thank you,
eLibrary Services

Instructional Technology Outreach

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Office: (562) 922-6359

Fax: (562) 940-1699

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Hi Julie,

Do you think this presentation will be given again next year?? I have a commitment to the Santa Fe Springs PowWow this weekend.
Please say yes!

Mary?

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Centropa flyer to go with message and email from 10/29/19

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Greetings LA-LMN:

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Please share the below opportunities with your teachers, administrators, and librarians, as appropriate.

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At previous LA-LMN meetings, we have shared accessing two of the three CSL databases through a CalSNAP Open search, and also that we have a state-wide group-buy for BrainPOP for CalSNAP Premier members. In case you missed it, I wanted to invite you to the last in the CalSNAP Resource Series, which focuses on?“The BrainPOP Option.”?The workshop will be next Monday, November 5, 2018 from 1:00PM- 3:30PM.?We have a special guest presenter, Dr. Yvette Nishikawa, who will be leading the session—so we will be in expert hands!

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You may join us for this free workshop in-person at LACOE in Downey or via videoconference. Please link out to register for “The BrainPOP Option” from the?.?

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Two other professional development opportunities for our members are below:

1. An upcoming content partnership for CalSNAP is Centropa.org, where Jewish history has a name, a face, and a story. Their interviews, films, and teaching materials are unparalleled. They also host an 8-day summer academy on July 8-15, 2019 in Berlin where they will study 20^th?century history, Holocaust,? Cold War, and Civil Society. There are?scholarships?for Los Angeles teachers, but to qualify, teachers must attend a one-day workshop on?November 3, 2018?from 8:30AM- 4:30PM in Santa Monica. Additional information and a registration link are on the attached flyer.
2. HOLD THE DATE:?Our next event for the Social Justice Workshop Series will be at LA Plaza near Olvera Street on?February 1, 2019. Our theme will be “PROTEST” and will focus on Los Angeles and SoCal connections. More information is to come… and full scholarships are available for our members!

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Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions!

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Most sincerely,

Julie

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Julie Drake

Coordinator III

Multimedia Services, Technology, Learning & Support Services

Los Angeles County Office of Education

9300 Imperial Highway

Downey, CA 90242

(562) 922-6246 (office)

(562) 940-1667 (fax)

This was sent via email, but for archival purposes, here is the email -- with Sara Nielson's presentation posted separately in this group:

Hello LA-LMN?Friends,

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What a remarkable morning! A million thanks to Sara Nielsen for her inspiring presentation in her amazing library… YES!

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Here are a few things promised as a follow-up:

• URL for guiding presentation:???-- the presentation links to the?CalSNAP Resource Series?and?Instructional Media Resource Associate?(IMRA) registration pages and other things we discussed.

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• To login for?CalSNAP Open, go to??with the username and password of “losangeles” – with the login, it searches TeachingBooks and will soon search Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as a number of Open Ed Resources (OERs).

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• If you would like to try?CalSNAP Premier?– which includes the licensed content from CaliforniaStreaming and Scholastic’s GO (Grolier Online Encyclopedia), as well as all three CSL databases (no ProQuest to private schools), please see the attached trial. If you are NOT a member, we would love your feedback about this resource, which is $1/student with $400 min/$1,000 max per site. Thank you!!

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• Hold the date for our Spring 2019 LA-LMN?meeting, which will be on Thursday morning, March 14, 2019 – location TBD. Remember to reach out to at least one colleague to see if we can bring in others to the LA-LMN!

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We will be in touch when we set up our Google classroom. Thanks again for a great morning everyone… ?enjoy your Friday and weekend ahead!!

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Respectfully,

Julie

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Librarian Sara Nielson's presentation from the Fall 2018 LA-LMN at Warren HS in Downey USD.

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Hello - An email was sent this afternoon to people registered for tomorrow's LA-LMN at Warren HS about a change in parking. If you are planning to attend but have not registered, it is not too late! I'll check registration later tonight.

Please register at:
?(scroll to LA-LMN)

See you soon!
Julie?

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Yay!

Greetings LA-LMN,

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We look forward to seeing many of you on Thursday,?September 20, 2018?from 9AM – noon, with a light breakfast available at 8:30AM. We are grateful to our host, Sara Nielsen, who is the Teacher Librarian at Warren High School in Downey USD—we look forward to hearing from Sara about her program while in her media library!?

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If you have not registered for our meeting, please click to do so ASAP at:?
A map with details will be emailed to those who are enrolled for this meeting!

Our agenda will include:?

·??????The Warren HS Library –?Sara Nielsen

·??????Instructional Media Resource Associate (IMRA) online course (begins October 3 & 4) –?Julie Drake

·??????California State Library (CSL) Database Updates –?Laura Smith

·??????CalSNAP?Resource Series - featuring in-depth hands-on with the CSL Databases – Julie &?Laura Smith

·??????Open Forum &?Networking Time

·??????Planning for our spring meeting in?2019 –Would you like to host?

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Fall 2018 LA-LMN Meeting Details from Sara:

When:????????????Thursday, September 20, 2018?from 9AM- noon (light breakfast at 8:30AM)

Where:????????????Warren High School in the school library

8141 De Palma Street

Downey, CA 90241

Parking:??????????Park in the lot at the corner of Paramount Blvd. and De Palma St.

Check-in information will be emailed to registered participants.

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Hope to see you on Thursday morning!

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Thanks,?

Julie

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Julie Drake

Mary...All looks good on the list. If you receive this reply, then you'll know that it is working properly.

For many people in the LA-LMN group, it appears that you may need to go in an adjust your mail settings and set your name in your profile. To get to the group to make these changes, just click on the "Your Subscription" link at the bottom of this email. In order to update your settings, you will need to login first.

To update your profile, click on your name in the upper right, then choose Account. In the left nav of the account page, click on Identity. Then find your Group Profile for LA-LMN and click the Edit button to update.

Thanks all...and hope to see you at the Sept 20th meeting!

Laura

Hi everyone...

is now open for our Fall LA-LMN meeting.?We will focus on the California State Library (CSL) database and the?, the??opportunity, along with an open forum, networking time, and planning for our spring meeting in 2019. The meeting will take place on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Warren High School, 8141 De Palma St, Downey, CA 90241, between 9:00 AM and noon, in the school library.??To register, go to



Additional Information:

Come to one, some, or all of these FREE workshops in the CalSNAP Resource Series to learn about each of the remarkable digital resources for teachers and students. Each session will provide in-depth information about the database resources, allowing hands-on exploration time with content experts for each resource. This session is appropriate for district or site technology leaders, library media specialists and paraprofessionals, curriculum specialists, and classroom teachers. Light snacks will be served. You have the option to register to participate in person or online. Sessions for each of the CSL databases will be offered.?


The Instructional Media Resource Associate (IMRA) certificate course was designed to help K-12 school library staff expand the skills of those working in the school or district library setting. Created by the San Diego County Office of Education and in partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the eight-week course IMRA course is one of the few professional learning opportunities for library technicians and related classified staff members to gain effective strategies to transform libraries into 21st-century learning centers. (First meeting is face-to-face. Two date options: Oct 3 (Santa Clarita) or Oct 4 (Downey). Cost: $200 per person and?includes materials and LACOE's Multimedia Services membership for access to CalSNAP.

Good morning all,

Just wanted to share a workshop opportunity from the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in partnership with the Smithsonian. ?This free workshop will be held at JANM on Saturday, October 20, 9 am-4 pm, and is open to teachers of students in grades 4th - 12th, pre-service teachers, school librarians, administrators, or curriculum developers. ?Registration is limited to 30 educators and teams of interdisciplinary educators will be given priority.?

The workshop will focus on how you can help your students develop historical thinking skills by sharing the Japanese American incarceration experience. There is also an offer for a $100 stipend for those who complete the workshop requirements.?

See attached flyer for more information.

Visit for information and registration.

Hi all,

Please save-the-date for the fall LA-LMN meeting, to be held on?Thursday, September 20, from?9 AM-12 PM at Warren High School?(8141 De Palma Street,?Downey, CA 90241) - Agenda forthcoming.

Hope everyone enjoys the remainder of any summer vacation. See ya in September!

Thanks,

Laura

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Hello,

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File: California State Audit Ca Libraries.pdf

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This report provide a summary of the audit of school library services. Interesting reading, but there are likely more questions than answers after reading. It is a good reminder to layer the Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (model standards) when districts prepare go through their LCAP process.

You can access this file at the URL:
/g/LA-LMN/files/California%20State%20Audit%20Ca%20Libraries.pdf

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