Collection Development In a 21st Century School Library Media Center
Recorded: May 3, 2007
Duration: Approx. 90 minutes |
This
session was conducted by Kathryn Miller of National-Louis University. Miller's session focused on mixing old and new collection development resources. The webinar also raised the issues libraries and librarians balance as information formats outpace the budgets to support the growing needs of users. |
Recording:
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Power
Searching
Recorded: February
23, 2006
Duration: Approx. 60 minutes |
This
session was conducted by the 21st Century Information
Fluency Team at IMSA. Learning better and faster ways
to search for information requires strategies that always
can use a tweak or a bolster. Learn about new web resources
and search techniques. (Also see related event materials.) |
Recording:
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NCLB,
the Illinois Study and School Libraries
Recorded: January
24, 2006
Duration: Approx. 60 minutes |
Dr.
Gail Bush, facilitator,
leads us in confronting some of the issues school
libraries face. What role can school libraries play in
NCLB? What help is the Illinois Study? How do school
libraries contribute to student achievement? Stock up
on the event documents and
come ready to look to the horizon. |
Recording:
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Live
from the ISLMA Fall 2005 Conference
Recorded: October
28,
2005
Duration: Approx. 60 minutes |
ISLMA
in cooperation with IMSA will be offering a series of
webcasting opportunities, providing school librarians,
teachers, and administrators with professional development
about school libraries, linking the Powerful Libraries,
Linking for Learning, learning standards and Information
Fluency. During this session, participants
learned more about what takes place in a live webcast
and how to become a participant in the upcoming programs. |
Recording:
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Spreading
the Word about the IL Study: ISLMA Board
Meeting
Recorded: April
16, 2005
Duration: Approx. 45 minutes |
Live
online webcast conducted as part of the April 2005 meeting
of the
Board of the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA).
The session was led
by
Daniel
Balzer, who was in physical attendance, and Dennis
O'Connor, attending remotely. Jonathan Finkelstein and Hope Kandel
of LearningTimes were also participating virtually. |
Recording:
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