Notes from November 20, 2012 at East Haven HS

School Librarians Roundtable South

Foran High School, Milford              Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 2:45pm

In attendance:

Name	School/Facility	E-mail
David St. Germain	Milford Public Schools	dstgermain@milforded.org
Sarah Briggs	Jonathan Law	sbriggs@milforded.org
Janice Pellegrino	Foran High School	janpellegrino@milforded.org
Rachel Rice	East Haven High School	rrice@mail.east-haven.k12.ct.us
Leah Farrell	CLC	lfarrell@ctlibrarians.org
Kristie McGarry	Derby High School	kmcgarry@derbyps.org
Sara Kaluzynski	Stratford High School	kaluzynskis@stratfordk12.org

Weeding and Collection

Health hazards!

Misinformation

Updating collection - print vs. database, finding a balance?

Information in more than one format for Common Core

Ratios vary widely:      4000 students: 7000books

                                    1100 students: 8000 books

Disposal-comparted to sour milk; Would you give away sour milk to needy?

Cataloging systems-

NEASC-access from home and Destiny

Strategic School profile—reflects print ;will this change in near future?!

Policies

Food/drink/school climate (ordering pizza!?)

Creating more access for those who need the space vs. less access for those who want it

Second year—easier to turn things around when you lose the seniors with memory of precedent, etc

Access—passes, etc

Different models according to space, staff, supervision, etc

Access during lunch

Calendars

Google Docs

Outlook public folders

Alternate Schedules

Block scheduling-how does that work in the LMC

Fewer study halls? More time for projects

Less movement

Mac  for student access

Research Tools

Easy Bib vs NoodleTools

E-mail, etc

Gaggle vs Google Apps for schools

Obligations

Some schools with no fines

Policies vary

Vendors

Barnes and Noble

Open PO convenient for school with local store—also good for fundraisers

Baker and Taylor discounts via CLC

LMC styles

“friendly” can be a detriment’; finding balance is hard

Learned helpfulness

Students and faculty

Freshmen orientation models

EHS-     1. General orientation via English—tour, rules, website, etc

2. Iconn webquest

SHS      1. General orientation, Xtranormal, website scavenger hunt-skipped book location 2^nd year (SS)

            2. NoodleTools citation for multimedia project(Eng)

            3. databases, NoodleTools citation, notecards, outline (SS)

Book Clubs

Structured or informal

Next meeting in East Haven: Jan. 22