Student Media Festival Winners Honored at Conference

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ISSN 1079-6320 VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL MEDIA ASSOCIATION VOL. XXXII, NO. 1
Student Media Festival Winners Honored at Conference
The first-place elementary and middle
school winners of the 2006 Student
Media Festival didn’t know what to
expect when they agreed to attend
the annual VEMA Conference in
Hampton. Little did they know that
they would have the time of their
lives!
Students and their parents attended
the Awards Banquet on Friday evening. Students Glenn Field and Ethan
Davis from Bedford
Elementary were recognized for their Microsoft
Movie Maker project on
the Wright Brothers.
This project was sponsored by Gifted and Talented teacher Tony Martin and Library Media
Specialist
Mary
Jo
Krufka. First place middle school winner was
Laura Moores, a student
from Princess Anne
Middle School, for her project on
the positive impact of the Hubble
Telescope. This project was sponsored by 8th grade science teacher
Kerry Brown. Also recognized was
the first place primary project winner, Park Ridge Elementary School,
with Eileen Godwin accepting on
behalf of Park Ridge. Trophies to
be displayed in their schools were
given to the library media specialists and classroom sponsors of the
winning entries.
The Student Media Festival provides students with a unique opportunity. By reading, researching, writing,
and thinking creatively about a topic,
students are able to demonstrate their
Below, Glenn
Field and Ethan
Davis of Bedford Elementary
accept awards
from Dee
Griffith. Mary
Jo Krufka, right,
co-sponsored
the ­project.
Above, Kerry
Brown, Princess
Anne Middle
School, sponsored the project that made
Laura Moores a
winner (right).
Eileen Godwin, Park Ridge Elementary School
knowledge using a variety of different formats. Their final product is a
reflection of the students’ effort and
enthusiasm for learning.
The theme for the coming year’s
Student Media Festival is “Reading is
the Key to Learning.” Entries should
be postmarked no later than March
30, 2007, and sent to your Regional Director. You can find entry forms and
this year’s brochure on the VEMA
Web site. Why not give your students
a chance at the time of their lives?
— Karen Duffy, Librarian, Lafayette
Upper Elementary School; Chair, Student
Media Festival 2007
MEDIAGRAM p. President’s Message
VEMA Conference — None Are Better
By the time you read this, Conference
2006 will be a wonderful memory and
VEMA will have started a new year.
I would like to express my gratitude
to Laurel Morgan, Harriett Edmunds,
Jean Remler and the Conference Planning Committee members for making Conference 2006 an outstanding
opportunity for professional growth,
development and collegiality. Having been to national conferences, I
can truly say that the caliber of sessions, speakers and overall conference organization VEMA provides
most definitely measures up … and
even exceeds what we would find
at the national level in many areas. I
am always amazed at the innovative
ideas presented and programs shared
Dee Griffith
by many of our members through
concurrent sessions and workshops. I
hope you have had the chance to take
From Our Electronic Mailbox …
Right before Conference Dee Griffith
received the following message from
our friends Farmer Minor and Daisy.
We pass the message along for the
benefit of those who missed seeing it
on the VEMAList. Hopefully Farmer
Minor will let Dee know when the
segment will air.
“Hi Dee! — I had to share our news
with you. We are missing our friends
at VEMA for the 1st time in a number
of years, as we have school field trips
here at the farm through October.
Good news is that this Wednesday,
Daisy & I are being driven to NYC and
put up in a hotel. Thursday morning
we go on the Montel Williams Show
for a segment on ‘Amazing Pets.’ Not
sure when it airs, but watch for Daisy,
a VEMA member, on the nationally
syndicated TV Show!
— “Hogs & Kisses” Farmer Minor &
Daisy
P.S. Please tell all we’re still wanting to spend lots of time in Virginia,
so don’t forget us!”
And from Charlie Makela came this
posting to the VEMA Listserv:
‘Back by popular demand … the
VEMA Board announces a blog
that will be similar to the previously published newsletter, The
Halyard. Check it out at http://
a d m i r a l - c h a r l i e . e du b l o g s . o r g/
We want your comments and thoughts!
Here is your opportunity to share
your thoughts about what is happening in school libraries across Virginia.
We encourage you to read the Linking Libraries and Academic Achievement Blog regularly. We will notify
you via this listserv when new postings are completed. You do not have
to sign-up or join in order to be able
to read or post comments. Questions,
comments, concerns? Just email Charlie Makela at:[email protected].
some of these ideas back and implement them in your own program to
meet the needs of your students and
teachers. If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend the conference in
Hampton, make sure to check out the
VEMA website (vema.gen.org) for information and handouts from many
of the concurrent sessions and paid
workshops.
When I attended my first VEMA
conference, I remember how astonished I was at all of the smart, creative
and dedicated professionals. Now, as
I complete my year as your President,
I am more awestruck than ever at
those professionals … my colleagues
and my friends. I have been proud
and honored to serve as your representative at the state and national
level and have so much appreciated
your encouragement and support. I
look forward to continuing our work
in making sure that VEMA is the recognized voice for excellence in Virginia’s school libraries. It is an exciting time as we move forward in our
profession, and I embrace the chance
to travel along that path together.
— Dee Griffith, VEMA President
Notice from Our
Treasurer
As mentioned in the minutes of
the September Board meeting
and confirmed at Conference,
the VEMA Board has considered and approved a change in
dues beginning with the 2007–
2008 school year. Full dues will
be $50.00, and ½ dues will go to
$25.00. Life memberships will
not change.
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MEDIAGRAM p. Scholarship and Award Winners Honored at Conference Banquet
Left–right: Margaret Vorous, Charlie Makela, Gina Powell, Susan Surratt, Beverly Abdus-Sabur, Edmunda Vestey Richards, Martha Baden, Dee Griffith
Dee Griffith presented the awards in place
of Tammy Grayson of the Scholarship &
Awards Committee, who was unable to
attend the Hampton Conference. Her
remarks appear below.
Media Educator of the Year
Beverly Abdus-Sabur earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State
University, a Master of Science from
Longwood University, and her Master’s in Library Information Science
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Between 1993 and
1997 Beverly worked as the Head of
Circulation at the Longwood College
Library, then continued her career
as the Director of the Media Center
at Virginia Union University from
1997 to 1999. Currently, Ms. AbdusSabur serves as the media specialist
at Chimborazo Elementary School.
She is known as the technology guru
for all media specialists in her school
district and is always willing to share
her expertise with others. She is a
member of the School Improvement
and School Leadership Teams, contributing to the development of the
school improvement plan. In addition to working at Chimborazo, Ms.
Abdus-Sabur serves as an adjunct
professor for Longwood University,
joyfully imparting her knowledge to
both students and colleagues taking
classes to enter the field of library science. Please join me in congratulating
our Media Educator of the Year, Beverly Abdus-Sabur.
nology, Margaret is always seeking
ways to deliver quality instruction to
her students. Ms. Vorous has 33 years’
experience as a professional educator
and retired from the Virginia School
System on June 16, 2006. Her diverse
work experience includes service as
a library media specialist at all grade
levels, a reading specialist for grades
1-6, an ESL coordinator, a GED Chief
Examiner, a SEARCH teacher for the
gifted, an LD resource self-contained
teacher, and a 1st-, 3rd-, and 4th-grade
teacher.
Honorary Life Membership
Administrator of the Year
Margaret F. Vorous, a VEMA member
since 1988, serves as the library media
specialist at Bedington Elementary in
Berkeley County, West Virginia. Margaret exemplifies the very best in our
profession. She has dedicated herself
to lifelong learning in the interests of
the children and adults with whom
she works. From puppetry to tech-
Patrick McClintock-Commeaux earned
his undergraduate degree from Bucknell Univeristy and his graduate
degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Between 2001 and 2003 he acted
as the Assistant Principal at Francis
Hammond Middle School in Alexandria; he currently serves as Principal
at Tucker Elementary School, also in
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MEDIAGRAM p. Scholarship and Award Winners continued
Alexandria. Tucker serves a diverse
group of children, with over 50 languages spoken by families and 60% of
students receiving free and reduced
lunch benefits. Tucker has been recognized by the Education Trust as a
school with great diversity and high
performance and was awarded the
“Dispelling the Myth” Award. Mr.
McClintock-Commeaux understands
that teachers teach and students learn.
As an instructional leader, he works
closely with the School Leadership
Team to implement grade-level and
school-wide programs for which the
school media center can provide support. He understands the significance
of the role of the media center in a
school and its importance in providing an information-rich environment.
Unfortunately Mr. McClintock-Commeaux could not be here this evening,
but his library media specialist Nancy
Silcox is here to accept his award.
Dickinson Scholarship
Susan Surratt currently serves as a
3rd-grade teacher at Stone Spring
Elementary School in Harrisonburg.
For over a year Susan has been taking
classes through Longwood University
to become a certified library media
specialist. Ms. Surratt is described as
a wonderful classroom teacher who
promotes reading and a love of books
in her classroom. It is her belief that
the library should be a warm and
inviting place where students, parents
and staff members will feel welcome
and enjoy spending time, but that it
needs to be a place, as well, with an
atmosphere conducive to learning.
Congratulations to our winner of the
Dickinson Scholarship, Susan Surratt!
AASL Commendation
Dee presented a certificate of commendation from AASL to Charlie
Makela for her leadership of Virgin-
ia’s “Powerful Partnerships” initiative. This commendation was actually
announced in New Orleans, but the
certificate had never been received.
Media Specialists of the Year
Next the Regional Library Media
Specialists of the Year were introduced and details shared from the
documentation which accompanied
their nominations.
The James Region honoree, John
Thomas, was Library Media Specialist
at Ruby F. Carver Elementary School
in Henrico County. Mr. Thomas was a
team leader who interacted positively
with both peers and administrators.
His knowledge of the various grade
levels’ SOL requirements was excellent, and he planned regularly with
each grade level to help teachers meet
their goals. John maintained the AR
database and planned monthly parties for children who accumulated a
set number of AR points. He found
a closet and creatively transformed it
into a base for a morning news program which provided a variety of life
skills and opportunities for Carver
students, whether reading for pleasure, seeking and locating valid information to answer a question or need,
or understanding ethical principles.
Mr. Thomas was webmaster of the
Carver web site and helped to write
a grant which enabled every Carver
classroom to have a ceiling-mounted
I-beam projector. He is remembered
as a consummate professional with
astounding ideas, a fierce commitment to reading, and the energy to
make it all happen. Sadly, Mr. Thomas
passed away not long after his nomination was completed. So let us take a
moment and reflect in silence on the
contributions John made to our profession, but most importantly to the
faculty and students of Carver Elementary.
From the Potomac Region the Library
Media Specialist of the Year is Miriam
Cross, who currently serves as the
library media specialist at River Bend
Middle School in Loudoun County.
Miriam does an outstanding job of
making the library a place where
students feel welcome and faculty
members feel valued. She has worked
with the public library in support of
the summer reading program and
Teen Read Week, in addition to hosting authors such as Laurie Anderson
and Karen Hesse. Each year Ms. Cross
takes on a large project that correlates with her library media goals and
objectives. Last year she sponsored a
Multicultural Night which centered
on a trip to many cultures. It was so
successful that everyone in attendance
would not fit into the auditorium. Miriam consistently demonstrates a willingness to collaborate with all teachers. It is through her collaboration that
she discovered and filled a need for
a school-wide research process that
would help her students become more
proficient researchers. Ms. Cross has
distinguished herself by her strong
commitment to education and teaching. Her sensitivity, creativity, diligence, energy, and sense of humor
are a unique and valuable addition to
River Bend Middle. Congratulations
to Potomac Regional Library Media
Specialist of the Year, Miriam Cross!
Rappahannock Regional Library
Media Specialist of the Year is Martha Baden, who served as the library
media specialist at Drew Middle
School in Stafford County. Ms. Baden
spends a great deal of her time and
resources promoting reading, because
she believes that students who read
are more likely to excel in school. In
addition to her regular classes she
facilitates the creation of the County
summer reading list, Café Book, Book
Fairs, Teachers R Reading, Author
Visits, Virginia Readers’ Choice, Read
MEDIAGRAM p. Scholarship and Award Winners continued
Across America Day, and Family
Reading Night. As a member of the
School Leadership Team, Ms. Baden
contributed her vision for the school
as it related to the utilization of the
media center, encouraging reading
and library usage, as well as promoting school resources within the
community. She developed the first
broadcast studio and organized the
broadcast team. Always willing to
assist in the selection and preparation
of instructional materials, she initiated the first “author visit” program.
Martha worked with the Web Page
team, developing and improving the
school website, which was recognized
as the Best Student-Developed Middle School Web Page in Virginia. Her
leadership in the State library community has been shown through her
presentations, not only for VEMA but
for the VASCR Conference, as well,
and through her chairmanship of the
Jefferson Cup Committee. Martha is
now Youth Services Director at Central Rappahannock Regional Library.
From the Shenandoah Region the
Library Media Specialist of the Year
is Edmunda Vestey Richards, library
media specialist at Albemarle County’s Woodbrook Elementary, where
the library is the heart of the school.
Ms. Richards’ love of literature is contagious, and she spends a great deal
of time each day discussing with students the books they are currently
reading and what they may read next.
Even though Edie has more than her
share of paperwork, she always puts
her students and teachers first. She
wraps around the curriculum with
interactive and engaging lessons
that motivate students and teachers.
Collaboration is Ms. Richards’ way
of doing business! She is a leader
who has taken on many challenges,
including the integration of information literacy skills in the rewriting of
the County’s curriculum. She was a
pioneer in the collaborative teaching
model in Albemarle County and has
served as a role model and mentor to
many librarians. Edie has served as
the Technology lead teacher for her
school for many years and has guided
both teachers and students as they
learn to use these tools. Ms. Richards’
flexibility, imagination, intellectual
curiosity, and empathetic demeanor
inspire all learners to engage in
“rigor, relevance and relationships.”
Congratulations to our Shenandoah
Regional Library Media Specialist of
the Year, Edmunda Vestey Richards.
The York Region honoree, Gina Powell, currently serves as a library media
specialist at Hidenwood Elementary
in Newport News. Ms. Powell’s library
is an active space with high student
engagement, sudent choice, and productive conversation about books and
other educational media. To help her
students become better users of information, she has used Nancy Pollette’s
research strategies with her students.
To provide a school-wide research
process, Gina provided in-services to
educate her teachers on Nancy Pollette’s strategies. Ms. Powell serves as a
reviewer for School Library Journal and
was invited to attend SLJ’s 2005 Leadership Summit. She was one of 200
innovative and influential members
of the library, reading, technology and
curriculum committees changing the
course of the library media function for
the betterment of K-12 education. Ms.
Powell is working within her school
district to develop and incorporate a
new library program which is aligned
with the Standards of Learning for the
State of Virginia. Congratulations to
our York Regional Library Media Specialist of the Year, Gina Powell!
Each of these nominees has displayed
excellence in our profession. They
all should be commended for their
work and without question deserve
to be recognized as Regional Library
Media Specialists of the Year. It is my
pleasure to announce the 2005-2006
Virginia School Library Media Specialist of the Year … Martha Baden.
Congratulations, Martha. You are an
inspiration to us all.
Please take time to look at the display in the solarium for Scholarships
and Awards. There are nomination
forms and brochures available for
anyone who is interested in nominating someone they feel is making a difference in the library field. Be an advocate for our profession by nominating someone you feel deserves to be
recognized for the wonderful things
they have done.
AASL Fall Forum
Assessment is here! And library
media specialists provide a vital
role in collecting and analyzing
assessment data. Those were
two clear messages heard by
over 500 librarians and educators over 1½ days in Warwick,
Rhode Island.
AASL Fall Forum participants
(including over ten from Virginia) heard from noted library
assessment voices: Vi Harada,
Barbara Stripling, Marjorie Pappas and School Reformer expert
Allison Zmuda. The big questions introduced and discussed
in both large-group and leveled breakout sessions included:
What to assess? How do we assess? Why do we assess?
AASL also introduced its
new online PLC (Professional
Learning Community) available
to members; at this early stage,
several moderated discussions
revolved around assessment.
— Lin Hill
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VEMA CONFERENCE 2006
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Thank You, 2006 Conference Planners!
As you read this edition of Mediagram, the
2006 VEMA conference at the Hampton
Roads
Convention
Center is a wonderful
memory. My thanks
to my fabulous planning committee — the lion’s share for
the success of the conference is due to
their diligence and foresight. In addition, my profound gratitude goes to
Harriett Edmunds, our conference
planner extraordinaire, and to Jean
Remler, VEMA Executive Director
and guardian angel. The contributions
of these ladies both to the conference
and to VEMA are incalculable. Conference planning is a team effort — a
conference with 1000+ attendees, 100+
vendors, 120+ concurrent sessions,
paid sessions, awards banquet, author
lunch, silent auction, and two general
sessions requires an incredible group
who work for over a year to pull it off.
Thank you to all the 2006 VEMA Conference Planning Committee for your
tireless work.
2006 Conference Planning Committee
Lori Donovan — Administrators’
Conference
Frances Hazelwood — Author Luncheon
Eileen Godwin — Awards Banquet
Betsy Davis & Wendy Gray — Concurrent Sessions
Julia Harrod & Ruthi Kroskin — Door
Prizes
Bonnie Sousa — Evaluations
Kathleen Tomaino — First Timers’
Breakfast
Al Buchanan — Floor Coordinator
and Signs
Pat Barnes & Steve Kral — Gala
Melanie Barker — General Sessions
Christine Dube, Sherry Sanders, &
Sherry Holt — Local Arrangements
& Volunteers
Linda Townsend — On-Site Coordinator
Terri Britt — Paid Sessions
Nancy Collins — Philanthropic Project
Cathy Wadley — Sponsorships
Randy McLawhorne — Vendor Representative
As I listened to your comments at the
conference, I am firmly convinced
that Virginia’s school children and
teachers have the most dynamic and
energetic library media specialists
anywhere in the country. Your contributions as members of VEMA continue to be important, not only in your
VEMA participation, but in promoting the importance of an active and
vital media program in improving
student achievement. I look forward
to working with all of you during the
coming year. — Laurel Morgan, 2006 Conference
Chair
Get Ready, Get Set … Jacqueline Woodson Is Coming
“I used to say I’d be a teacher or a
lawyer or a hairdresser when I grew
up, but even as I said these things, I
knew what made me happiest was
writing.” — Jacqueline Woodson from
her website
Mark your calendars for October 12, 2007, in Williamsburg. Our
Awards Banquet Speaker will be Jacqueline Woodson, the 2006 winner of
the Margaret A. Edwards Award for
Lifetime Achievement for Writing for
Young Adults. Other distinctions include: 2006 Newbery Honor for Show
Way, two National Book Award nominations, a Coretta Scott King Award,
three Coretta Scott King Honors, two
Jane Addams Peace Awards, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Kenyon
Review Award for Literary Excellence
in Fiction. This event is sponsored by
Bedford Falls Book Fairs.
— Lori Donovan
… AND A HOST OF OTHERS
Also coming to Conference 2007 is
Caldecott Honor Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier (Rosa, Martin’s Big Words, Freedom River, Visiting
Langston). Elisa Carbone, author of
Blood on the River, a historical novel
set in Jamestown, will be the Friday
keynote speaker, and Chris O’Neal,
technology specialist and educational
leader, will open the conference with
the Thursday keynote address. Stay
tuned for full details!
— Nancy Silcox
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A Meeting of the Minds: Administrators’ Conference Review
Imagine: a group of people sitting
around and discussing issues and
making progress towards one goal.
No, it was not a U.N. Summit meeting or the latest of the online mergers, but a true meeting of like minds
between administrators and teacher­librarians.
On Thursday, October 26, at 1:30
pm in the Hampton Roads Convention
Center, the following people participated in the Administrators’ Round
Table — Dr. Gerry Sokol, Dean of Education at Longwood University; David
Jones, Loudon County Library Media
Supervisor; Mr. Robert Stansberry,
principal, Thomas Dale High School;
Kathy Lehman, teacher-librarian,
Thomas Dale High School; John Caggiano, principal, Syms Middle School;
Mary Beth Oliver, teacher-librarian,
Providence Middle School; Sherry
Buchanan, principal, Forest Elementary; Nancy Silcox, teacher-librarian,
Samuel Tucker Elementary; and Marsha Stewart, teacher-librarian, Parkside Elementary School. Surrounding
them to participate in the discussion
were administrators and teacher-librarians from around the Commonwealth. There were discussions on
the role of teacher-librarians from all
points of view, SOQs, and staffing
and teaching in the digital age. The
90-minute session flew by as ideas,
questions and answers were shared.
Those who attended the session could
and did participate in the discussion.
Comments and questions filled the air
as panelists answered both the moderated questions and questions from
the audience. It was amazing to hear
how empowered some libraries are in
this State. David Jones offered encouragement to others outside his county
by challenging teacher-librarians to
have “Courageous Conversations”
with their administrators while challenging administrators to listen and to
encourage those conversations. I hope
those of you who were in the audience
and/or are reading this now will take
the steps and have your own “Courageous Conversation” to empower your
own library media program.
If you and/or your administrator
were not able to attend the Administrators’ Round Table discussion, I encourage you to put on your calendars
October 11, 2007, in Williamsburg for
the Administrators’ Forum. Chris
O’Neal works in conjunction with
the Virginia Department of Education and the University of Virginia
to provide outreach and professional
development to school administrators
across the State. He is working with
the VITAL (Virginia Initiative for
Technology and Administrative Leadership) grant — now in its third year.
Look for more information in upcoming Mediagrams and Conference Packets. See you in Williamsburg!
— Lori Donovan, Teacher-Librarian,
Thomas Dale High School, Chester, VA,
and Administrators’ Conference Chair
2006
News from Civil War Preservation Trust
The CWPT’s popular Summer Teacher
Institute will be held next year in
Chattanooga, TN, from July 20–22,
2007. Teachers across the country may
apply for this national conference featuring practical methods for teaching
the Civil War to students. Education
professionals who work with elementary through high school students are
encouraged to attend. Participants
pre-register for their choice of focused
workshops on Friday and Sunday, as
well as a full-day field trip on Saturday. Meals are included in registration, but participants are responsible
for their own lodging. There is no
cost, but there is a $50 deposit upon
registration which is refundable after
teachers attend the program. A block
of rooms will be reserved at the host
hotel, the Sheraton Read House in
downtown Chattanooga.
Learn more about a great Civil War
photo exhibit at the Civil War Life
Museum in Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania. The Center’s Open Exhibition
of Classic Virginia Civil War Photographs is detailed on the web page.
Directions and more information are
available at: http://civilwar-life.com/
or contact the Civil War Life Museum
at 540.834.1859.
Download the CWPT’s curriculum
CD-ROM at the link below, or e-mail
to get a free copy. www.civilwar.org/
historyclassroom/hc_curriculum1.
htm.
Consider a classroom membership.
Teachers will receive the monthly
classroom newsletter and quarterly
Hallowed Ground magazine. You also
receive a packet of classroom materials, curriculum CD-ROM & “Pilgrim
Places: Civil War Battlefields, Historic Preservation & America’s First
National Military Parks.” To sponsor a
classroom — or receive an application
to give to a potential sponsor — please
see: www.civilwar.org/historyclass
room/classroommembership.htm.
For information about the 2007
student poster & essay contest,
see:
www.civilwar.org/posteressay
contest.htm.
Find about the traveling trunk
of hands-on materials and teaching tools to support your Civil War
unit. (March, April and May 2007 are
already fully booked, so plan early to
reserve.)
— Jennifer Rosenberry, Education
Coordinator, Civil War Preservation Trust,
11 Public Square, Suite 200, Hagerstown,
MD 21740; 301.665.1400; jrosenberry@
civilwar.org;
www.civilwar.org/history
ctandclassrm.htm.
MEDIAGRAM p. 14
VEMA Board Retreats, Reflects, and Plans for the Future
The members of your VEMA Board
met the weekend of September 9–10
at the beautiful and peaceful Roslyn
Center in Richmond. Following the
regular Board meeting, the members of the Executive Board, Regional
Directors, Directors-Elect, various
committee chairs and newly elected
“Directors Elect-Elect” reviewed our
2004–2006 Vision Document. Our
mission as the recognized voice for
excellence in Virginia’s school libraries will remain the same. It was also
decided that no major changes
were needed in our six focus
areas, but a plan to collaborate
across focus areas was proposed.
The Board broke into groups and
re-evaluated our current Vision
statements and developed new
action plans for each of the six
major areas. The six major areas
are listed below along with the
new collaborative alignment. The
complete Vision 2006 document
can be viewed on the VEMA
website at www.vema.gen.va.us.
The VEMA Board
reviews the Vision
Document during its
retreat at the Roslyn
Center in Richmond.
I. Trends and Issues
II. Library Media Specialists
as Instructional Partners
III. Standards and Assessment for
School Library Media Specialists
and School Library Media
Programs
IV. Membership Promotion
V. Legislative Advocacy
VI. Leadership and Professional
Advocacy
Realign the following committees
under a Standards, Assessment and
Advocacy umbrella to better coordinate
efforts while maintaining the existing
committee designations shown below.
Standards, Assessment, Advocacy
Professional Advocacy &
Intellectual Freedom
Legislative
Advocacy
Professional Standards
& Assessment
MEDIAGRAM p. 15
Board of Education Standards of Quality Hearings
At hearings held by the Board of Education at locations around the State in
September, VEMA members spoke eloquently about the need to set collection and staffing standards for library
media centers to meet the needs of today’s students. Bev Lammay summarized VEMA’s support for revisions to
the SOQ in a posting on the VEMA
listserv on October 2:
Dear Colleagues,
On Wednesday, September 27, I
again briefly spoke to the State Board
of Education in support of our many,
many comments that were shared by
our school librarian presenters at the
series of public hearings.
I expressed our professional appreciation for the time and respect shown
by the various Board members in listening and taking notes. I highlighted
once again our messages about:
1. the absence of collection standards that would strengthen taxpayers’ accountability for school library
funding;
2. the need for additional clerical
help so that school librarians could
maximize their instructional role;
and
3. the need for expanded librarian
staffing at those schools whose enrollments demand additional services
to support the instructional impact
that the research has shown directly
affects student learning.
Mr. Gary Jones, chair of the SOQ
subcommittee, stated in his committee report to the Board, “the librarians
are out in force.” He referenced that
the SOQ’s had not been reviewed in
15 years, and now we have made 14
revisions in the last 3 years. He again
thanked the Board members and par-
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VEMA members and supporters gathered at Fox Elementary School September 18 to speak at
the Board of Education Hearing in support of VEMA’s position for revisions to the Standards of
Quality. VEMA succeeded in having speakers present at the fall Board of Education Hearings
held throughout the state to propose revisions to current library SOQ. From left to right are
Bev Lammay, Audrey Church, Kathy Lehman, Paula Dutton, Micheline Plaskett, Claudia Reed,
Ann Repp, Terri Lent, and Joanie Bache.
ticularly the Department of Education
staff members for their time in monitoring these hearings. The recommendations will be presented at the October meeting.
After the meeting, I spoke again
with Michelle Parker from the Policy
office to help clarify some issues that
were unclear to her regarding language that had been used in the letters
and information that had been shared
in the public hearings (i.e., confusion
between a “school librarian” and a
“library media specialist,” etc.)
No matter what the outcome of
all our “noise” is, we have certainly
raised the level of awareness by very
important groups of people about
what we do and the impact that we
can make with the proper collections
and staffing. There is no finer example of advocacy than what was shown
in these public hearings. We came,
we told our stories, they listened, and
now let us hope that they will consider acting.
I’ll keep you posted!
Bev
— Beverly Lammay, Legislative Liaison, Public Relations Office, Henrico
County Public Schools
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MEDIAGRAM p. 16
American Librarians in Costa Rica
When we both became school librarians twenty-plus years ago, neither
of us thought we’d ever be asked to
travel to a foreign county to share our
“expertise,” but that’s just what happened last spring. In March 2006 the
Lincoln School (http://www.lincoln.
ed.cr/), a private preK-12 school in San
Jose, Costa Rica, requested assistance
from the U.S. State Department in the
design of two library media centers
for their new campus. The SACC- accredited school is one of several large
private schools in the San Jose area
that offer an American-style English
language-based curriculum for students. The State Department turned
to Arlington Public Schools, which selected Elena as someone who had the
expertise to assist the school. Elena
had the opportunity thirteen years
ago to design and open a new secondary school library for Arlington. She
also speaks Spanish, a plus for maneuvering within a Spanish-speaking country. She was asked to offer
advice to Lincoln’s two librarians and
prepare a workshop on the “Library
of the Future” to present to the librarians of several similar private schools
in the San Jose area. It soon became
apparent that an elementary librarian
consultant was also needed. The Lincoln School and the State Department
agreed to include Susan as part of the
consulting team, as she has helped design and open two elementary libraries in Arlington. In addition to our
experiences working in new libraries,
between us we have worked in nine
different school library settings and
have coped with the challenges of a
wide variety of building designs.
Before we left on the trip, we met a
number of times to plan how we could
best assist the librarians in Costa Rica.
We sought out design advice from our
APS colleagues and worked hard creating and organizing our “Library
of the Future” presentation — a real
challenge, for neither of us has much
A beautiful display of student-created book jackets to encourage reading in the Lincoln Secondary Library. Notice the beautiful murals on walls and the tropical view through the window.
experience giving formal presentations. We did, however, look forward
to an exchange of ideas about school
library practice with our colleagues in
Costa Rica.
We arrived in San Jose a few days
early and were able to enjoy a weekend tour of some typical Costa Rican
tourist sites. We visited a coffee farm,
observed an active volcano, hiked and
bird-watched in a rainforest, enjoyed
a riverboat trip and spent a rather hot
and humid night in a forest eco-lodge.
By Monday morning we were ready
to return to civilization and get down
to business.
Our first two days on the job were
spent becoming immersed in learning all there was to know about the
Lincoln School. We met extensively
with the two librarians, Ms. Ana Isabel Quesada, the elementary librarian,
and Ms. Marta Rubi, the secondary
librarian, as well as their three assistants. We met with the school’s technical staff and many of the administrators, including the director-general
of the school, Mr. Jack Brimrose, to
discuss the current library program
and the future plans for the new campus set to open in January 2007. We
then pored over the blueprints for
the two new libraries with the project
manager.
We found the current Lincoln
School to be a beautiful campus, although physically very different from
school campuses we’ve experienced
in the United States. There are many
school buildings connected by covered walkways (for protection from
the frequent rain). Built on a hillside,
the multi-level campus is landscaped
with gorgeous native Costa Rican
plants and has wonderful views of the
surrounding mountains. Despite the
difference in setting, we soon learned
that the focus on student learning and
instruction at Lincoln is very similar
to what we experience in Arlington.
The new campus, located five miles
away, is also situated on a hill with
gorgeous mountain views. The new
campus will offer more modern facilities and expanded playing fields.
In the early stages of planning for
MEDIAGRAM p. 17
Right, we loved the attractive story-telling area in the primary library at Lincoln.
Below, Susan and Elena presenting on the “Library of the Future.” DirectorGeneral Jack Bimrose sits at left.
Below, after the presentation, Elena and Susan pose with
colleagues. Standing on the far left is Ana Isabel Quesada, the primary librarian at Lincoln. Fifth from the left is
Susan, and standing to her left is Marta Rubí, secondary
librarian at Lincoln. Elena is sitting with her trusty iBook.
The picture was taken in the Lincoln Secondary Library.
the new campus the two Costa Rican
librarians had considerable input
into the original design of the library
media centers. Unfortunately, due to
budgetary constraints, that design
was modified in a way that raised a
number of problems for the library
program—a situation with which we
sympathized as we had experienced
the same sort of problems in the design of our own new libraries. One of
our concerns with the modified design included anticipated noise problems in both libraries due to ceiling
heights, planned terrazzo floors and
no employment of sound-absorbent
materials. We also worried about the
lack of temperature and humidity
control within the facilities. A shortage of office and storage space was
also evident, and the adapted design
also produced an awkward flow from
space to space. Some of these problems were unavoidable, but we did
make some recommendations that we
felt would lessen the impact of these
challenges on the library program.
One of our greatest concerns was
the possibility of mold problems
within the new facility. The climate
in Costa Rica is temperate, so there
is neither central air conditioning
nor heating in typical school designs.
Windows are open year-round. The
high humidity level along with the
lack of HVAC controls results in much
greater potential for book mold than
we experience in Virginia. We detected the presence of mold in a large
number of volumes in the existing
collections in the two libraries and
we recommended that these books be
weeded before the move to the new
building so that spore growth could
be controlled.
Another area of concern for us was
the anticipated reduction in staffing
MEDIAGRAM p. 18
American Librarians in Costa Rica continued
One of the covered areas between wings in the primary area of the Lincoln school — notice
that the student lockers are outside in this open-air passage.
levels planned for the new facilities.
We communicated our concerns that
an adequate allocation of staffing was
needed to provide for the supervision
of and service to students and teachers. Our experience with opening our
new libraries also led us to recommend that sufficient time and personnel be allotted for preparing the collection for the move and for unpacking and setting up the new libraries at
the new campus.
We shared our thoughts with the
librarians and then presented some of
our recommendations to the school’s
director-general and board of directors. A few weeks after our visit to
Lincoln, we sent to the school a 30page report detailing our recommendations.
The rest of our visit included an
opportunity to visit two neighboring
schools - the American International
School and the Country Day School.
Our two librarian hostesses also took
us to the Lehmann Bookstore warehouse to purchase Spanish materials
for our own libraries, as both of our
schools include Spanish language immersion programs.
On our final day in Costa Rica,
we presented a workshop to librarians from ten neighboring American
schools on the topic of “The Library of
the Future.” Susan used PowerPoint
to provide an overview of her school
program, emphasizing the use of flexible scheduling and the employment
of current instructional methods to
integrate the teaching of information
skills effectively within the existing
curriculum. Elena used her library
website to demonstrate how cuttingedge technology (websites, blogs,
wikis and other Web 2.0 resources)
can be integrated into a dynamic library program. It was a wonderful
experience to meet so many dedicated
and inspiring librarians and compare
notes on the similarities and differences within our programs.
An unexpected side benefit of this
experience was how much we learned
as we prepared for the trip and how
much we learned from each other — an
intense week of comparing notes on
our own library programs was professionally stimulating to both of us.
Our collaboration on the workshop
and the follow-up report stretched us
professionally in ways that improved
our own programs. In addition to
having now become a regular blogger
(www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/
gunston/library/lib_blog.html), Elena
has taken the weeding recommendations from the report to heart and has
a leaner but better collection as a result. Susan is attempting to integrate
more technology into her library program, including plans to expand her
library website and, possibly, begin a
blog. As expected, we benefited from
an exchange of ideas with our Costa
Rican colleagues, as well. As a side
note, we would like to thank the generous librarians on the VEMA listserv
who helped us collect information on
book mold to include in our final report.
Our trip to Costa Rica was a tremendous, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not only did we see some of the
most beautiful flora and fauna in the
world, we met wonderful people including library media specialists Ana
Isabel Quesada and Marta Rubi. They
made us feel welcomed and appreciated, and we left feeling part of the
Lincoln “family.” Both of us would
dearly love to be able to hop on a
plane in January to see the new campus and offer our services in unpacking boxes!
— Elena Rodriguez, Library Media
Specialist, Gunston Middle School; Susan
Allan-Burnett, Library Media Specialist,
Claremont Spanish Immersion Elementary
Materials used in our presentation are
available at: http://www.arlington.k12.
va.us/schools/gunston/library/costarica/
ClaremontMaster.htm http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/gunston/library/
costa_rica.htm
MEDIAGRAM p. 19
The Virginia DOE Office of Educational Techology
Library Services Team
Linda Holt
Who loves and supports library
services? We do — your library
services team! The Office of
Educational Technology (OET)
at the Virginia Department of
Education is committed to supporting library services and
providing resources needed by
school library media specialists.
Team Members
We would like to introduce the
OET staff members who will be
contacts for the library services
community. Joyce Faye White,
Linda Holt, and Jean Weller are
excited to work with this dynamic group of educators who
have faithfully served and supported students, teachers, and
administrators to enhance and
improve academic achievement.
Joyce Faye White
Joyce Faye White has an undergraduate degree in education with a double
major in history and library science.
She also has an M.A. in secondary
education with a major in history and
an M.L.S. from Catholic University of
America. Her internship specialized
in online information at the GTE Telnet professional library and information center in Fairfax, Virginia.
Joyce has classroom and library experience in public and independent
schools. She also has been a technology
coordinator. At the Virginia Department of Education, Joyce has provided
guidance, training, and resources related to instructional technology used
by teachers, library media specialists,
and instructional technology resource
teachers. As the WebEx coordinator for
OET, she has provided numerous online professional development opportunities. Most recently, Joyce helped
develop guidelines and resources concerning school Internet safety.
Seated, left to right: Jean Weller and
Joyce Faye White. Standing: Linda Holt.
Jean Weller
Jean Weller is a bibliophile, always
in the midst of reading two or three
books. She loves technology (but regrets to say she never has been able
to cozy up to electronic books). She
has a long history with educational
technology, having worked in technology outreach for Central Virginia’s
Ideastations (PBS) for many years before joining the Virginia Department
of Education part time. Her passion is
to make sure teachers have the tools
and background knowledge needed
to empower students.
Jean heads the MarcoPolo project
in Virginia and works on other Department of Education projects such
as Guidelines and Resources for Internet
Safety in Schools. She is excited about
assisting library media specialists!
Jean sees this as a great way to interact with some wonderful educators.
Linda Holt taught English and
Spanish I-IV prior to her 23-year
career as a high school library
media specialist. As the roles
and responsibilities of library
media specialists changed,
Linda became proficient with
technology and led technology
planning and training. She is
a long-time member of VEMA
and was honored with the organization’s regional School
Library Media Specialist of the
Year award.
After taking a job with the
Office of Educational Technology, she missed the close working
connection with school libraries.
As a result, she is excited about
this renewed opportunity to
focus on issues and trends that
affect school libraries.
A Commitment to Libraries
The OET library services team promises to continue the support and services the school library community
has come to expect. Thanks to the
team members’ unique talents and
skills, we intend to expand the opportunities for delivering these services.
We encourage continued dialogue about the needs and interests
of school library media specialists.
Please submit ideas, questions, and
suggestions for training using the email account established specifically
for this constituency: library.services@
doe.virginia.gov.
We also invite all library media
specialists to use the links and resources on the Library Services Wikispace:
http://librarymediaservices.
wikispaces.com/. This site is under
construction; new content continually
will be added.
[Mediagram thanks Linda Holt for this
article.]
MEDIAGRAM p. 20
School Library Journal Summit and Library 2.0
Along with 200+ other attendees from
across the country, VEMA members gathered in Chicago November
3-4 for the second SLJ Summit. We
were treated to two days of informative speakers and core focus groups
emphasizing the future of school libraries in the 21st Century. We were
challenged to look beyond the barriers and identify the possibilities new
technologies bring to increase student
learning.
Two outstanding speakers we have
heard at VEMA were on the panels.
Joyce Valenza was the panel facilitator
for The School Media Center in the Information Rich World. Pam Berger, recent
keynote speaker in Hampton, was on
the panel for Technology and Literacy.
Gail Dickinson, VEMA member and
Professor at ODU, did an outstanding
job facilitating the final session, which
pulled all the pieces together. Others
from VEMA in attendance included
Carrie Gardner, Kathy Lehman, Gina
Powell, Susan Thorniley and Virginia
Wallace.
I participated in the School Library
2.0 core group and was amazed how
quickly I adapted to the new web 2.0
multitasking “plugged in” environment. Lead panelist David Warlick
continued the dialogue he recently
published in the October issue of Technology and Learning, “A Day in the Life
of Web 2.0.” While listening, I logged
onto the Drake Hotel network with
my new “wi-fi” laptop and checked
email. Seeing Charlie Makela’s blog
announcement on Linking Libraries and
Academic Achievement, I switched over
to
http://admiral-charlie.edublogs.
org/ and posted a message about the
summit. During break I logged into
the University of North Texas where
I am facilitating an online class for
AASL on creating engaging school
library websites. I responded to a
discussion posting and showed Julie
Walker, Executive Director of AASL,
how the class was progressing. Break
Pictured front left: David Warlick, Doug Achterman. Back row left: Kathy Lehman,
Diane Chen, Virginia Wallace, and Michael Stephens.
over, back to the speakers. My neighbor Mike Eisenstein from Thompson
Gale drew a bingo line across my
Buzzword Bingo Card. Before conference, I had printed the game from
David Jakes’ October 4 blog (http://
www.techlearning.com/blog/main/
archives/david_ jakes/index.html)
and passed out copies at my table.
The game united us into an instant
community of learners. Together we
listened for terms like Web 2.0, Blogosphere, Flat world, Paradigm, Standards, Myspace, Engaged and Walled
garden until we had three bingos at
the end of Session 1.
The task assigned our core group
was to define Library 2.0 in light of
discussions and presentations spanning the two-day conference. My
table was charged with focusing on
the terms “trust and respect”; to list
opportunities Library 2.0 presents for
student learning. We began creating a
word bank for Library 2.0 with phrases like Collaborative knowledgebuilding, Peer collaboration, Peer review, Group dynamic and Ultimate
critical thinking tool. Diane Chen,
panelist and AASL Affiliate Assembly
President, stopped by the table and
encouraged us to post our word bank
on the SLJ Summit Wiki (http://slj
summit.pbwiki.com/). Diane guided
me to log in and instantly our list
was posted for everyone in the core
group to see and amend. Pages were
being posted on the wiki from all
over the room. We were modeling
the library 2.0 in action as we were
defining what it is and will be.
Back to our table task. We were
grappling with how to build respect
and trust within our educational
communities to break down the
“walled gardens.” Social networking is the heart of Web 2.0. Filtering
software and fear of student misuse
MEDIAGRAM p. 21
News from VEMA’s Regions
of blogs and wikis are common barriers preventing teachers from engaging students with these new learning
opportunities. How can we reshape
thoughts and ideas through collaborative, creative, interactive, participatory peer review and protect school
systems from law suits?
Did we come up with all the answers? Of course not. But the discussion was lively. Library 2.0 is here,
and it will take lots of practice for a
digital immigrant like me to become
comfortable in social cyberspace. But
I learned this weekend that I can multitask: answer email, post to blogs &
wikis, play bingo, listen and think, all
within a single conference session. I
may not be up to the speed of my students, but I’m learning.
As librarians we have an opportunity to be leaders teaching Internet safety, ethics and cyber manners
to our students. We have access to
school web pages and online databases to increase students’ effective use
of online information sources. Libraries have always evolved to meet the
information needs of users. We are
now experiencing an unprecedented
evolution of information collection
and sharing. Whether our libraries
become one with the digital workspace or remain isolated warehouses
of print depends on how well we assume the Library 2.0 challenge. I plan
to forge ahead, practice using online
formats, and stay open to new avenues to communicate ideas. As we
embrace, evaluate, and use information from multiple formats, we will
pass on our accumulated knowledge
and empower our students to use the
Internet wisely and effectively.
— Kathy Lehman, NBCT, VEMA Past
President and novice Library 2.0 user;
­Librarian, Thomas Dale High School,
Chester, VA
The James Region Spring Conference will be held on Wednesday,
March 14, 2007, at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 1651 East
Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228.
This year’s theme is “Unlock the Possibilities: Kick It Up a Notch!” We’re
signing up “spicy” concurrent sessions — sessions that will add ingredients of excitement, pizzazz, and fun
to your library program! Delicious
boxed lunches will be provided by
‘Homemades by Suzanne’ of Ashland. Registration fees are $20.00 for
VEMA members and $25.00 for nonmembers. Registration deadline will
be February 23, 2007. Please send registrations to Cathy Kinzler, 406 Powhatan Hill Place, Manakin-Sabot, VA
23103. To volunteer to serve on the
planning committee for this exciting
event, or present a session, or if you
have questions, please contact Julie
Tate, Hanover High School, at jtate@
hcps.us. Watch Mediagram and the
VEMA listserv for details.
Roanoke Spring Regional planners
are working hard to put together a
day that will be motivational for all
who attend on March 28, 2007, at the
Roanoke Higher Education Center.
The theme this year is “Reading is the
Key to the Future,” and Dr. Joan Kindig
will be our keynote speaker, speaking
on “A Life of Reading.” In addition,
Dr. Kindig will offer a workshop on
the Best Books of 2006. Dr. Kindig is
a former elementary school librarian,
the chief curator of the Virginia Center for Children’s Books, a co-chair for
Virginia Readers Choice, and a member of the 2008 Caldecott Committee.
The day will feature workshops on
topics for all grade levels on copyright, collaboration with the public
library, the latest in technology, and
additional attractions you won’t want
to miss.
— Nancy Young and Ava Jackson
Shenandoah Spring Regional will
take place on March 6, 2007, at Blue
Ridge Community College’s Plecker
Workforce Center. Shenandoah also is
using the theme, “Reading is the Key
to the Future,” and Dr. Joan Kindig of
UVA is their keynoter, as well. Check
the website, http://harrisonburg.k12.
va.us/thms/library/vema, for current session information. Send check
and registration by Feb. 25, 2007, to:
Peggy Grandle, 261 Broadway Ave.,
Broadway, VA 22815. If you have any
questions, e-mail Jamie Chapman
([email protected]) or call
434-973-5211(W) or 434-823-5607(H).
Lunch will be a buffet soup and sandwich bar and is included in the price
of registration (VEMA members, $15;
non-members, $20).
York Spring Regional is scheduled
for April 6, 2007, at Landstown Middle
School (http://www.landstownms.vb
schools.com/), 2204 Recreation Drive,
Virginia Beach, VA 23456. Planners are
working hard to put together another
spectacular day of learning, sharing,
and fellowship. Keynote speaker will
be Mark Carey, author of the newly
published Virginia 360 — Forged by
Freedom, Tempered by Time.”
MEDIAGRAM p. 22
VEMA Applauds …
… Dr. Lynn Henry
Thorpe,
Assistant
Superintendent for
Instruction for Henrico Public Schools, who was VEMA’s
2005 Administrator of the Year and
has now received Administrator of
the Year honors on the national level!
She appears on the cover of the October 2006 School Library Journal, and
the article “In Sync — Administrator
of the Year 2006” includes comments
by Henrico County’s Educational Specialist for Library Information Services Ann Martin, Short Pump High
School librarian Marcialyn Ellis, and
Arthur Ashe Elementary School librarian Linda Owen. Read the whole
article at: http://www.schoollibrary
journal.com.
… Roger Fuller, a reference librarian
at the Norfolk Campus of Tidewater
Community College, who on October 26 received a Jefferson Award for
community service from NBC affiliate WAVY and the American Institute
for Public Service. Roger, formerly
of TCC’s Chesapeake Campus AV
Services, is a VEMA life member.
­Congratulations, Roger!
… the Virginia school library media
specialists who have been selected
as their schools’ “Teacher of the
Year.” The list which appears here is
an expanded version of that which
appeared in the Fall 2006 Mediagram.
Audrey Church has received many
more names since then, but suspects
that there may be a few more additions still to come. Congratulations to
all, and thanks to Audrey for compiling this prestigious list, which is also
posted at: http://www.longwood.
edu/staff/churchap/LMSTeacherof
Year.htm.
LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR
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Library Media Specialist
Audrey Cypress
Bess Robertson
Betty Bunch
Carolyn Bushey
(Rookie Teacher of the Year)
Cindy Kight
Colleen Church
(Golden Apple Award)
Donna Goude
Eric Lawson
Fran Worthington
Joe Terry
John Livingston
Karen Stafford
Kathy Vick
Kim Hockaday (currently
classroom teacher, future LMS)
Margaret Alger
Margaret Baker
Nancy Anderson
Nancy Underwood
(Reading Teacher of the Year)
Peggy Howard
Sarah Bigbie
Sharon Franklin
Shelley Armstrong
Shelley Murray
Susan C. Morris
Theresa Harris
Vickie Hanner
Bonnie Sousa
Celia Johnson
Edie Richards
(Golden Apple Award)
Frances Carmack
Jenny Nelson
Joanne Walsh
Joy King
Joy Nelson
Kris Boyd
Lauri Leeper
Lynn Smith
Mary Ann Booth
(Golden Apple Award)
Nancy Terrell
Patricia Wasiuk
Peggy McIntyre
Roberta Thornton
Sully Carter
Susan Ryan
Terri Britt
Alvenia Peerman
Charlotte Davenport
Clarisse Bushman
Gail Gilland
Kim Crawford
Theresa Harris
Wendy Gray
Andrea Nolley
(as classroom teacher, now LMS)
Joyce Ricks
Judith Coughlin
School
Richmond Community High
Brumfield Elementary
Falling Spring Elementary
Nansemond River High
Division
Richmond
Fauquier
Alleghany
Suffolk
Chandler Middle
Scottsville Elementary
Richmond
Albemarle
West Point Elementary
Franklin County High
George Mason Elementary
Phillips Elementary
C.C. Wells Elementary
Shady Grove Elementary
Walton Elementary
West Point
Franklin
Norfolk
Richmond City
Hampton
Chesterfield
Henrico
Prince George
Linville-Edom Elementary
Berkeley Glenn Elementary
R. R. Moton Early Childhood Center
John Yeates Middle
Rockingham
Waynesboro
Hampton
Suffolk
Woodville Elementary
Deep Creek Central Elementary
Andrew Lewis Middle
Chester Middle
Meadowbrook High
John C. Myers Elementary
Glen Allen Elementary
Longan Elementary
Palmer Elementary
Reservoir Middle
Woodbrook Elementary
Richmond
Chesapeake
Salem City
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Rockingham
Henrico
Henrico
Newport News
Newport News
Albemarle
Bowling Green Primary
Baker Elementary
Jane H. Bryan Elementary
Salem Middle
Dutrow Elementary
Livingston Elementary
McIntosh Elementary
Stuarts Draft Middle
Brownsville Elementary
Caroline
Henrico
Hampton
Virginia Beach
Newport News
Spotsylvania
Newport News
Augusta
Albemarle
Burbank Elementary
Salem Church Middle
Thomas Harrison Middle
Bedford Middle
Pearl Sample Elementary
Skipwith Elementary
Treakle Elementary
River’s Edge Elementary
Stonewall Jackson High
Damascus Middle
Colonial Forge High
Montrose Elementary
Keister Elementary School
Hampton
Chesterfield
Harrisonburg
Bedford
Culpeper
Henrico
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Henrico
Shenandoah
Washington
Stafford
Henrico
Norfolk
Harrisonburg
Twin Hickory Elementary
Albert Hill Middle
Henrico
Richmond City
MEDIAGRAM p. 23
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
2001
2001
2001
2000
2000
2000
2000
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1998
1998
1998
1998
Judy Durham
Laura Faulkner
Nancy Furr
Priscille Dando
Theresa Harris
Angela Wiley
Betty Ring
Ellen Lane
Julia Harrod
Mary Jarrad
Alvenia Peerman
Barbara Tulli
Karen Bryant
(as classroom teacher, now LMS)
Mark Rowe
Tamara Teaff
(Kiwanis Teacher of the Year)
Audrey Cypress
Barbara Boyer
Robin Simms
Shelia Demetriadis
Charlotte Bruce
Claudia Wells
Diane Capron
Diane Willis
Kim Crawford
Linda Vretos
Sycamore Park Elementary
Lloyd C. Bird High
Robert E. Lee High
Montrose Elementary
Crestview Elementary
Crittendon Middle
Southwestern Elementary
Sandston Elementary
Washington Henry Elementary
Culpeper
Norfolk
Chesterfield
Fairfax
Henrico
Norfolk
Henrico
Newport News
Norfolk
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Henrico
Hanover
Eagle Rock Elementary
Norfolk
Botetourt
Westover Hills Elementary
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy
John F. Kennedy High
Mosby Middle
McLean High
Cold Harbor Elementary
Churchland Primary & Intermediate
Brooke Point High
Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science and Technology
Davis Elementary
Madison High
Skipwith Elementary
Eagle Rock Elementary
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Fairfax
Hanover
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Stafford
Fairfax
Atlee High
Gayle Middle
Matoaca High
Manassas Park High
1997
1997
1997
1997
1996
1996
Joyce Ricks
Lis Edwards
Susan Ryan
Tamara Teaff (Roanoke Valley
Reading Council Teacher of the Year)
Dana Woodard
Julie Tate
Maureen Foltzer
Sheryl Sinche
Alda Moore
Terri Lent
1995
1995
Ann Abel
Barbara Dellinger
Greendale Elementary
Manassas Park Elementary
1995
1995
1995
1994
1994
1992
1990
1979
Becky Austin
Joyce Ricks
Sharon Neeley
Pam Smith
Sarah VanHoose
Dana Woodard
Karen Calabro
Barbara Dryer (State Reading
Teacher of the Year as an LMS)
Angela Bennett
Christine Bochman
Donna Semple
Jane Delong
(Reading Teacher of the Year)
Kit Vaughan
Martha Baden
Miriam Hartman
Scott Hay
Susan Bochman
Wendy Gibson
Glade Spring Middle
Davis Elementary
Chesapeake Alternative School
E.B. Stanley Middle
Lakeview Elementary
Norfolk
Hanover
Norfolk
Stafford
Chesterfield
Manassas Park
City
Washington
Manassas Park
City
Washington
Henrico
Chesapeake
Washington
Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Cherry Run Elementary
Marguerite Christian Elementary
Nansemond Parkway Elementary
Fairfax
Chesterfield
Augusta
Suffolk
Midlothian Middle
Greendale Elementary
Harrowgate Elementary
Bedford Middle
Chesterfield
Stafford
Portsmouth
Washington
Chesterfield
Bedford
Henrico
Fairfax
Henrico
Botetourt
ALA Seeks
Grant Applicants
for New
We the People
Bookshelf
The American Library Association (ALA) and the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) would like to invite
your library to apply for the
fourth annual We the People
Bookshelf grant! This year, we
are offering 2,000 sets of classic books for children on the
theme “The Pursuit of Happiness.”
To apply, simply complete
the easy online application by
describing how your library will
create a theme-related program
that highlights the Bookshelf
titles. Applications are due by
January 31, 2007.
Selected libraries will receive
all 15 titles in the Bookshelf,
plus four of the titles in Spanish
translation, a bonus CD, bookplates, bookmarks and posters
to promote local programming.
**Guidelines and the application are available online through
January 31, 2007.** For programming ideas and tips, access to the
guidelines and application, book
titles, and further details, visit
ht t p://w w w. a l a .o r g/we t h e
people. With questions, contact
[email protected].
— Forwarded from ALA with
the note: “Please share this information with other libraries in your
area! Multiple libraries within a
system/district may apply for and
receive Bookshelves.”
MEDIAGRAM p. 24
VEMA Board Meeting
September 9, 2006
Roslyn Center, Richmond
Called to order at: 9:25 am
Welcome and introductions (Dee):
Welcome to all. Vouchers for mileage,
20 cents a mile. Jean is not here; she
is attending a family wedding. Check
the VEMA Board information, so that
we have correct information. Dee
introduced Linda Holt, VDOE liaison ([email protected]), and
requested others around the room to
introduce themselves.
Announcements
National Book Festival: September
30 in Washington, D.C. on the Mall
Cable in the Classroom: October
issue: Focus on assessment in the LMC.
How do you use multimedia to teach
in the LMC. Great opportunity to share
with teachers and administrators.
VCU: Virginia Summit for Educational Leadership: May 3 & 4, 2007, in
Richmond at the Crown Plaza.
New resource on Mali: Dee sent
around information.
Reading and approval of minutes
(Bev Shearon): The minutes were
approved as read. (Lin Hill/Kathy
Meredith)
Treasurer’s Report (Kathy Meredith):
Do we want to rollover the CD? Yes.
CD problem: all information that has
been entered has been doubled, CD is
not worth $83,633.41 but $45,202.37. Initial deposit entry and following interest entries appear to have been entered
twice. Kathy will investigate this more,
talk with the bank folks, etc.
Question: Do we want to increase
the cost of VEMA membership from
$40 to $50? What we offer is significantly more than in 1999 (listserv,
website). Use of credit cards is expensive, as is the Mediagram. Include
information on how much it costs
for VEMA to have credit card option
available to our members. Kathy will
look into this. We have not raised dues
in nearly 10 years. Would we raise all
levels of dues? Do we need to increase
the cost of conference registration between members and non-members?
Each region decides on the cost of
their spring regional conference.
Discussion: We don’t have a breakdown yet of how much revenue this
would generate. Kathy will work on
this and present it to the Board at the
conference meeting.
Motion: Do we want to increase
dues? (Kathy Meredith/Valeria ­Hillyer)
Executive Director’s Report
(Jean/ Dee)
See Jean’s report. Accepted report
as written. (Lin)
Dee talked about Jean’s contract.
“She is the backbone of our organization” and our “collective memory.”
Dee asked for any discussion on increasing Jean’s salary from $17,500 to
$18,000. We can cut corners elsewhere.
Move to increase Jean’s salary:
(Terri Britt/Matt Thompson)
Old Business
Conference 2006 (Laurel)
See Laurel’s report
Conference 2007 (Nancy Silcox)
November 10-13, 2007
Keynote speakers in place: Chris
O’Neil & Elisa Carbonne (will be in
Williamsburg this Sept 17 in Merchants Square). Saturday brunch: Illustrator? Nancy is open to any ideas/
suggestions. 400th anniversary of the
founding of Jamestown. Theme for
conference: ”Memory, Reason, Imagination.” Tours to Jamestown: Probably
on Wednesday/Saturday afternoon.
Thursday night gala: What Jamestown
organizations have entertainers who
would be available?
Conference 2008 (Kathy Lehman)
November 5-8, 2008
In Richmond at the Marriott with
4 concurrent sessions rooms at the
convention center with the Library of
Virginia.
ALA Conference in New Orleans
(Kathy L., Dee & Laurel)
Laura Bush was speaker at town
meeting, Madeline Albright was also
a speaker. Kathy Lehman is on ALA
Council planning and budget. Dee
Griffith was elected Secretary of the
Affiliate Assembly. Commendation
from AASL to VDOE for Linking
Libraries and Academic Achievement: formal presentation will be at
the Awards Banquet in October.
AASL Fall Forum: (in Rhode Island)
Oct 13-15. Lin Hill will be attending.
“It’s not about us, it’s all about them!”
AASL Vision Summit
(Dee & Nancy)
Each affiliate assembly to send a rep
to the summit. Nancy Silcox will represent VEMA in early December in
Chicago.
Professional Development Day — July 2006 (Roxanne Mills/Dee)
88 people registered for workshop
in Smithfield in July. Wonderful day
of activities with Ann Martin and
Audrey Church; both are VEMA past
presidents, authors, and teachers of
upcoming librarians.
Other??
Possibility of combining Advocacy
and Standards & Assessment: Recommendation from the Executive
Board: Leave them separate because
Information Power is in the process of
being redone.
New Business
VDOE Strand
Technology Leadership Conference
in Roanoke the first weekend of
­December. Names in Executive Board
minutes.
Katrina Library Aid
At last fall conference, we used part
of the silent auction proceeds to send
to libraries in the affected area.
MEDIAGRAM p. 25
DOE position
Happy to have Linda Holt representing VDOE at the VEMA Board. Charlie Makela is now media services
supervisor. in Arlington.
Linda Holt and Joyce Faye White
are both former school librarians.
Linda is excited about keeping the relationship between VEMA and VDOE
a strong and vital one. Linda promises that the lines of communication
will be kept open and flowing.
Executive Board recommends that
paraprofessionals receive half-price
membership. (Check with Betsy/
Wendy concerning sessions that
would be geared specifically to paraprofessionals.) Also make sure that
there is a place on the membership
form that says Paraprofessional
Move to change policy to allow
half-price membership for paraprofessionals (Julie Tate/Terri Britt).
Regional Reports
Clinch (Jane Osborne & Gail Gilland)
Spring Regional: March 27 @
Southwest Higher Ed Center in
Abington. Report from Clinch
added.
James (Nancy Williams & Julie Tate)
Spring Regional: March 14 @ J.
Sargeant Reynold CC. Report
added. $20/$25
Potomac (Clare Tomasch & Susan
Leyden) $20/$25
Rappahannock (Janice Raspen &
Jenny Ashby)
Spring Regional: March 16 [later
changed to April 20] at Drew
Middle School. Debbie Goforth,
Teacher of the Year, will be keynote speaker.
Roanoke (Rose Timmons Hall &
Nancy Young)
Spring Regional: March 28 at Roanoke Higher Ed. Report added.
Shenandoah (Lin Hill & Jamie
Chapman)
Spring Regional: March 6 at Blue
Ridge CC. $15/$20
York (Terri Britt & Matt Thompson)
Spring Regional: April 6 (tentative date). Site will be in Virginia
Beach, storytellers as keynotes,
concurrent sessions.
Important Calendar dates:
VSTE: Feb 25-27
VSRA: Mar 15-17
National Library Legislative Day:
May 7 & 8
Committee Reports
Archives (Lyn Mathews)
Future Trends & Issues
Dee will have a new chair by the
October conference.
Standards & Assessment
(Nancy Silcox)
Upcoming for the fall: Making our
presence felt at the Social Studies
conference in Richmond (Nancy Silcox and one of her 4th grade teachers
will be presenting a session.) Audrey
Church is putting in a proposal for
the elementary school principals’
conference. Virginia Association of
Teachers of English conference: LMS
with English teachers.
Instructional Standards
(Marilyn Walls)
This committee has added 2 new
members,
Karen
Bryant
from
Hanover County and Faye Rockwell
from Staunton. They are working on
a bibliography of materials to aid in
information literacy skills instruction.
They want to focus on ideas to help
librarians with instruction.
Intellectual Freedom
(Carrie Gardner)
Legislative (Kitty Boitnott)
Be aware that, because of the ongoing
problems with road funding, educational funding may be impacted.
Dee and Kathy at National Legislative Day met with LMS and other
types of librarians with legislative
staff members and some legislators. Please continue to write emails
to legislators (rather than reg. mail).
Address YOUR particular legislator.
[email protected]
Mediagram (Becky Laine)
Deadline for Mediagram is October 15.
Nice thank-you note from author
Mary Quattelbaum, whose book had
been reviewed in last issue.
Membership (Cathy Wadley)
Report given. Membership brochures
sent out at the beginning of the school
year.
At the fall conference Cathy hopes
to meet with all members/volunteers
of the committee. Cathy will work
with Jean to revise the membership
brochure.
With regards to conference registration/conference attendance for
paraprofessionals, design a strand
specifically for them. Registration will
be left as is for now, membership will
be half-price.
Professional Advocacy (Terri Lent)
Professional Development
(Roxanne Mills)
Publications (Frances Reeve)
Scholarships and Awards
(Tammy Grayson)
Student Media Festival
(Karen Duffy)
2007 brochures will be available at the
2006 conference.
Lunch
Special Reports and Updates:
VDOE
Library of VA Liaison
VETAC (David Rankin)
VSRA (Sherry Sanders)
MEDIAGRAM p. 26
Spring 2007 Offerings in Library/Media
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Northern Virginia/Loudoun County
CLSC 553 01 Information Sources and Services
SA 10 AM – 12:30 PM
Note: Class will be held on the GWU Ashburn Campus. Driving directions are available at
http://www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu/visitor/location.html
CLSC 557 01 Libraries and Information in Society
TU 5 PM – 7:30 PM
Note: Also at Ashburn.
CLSC 607 01 Management M
4:30 PM – 7 PM
Prerequities: 557. Note: Class will be held at Fairfax County Government Center.
For driving directions, see http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dta/66west.htm
CLSC 776 08 Design and Production of Multimedia TH
5 PM – 7:30 PM
Prerequisites: 555. Note: Class will be held at Potomac Falls High School, 46400 Algonkian Highway,
Potomac Falls, VA. For driving directions, see http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us
Richmond
CLSC 555 04 CLSC 603 004
Information Systems in Libraries & Information Centers SA 0 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: VCU, Cabell Library
Technical Services
TU 6 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: VCU, Cabell Library
LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY
Spring Course Offerings appeared in the Fall Mediagram. Below are Longwood’s offerings for Summer 2007:
On campus:
EDSL503
Media Selection and Evaluation
EDSL520
Library Resources for Children
EDSL548
Production of Media for Instruction
EDSL561
Computers as Data Managers
EDSL595
Marketing Your School Library Media Program
EDSL690
Clinical Experience in Library Media
Off campus:
EDSL530
Library Resources for Young Adults, in partnership with Gloucester County Public Schools
EDSL530
Library Resources for Young Adults, in partnership with Hanover County/Spotsylvania County Public Schools
EDSL548
Production of Media for Instruction, in partnership with Orange County Public Schools
EDSL548
Production of Media for Instruction, in partnership with Hampton City/Newport News City Schools
EDSL580
Technical Processing of Materials, at Powhatan High School
— For further information please contact Audrey P. Church, Coordinator, School Library Media Program, Department of Education, Special Education, Social Work, and Communication Disorders, Hull 234, Longwood University, Spruce and Franklin Streets,
Farmville, VA 23909 Voice (434) 395-2682 FAX (434) 35-2148
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
Tentative Course Offerings for Spring 2007 appeared in the Fall Mediagram.
— For additional information please contact Dr. Katherine T. Bucher, Professor and Assistant Department Chair, Graduate Program
Director of Library Science, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0161;
phone 757-683-3254
MEDIAGRAM p. 27
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise will be offering the following classes in the Spring 2007 toward Library Media licensure:
LIBR 320 Technical Services
TH 5:00 - 7:45 p.m.
LIBR 340 Internship in School Library Services
TBA
EDUC 330a Educational Technology
M 6:00 - 8:45 p.m.
EDUC 330b Educational Technology
TH 6:00 - 8:45 p.m
EDUC 361 Children’s Literature
M 6:00 - 8:45 p.m.
EDUC 361 Children’s Literature Online
M 6:00 - 8:45 p.m.
Also, our schedule may be accessed online at: http://www.uvawise.edu/registrar/documents/sprsch20074Spring07webschedule11.3.06.pdf
Our Northern Virginia Center Cohort, [UVA-Wise in partnership with U.Va.’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies
(SCPS)] will be offering the following classes in the Spring 2007 toward Library Media licensure:
LIBR 320 Technical Services
M 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
LIBR 330 School Library Administration
TU 5:00 - 9:00 p.m
LIBR 330 School Library Administration
TU 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
EDUC 618T Educational Technology: Library Focus
TU 6:00 - 8:45 p.m.
EDIS 589 Children’s Literature Reading Focus
TH 5:15 - 9:00 p.m.
LIBR 340 Internship in School Library Services Individually Arranged
Details regarding specific dates and locations of classes offered through the Northern Virginia Center may be accessed on pages 8 and
20 of the Center’s catalog at: http://www.scps.virginia.edu/northern/catalog.pdf.
Our Roanoke Center, [UVA-Wise in partnership with U.Va.’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS)] will be offering
the following classes in the Spring 2007 toward Library Media licensure:
LIBR 320 Technical Services 4 Fridays 5 - 9 p.m. & Saturdays 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
PSED 618T-1 Advanced Applications in Educational Technology
W & Online 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Details regarding specific dates and locations of classes offered through the Roanoke Center may be accessed by visiting
http://www.scps.virginia.edu/roanoke/catalog.pdf.
— Vickie Fields, John Cook Wyllie Library, UVA-Wise, 1 College Avenue, Wise, Virginia 24293
Voice: (276) 328-0150; Fax: (276) 328-0105; [email protected]
Grant Proposal Workshop
at VCU
VSRA Conference
Coming Up in March
The Grant Institute’s Grants 101: Professional
Grant Proposal Writing Workshop will be held
at Virginia Commonwealth University, January
22–24, 2007. Interested development professionals,
researchers, faculty, and graduate students should
register as soon as possible, as demand means that
seats will fill up quickly.
All participants will receive certification in
professional grant writing from the Institute. For
more information call (888) 824-4424 or visit The
Grant Institute website at www.­thegrantinstitute.
com.
The Virginia State Reading Association will hold
its conference March 15-17, 2007, at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center. Look for registration
information online (www.vsra.org); early-bird registration will be $95 for VSRA members and $130
for nonmembers. Speakers include Don Leu, Robert Sabuda, Seymour Simon, Jerry Pallotta, Debbie
Miller, Ralph Masiello, Gail Karwoski, Roger Essley, Nancy Polette, and Laura Robb. Marc Brown
will be the speaker for the Book and Author
Brunch on Saturday. — Sherry Sanders, VSRA liaison, ssanders@sbo.
hampton.k12.va.us
MEDIAGRAM p. 28
VEMA Calendar
January 15, 2007
Deadline for Spring Mediagram
January 19–24, 2007
ALA Midwinter Meeting, Seattle, WA
February 25–27, 2007
Virginia Society for Technology in
Education (VSTE) Conference, Virginia
Beach Convention Center
March 2, 2007
Read Across America Day
March 6, 2007
Shenandoah Spring Regional
Blue Ridge CC, Weyers Cave
March 14, 2007
James Spring Regional
J. Sargeant Reynolds CC, Richmond
March 15–17, 2007
Virginia State Reading Association
Conference (See announcement in this
issue, page 27)
March 24, 2007
Potomac Spring Regional
Centreville HS, Clifton
March 27, 2007
Clinch Spring Regional
Southwest Higher Ed Center, Abington
MEDIAGRAM
P.O. Box 2743
Fairfax, VA 22031-0743
MEDIAGRAM
Published quarterly September through
June by the Virginia Educational Media
Association, P.O. Box 2743, Fairfax, VA
22031-0743, and included with mem­
bership in the Association. Separate
subscriptions: $10.00 per year.
VEMA OFFICERS
Laurel Morgan, President
Dee Griffith, Past President
Nancy Silcox, President-Elect/
2007 Conference Chair
Beverly Shearon, Secretary
Kathy Meredith, Treasurer
Address Corrections & Advertising:
Jean Remler, VEMA Executive Director
P.O. Box 2743
Fairfax, VA 22031-0743
Phone: (703) 323-1086
FAX: (703) 272-3643
e-mail: [email protected]
Please send copy to:
Rebecca Laine, Mediagram Editor,
P.O. Box 2826, Staunton, VA 24402-2826.
Phone: (540) 294-3659 (H)
e-mail: [email protected]
DEADLINE FOR SPRING 2007 ISSUE:
JANUARY 15, 2007
WEB: http://www.vema.gen.va.us
May 3–4, 2007
VCU Virginia Summit for Educational
Leadership, Crown Plaza, Richmond
May 1–2, 2007
National Legislative Day, Washington, DC
June 21–27, 2007
ALA Annual Conference, Washington, DC
March 28, 2007
Roanoke Spring Regional
Roanoke Higher Ed Center
October 10–14, 2007
AECT Annual Conference, Dallas, TX
March 30, 2007
Deadline for Student Media Festival entries
October 25–28, 2007
AASL 13th National Conference, Reno, NV
April 6, 2007
York Spring Regional
Landstown MS, Virginia Beach
November 1–2, 2007
VLA Annual Conference, Hot Springs, VA
April 15–21, 2007
National Library Week
VEMA
April 20, 2007
Rappahannock Spring Regional
Drew MS, Stafford
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