Utah School Library Association
Working for Librarians, Teachers, and Students of Utah (Formerly known as UELMA)
Nominate your colleagues!
Nominate one of your professional colleagues for their dedication, service, innovation and support to school libraries or school librarianship.
Deadline is December 10th. https://sites.google.com/uelma.org/conference/information/awards
Hi all,
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS) has just released curriculum from Project READY, a free online development curriculum.
Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth The site hosts a series of free, online professional development modules for school and public youth services librarians, library administrators, and others interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy. The primary focus of the Project READY curriculum is on improving relationships with, services to, and resources for youth of color and Native youth.
I just saw this and I am sure you all agree on the importance of “Media Literacy” in our profession. While it is only a week keep in mind that Media Literacy should be ongoing.
Here is a cool blog post as well. Great examples and ideas. https://readresearchrestrepeat.blogspot.com/2019/10/media-literacy-week-2019.html
Wondering where to go to learn more about library best practices?
Want to collaborate with other media specialists?
Do you have something to share?
Check out these opportunities!
Library Aide Basics (LAB): A free, online, self-paced training for elementary school library paraprofessionals. Find out more at suu.edu/libraryaidebasics.
ALA/AASL: The premier professional organizations in our field–resources range from webinars and conferences, to advocacy resources, and foundational documents to guide our practice. Keep an eye out of the AASL National Conference in Salt Lake in 2021!
UELMA Conference: The statewide organization for school librarians puts on an annual conference that’s not to be missed! An amazing chance to network with your peers from across the state, attend sessions, meet authors, and more! It will be on March 6, 2020 at Weber State University.
UPLIFT: The Utah State Library offers trainings, grants and workshops.
Southern Utah Media Specialists Conference (SUMS): Join us in sunny St. George October 23rd for the annual conference and network with rural librarians.
Register here-more information will be sent to those that register
Call for Presenters– we would love to have you present, open to suggestions!
UELMA Facebook: Like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/UELMA.org/
WebJunction: This is a great resource for online training. https://learn.webjunction.org/