2012-13+Meetings

**May 3 E-book Planning/Implementation Meeting**
Norris, Centennial, Seward, Malcolm, Milford, Heartland, Crete, Dorchester Lynne Herr, Toby Boss, Dan Shoemake
 * Attendance:**


 * Agenda:**

Review implementation timeline Confirm pricing structure and membership requirements
 * ** First year investment/buy-in costs: ** $2000 minimum per school district. If your school district has more than 1000 students, you will be charged an additional $1 per student for the number of students beyond the initial 1000. For example, if your K-12 student population is 2200, You would pay $3200 for the first year. ($2000 for the first 1000 students and $1/student beyond that amount.) If your school district as 260 students, you would pay $2000.)


 * ** Successive years: ** $500 investment per school district per year. Then 25 cents per student beyond 1000. If your K-12 student population is 2200, your successive year costs would be $800. If your school district has 260 students, you would pay $500. Schools can determine a spring or fall billing.


 * There is also a yearly fee of $750 per school-level collection. ESU 6 will cover this yearly cost.

Determine e-book advisory committee made up of media specialists from ESU 6 2013-14 Order Determine schools who will be charter members in 2013-14
 * In years one and two of the consortium, each of the "charter schools" will have the option of providing an elementary and secondary representative.
 * Responsibilities to include:
 * attendance at advisory committee meetings
 * serve a two year term
 * make recommendations about consortium pricing structure
 * select books for purchase
 * other duties to be determined
 * Elementary
 * Golden Sower Books (30 K-12)
 * Reading Classics - new ones
 * Division 1 Gr 3 and 4 (75)
 * Division 2 Gr 5 and 6 (75)
 * Division 3 Gr 7 and 8 (75)
 * Secondary
 * Alex Awards Gr 12 6 each year
 * Printz Awards (edgy teen) 6 each year
 * Morris (new writers) 6 each year
 * YALSA (best book young adults) 10 best each year

Meetings:

September 4 (moved from September 25) 9-3 AM media specialist PM e-book October 16 ebook advisory committee 9-Noon December 3 9-3 AM media specialist PM e-book February 25 9-3 AM media specialist PM e-book









**March 13 Meeting**

 * Survey**

Notes from meeting today

Northeast Secondary Consortium List NE Consortium Elementary Collection List

Axis 360 account for Kindle Fire


 * Tech Tools**

Thinglink Meograph Lynne's Media/Reading Resources on Pinterest


 * Resources from Craig Badura RE Mystery Skypes: **
 * @http://comfortably20.blogspot.com/2012/01/guest-post-4th-grade-perspective.html
 * Student blog post about Mystery Skype- @http://comfortably20.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-are-we-gonna-do-that-again.html
 * Another Skype opportunity--@https://docs.google.com/a/4rhuskies.org/document/d/1ca5Bs6FS6mprPeT_42gv8PFkKQrP42StRn6_tcyDEd4/edit
 * Here is the link to the Mystery Skype that I created- @http://mysteryskypes1213.weebly.com/index.html

Author Visits with Skype Skype announces free Group Calling for schools

**February 6 Meeting**

 * 9 - 3 pm**
 * Discussion from the meeting on February 6:**

Ongoing discussion of Axis 360 and Blio reader Webinar with Jill Blades RE Axis 360 and Blio
 * **Jill Blades **
 * Inside Sales Account Manager--Schools
 * Baker & Taylor, Inc.
 * 2550 West Tyvola Rd., Suite 300
 * Charlotte, NC 28217
 * Phone: 704.998.3279
 * Toll Free: 800.775.7930 ext. 3279
 * Fax: 866-321-7560
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Email: <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">jill.blades@baker-taylor.com

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Demo account work on ipads, laptops and phones.

Lynne's Pinterest Media/Reading Resources


 * Grow Your PLN (Professional Learning Network) Through Twitter! **
 * 1) Set up your twitter account if you don't already have one. //Be sure your account has a bio and photo tied to it.//
 * 2) Download and set up a twitter client - Tweetdeck is the one Lynne uses most
 * 3) Explore educational hashtags
 * 4) Practice participation in a live chat with #esu6media
 * 5) Join the #nebedu chat on Wednesday nights at 8 pm

Cybraryman's Media Resources

November 26 9 - 3 pm

Agenda:

E-book/ e-reader discussion
 * Kindle Whispernet and Whispercast
 * Overdrive - Overview from Shanna, K-12 rep 11 - 11:30 am
 * Notes: 300,000 ebooks and audio books that are K-12 appropriate
 * Online collection development portal - Can choose from several license models
 * one copy, one user - cheapest (no recurring content fee)
 * max access - unlimited, simultaneous users
 * project gutenberg (all free classics, 30K available)
 * devices supported: PC, mac, ipod, ipad, droid, kindle, nook, etc.
 * $12,000 annual fee $6000 ($6000) includes 30K free books, plus additional books
 * $12 ebook ave price (single checkout) $35 audio book
 * if school or consortium goes with overdrive, it would work on quarter form - takes about 4-6 weeks to get everything set up.
 * Axis 360 - Overview from Diane Wolfe, ESU 2 1:30 - 2 pm
 * First determined what they wanted in an e-library (Diane will send document to us)
 * Wanted separate libraries for elementary and secondary
 * @http://esuelem.axis360.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0011668881
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Audio books offer text to speech – studio recorded. Mostly text to speech. Voices $9.99 each voice.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Collections in the ESU2 consortium are not integrated – elem/ms/hs (suggested to keep them separate)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Didn't choose Overdrive because of pricing (maintenance) and support issues
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Determining factor was service and LEO platform (compatible to Windows – not MAC desktops) reads mobile Windows, android 2.1, MAC iOS – intent was for portable devices (Kindle??)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">$250/yr/collection for collection hosting + cost of books
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">1 book 1 checkout – waiting list – a renewal will just bump the title back out to the next person on the waiting list; no max access offered
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Scholastic being added in January 2013. Over 300000 available
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">catalog doesn't indicate text to speech or studio recorded. Do Marc records indicate reading programs and Lexile levels?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">If members or consortium leave, they can download purchased data. But cannot access w/o AXIS 360
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Consortium asked members to input $2000 for initial by-in. Plus $1000 for each 1000 students more. Then $500 yearly thereafter to purchase books (per 500 students), ($500 for every year you sat out).
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Suggested to join between now and the end of May to be included in this year's ESU2 consortium.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Collection development – chaired committee. Meet annually for 'book buying' day. Every semester review. Call-in requests to ESU member.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">No bulk upload of patrons – each patron enrolls (or is enrolled) using a designated number (barcode, student ID etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Student book reviews – only viewable to consortium library members
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Management of Consortium head – training, management, contact with company, policies (with committee).
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">they set Elementary – 1 week (4 books), MS/HS – 2 weeks (2 books)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">automatic checkin – no early checkin (under development?)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">A classroom purchased inexpensive tablets in order to share 1x5 licenses under one account.

Utilizing Google calendar in the media center - Julie Christensen

Julie's presentation on Spine Poetry

Grants/Free Books Programs
Sunny Delight Book Spree (available in English or Spanish) Read Aloud Nebraska (65 books through classroom grant)

Infoplease.com Encyclopedia.com Factmonster.com AcademicKids.com
 * Encyclopedia Resources that have been deemed acceptable for Rule 10 by NDE for Milford: **

**Author Visits** David Biedrzycki (Buh dree kee) - Bev's suggestion for Author Visit Henry Cole - Next year at Norris - first week in October (one day open so talk with Bev if interested)

More Pinterest ideas for the media center (and educators in general)

Ideas for Holiday Spirit in the Media Center
Book wreath make and take info and tutorial here. See the photo of our finished projects below!







Wreaths made out of old books!