She will also join a panel discussion on the “Hazards and Advantages of Digitized Information in Schools,” with Mirian Gilbert of Rosen Publishing, Debbie Abilock, President of BayNet, and Daniel Hudkins, instructional technologist at the Harker School in San Jose. Nicole Hunter and Rachel Shaw facilitate the conversation.

In her talk, Hobbs explores how varying conceptualizations of the concept of digital literacy shape both instructional practices in K-12 education and day-to-day in-home media and technology use, showing how librarians can best support the needs of teachers, learners and their families. Hobbs argues that a more precise understanding of parent and teacher motivations for digital and media literacy is essential in crafting meaningful professional development programs for educators. She will be using some video clips from the forthcoming digital media project entitled Powerful Voices for Kids, which is an online professional development program in media literacy technology integration for K-6 educators.

http://mediaeducationlab.com/hobbs-address-bay-area-independent-school-librarians

BAISL welcomes a limited number of BayNet members to attend the winter meeting. If interested, please contact Debbie Abilock at dabilock [at] gmail.com.

Program:

10-11:15a Renee Hobbs, Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island

11:15-12p Lunch

12-1:15p Panel session in dining room (extended working lunch) ”Hazards and Advantages of Digitized Information in Schools”
Facilitators: Nicole Hunter and Rachel Shaw, BAISL librarians
Participants:

• Miriam Gilbert, Rosen Publishing
• Renee Hobbs, Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island
• Debbie Abilock, President of BayNet
• Daniel Hudkins, Instructional Technologist, The Harker School, San Jose, CA

  (others TBA)

1:15-1:30p Wrap-up, Salem raffle awarded, thanks and transition to eBook vendor fair

1:30-3p eBook vendor fair
Attendees: Gale, ProQuest, Follett, Rosen, EBSCO, ABC-CLIO, Mackin, Rosen, InfoBase Learning

presented by
Scott Brown
of Social Information Group

Google + is arguably the fastest-growing social networking tool out there.  Not only has adoption of Google + soared, but features are also being added on an almost weekly basis.  But is it useful?  And if so, how? In this fast-paced session, you’ll get a crash course on Google + for finding information, as well as some best practices in using it to track companies and people of interest to you and your organization.

Our presenter for the evening will be Scott Brown, owner of Social Information Group (http://www.socialinformationgroup.com), an independent information practice that focuses on the effective use of social networking tools for sharing and finding information.  He has over 20 years of experience in library and information organizations, in public, academic and corporate settings.  The use of social networking has been an area of significant interest to our members, and we’re pleased to have Scott back again to discuss this hot topic.

Program and registration information.

You will learn a variety of approaches to professional development from a team of public and private school librarians who are experienced staff development leaders in their own schools. Participants will leave the session with models, strategies and their own plans for differentiated hands-on PD they can use at their own schools.  The school librarians leading the workshop with Debbie Abilock, speaker and consultant, include Susan Smith, Harker School; Anne Arriaga, Moreau Catholic; Susan Geiger, Moreau Catholic; Connie Williams, Petaluma School District; and Marilyn Kimura, Nueva School. They are among those featured in Growing Schools (Libraries Unlimited, 2012), the stories of challenges and successes of librarians who have taken on the task of faculty learning.

Lunch will be served. For more program information, contact Jenny Andrus, jenny_andrus@liveoaksf.org, or by phone at (415) 568-4716.

March 23, 2012
9:00 AM 0 3:00 PM
Live Oak School
1555 Mariposa Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Cost: $35
Registration Deadline: March 9, 2012
Late Registration: $45
Register now at www.caisca.org

This is a great chance to catch up with other BPLG members, meet new members and contribute to this great group. At this meeting you’ll have a chance to listen and learn from members, Adrian Barrientos, Lael Takiguchi, Dora Irene Morales, and Maynard Martinez when they present La Pasión De La Colección, the presentation they gave at the REFORMA National Conference in September.  This is a great opportunity to get info on collection development for Spanish speaking and Latino library users.  We’ll have a short BPLG meeting followed by the presentation, so come early and get ready for an info filled get together.

Date:  Friday, January 13, 2012
Time:  BPLG meeting 9:30-10:30, Presentation 10:30-11:30
Place: East San José Carnegie Branch Library
1102 E. Santa Clara St., San José, CA 95116

We promise that this will be a very worthwhile program! We hope to see you there!

Theme: Going Virtual – Thriving in the New Paradigm
Date: November 8, 2011
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Place: Preservation Park in Oakland (Bart accessible)

Workshop will include the following three educational segments:

How To Be Competitive in Today’s Economy
Speaker: Jill Klees, Employment Specialist, San Jose State University

Working on Virtual Environments: The HP Experience
Speakers: Martha Lyons, Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett-Packard Labs and Sue Charles, Research Analyst, Hewlett-Packard

Virtual Reference Teams – Best Practices for Demonstrative Value
Speakers: Tracey Pardo, Cooley; Jeremy Sullivan, DLA Piper; Betsy Chessler, Morrison & Foerster; and Carolyn Lundin, Winston & Strawn

After the official workshop program has concluded, there will also be an opportunity for attendees to get together in groups and eat at local restaurants to both network and have more conversations about the workshop.  An annotated list of local restaurants will be made available thanks to the Networking Committee.  There will also be a continental breakfast for all attendees in the morning.

Click here to go to the registration form. http://nocall.org/calendararchive/2011/2011_FallWorkshop.pdf

The cost for NOCALL members to attend is $35 and the registration deadline is November 7th.

Registration forms and payments should be sent to: Claudia CookAlameda County Law Library125 12th StreetOakland, CA  94607Claudia.Cook@acgov.org  Any payments not made in advance will also be accepted at the door.  Checks should be made payable to NOCALL.

How do graphic novels get made? Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, author of the Printz Award-winning graphic novel American Born Chinese and recently Level Up, will demystify the inner workings behind this increasingly popular narrative art form. Renowned for his sensitive depictions of adolescence and mix- ing of magical realist elements with the everyday to demonstrate the difficulties of growing up as an Asian American, Yang will discuss his own work and the emerging graphic novel medium.

Gene Luen Yang’s works include The Eternal Smile (winner of the Eisner Award), Prime Baby (serialized in The New York Times), and Level Up (now in stores). When he’s not making comics, he teaches at Bishop O’Dowd High School. Visit his site at http://geneyang.com. A book sale and signing follows the program.

Roberta Shaffer, the Law Librarian of Congress, talked about “Who’s to Judge: Authority by Algorithm and Other 21st Century Challenges to the Law” on October 11, 2011 at UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. BayNet hosted the event.

The School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University is launching its fall semester Colloquia series on September 21, 2011, with two must-attend presentations. The kickoff also marks the return of the SLIS Career Colloquia, a series of presentations dedicated to helping LIS professionals in their job searches.

Reserve an hour at lunchtime on September 21 to hear a lively discussion about the future of health care, energy, consumer habits, education, and other impactful areas that could change our lives. The Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., Jack Plunkett, will share insight from his most recent award-winning book, The Next Boom – What You Absolutely, Positively Need to Know About the World Between Now and 2025. This thought-provoking session is free to attend and will be held online from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. PT, on Elluminate.

Later that same day at 5:30 p.m. PT, Blane Dessy, Executive Director of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee; and Nancy Faget, Senior Program Planning Specialist for Library Services and Content Management at the U.S. Government Printing Office will be our first speakers in the NEW! for fall 2011 Career Colloquia. Mr. Dessy and Ms. Faget will provide tips for landing a job in federal libraries and government agencies. If you’re searching for a job, you won’t want to miss this valuable session.

Colloquia presentations a re FREE, and everyone is invited to attend. Most will be held online via the web conferencing program Elluminate. More information about the presentations can be found online at: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/colloquia/2011/colloquia11fa.htm

To learn more about the classes and consultation offerings, visit Ancestry Day in San Francisco 2011 at http://ancestry.com/ancestryday-sanfrancisco.