President's Column
|  Greetings MAMEsters! This newsletter will find many of you getting ready for your summer, or already enjoying it! It is always exciting to look forward to a summer of relaxing, reading and catching up. I can't wait! There are plenty of professional development opportunities out there, the Joint Conference and our Summer Institute on Common Core, to name a few. Last week, Tim, Tom and I met with MLA and MACUL. We are looking into the possibility of overlapping conferences with MLA in the future. This would allow us to share vendors and possibly some sessions. Our meeting with the MACUL officers, Ric Wiltse and Bill Wiersma, started the ball rolling on becoming a SIG(Special Interest Group) with MACUL. This process begins with a petition of MACUL/MAME members to form a SIG. Check the MACUL website to become members, and then electronically sign the petition in Tim's column. Also you will see an option where you can vote on the SIG name and volunteer to be a leader in this historic joint venture. The SIG will need a Director, an Asst. Director and Communications officer. In addition we will need MAME members to sit on a steering committee. So, take the time to let your voice be heard, and then look into your heart to see if you are interested in taking a leading role in this new venture. Take a moment to send your warm wishes for a great adventure in Mumbai to Tim and Nancy Staal! We were so lucky to share the past few years with you. Have a wonderful experience and we look forward to reading about this new exciting chapter in your lives! A HUGE thank you to Kathy Lester for a job well done on the newsletter! This is her last issue. Let her know how much you have enjoyed reading Media Matters! Good luck Kathy! And, if you are interested in filling the position, let me know. MAME Members, I wish you rest, relaxation and reading this summer. Enjoy, you've earned it! Sue Lay, MAME President |
From MAME Headquarters
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First, I just want to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU! to all of you MAME members who have been so supportive during my tenure as Executive Director. I am proud to have been a part of MAME since my first conference - MAME 5 , and I will continue to be a MAME member into the future - you'll hear from me on the list serve and elsewhere. Thanks!Second, I want to share a little more of what I'll be doing for the next couple of years. I have accepted the position of Head Librarian for the American School of Bombay in Mumbai, India. The American School of Bombay is an elite private school catering to an international student body (700+ students from about 50 countries) wanting an excellent, high-tech education. It's exciting to return to once again being a librarian (rather than an administrator) working with students and teachers.On a personal level, I have begun blogging in preparation for our time in India. I've called the blog "Michigan and Mumbai" and I'm trying to share some of my thoughts about life in general in both locales. I hope that my sharing of thoughts and experiences through the blog will help readers gain a sense both of the two wonderful places to live and of my thoughts and reflections. You can read the blog here: http://tnstaal.blogspot.com/The first time you look at it, you may wish to do a search within the blog using FAQ as your search term - I've put in several entries trying to give folks an overview of our situation.Finally, I want to reassure everyone on the future of MAME. MAME is moving forward and re-inventing ourselves in ways that maintain our identity and join in collaboration with other organizations. The organization is in good hands under the leadership of the current executive board: Sue Lay - President, Tom Stream - President-Elect, Rachel Markel - Past President, along with Julie Harris, Gwenn Marchesano, Jeanna Walker and Bruce Popejoy. Our first collaboration is the formation of a Special Interest Group (SIG) within MACUL. This special interest group will be independent from MAME, but we hope that most MAME members will also choose to be members of MACUL and the special interest group for school librarians. If you are already a member of MACUL, you can click on the link that follows and sign the petition to help form this SIG: http://bit.ly/LgvIT8In addition to MAME 39: "Enter Here and Learn" (which looks great - wish I could be there!) other collaborative efforts will be forthcoming and I am confident of MAME's good future.
Tim Staal, Executive Director
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Summer Learning Opportunities
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MAME Summer Institute 2012
The Common Core and You:
Building an Understanding of the Common Core and
How School Librarians Can Be a Partner in Learning
Presented by:
Susan Golab, Oakland Schools Literacy Education Consultant
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Les Howard, Oakland Schools Literacy Education Consultant
Join us for a productive day focusing on the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy and their intersection with the library curriculum. This will be an opportunity to enhance your understanding of the Common Core and redefine your role in relationship to these standards.
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Time: 9:30am - 3:50pm
Place: Ingham ISD in Mason, Michigan
Cost: $60, includes lunch
SB-CEUs: 0.5 SB-CEUS available - $10 fee
Make checks payable to MAME.
Registration deadline: July 17th.
Click here to register.
Questions? Contact Evelyn Freeman, Summer Institute Chair: evelyn.w.freeman@gmail.com.
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MRA Summer Literature Conference 2012
The Michigan Reading Association invites you to join us for two days of spectacular professional development at the 2012 Summer Literature Conference. Day one features keynote speakers Richard Allington and W. Dorsey Hammond, dining with beloved authors and illustrators, and presentations focused on reading instruction and college readiness. On day two, participate in workshops relevant to educators at every level and hear the latest from MDE's Linda Forward
Dates: July 10-11
Location: Bavarian Inn Lodge, Frankenmuth, MI
Registration is now open on the MRA website:
http://michiganreading.org/
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Earn SB-CEU's for Free MeL Databases Webinars
Interested in earning SB-CEUs during your summer break?
Six MeL Databases webinars have been scheduled for this summer. All of the classes are free to all library and school staff.
All of them are eligible for free SBCEU's for K12 staff.
The schedule is:
MeL for Kids July 10 9a to 12:15p
MeL for Young Adults Part 1 July 17 9a to 12:15p
MeL for Young Adults Part 2 July 24 9a to 12:15p
MeL for Young Adults Part 1 August 7 9a to 12:15p
MeL for Young Adults Part 2 August 14 9a to 12:15p
MeL for Kids August 21 9a to 12:15p
Classes are taught via webinar, so anyone can attend from any location with Internet access -- including the comfort of your home, deck, wireless-enabled beach, etc.
To register, go to the MCLS registration page:
https://members.mcls.org/workshops/
If you have questions, email Suzanne Robinson, MeL Databases Training Coordinator at RobinsonS@mcls.org.
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Wanted: MAME Admin Asst
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WANTED: MAME Administrative Assistant
Job consists of, but not entirely:
- visit the MAME office weekly(Lansing area)
- sort mail, and forward
- scan and send important communications
- check phone messages
- small stipend negotiable, dependent upon mileage
Please email a letter of interest to Sue Lay by July 20th
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Wanted: Newsletter Editor
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MAME Newsletter Editor Position Available
Here is your chance to contribute! We need someone/or a pair of members to take on the newsletter. You would be responsible for rounding up news each month throughout the school year. You would have the summer to get organized and begin at the end of August for the September issue. In addition you would send out the email "Blasts" to the membership with important information. Media Matters gets some of our most positive comments!
Email Sue Lay if interested.
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Region Corner
|  Lynn Rutan Presented at MAME 17's Spring Meeting on "Non-Fiction and the Common Core Standards" Members of MAME Region 17 enjoyed an evening of non-fiction booktalks from Lynn Rutan, Booklist reviewer, Bookends blogger and Independent Libraries Professional. Lynn's insight into the Common Core Standards and non-fiction text was very enlightening. You can read a summary of the meeting here and find a complete copy of her non-fiction bibliography here. MAME 17 welcomes all MAME members and their guests to their meetings. They always enjoy quality presentations, a tasty dinner, and good conversation with their colleagues. Watch for their Fall meeting to be posted on www.mimame.org/region-updates.html. If you have any questions about Regions or SIGs, please contact Gwenn Marchesano, MAME VP of SIGs and Regions at gmarchesano@mimame.org. |
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Cheers & Tears
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Beth Dubbink is ending her career at the Zeeland Public middle schools. She had "officially" retired in 2010 but continued to work part-time until now.
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Kathy Lester's son Ryan graduated on Memorial Day weekend from Brown University with a dual-major in Physics and Modern Culture and Media. He will begin a Master's Program in Computer Science this Fall.
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If you know of an event in a MAME member's life (marriage, birth, death, change in job, award, etc.) that you would like to have included in a future Cheers & Tears section, please forward the information to the Media Matters Editors at: mediamatters.mame@gmail.com |
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| Media Matters! Editor
Kathy Lester
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Welcome Summer!
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Hoping everyone has a relaxing, enjoyable summer! Maybe we'll all have time to catch up on our reading and attend some professional development too! Don't miss the MAME Summer Institute 2012!!
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Summer
Reading
Recommendations
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Thank you to all members who submitted great summer reading recommendations through the listserv!!
Recommendations are listed below. (Grade level recommendations are from the School Library Journal review of the title.)
BOOKS for CHILDREN
(that adults will enjoy too!)
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
gr 4-7
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
gr 4-6
The Mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis
gr 4-7
Popular Clone
by M.E. Castle
gr 4-7
Camo Girl
by Kekla Magoon
gr 5-8
Okay for Now
by Gary D. Schmidt
gr 6-9
BOOKS for
YOUNG ADULTS
(and adults too!)
Future of Us
by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
gr 8-up
Trash
by Andy Mulligan
gr 8-up
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
gr 8-up
Legend
by Marie Lu
gr 8-up
Divergent
by Veronic Roth
gr 9-up
Tomorrow When the War Begins (Series)
by John Marsden
gr 9-up
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
and HIGH SCHOOL
FICTION
Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
House Rules
by Jodi Piccoult
Corduroy Mansions
by Alexander McCall Smith
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
Dog Tags
by David Rosenfelt
Christ the Lord, Out of Egypt
Christ the Lord, Road to Cana
by Anne Rice
Month in the Country
by J.L. Carr
Trafficked
by Kim Purcell
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
by Joe Schreiber
NON-FICTION
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
by Jaycee Dugard
Wild
by Cheryl Strayed
MICHIGAN
CONNECTION
South of Superior
by Ellen Airgood
Motor City Shakedown
by D.E. Johnson
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Fall Conference
MAME 39
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We hope that you can join MAME in Lansing for the
MAME 39 Fall Conference!
Mark your calendars for
Oct 31-Nov 2!
MAME 39 -
Enter Here and Learn
Radisson Hotel Lansing
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New Michigan
Authors & Illustrators
Database Site
| Check out the new Michigan Authors & Illustrators database here !
The Library of Michigan and the MIAI editor, Karen Becknell, from the Michigan Association for Media in Education, have been working on recoding the Michigan Authors & Illustrators database and we are nearly complete. They will continue to edit content of the entries over the summer and are working on an online submission form to add or update entries. There will be a press release to announce the new and improved database this fall, but MAME members are invited to check out the great work so far. Take a look and find a new Michigan author!
Thank you to MAME member, Karen Becknell for her work on this site!
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Request for Retiree Names
| MAME would like to honor all individuals that have retired or will retire anytime between October 2011 and October 2012 at the award ceremony during the MAME 39 Conference.
Thus, if you or a school librarian in your district will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2011-2012 school year, retired at any point during this school year, or is planning to retire before November 1st, please send your/their name to Chris Swanson, MAME Awards and Citations Chair.
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Upcoming Events
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June 21-26, 2012
ALA 2012 Annual Conference
Anaheim, California
June 24-27, 2012
ISTE 2012
San Diego, California
San Diego Convention Center
July 24, 2012
MAME Summer Institute
Ingham ISD
Oct 12-13, 2012
AASL 2012 Fall Forum
Greenville, SC
Oct 31-Nov 2, 2012
MAME Fall Conference
Radisson, Lansing
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