May Announcements

"The library today is a place where knowledge is created and not merely consumed.”

--Laura Fleming (@LFlemingEDU), author of Worlds of Learning:  Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School.

Think! Looking at Innovative Spaces

Innovate@BVSD check here for event details and registration!

Please join educators from BVSD and beyond at this two-day event, June 8 & 9, and kick start your efforts to create future ready, student centered, and experiential learning environments for your students.

End-of-Year@BVSD

• Teacher Librarian Celebration May 10, 2016 4:00 @BVSD Ed Center
• Please let us know if you are retiring, have celebrations you would like to share, etc. 
• Genreland raffle and prizes will be awarded. Make sure you fill out the Genreland form to be eligible!
• Please complete and submit the Annual Library Program Survey by 5 PM on Friday May 13. This is an opportunity for you to help us develop a more complete picture of your library program so we can more proactively support your efforts. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

• If you are attending ISTE be sure and stop by the ISTE Librarians Network playground on Monday, June 27th from 8:00 to 11:30 AM. Connect with school librarians and educators as they share their favorite tools and resources, and innovative technologies that support development of information literacy skills, and research and information fluency, as well as creativity and innovation. Complete this form if you would like to volunteer and share at the playground. Click here for more playground specifics. 

What to Know@BVSD this Month!

• LAC: We will have an elementary teacher librarian position open on the Library Advisory Council beginning fall. Please apply or nominate a teacher librarian colleague for this position! 
• Bobby Lehman is excited to be returning to the classroom in August at Crest View Elementary. In this transition, we are hiring a new EdTech Specialist--please pass this post along to interested colleagues! 
• Boulder Public Library's Summer Reading Program, Ready. Set. Read! is open to all students. Click here to download BPL's program flyer and poster.
• Coming this fall-- NoodleTools (NT) Single Sign On (SSO)! In early August we will share documentation and provide training on how staff and students will access NT and sync personal NT accounts to Google accounts. Stay tuned...