Forming District Librarian Share Groups in Your Area Allison Floyd, Waldron Elementary Rachel Shankles, Lakeside High.

Forming District Librarian Share Groups in Your Area

Allison Floyd, Waldron Elementary

Rachel Shankles, Lakeside High

Our BeginningsWeDewey began in Feb. 2009 when

some newbies needed mentoring-type advice from some seasoned LMS’s; had 7 at first meeting

River Valley Book Divas started in October, 2009 after hearing Rachel mention her group at AAIM. Started by sending message out on AAIM listserv to find interest. Consists of mostly small districts who wanted to network and collaborate. 12 at first meeting.

Purposes

• To share ideas for programming so that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel

• To be aware of library ‘stuff’ like Teen Read Week, Teen Tech Week, Music in the Schools Month, Children’s Library Week, AAIM and AASL opportunities

• To promote reading and literacy in the community by collaborating with public , college, and special local libraries

• Help with meeting frameworks

Best Practices Shared Examples

• Bookmarks for series listed on ourWeDewey wiki for all to print

• We book programs from each other’s schools

• One has a huge poster maker that makes us book club posters if we are doing the same title

• We advise each other on problems like challenges, policies, selection, programs that work or don’t work, what to purchase

Best Practices (cont’d)

Share PowerPoints, websites, and lesson ideas on wiki

Share book ideas such as, if you like Twilight try these…to print off for students

Share favorite books and upcoming releases

Share technology knowledge and ideas

Rewards of Collaboration

Getting to know the other librarians in your area

Having a network to contact when you need help

Sharing ideasFun, food, fellowship with

your peers outside the classroom/library

Responsibility is Shared

• No hostesses• Set next meeting place at each meeting• Meet at restaurants that have WiFi• Set up a wiki all are members of so each can

post to the agenda and post documents that we request they share after seeing them at the meetings –instant relief for ‘I want that’ or ‘How did you do that?’

• We all bring something to share each time even if just photos of what has been happening in our libraries that month or new renovations or displays

http://wedewey.wikispaces.com

River Valley Book Divas’ Wiki

Links on the WeDewey wiki

• ArLA Conference Oct. 2009 Session• ArLA Photos• Books, Books, Book Ideas• Events at HSHS• Forms• Garland County Library video game programs• Hot Springs History Resources• HS Book Clubs• Meeting Agenda• Monthly Events at LSHS• Newsletters• PowerPoints• Programming Ideas• Promoting Your Library• Series Book Marks

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THINGS

WeDewey’s First Meeting

Now we have two to three guys there.

QUESTIONS?

Contact Information

If you have any questions feel free to contact either of us for help in organizing a group:

Allison Floyd: [email protected]

479-637-2454Rachel Shankles:

[email protected] 501-262-1530