[CALIBK12] a question about labeling

[Yvonne Weinstein]

Sandy (and everyone else interested in the AR debate)

Look at this concurrent session scheduled for Friday November 15 at CSLA
in Ontario:

"The Computerized Reading Program Debate: What Effective School
Librarians Must Know" - presented by Regina Powers, Librarian, Canyon
Hills Library Branch of Anaheim Public Library; Instructor of Santa Ana
College, Rancho Santiago CCD.

Session Description:
Who invented "AR"? How can a computer grade reading ability? What does
research indicate about computerized reading programs? How do I acquire
and organize books now that I have an electronic reading program? Are
there any support tools available that will help me run my program? Come
to this session to learn the answers to these questions and more!"

Have you sent in your registration for the annual conference yet? Simply
click go to the CSLA website to register if you haven't. You'll be glad
you did!

http://www.csla.net/conf2007/

Yvonne Weinstein Chair, Concurrent Sessions



On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:06:13 -0700, "Sandy Richards"
<srichards at campbellusd.k12.ca.us> said:
> Hello all-
> 
> I've read with interest the recent thread about labeling AR books, and I 
> don't want to open a can of worms here but i have a question.  My 
> district has chosen my school to pilot the Renaissance Place program, we 
> had previously been using the desktop version of AR.  In the past, we 
> had been putting the AR labels on the spine of the books to make it 
> easier to find an AR book because it was a small selection of books in 
> the library.  Now that we have access to all the quizzes, most of the 
> books in my library will have a corresponding quiz and I don't want to 
> put the labels on the outside anymore.  My question is this: Is there an 
> authoritative recommendation or standard that I can site when I present 
> my plan to the staff?  Does putting the reading level on the outside of 
> the book violate the Library Bill of Rights?  I know there are many 
> opinions about this, I'm looking for an authoritative source to site.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Sandy Richards
> Library Media Clerk
> Marshall Lane Elementary School
> Saratoga, CA
> 
> 
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