[CALIBK12] CALIBK12 Digest, Vol 7, Issue 48

Wed Oct 31 13:03:16 PDT 2007

To message 4....get on the School Site Council...you'd be surprised how
little competition there is for the position and how easy it is to get
money...I am also sorry the library grant was folded into SLIB, but I have
learned to live with it........

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>   1. Re: Query: Too Tough To Care (Marc Capralis)
>   2. Ancient Egyptian teaching projects (Brigid Baptista)
>   3. Re: ALA in Anaheim (Blanche Woolls)
>   4. Re: Library Ed. Money (Spielman, Kathy)
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> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:11:59 -0700
> From: "Marc Capralis" <Mcaprali at hemetusd.k12.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Query: Too Tough To Care
> To: "Christine Ortega" <cortega at erusd.k12.ca.us>,
>        <calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu>,      "Connie Moore" <
> cmoore at pvsd.k12.ca.us>
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> Yes, there are many old 16 mm educational films like that.  I used to
> check out many of them in the 80's when we still had projectors.  Some of
> them have made it to video tape, such as Our Mr. Sun, but sadly most of
> those films are probably headed for obscurity.  Marc.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Marc Capralis, LMT
> Hamilton High School
>
> >>> Christine Ortega <cortega at erusd.k12.ca.us> 10/31/2007 9:25 AM >>>
> > Good morning,
>
> Speaking of old films that we watched in school as children. There was a
> film about a man who hit a little girl who became paralyzed. He was in such
> a rush he didn't see her in the crosswalk. In the end he goes to see the
> little girl in the hospital to ask for forgiveness, and the little girl
> smiled and said she had already forgiven him. Black and white short film.
> The ultimate tale of forgiveness. Does anybody remember this film? What was
> the name? It explored the  human side of tragedy and the healing power of
> forgiveness. I can't remember the name. Can anybody help?
>
> Christine Ortega
> Lead Library Media Technician
> El Rancho USD
>
> Good afternoon,
> > > I have been challenged by a teacher to see if I can locate a video
> that
> > is "very old."
> > > This teacher gave me the title and the subject matter. I am now
> hitting
> > brick walls. The information below is all I have been able to uncover so
> > far.  Maybe this video is just too old and I won't be able to locate it
> > anywhere. The teacher said he remembered seeing it on the old 16mm reels
> > but thought it had been converted to VHS. I am turning to the list to
> > see if any of you out there might be able to help me.
> > >
> > > Video: Too Tough To Care
> > > Subject: Tells, with satire and jests, the story of a tobacco
> company's
> > efforts to find "new smokers". Attempts to undermine teenage resistance
> > to anti-smoking education by showing the misleading claims made in ads.
> > > Produced by: Sid Davis Productions
> > > C. 1964
> > > 18 mins
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Connie Moore
> > > Library Media Technician
> > > Las Colinas Middle School
> > > Pleasant Valley School District
> > > Camarillo
> > > cmoore at pvsd.k12.ca.us
> > >
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> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:18:49 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Brigid Baptista <bbaptista at olfschool.net>
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Ancient Egyptian teaching projects
> To: CALIB postings <calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu>
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> Our 6th grade teacher was so wowed by all the suggestions for the
> Mythology unit she asked if there were any great ideas for teaching a unit
> on Ancient Egypt. Anyone?
>
> Brigid Baptista
> Our Lady of Fatima Parish School
> 105 N. La Esperanza
> San Clemte, CA 92672
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:50:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Blanche Woolls <bwoolls at slis.sjsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] ALA in Anaheim
> To: RichardGuy at aol.com
> Cc: calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu
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> You also need to understand that some of the programs being offered in
> Anaheim were planned 18 months ago. So, you may be applying to give a
> program in another city.
>
> Blanche
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, RichardGuy at aol.com wrote:
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> >
> > For those with ideas about presenting at ALA:
> >
> > I'd like to present a program or suggest a speaker at your next
> conference.
> > How do I go about doing so?
> >     Programs are held only at the Annual Conference. If you would like
> to
> > present a program, please be aware that there is no one place to submit
> a
> > conference presentation proposal. You need to investigate which ALA
> division, office
> > or roundtable fits closest with your presentation's subject matter. Then
> you
> > would contact that division or office for details on contributing to
> their
> > program at the conference. Within ALA, various departments focus on
> various
> > aspects of librarianship. Lists of the ALA divisions, offices and
> roundtables is
> > available on the ALA website <ala.org>. Feel free to contact the
> Conference
> > Services office at confs at ala.org if more information is needed.
> >
> >
> > Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
> > Huntington Beach, CA
> > **********************************************************
> > To be educated in any true sense of the word, [ a person] must use the
> > library, and master the experiences of mankind. -- William T. Harris,
> 1893
> > **********************************************************
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> > JOIN CSLA: http://csla.net/pdf/memberform.pdf
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> >
> > **************************************
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:39:42 -0700
> From: "Spielman, Kathy" <kspielman at pylusd.org>
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Library Ed. Money
> To: "Barbara Jeffus" <BJeffus at cde.ca.gov>,      "Katie Williams"
>        <kjwbooks at comcast.net>, "ladewig" <shatz at verizon.net>
> Cc: CALIB POST <calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu>
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> Is there any chance of getting it back in a line item, or will it stay in
> SLIP? It just doesn't seem right to have to continually beg for money for
> books.
> Kathy
> Kathy Spielman
> Middle School Library/Media Technician
> Yorba Linda Middle School
> 4777 Casa Loma Ave.
> Yorba Linda, CA 92886
> 714-528-7090 ext. 7062
> kspielman at pylusd.org
> Read to succeed!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [mailto:
> calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu]On Behalf Of Barbara Jeffus
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:09 AM
> To: Katie Williams; ladewig
> Cc: CALIB POST
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Library Ed. Money
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>
> The original message was about one-time funding distributed in 2006-2007
> for "instructional materials, library materials, and education technology".
> No rules on sharing equally. Many libraries received part of this funding
> and a few received all of it! http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/imlmet.asp
>
> The School and Library Improvement Block Grant money continues.
> http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/ab825.asp
>
> barbara
>
> Barbara Jeffus
> School Library Consultant
> California Department of Education
> 1430 N Street, Suite  3207
> Sacramento, CA 95814
>
> PHONE: 916-319-0445
> FAX: 916-319-0172
> bjeffus at cde.ca.gov
> http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/
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>
>
>
> >>> Katie Williams <kjwbooks at comcast.net> 10/30/2007 6:33 PM >>>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I must be out of the loop..it sounds like you are talking about ongoing
> funds. Could someone please elaborate on the funding info?
>
> Thanks,
> Katie
>
>
> Katie Williams
>
> Library Media Teacher
>
> Los Cerros Middle School
>
> 968 Blemer Rd.
>
> Danville, Ca 94526
>
> (925)552-5620
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> On Oct 30, 2007, at 5:06 PM, ladewig wrote:
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>
> I do grieve for you Linda! But why then, do they call them "library ed."
> funds if they're used for textbooks . . . ? I would definitely get a
> commitment ON PAPER (or via email) from your principal that since ALL
> funding was used by textbooks this year, you will anticipate a double
> portion of funding next year to replace what your students were shorted on
> this year. (You may want to work it more tactfully . . . !) If that doesn't
> work, perhaps those of us who got shorted should notify our state reps and
> let them know that the loss of the budget line item for libraries HAS
> DEFINITELY IMPERILED LIBRARY FUNDING. And do make a note on your school
> library plan that "Funding for our goals/plans was not implemented this year
> (2007-08) due to. . . " - that needs to be made known.
>
>
>
> On the other hand, I want to go on the record and say that my principal
> did set aside money for our library this year :-) ! If we get it all, it
> will be almost $10 per student (which equals about ? a new book per
> student), although a good chunk of it is going to a new set of
> encyclopedias. After our reference purchase, we'll gain about 1/3 of a new
> book per student. However, much of the order is already going for
> replacement books - popular titles that were lost but not replaced due to
> lack of funding last year, so we're still not getting a lot of truly new
> materials. I'm pleased that we got all the titles for the CYRM program this
> year, and I have a very high level of participation, which has grown each
> year. We've also added some new magazine titles and dropped others that
> weren't circulating.
>
>
>
> Joanne Ladewig (A.K.A. "Library Lady")
>
> Library Media Tech
>
> Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD
>
> Garden Grove, California
>
> shatz at verizon.net
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>
> Comments are my own and may not represent the views of GGUSD
>
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> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [ mailto:
> calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Rodriguez
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:09 PM
> To: California School Library Assoc.
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Library Ed. Money
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I know you will all grieve with me when I tell you that my district has
> just informed me that the ENTIRE one-time library ed. funds are going to
> textbooks - how sad indeed.
>
>
>
> Linda Rodriguez / Folsom High School
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