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- Registration Information
- Completion Plan
- Important Dates
- Spring Commencement
- Faculty Publications and Presentations
- "In the News"
Registration Information
Summer 2013 - The 11-week summer session will be from May 28 to August 8.
Fall 2013 registration will be from April 8 – August 9.
Scholarship students should contact Deb Kachel, dkachel@mansfield.edu about their course completion plans. Summer 2014 is the last semester of the IMLS "Fulfilling the Promise" scholarship program.
Students who need to take LSC 5565 School Library Practicum, the culminating course, should contact Cindy Keller, ckeller@mansfield.edu at least a year before needing the course to guarantee a seat in the class.For help using WebAdvisor to register, go to Registration Information webpage.
Course Offerings
Below are the courses that, at this time, will tentatively be offered by semester. Courses can only be offered if they meet the enrollment required by the University. Courses labeled "Tentative" below will likely be the first ones dropped if they do not have enough enrolled students.
Summer 2013 Courses
| LSC 5505 | Children’s and Young Adult Literature |
| LSC 5535 | Information Literacy and Academic Standards |
| LSC 5522 | Advanced Cataloging (for those with some school library experience and access to an automated circ/catalog system) |
| LSC 5541 | Information Fluency for the Digital Landscape |
Fall 2013 Courses
| LSC 5501 | Instructional Collaboration (Tentative) |
| LSC 5511 | School Library Technologies (this is the revised and updated LSC 5510) |
| LSC 5515 | Collection Management (Tentative) |
| LSC 5521 | Introduction to Cataloging & Classification |
| LSC 5530 | School Library Advocacy |
| LSC 5541 | Information Fluency for the Digital Landscape |
| LSC 5565 | School Library Practicum |
Spring 2014
| LSC 5501 | Instructional Collaboration |
| LSC 5505 | Children’s and Young Adult Literature |
| LSC 5515 | Collection Management in the Electronic Age (Tentative) |
| LSC 5521 | Introduction to Cataloging & Classification (Tentative) |
| LSC 5525 | Strategic Library Management |
| LSC 5531 | School Library Advocacy and Leadership |
| LSC 5541 | Information Fluency for the Digital Landscape |
| LSC 5546 | Current School Library Issues: Legal & Ethical Perspectives |
| LSC 5565 | School Library Practicum |
Summer 2014 (Additional courses may be offered)
| LSC 5511 | School Library Technologies (this is the revised and updated LSC 5510) |
| LSC 5522 | Advanced Cataloging |
| LSC 5535 | Information Literacy and Academic Standards |
Important Dates
| April 5 | Last Day to Withdraw from a course |
| April 8 -12 | Registration for Fall 2013 |
| May 2-4 | PSLA conference - Hershey |
| May 10 | Last Day of Classes |
| May 18 | Commencement |
| May 20 | Spring Semester Grades are due |
| May 28 – August 8 | Summer Session |
| June 27- July 2 | ALA – Chicago, IL |
| August 26 | Fall Semester begins |
| August 31 | Last Day to Drop Classes |
| September 20 | Last Day to Submit Incomplete Grades from Spring 2013 |
| October 28 | Registration for Spring 2014 Semester begins |
| November 1 | Last Day to Withdraw from a course |
| November 13-17 | AASL Conference – Hartford, CT |
| December 6 | Fall Classes end |
| December 14 | Fall Commencement |
| December 16 | Fall Semester Grades are due |
Spring 2013 Commencement
May 18 – Spring Commencement (Please let Cindy Keller know if you are planning to attend commencement – ckeller@mansfield.edu)
Recent Publications by Faculty
Odean, Kathleen. “20 Outstanding Nonfiction Books/Core Essentials.” School Library Journal, 2013. http://www.slj.com/2013/05/standards/common-core/20-outstanding-nonfiction-books-core-essentials/
Kachel, Debra. “Research the Resonates: Influencing Stakeholders.” School Library Monthly 29:8 (2013): 5-7.
Adams, Helen R. “Pass the Torch: Mentoring for Intellectual Freedom. Knowledge Quest 42.4 (2013): 28-33.
Adams, Helen R. “At-Risk Students and the School Library.” School Library Monthly 29: 6 (2013): 28-29.
Adams, Helen R. “Library Services for Detained Youth.” School Library Monthly 29: 7 (2013): 28-29.
Keller, Cynthia. "E-Portfolios: A Tool for Reflective Practice, Advocacy, and Professional Growth." School Library Monthly (2013) To be published in March 2013.
Kachel, Debra E. Contributor to: Levitov, Deborah D., ed. Activism and the School Librarian: Tools for Advocacy and Survival. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
Kachel, Debra and Keith Curry Lance. “Latest Study: A full-time school librarian makes a critical difference in boosting student achievement.” School Library Journal, 2013. http://www.slj.com/2013/03/research/librarian-required-a-new-study-shows-that-a-full-time-school-librarian-makes-a-critical-difference-in-boosting-student-achievement/
Editor’s comments: http://www.slj.com/2013/03/opinion/editorial/the-cost-of-cuts-when-we-lose-librarians-its-the-kids-who-suffer-most-editorial/
Monograph:
Adams, Helen R. Protecting Intellectual Freedom and Privacy in Your School Library. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.Recent & Upcoming Presentations by Faculty
Odean, Kathleen. “20 Outstanding Nonfiction Books/Core Essentials.” Webinar - May 2013. http://www.slj.com/2013/04/webcasts/part-6-on-common-core-serving-the-ccss-and-youth/
Adams, Helen R. “What Do I Do If? Intellectual Freedom Dilemmas in School Libraries.” co-presenting with Annalisa Keuler, Karyn Storts-Brinks, Dee Venuto, Christine Eldred, and Debbie Abilock. AASL National Conference, Hartford, CT, November, 2013 (Accepted).
Kachel, Debra E. "Making 21-st Century School Libraries a Reality: Why They Matter, What They Cost, and How to Advocate for Them" co-presenting with Mary Kay Biagini, Keith Curry Lance, and Sandra Zelno. ALA Conference, Chicago, June 27 - July 2, 2013 (Accepted)
Kachel, Debra E. Preconference: "Transforming Decision Makers into Champions for School Library Programs: A Blueprint You Can Follow to Success." AASL 2013 National Conference, Hartford, CT, November 13, 2013 (Accepted)
Keller, Cynthia. “Library Advocacy Using Proactive Media Relations: Generate Awareness & Support of Your School Library Program!” co-presenting with Peter Sengenberger (SL&IT graduate student). AASL 2013 National Conference, Hartford, CT, November, 2013 (Accepted)
"In the News"
At the 2013 Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Conference in Hershey, PA, the SL&IT Department sponsored an Unconference. Joyce Valenza and Stephanie Brame organized and promoted the event and in Stephanie’s words, “The Unconference Rocked!” We had a tremendous amount of support from the PA instructors, two graduate students, and Graduate Admissions. Over 200 school librarians attended and participated in the event. The SL&IT department plans to continue to sponsor the Unconference at PSLA.
Check out Joyce Valenza's blog post on the event:
http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2013/05/06/our-first-pslamu-unconference/
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Sara Kelly Johns elected to ALA Executive Board
Sara Kelly Johns has been elected to serve on the American Library Association (ALA) Executive Board. She was elected by the ALA Council in a vote taken at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting held Jan. 25 to 29 in Seattle. Sara will serve a three-year term beginning in July 2013 and concluding in June 2016.
Sara is a school librarian at the Lake Placid (N.Y.) Middle/High School Library as well as a School Library and Information Technologies Instructor (online) at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. She has served on Council as the AASL Division Councilor since 2011 and as an ALA Councilor-at-Large 2002-2004 and 2010-2011. She has served on numerous ALA and Division committees. Sara is a member of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), serving as their president in 2007-2008. She is also a member of the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). She is currently the President-elect of the New York Library Association, taking office as President in September, 2013. Sara holds a BA in English Literature from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, and an MLS degree from the State University of New York at Albany.
The ALA Executive Board manages the affairs of the Association. It is composed of the president, president-elect, immediate past president, treasurer, executive director and eight members elected by Council from among the members of that body. More information on the ALA Executive Board is available on the ALA website.
Deb Kachel, instructor for LSC 5530 School Library Advocacy is the Project Director on an IMLS National Leadership research grant. Working with Keith Curry Lance, RSL Research Group, and Mary Kay Biagini, University of Pittsburgh, they produced a new statewide school library impact study. Read the full report at the website http://paschoollibraryproject.org/research.
Kathleen Odean, instructor for LSC 5505 Children’s and Young Adult Literature, has created the blog, Great Common Core Non-fiction. http://www.greatcommoncorenonfiction.com/ In this blog, Kathleen annotates excellent nonfiction books for middle school and high school at the Common Core recommended Lexile reading levels, with suggestions for ways to use them within the standards, technology or web tie-ins, and related fiction titles.
