GEN: LMS conference

[Harry Willems <harryw@MIDUSA.NET>]

TO: School Library Media Specialists

FROM: Summer Institute Planning Committee

RE: Third Annual Summer Institute for School Library Media Specialists


Mark your calendars for the third annual Summer Institute. The 1999
program
will be OPENING THE LIBRARY: READING STRATEGIES AND WEB PAGE
DEVELOPMENT.
The two day program will be JUNE 17 - 18 at the Butler County Community
College facility in Andover, Kansas.  Located 5 miles east of Wichita.

Registration will be limited to 45 participants. The registration will
cover all programs, materials and food breaks. Lunches will not be
provided
but there will be assistance with area restaurants and hotels.

Among the topics that will be discussed:
Thursday:
    Collection Development for Reading Programs
    Accelerated Reader/Reading Renaissance
    Lexile Framework
    Second Grade Diagnostics
    State Assessments
    Sustained Silent Reading
Friday:
Developing a Local Web Page - Absolute Beginners, Beginners and
Intermediate Sessions; leave with a web page for your library built and
ready to post.

Registration forms will be available by March 1st via the list.
Conference fee:
$100.00
Paticipants may choose to take the program for one or two hours of
college credit through Emporia State University's School of Library and
Information Management. Extra
assignments will be given by  ESU-SLIM. Tuition is $105.00 per credit
hour in addition to the $100
conference fee.

If you have questions or concerns about this event, you may call Jackie
Lakin at the Kansas Board of Education or send e-mail to Shannon Roy  at

shanroy@ink.org (the
Library Development Office at the Kansas State Library)
or Denise Irwin, Institute Director, at dirwin @fn.net


Denise M. Irwin
Institute Director
Andover Library, serving AHS and BCCC
1744 N. Andover Rd.
Andover, KS 67002
316.733.3679
fax:316.733.1945


Harry Willems                   http://www.sekls.lib.ks.us/staff/willems
Consultant, Assistant Dir.
Southeast Kansas Library System
Iola, KS  66749         Fax: 316.365.5137       Vox: 316.365.5136

Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
                                                        -A.W. Hare


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