Media Matters A monthly newsletter for people who love library media programs Volume 4, Number 5 December 2005 Carmen Deedy Reads at Stripling Elementary! Inside this issue: Georgia Peach Award 2 spotlight Nutrition video offer 3 The inside scoop on 3 ISBN UGA Media Program 4 Book Prices 5 Media Festival Info 5 New resources from 6 GALILEO Invitations 8 December Calendar 10 Our latest Georgia Read More reader, Carmen Deedy, read her wonderful book The Library Dragon to a group of students at Susan Stripling Elementary in Gwinnett County. Georgia Read More Poster Alert All public elementary schools should, by this time, have at least 6 Georgia Read More posters (Jimmy Carter, John Smoltz, Travis Tritt, Bill Elliott, Mary Perdue, and Kathy Cox). The posters were distributed throughout the state by mail, through RESA's, ETTC's, and DOE delivery. Judge Sears poster has been delivered to many systems, but not all. Carmen Deedy's poster will be distributed as soon as it is received. (Those elementary schools in the Pioneer RESA area will receive their posters at the December 12th meeting.) If you do not have your posters, please let me know at: jserrite@doe.k12.ga.us Page 2 Doug Johnson's Caution on Collaboration: Treat collaboration, not as a goal, but as a means of achieving one. Media Matters Georgia Peach Award for Teen Readers Spotlight How Angel Peterson Got His Name By: Gary Paulsen (Humor) Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel. http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen How clever Dale Lyles (Coweta County library media specialist) communicates with his staff....through Media Man the comic strip! Volume 4, Number 5 Page 3 December 2005 Nutrition video The Nutrition Department at the Georgia Department of Education has teamed up with Start Smarter to create a nutrition and safety video. The kit comes with a lesson plan guide. The video has several parts: Firefighter George introduction, Nutrition Lesson One, Nutrition Lesson Two, and Dial 911 Lesson. The producers of the video have used members of the Florida State University Flying High Circus to help teach nutrition to younger children. Contact the Start Smarter people at: 1-800-793-4970 or at http://www.startsmarter.com for more information and pricing. Corrections Yvonne Stuart `s name was misspelled in the November issue. Yvonne was the District 9 Media Specialist of the Year. Yvonne is a media specialist in Bibb County. Do you know how ISBN numbers work? Current ISBN (10 numbers) 1-55853-234-X Check digit (calculated) Check digit: X=10 Group Identifier (Country) Group Identifier (Country) PublPisuhbelrish(Nero(tNreoltiarbelelia. bplueb)lishers change) Title Identifier Title Identifier New ISBN Structure:(13 Numbers) 978-1-55853-234-2 CheckCDhiegictk digit Book industry indBicoaotokrIndustry IdentifGierro(u9p78IdentifieGrroup Identifier PublPisuhbelrishIdeernItdifeienrtifier and 979 Title Identifier Title Identifier The article "It's In the Bag: A Focus on Strategies" by Susan Vanneman was reprinted in the November Media Matters with permission from School Library Media Activities Monthly, Vol. XXII, No. 1, Sep. 2005. After January 1, 2007 only 13 digit ISBN's will be issued. Need assistance or have more questions? Look at these websites: ISBN-13 for Dummies: http://www.bisg.org/isbn-13/ISBN13_For_Dummies.pdf ISBN-10 to 13 and 13 to 10 Converter: http://www.isbn.org/converterpub.asp Page 4 Media Matters The University of Georgia is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for admission into the sixth cohort of the Flexible Delivery School Library Media Program (SLM) at the University of Georgia. This program is open to anyone seeking initial school library media certification at either the M.Ed. or Ed.S. level; non-degree certification is available for qualified candidates. Students accepted into the SLM program will begin their studies in the summer or fall of 2006. The program is designed to accommodate working professionals through a combination of online classes, evening classes, Saturday classes at the Gwinnett University Center, and summer sessions. The first application deadline is February 1, 2006, so now is the time to apply. Note that the GRE is required. After February 1 please contact slmedia@uga.edu to see if space is still available. UGA has found that media specialists are among the best marketers for the profession. If you know a teacher (or anyone with a Bachelor's degree) whom you believe would enjoy the challenges of this exciting, service-oriented profession, please encourage them to apply to the program. Information about the program can be found online at http://www.coe.uga.edu/epit/slm/. Application requirements and instructions can be found there as well. Please call 706-542-3810 if you have any questions or write to slmedia@uga.edu. Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Instructional Technology University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Volume 4, Number 5 Hardcover Average price (all titles) Preschool to grade 4 Grade 5 and up (fiction) Grade 5 and up (nonfiction) Book Prices from SLJ 2002 2003 18.78 19.18 16.04 17.45 16.83 16.77 21.49 22.99 Source: School Library Journal, Bowker's Books in Print 2004 19.31 17.51 16.84 23.25 Page 5 December 2005 A short history of literacy could go like this: Guttenberg, King James, libraries, Oprah. USA Today editorial April 11, 2002 Georgia Student Media Festival: May 5, 2006 Location: Georgia Public Broadcasting 260 14th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30318 State Student Media Festival Co-Chair State Student Media Festival Co-Chair: Michelle Lenderman Deborah Gray Central High School Broadcast & Distance Learning 2155 Napier Ave Gwinnett County Public Schools Macon, GA 31204 495 Maltbie Street mlenderman.central@bibb.k12.ga.us 478-751-6770 Lawrenceville, GA 30045 deborah_gray@gwinnett.k12.ga.us 770-822-6428 Registration Checklist and contact information must be submitted to Kara Mullen at Clayton State College by email by April 14, 2006.Projects must arrive at Clayton State College Library on or before April 21, 2006. Send projects to: Email Registration Checklist to: Clayton State University Library Attn: Gordon Baker 2000 Clayton State Blvd. Morrow, GA 30260 Kara Mullen karamullen@clayton.edu 678-466-4339 Updates will be on the GPB website in the near future. http://www.gpb.org/public/education/index.jsp Page 6 Media Matters New resources for all grade levels in GALILEO Karen Minton New Kids Search portal for elementary and middle school A new portal to EBSCO magazine and reference databases now appears in GALILEO (http://www.galileo.usg.edu) menus. Kids Search, designed for K-6 users, will appeal to current users of Searchasaurus. Like Searchasaurus, Kids Search is a portal to multiple databases appropriate for this age group, including Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, EBSCO Animals, and the image collection. A search in Kids Search will also include Newspaper Source and TOPICsource, two databases that are useful for students working on current or critical issues papers. Important features and functionality included with Kids Search: A completely new, graphically-rich look and feel The interface facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search screen. Users don't need to choose a database to search, because all databases in the profile are searched automatically. Results can be sorted by Relevance, as well as by Date. Users can filter results by source type. Users can add search results, images, or persistent links to searches to the Folder. Items saved in the folder can be printed or e-mailed to the user's e-mail address or to another e-mail address. Users can build web pages using the Page Composer program located inside the Folder. Certain HTML full-text records for state and country reports will be enhanced to display associated images, maps and graphics. The Searchasaurus interface will continue to be available in GALILEO menus and on the GALILEO Kids web site (http://kids.galileo.usg.edu). Also, all the databases that are included in a Kids Search search will continue to be accessible through their individual EBSCOhost interface. (continued on next page) Volume 4, Number 5 Page 7 December 2005 Student Research Center portal for upper middle and high school Like Kids Search, Student Research Center is a portal to multiple EBSCO databases. Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search the databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels. Databases searched through this portal include: - Health Source Consumer Edition - Image Collection - MAS Ultra School Edition - Middle Search Plus - Newspaper Source - TOPICSearch - American Heritage Dictionary - Columbia Encyclopedia These databases are also accessible individually through GALILEO database menus. If your school uses express links to link students directly to resources from the school or media center web site, please note that the express links to individual databases will continue to work. Feedback on these new resources is valuable. Please use the "Contact Us" link on the GALILEO web site to let GALILEO staff know what you and your students think. Announcements about the addition of new resources, such as Kids Search, as well as system status announcements and other updates are made to the GALILEO e-mail list. To subscribe to the list, please visit http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/library/list.phtml Doug Johnson's Reflection on Library Quality: The quality of the library is never greater than the quality of the librarian. Page 8 Media Matters You are cordially invited to attend 2005 Exemplary Library Media Program Open House at Carrollton Jr. High School Media Center 510 Ben Scott Boulevard Carrollton, Georgia 30117 Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Mary Jane Davis, Media Specialist 770-832-6535 mary.jane.davis@carrolltoncityschools.net Directions are located at www.carrolltoncityschools.net About CCS Campus Directions Volume 4, Number 5 Page 9 December 2005 You Are Invited To: Riverbend Elementary School "2005 Elementary Exemplary Media Center" 1742 Cleveland Highway Gainesville, GA 30501 Date: January 26, 2006 Time: 9 a.m. 2 p.m. For directions, call 770-534-4141 or e-mail nita.baker@hallco.org December 2005 GaDOE Library Media Services Sunday Monday November 05 S M TW T F S 12345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Tuesday Wednesday January 06 S M TW T F S 1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday 3 Basketball created: 1891 RosaParks refused to give up bus seat: 1955 Model A Ford Birthday of unveiled: 1927 Joseph Conrad: Monroe Doctrine 1857-1924 announced: 1823 4 5 Phonograph prod- Birthday ofWalt uced: 1877 Disney: 1901- 1966 6 13th Amendment ratified: 1865 7 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 8 9 Birthday ofDiego Birthday ofJohn Rivera: 1886- Milton: 1608- 1957 1874 Birthday ofEli Whitney: 1765- 1825 10 MLK received Nobel P eace P rize: 1964 11 12 13 14 15 Aurora Borealis described: 1719 India's capital became Delhi: 1911 Mexico: Guadalupe D ay Sir Frances Drake began circumnavigation voyage: 1577 DNA created in a Bill ofRights test tube: 1967 become law: South Pole reach- 1791 ed by Roald Amundsen: 1911 16 17 Boston Tea Party: 1st powered flight 1773 by Wright Broth- ers: 1903 18 Nutcracker Suite first performed: 1892 19 20 21 22 23 24 Poor Richard's Almanack published: 1732 Louisiana Purcha- Pilgrims landed at se: 1803 Plymouth: 1620 Sherman captured Savannah: 1864 Birthday ofJames Edward Oglethorpe: 1696-1785 Clement Moore's Christmas poem published: 1823 1st surface to surface guided missile: 1942 25 26 Chanukah begins Kwanzaa at sundown. Christmas ! 27 28 Charles Darwin Chewing gun began voyage of patented: 1869 HMS Beagle: 1831 29 Edison patented wireles s radio: 1891 30 31 Birthday ofRudy- Ellis Island ard Kipling: opened for immi- 1865-1936 grants: 1892 The most beauti ful thing we can experience is the mi raculous. Al bert Einstein.