What is OELMA?
The Ohio Educational Library Media Association is Ohio's preeminent professional association for highly effective school librarians and libraries.
The mission of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association is to meet the needs of Ohio’s learners as we advocate for and provide professional development to school librarians.
Bloggers
Melinda Vance
Melinda is the Executive Assiant for OELMA.
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OELMA Ohio Media Spectrum Call for Articles about the Paperless School Library
There is increasing pressure on teachers and school librarians to become “paperless.” School libraries have been joining public libraries in transforming themselves into digital collections. Does a bookless library better suit the needs and research habits of 21st-century students? What has your experience been? The Editor of the Ohio Media. ...Apr 05 -
OELMA PD Workshop - BRIEF Survey
OELMA is considering offering a summer workshop in June, to be presented by Frank Baker and Bill Kist. The workshop title is A New Literacies Toolkit: Resources & Strategies for Teaching and Supporting Common Core in the 21st Century. Attendees will learn about what it looks like when teachers allow for... ...Feb 07 -
Regional workshops now available!
Check out the Central and Northwest regional pages for information on their upcoming workshops. Also look at the Pages for the East and Northeast regions for information on the joint workshop they are doing on Google Apps.... ...Oct 25 -
Conference Registration Now Open
It's a new season, and a season of change for OELMA - the OELMA 2012 Conference will be taking place at a NEW LOCATION: The Kalahari Resort and Conference Center, Oct. 17-19, 2012, and we've got a great line up of authors! You won't want to miss seeing Kathy Schrock, Laura... ...Sep 01 -
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Oelma Board
Oelma Board has not set their biography yet
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OELMA welcomes new board members on January 1.
Congratulations to the following who have been elected as OELMA's new board members: • Susan Yutzey as President• Jennifer Flaherty as Vice President• Sheila Campbell as Secretary• Christina Dorr as Central Region Director 2014• Annette Lang as East Region Director 2014• Angela Maxwell as Northeast Region Director 2014• Debbie Reynolds as... ...Dec 03 -
Consider Hosting an Author or Speaker at the 2012 OELMA Conference
The 2012 OELMA Conference is just two weeks away. Consider serving as a host for an author or speaker. Debbie Reynolds, Local Arrangements, created a handy Host Guide. Here are some of her tips: 1) You are their troubleshooter - when their technology goes wrong contact Kalahari tech support; 2) You... ...Oct 03 -
Library/Tech Slam - First Ever at OELMA Conference 2012
Bring your favorite lesson, tech tool or book to share with your colleagues at the Library/Tech Slam table in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday, October 18. Stop by between 12:00-5:00 and share! We will collect all book talks, lessons and tech tools through video and screencast, and assemble them into a... ...Sep 24 -
OELMA Conference and Graduate Credit - Just What You Need for Your LPDC
The purpose of the OELMA Conference is to engage Ohio's school library media specialists in collaborative learning and discussion about new technologies, literature, and methods of research and instruction to foster student learning and achievement. Participants will attend either the "Infographics as a Creative Assessment" or "Using 21st Century ...Sep 18 -
AASL Past President to Attend 2012 OELMA Conference
Carl A. Harvey II, Past President of AASL, will be our guest at the 2012 OELMA Conference. As Past President, Carl will speak to the accomplishments of AASL under his leadership and their implications for school libraries of the future. He will address OELMA members at our Annual Meeting on Thursday... ...Sep 08 -
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Susan Yutzey
Susan Yutzey is President of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association for 2013. She is a proud member of OELMA since 1995.
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Pickaway County Library: Setting for 2013 Battle of the Books
On April 12, 2013, over fifty high school students from across three Ohio counties assembled at the Pickaway County Library to compete in the annual Battle of the Books - Hilliard Bradley, Circleville, Logan, Logan Elm, Teays Valley, and Westfall. This year's Battle of the Books required students to read and... ...Apr 17 -
Join Frank Baker and Bill Kist on June 19 - Media Literacy Meets New Literacies
Drawing on their work with school districts and organizations across Ohio and the country noted media literacy educator Frank Baker and new literacies expert William Kist will demonstrate effective methods for facilitating your curriculum and instruction transition into the 21st century. What does it look like when teachers allow for all... ...Apr 04 -
April is School Library Month
School Library Month is the American Association of School Librarians' celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs plan in a student's educational career. The 2013 the ...Apr 01 -
Save the Date for Embracing eBooks - July 17 Holiday Inn- Worthington
Embrace the rapid changes in eReaders and the eBooks landscape - mark your calendars for July 17 at the Holiday Inn Worthington. Registration opens May 1 for this daylong conference designed to give a well-rounded picture of the current state of Ebooks and eReaders in libraries. Program will include opportunities to... ...Mar 25 -
Librarians as Literacy Lifesavers: Providing Critical Common Core Support for Content Area Teachers
Marcia Barnhart, former Assistant Director of Professional Development/Stakeholder Outreach at the Ohio Department of Education and now Teacher2Teacher Director of Organization Learning, will present ideas and resources to demonstrate how librarians can support all content area teachers in their use of the literacy standards to build content knowle ...Mar 20 -
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Sue Subel
Sue is the Library Media Specialist for Kenston High School and the Immediate Past President of OELMA.
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Common Core Carpe Diem!
This is a post from Paige Yaeger's blog, "Librarydoor". She has some very interesting blogs, this one is very relevant so I thought I would pass along! The post is comprised of handouts she provided at an AASL webinar. http://librarydoor.blogspot.com/2012/06/common-core-carp-diem.html... ...May 07 -
Emphasis Placed on Ability to Write
This is an interesting article about the common core and students ability to write research papers. Seems that the Northwest Local Schools are creating a new course called the Fifth Core to get students researching and writing papers. Good news! The bad news, however, there is no mention of a school... ...Apr 23 -
Plagiarism Education Week
If you use Turnitin.com at your school, you probably received an email about "Plagiarism Education Week". The following link describes the webcasts that are available this week and also has links to some excellent infographics. The first webcast was today, Monday, April 22nd. http://turnitin.com/en_us/resources/plagiarism-education-week?mkt_tok=3R ...Apr 23 -
Great Infographic "Strong School Libraries Build Strong Student Learners"!
A great new infographic has been created by a sophomore in high school, thanks to ALA/AASL member Connie Williams in California. Check it out: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/advocacy/AASL_infographic.pdf ... ...Apr 04 -
For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity
I have been following the many discussions about MOOCs (massive open online courses) in the university setting. I am following this because I feel it may have implications at the high school level. In particular, is the problem with offering library services to students taking the online courses. At Duke, enrolled... ...Apr 03 -
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Jen Flaherty
Jen Flaherty is the 2013 Vice President of OELMA and currently works at Beachwood High School in the Beachwood City School District.
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Deadline Extended: Call for Program Proposals
The deadline for conference program proposals has been extended to May 10th. While the conference theme is "Connecting to the Common Core - Ohio's Learning Standards", there are many different topics that fit within the theme. Consider presenting a session on research skills throughout the curriculum, new technologies, professional development or ...Apr 04 -
Skyping with Lauren Oliver
On Friday, March 1st, Beachwood Middle School had the incredible opportunity to Skype with award-winning author, Lauren Oliver. In order to participate in the Skype session, students were expected to read Delirium, answer discussion questions and participate in a small group book discussion. Prior to the Skype session, students... ...Mar 05 -
OELMA 2013 Conference: Call for Program Proposals
The 2013 OELMA Conference has been planned around the theme “Connecting to the Common Core – Ohio’s New Learning Standards” that will include keynote presentations by Buffy Hamilton, the Unquiet Librarian, and Judi Moreillon, author of Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact, and two special Pre-confere ...Feb 27 -
There's an App for That!
Vicki Windman, from Tech and Learning, correlated a list of K-12 Common Core standards with useful apps to enhance instruction. Check it out at Tech and Learning! ... ...Feb 04 -
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