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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.

Angela Maxwell

Angela Maxwell

Angela is a teacher librarian for the Beachwood City School District in Northeast Ohio. She is the Northeast Regional Director for OELMA. Current professional interests include free professional development, integrating the Common Core into the library, building information literacy skills through collaborative research projects, and educational technologies.

Annual Reports, Budgets, and Administrators...Oh My!

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Angela is a teacher librarian for the Beachwood City School District in Northeast Ohio. She is the Northeast R...
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Today I met with my principal to review the library's proposed budget for next year. I prepared a sample budget, brought usage reports for  the services we offer, and used Follett's Titlewise Analysis to easily create graphs (much prettier than my SIRSI reports...).  My boss is an experienced administrator, but new...
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WEB-iTs: Free webinars and more in March

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Free, easily accessible, high-quality professional development is everywhere. The challenge is taking the time to find it! Here's a handful of this month's offerings: Wednesday March 6 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. Exceeding the Common Core Speaking Standards: Improving the Oral Communication of All Students, hosted by ASCD (Association of Supervision and Curriculum...
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