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Susan Yutzey

Susan Yutzey

Susan Yutzey is President of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association for 2013. She is a proud member of OELMA since 1995.

Pickaway County Library: Setting for 2013 Battle of the Books

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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...
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Join Frank Baker and Bill Kist on June 19 - Media Literacy Meets New Literacies

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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...
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April is School Library Month

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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 theme...
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Save the Date for Embracing eBooks - July 17 Holiday Inn- Worthington

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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...
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Librarians as Literacy Lifesavers: Providing Critical Common Core Support for Content Area Teachers

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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 knowledge. Participants will gain...
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June 19, 2013
"Media Literacy Meets New Literacies"
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