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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.
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Picture Book Musings and the Akron Art Museum
Posted by Victoria Karakasis
on Wednesday, 08 May 2013
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Victoria Karakasis
Victoria Karakasis is currently the librarian/media specialist at St. Peter Chanel High School.
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Librarians know that picture books contain some amazing art and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is no exception. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quote “Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art” (www.brainyquote.com) could be talking about Keat's The Snowy Day, the book which featured the first African...
Save the Date for Embracing eBooks - July 17 Holiday Inn- Worthington
Posted by Susan Yutzey
on Monday, 25 March 2013
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Susan Yutzey is President of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association for 2013. She is a proud member o...
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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
Posted by Susan Yutzey
on Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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Susan Yutzey is President of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association for 2013. She is a proud member o...
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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...
K.S.U. School of Library and Information Science Seminar Helps Job Seeking Librarians
Posted by Victoria Karakasis
on Monday, 18 March 2013
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Victoria Karakasis
Victoria Karakasis is currently the librarian/media specialist at St. Peter Chanel High School.
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Jumpstart Your Career in Youth Services Librarianship was a terrific day long seminar hosted by Kent State University Youth Services Librarian Professors this past Saturday, March 16th, 2013.
Attendees had the opportunity to learn from some of Ohio’s most talented librarians. It was a day jam packed with useful information for...
WEB-iTs: Free webinars and more in March
Posted by Angela Maxwell
on Saturday, 02 March 2013
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Angela Maxwell
Angela is a teacher librarian for the Beachwood City School District in Northeast Ohio. She is the Northeast R...
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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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