Call for Proposals for NYLA 2013

Greetings! I hope this finds you well. SSL is looking for quality programming for the 2013 NYLA Annual Conference to support the professional development and growth of its members. If you have an idea for a program that would be suitable for the 2013 NYLA Annual Conference, please submit a completed Program Proposal form (URL: http://www.nyla.org/images/nyla/files/2012-Conference_Program_Proposal_Form.pdf) to Livia Sabourin by December 25, 2012. Please remember the theme of the upcoming conference, “Libraries Spark Imagination,” when proposing your program. See the attached letter for additional details.

Packaging our Lessons

There I was, looking for something and finding something else.  Isn't that the fun part of online searching and browsing?  Anyway, what I found was a video tutorial by Eric Baker, a librarian at Auraria Library in Colorado.  In under 5 minutes he introduces viewers to Boolean searching with examples, explanations, and ... entertainment.  http://vimeo.com/50840083 His personality comes through very clearly.  No one will be sleeping when he's teaching.  Seeing this reminded me of my first dabblings into creating video tutorials about a year ago.  Mine are not nearly as animated or exciting.  I am rethinking the whole idea of how and what I would do with this medium for maximum impact. 

Is anyone else playing around with video tutorials?  If you are, would you be interested in chatting about your ideas and experiences with other school librarians?  Let me know!

Nina Levine, President SLMSSENY