November+23+Library+Selection+Committee

=School Library Selection Committee Meeting: November 23, 2010=

**School Library Tours**
9:00 am Coffee and Muffins at Battleford Central School 9:30 - St. Vital 10:15 - Bready School 10:45 - McKitrick

11:30 - Lunch

12:15 - NBCHS Tour

12:45 - Meeting and Learning

Web Pages - Databases
[|Canadian Newstand] [|CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Reference and Current Events, CBCA Education] Ministry [|e-books] [|CPIQ] (Canadian Periodical) [|Universalis] (Junior) - French Encyclopedia [|Auto Repair Reference Centre] [|Britannica] - High School [|Health and Wellness Resource Center] Literature Resource Center [|Gale Student Edition] [|Newscan - Canadian News (also in French)]
 * HIGH SCHOOL**

[|Canadian Newstand] [|Discovery Collection] [|Junior Edition] [|Universalis] (Junior) - French Encyclopedia [|Britannica] (Comptons) [|Newscan - Canadian News (also in French)]
 * MIDDLE YEARS**

[|Discovery Collection] [|Kids Infobits] [|Junior Edition] [|Britannica] [|Universalis] (Junior) - French Encyclopedia
 * ELEMENTARY **

**PRIMARY ** [|Learning Zone] [|Kids Infobits]

[|GALE Widgets and Icon]s - put these on your web page to add 'eye appeal' and interest

[|Netvibes] [|Great Web Sites for Kid]s (ALA) L[|sky LIbraries Diigo Group]
 * WEB PAGES - OTHER SOURCES**

See how many people visit your site: Put a [|Web Site Counter] on your page.

READING [|Novelist - High School Adult] [|Novelist - K-8]

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 * Shelfari**

[|Wands and Words]: Fantasy and Science Fiction for Children and Teens [|Just One More Book] - Podcasts (Children) [|Cynsation]s - the blog of Cynthia Leitich Smith (YA) [|American Indians in Childrens Literature] (YA and Children) [|BookMoot] (Children) [|Flashlight Worthy Books] - booklists on many topics [|YA Book Shelf] [|Comics for Kids] (SLJ)
 * Really Good Book Blogs (iGoogle)**

[|CM Magazine] [|Best Books for Young Adults] (YALSA) [|Children's Notable Book Lists] (ALSC) [|Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Award]s (Willows)
 * Web Sites to Check**

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 * E-READERS**

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E-book reader organizational [|forms] and more (from the Unquiet Library)

**School Library Manifesto**
 * [|Manifestos] - go to page 20 to read the manifestos
 * What do [|we] believe about our school libraries