Research shows there is a direct link between student achievement and library media programs stocked with a full range of resources and staffed by library media specialists.

Battle of the Books 2008

Elementary

May 6th at the Anderson Complex (adjacent to Erma Nash)

First round begins at 10:00 a.m.

Intermediate

May 21st at Cross Timbers Imtermediate

Beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Middle School

May 22nd at Coble Middle School

Beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Campus teams have been reading and practicing questions for quite

some time. Consider coming by and seeing the action

as each team competes to see which has the best grasping the

of details the various books they have read.

Book Lists & Awards

Every year thousands of books are published. It can be overwhelming to think about selecting just one to read. Take heart! Every year across Texas and the nation librarians face this task. In Texas committees of librarians nominate 20 titles for 4 different lists. Then students across the state vote and select their favorite to be named "The Winner".

The Bluebonnet Winner for 2007-2008 is......

Down Girl and Sit on the Road by Lucy Nolan

For more information on books awards in Texas and Nationwide check out the information below.

Texas Awards

2008-2009 Bluebonnet list

http://txla.org/groups/tba/docs/2008-09%20Citations.doc

2008 2X2 List

http://txla.org/groups/tba/docs/2008-09%20Citations.doc

2008-2009 Lonestar List

http://txla.org/groups/yart/lone0809.doc

2008-2009 TAYSHA list

http://txla.org/groups/yart/tay0809.doc

National Awards

Caldecott

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic

Press, an imprint of Scholastic)

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/

caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm

Newbery

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd, and published by Candlewick.

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/

newberymedal/newberymedal.htm

Sibert

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís

(Farrar/Frances Foster)

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/

sibertcurrent/sibertmedalcurrent.htm

A listing of additional National Awards

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/

literaryrelated.htm

MISD Library Policy Manual available online

Direct Links to Campus Libraries

available

MISD Library Lesson Plan page

available

To help MISD librarians with the never-enough time dilemma, we now have a webpage of lesson plan ideas. Please take some time to look through these lesson plans, or submit one yourself. Elementary librarians may submit on the elementary library wiki, or you may email Jennifer Rike with the lesson plan for posting to the website. Please be sure to include a short description, grade level, subject/s and title of the lesson plan, along with any supporting files.

Don't know what to read? Check out these series bookmarks!

Recommended from Mary Orr Intermediate

Recommended from Coble Middle School

Recommended from Wester Middle School

Thanks to the librarians put these together.

Great news from Texas Education Agency!

TEA has announced that a parnership between TEA and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has produced an online database package consistin of EBSCO resources as well as an encyclopedia. This online database an encyclopedia will be free to Texas public schools. Three Spanish language databases will also be available. The EBSCO general content databases will be available on September 1, 2007, and they hope to have the online encyclopedia in place by December 1, 2007. For more details, please read the fact sheet published by TEA and TSLAC on August 8, 2007. Click here to download a form to activate your databases!

Need some Professional Development?

Look at these great opportunities from Region 11!

Links for MISD Librarians

Have questions on copyright, school library standards or weeding? Need some professional development? Be sure to check out our informative links.