From the President
Fall 2006 survey results
RASL Community Service
Event
Upcoming Events:
1/25/07: Informal meeting at
Tully's Restaurant
2/08/07: How K-12
Librarians can contribute to students college success
3/29/07: Spring 2007
Banquet
From the President
Greetings RASL members and
other area SLMS!
This year RASL embarks on the journey of "The Year After." Our
organization, with the leadership of Marie Barron, SLMS at
Churchville-Chili JH, and Angela Boccuzzi-Reichert, SLMS at Hilton
Middle School. We worked as one with a committee of over 115
volunteers to show the state the strength of RASL. This year, our
talk becomes action.
My goal of this year's presidency is to define our organization and
decide what our long-term goals should be. Lisa Osur, our new Vice
President, has great ideas - and the calendar is shaping up
beautifully. We have already had two RASL meetings, and are working
to make RASL as best as it can be.
The survey that went out to
members this Fall gave us indications about what our membership
wants out of RASL. This group exists to serve YOU, not to put more
work on your plate. Soon we will be seeking members to run for
office. Consider becoming a part of RASL and sharing your talents.
With only a few programs and meetings a year, it is an easy way to
be involved.
If you have not renewed your membership, or if you have never joined
RASL, now is your time. Be a part of defining what RASL is and
should be. The membership form can be found at
RASL - Rochester
Area School Librarians - Join RASL
Erin Ells
President, RASL
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Fall 2006 Survey Results
In an effort to better serve our organization
and meet our members’ needs we developed a survey asking for input
on several issues including: programming, purpose of membership,
issues to be addressed, communication formats and affiliations.
Several of the questions asked for thoughtful input and we very much
appreciate you constructive suggestions and advise. There were 42
responses to the survey.
The results of the survey
are as follows:
- 32% of our members have
been members for over 10 years
- 54 % of members do not
often attend RASL programs
- Most often given reason
for not attending programs were
- Conflicts
- Timing- too early or
too late
- Distance
- Irrelevance of
subject
- 84 % of our members
attended the SLMS Conference- the next most popular events were
the dinners with celebrities
- 77 % of the respondents
feel the present number of programs we offer is just right!
- Although most people
attend RASL programs to collaborate with peers and learn new
things, 62 % also come for the professional development
- 67 % feel we can serve
our members better by providing reading advocacy programs (55 %),
School Library Systems collaboration programs (55 %), library
advocacy (41 %) and budget issues talks (38 %)
- Although 51 % felt that
hosting an all-day conference was a good idea, 41 % recognized
that it would be a lot of work
- If we were to run an
all-day conference the top themes were best practices (71 %),
assessing information literacy (54 %), collaborating with teachers
(48 %) and electronic resources (46 %)
- Exactly half of the
respondents were from elementary libraries and half from secondary
- 73 % prefer the RASL
Newsletter delivered electronically
- AND we have 2 people
interested in getting involved at the Board level to help us make
the changes necessary to provide you better services!
The RASL Board of
Directors has reviewed the survey findings and is working towards
making productive changes in our vision and how we can better meet
your needs.
Submitted by Lisa Osur
RASL VP
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RASL Community Service Event
RASL Community Service @ Ronald
McDonald House
Pictured
(L to R): Mary Rinaldo, Jean Maeir, Lisa Osur, Benjamin Pulver,
Tammy Pulver and Daniel Pulver
On Tuesday,
December 5th several members of RASL came together to
feed the 40 people staying at Ronald McDonald House which serves the
families of seriously ill patients being treated at Strong
Hospital. The meal consisted of roast turkey with all the trimmings
including mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes & veggies, a southwestern
salad, green salad, breads, cranberry sauce and gravy. Thank you
very much for those who worked on the project and contributed food
items. You get a really good feeling doing something for others in
need- especially around the holidays!
Submitted
by Lisa Osur RASL VP
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1/25/07: Sharing Session at Tully's Restaurant
One of the things that came
out of discussing the Fall 2006 survey at the RASL Board Meeting was
a need to gather without an agenda SO we have scheduled just
such an event
on
Thursday, January 25th 2007
please
join us
for an
informal dinner and sharing session
at Tully’s Restaurant
1225 Jefferson Road, Henrietta
at
5:30 PM
We will meet in a private
room and order dinner off the menu.
RSVP to
lisa_osur@hflcsd.org by January 22nd 2007
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2/08/07: How K-12 Librarians can contribute to
students college success
Invites you to:
It’s Never Too Early to Start:
How K-12 librarians can contribute to their students’ college
success
Presenter:
Kathi Sigler, Instruction Librarian, Lavery Library
Thursday, February 8, 2007
4 to 5:30 PM
The Lavery Library
St. John Fisher Campus
3690 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
Respond by January 24, 2007
E-mail Lisa Osur:
lisa_osur@hflcsd.org
Print a parking
permit from
http://admin.CampusServices.org/visitors/?id=21 and
display on your dash, please.
Visitor parking available in the A&B lots of the college, place the
attached parking permit on your dashboard. Lots A&B are adjacent to
the main entrance of the college.
Lavery Library is very near your parking area. To get to the
library, walk up the road to the right of the parking lots, keeping
Kearney Hall with the steeple on your right and the Wegmans School
of Pharmacy on your left. Lavery Library is behind these buildings
and has a large stone staircase. (Look for a lion with a rainbow
main on the lawn of Lavery.)
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3/29/07: Spring 2007 Banquet
Save
the date!
You are
cordially invited to attend
RASL’s
2007 BANQUET
at
Biaggis Restaurant
Eastview Mall
Victor,
New York
Thursday evening
March
29th, 2007
6- 8:30
pm
family
style dinner, dessert and
presentation included
(cocktails optional)
$30 per
person
our
guest will be award winning author
Tamora
Pierce
Invitations will be in the mail in early February.
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