Conference Planner Thursday Thursday, September 29, 2011 Time Location Description

3:00 - 7 :00 pm Registration Desk Registration

4:30 - 6:30 pm Mirabella AB TASL Showcase

5:00 – 8:00 pm Mirabella E Vendor & Exhibits Opening

4:30 – 8:00 pm Cambridge A Bookstore

4:00 – 6:00 pm Oakleigh

Pre-conference with Judy Bivens Evaluation Process

6:00 – 7:00 pm Mirabella CD

Opening Night Reception Sponsored in part by Vincent and Vincent

TASL Preconference 2011 Librarian Evaluation: Connecting Libraries and Learning with Dr. Judy Bivens "Let's look at a lesson plan model and share activities that help

librarians model instructional domain elements. Regardless of the

evaluation model, these teaching strategies will bring some insight to

your situation."

Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Embassy Suites - Oakleigh B

2011 ExhibitorsAuthors Signing – 47 Bookstore – Cambridge A The Reading Source Alexandria - 36 www.goalexandria.com Back Yard Book Fair - 41 Baker & Taylor - 20 www.btol.com Book Systems, Inc. -19 www.booksys.com Bound to Stay Bound Books - 25 www.btsb.com Braxx Books - 5 www.BraxxBooks.com Burrow Library Services 34, 35 david4books@aol.com Britannica Digital Learning – 1 www.info.eb.com Camcor – 16 www.camcor.com Children's Plus, Inc. - 3 childrensplusinc.com CoLibri- 50 Cover One – 33 www.coverone.net Davidson Titles. Inc. - 37 www.davidsontitles.com Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc. - 11 www.deebooks.com

EBSCO Publishing - 43 www.ebscohost.com Education Networks of America - 24 www.ena.com Federal Reserve - 8 www.federalreserveeducation.org Follett Library Resources, Inc. – 18, 19 www.titlewave.com Gale, part of Cengage Learning - 32 www.galeschools.com Garrett Book Co - 14 mail@garrettbooks.com Gumdrop -13 http://www.gumdropbooks.com/ Ingram Content Group - 31 ingramcontent.com jaci's jewels – 50 www.jacisjewels.com Junior Library Guild - 28 www.juniorlibraryguild.com Lerner Publishing Group - 8 www.lernerbooks.com Luminis Books - 9 www.luminisbooks.com Mackin Educational Resources - 30 www.mackin.com Magazine Subscription Service Agency - 2 magazine@gte.net

National School Products - 12 www.nationalschoolproducts.com Perma-Bound Books – 22, 23 www.perma-bound.com Presentation Solutions, Inc. -4 www.presentationsolutions.com ProQuest - 15 www.proquest.com Rainbow Book Company - 29 www.rainbowbookcompany.com Renaissance Learning - 42 www.renlearn.com Scholastic Book Fairs – 45, 46 scholastic.com/bookfairs Scott Laboratory Solutions - 6 jhopper@scottlab.net Stop Falling Productions -10 www.stopfalling.com TEL and TLA - Wendy Cornelisen - 21 www.tntel.info Trevecca Nazarene University - 49 www.trevecca.edu/soe/mlis University of Tennessee, School of http://www.sis.utk.edu Usborne Books & More - 38 www.EDCLibraryBooks.com/p0138 Vincent and Vincent Booksellers – 39, 40 vincentandvincent.net World Book,Inc. 26, 27 www.worldbook.com

Registration Desk

41 42 43 44 45 46

47 48 49 50

Entering - EXPO Hall Mirabella E 1 20 21 40 2 19 22 39 3 18 23 38 4 17 24 37 5 16 25 36 6 15 26 35 7 14 27 34 8 13 28 33 9 12 29 32 10 11 30 31

Conference Planner Friday Friday, September 30, 2011 7:00 – 10:00 am Registration Desk Registration 8:00 – 11:00am Mirabella E Vendor & Exhibits

1:00 – 3:00 pm Mirabella E

8:00 am - 6:30 pm Cambridge A Bookstore 8:00 -8:50 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

Session 1 Oakleigh A - Principals’ Perceptions of the Instructional Role of the School Librarian Audrey Church [All]

Session 2 Oakleigh B - Creating and using a library curriculum guide Anne Smith [ES / MS]

Session 3 Oakleigh C The Financial Connection Opportunity Jeanette Bennett [All]

Session 4 Broadlands A - Getting in the Graphic Groove Gina Wiser [All]

Session 5 Broadlands B - New and Needed NonFiction Diane Chen [ES / MS]

Session 6 Cambridge B– “Soldiers, Spies, and Spartans” Jennie Ivey and Calvin Dickinson [MS / HS] 9:00 - 9:50 Exhibit Hall - No Conflict 10:00 - 10:50 am Concurrent Sessions

Session 7 Oakleigh A - Topics and Trends for 21st Century School Librarians Audrey Church [All]

Session 8 Oakleigh B Margaret Peterson Haddix [All]

Session 9 Oakleigh C Kristin O'Donnel Tubb [MS]

Session 10 Broadlands A– Out with the one-shot orientation Sarah Searles [HS]

Session 11 Broadlands B – Librarians as Leaders Judy Bivens [All]

Session 12 Cambridge B– Limitless Libraries Kathryn Bennett [All]

Friday – Keynote Luncheon 11:00 – 12:50 pm

Luncheon / Keynote Speaker

Mirabella ABCD Lunch is included in the conference fee Social Time 11:00-11: 20am TASL Business 11:20 – 11:40 Keynote Speaker 11: 45 – 12:50pm

Margaret Peterson Haddix – http://www.haddixbooks.com Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House,

Ohio. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in

English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Before her first

book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne,

Indiana; a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and a community college

instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois.

She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens,

including Running Out of Time; Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Leaving Fishers; Just Ella;

Turnabout; Takeoffs and Landings; The Girl with 500 Middle Names; Because of Anya; Escape from

Memory; Say What?; The House on the Gulf; Double Identity; Dexter the Tough; Uprising; Palace of

Mirrors; Claim to Fame; theShadow Children series; and the Missing series. She also wrote Into the

Gauntlet, the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Her books have been honored with New York

Times bestseller status, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award; American

Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers notations; and more

than a dozen state reader’s choice awards.

Conference Planner Friday (cont’d.) Friday, September 30, 2011 (cont’d.) 1:00 - 1:50 pm Concurrent Sessions

Session 13 Oakleigh A - Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Secondary) Audrey Church [MS/HS]

Session 14 Oakleigh B John Himmelman [ES]

Session 15 Oakleigh C Kristin O'Donnel Tubb [MS]

Session 16 Broadlands A VSBA YA [HS]

Session 17 Broadlands B VSBA Primary and Intermediate [ES & MS]

Session 18 Cambridge B – Gadget Petting Zoo Courtney Fuson [All Technology]

2:00 - 2:50 pm Exhibit Hall - No Conflict 3:00 - 3:50 pm Concurrent Sessions

Session 19 Oakleigh A - Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Elementary) Audrey Church [ES]

Session 20 Oakleigh B Margaret Peterson Haddix [All]

Session 21 Oakleigh C Brandon Mull [MS]

Session 22 Broadlands A Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers

Mildred Rawlings and Susan Timmons [MS / HS Tech]

Session 23 Broadlands B TEL me about it Wendy Corneilson [All]

Session 24 Cambridge B Supporting Local Isn’t just for Agriculture Melissa Williams and Tiffany Johnson[All]

4:00 - 4:50 pm Vendor Presentations [see page 20]

Workshop 1 Oakleigh A Baker & Taylor

Workshop 2 Oakleigh B Britannica Digital Learning

Workshop 3 Oakleigh C Follett

Workshop 4 Broadlands A Junior Library Guild

Workshop 5 Broadlands B World Book

Workshop 6 Cambridge B

5:00 - 5:50 pm Regional and Level Meetings

Regions and Levels may choose to meet together. The following rooms are available for regional meetings, roundtables, etc.

Oakleigh A

Middle –Regions - Cumberland Region, Walking Horse, Highland Rim

Oakleigh B

West –Regions - Western Plains, Mississippi River, West Tennessee River

Oakleigh C East – Regions - East Tennessee River, Volunteer, Appalachian

Broadlands A High-school

Broadlands B Elementary

Cambridge B Middle

Volunteer State Book Awards Dinner 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Margaret Peterson Haddix, John Himmelman, Susan Pfeffer, Brandon Mull

Mirabella ABCD Awards Banquet

Conference Planner Saturday Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:45 - 8:30 am Registration Desk Registration 8:00 am - 12:30 pm Cambridge A Bookstore

8:30-9:20 am Concurrent Sessions

Session 25 Mirabella A Ernie Cox [All]

Session 26 Mirabella B – Tools for Advocacy Sarah Searles [All tech]

Session 27 Oakleigh A Susan Pfeffer - VSBA Winner [MS / HS]

Session 28 Cambridge B – First to the Top and You Becky Jackman 9:30 - 10:30 General Session

Saturday General Session Buffy Hamilton - http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/

Buffy Hamilton is the founding librarian of “The Unquiet Library” at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia. Hamilton, who earned her Ed.S. in

Instructional Technology and School Library Media at the University of Georgia in 2005, taught high school English courses and

served as an educational technology specialist for the Cherokee County School District before deciding she wanted to be a

librarian when she grew up. She is passionate about creating library experiences for her students that will encourage them to be

lifelong learners and advocating for the power of the library in her community.

Keynote: How can school libraries cultivate and support a culture of participatory learning that disrupts school climates that emphasize traditional modes of learning and assessment? How can librarians help classroom teachers to nurture students and to move students beyond compliance and conformity? Come learn how school libraries can function as sponsors of participation literacy to foster your learning community's efforts to engage students as active learners who are more than mere spectators in their journey of learning.

10:40 – 11:30 Concurrent Sessions

Session 29 Mirabella A Ernie Cox

Session 30 Mirabella B Ron Kidd

Session 31 Oakleigh A Tracy Barrett

Session 32 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake

11:40 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Session 33 Mirabella A – Plays well with others Courtney Fuson

Session 34 Mirabella B Ron Kidd

Session 35 Oakleigh A Tracy Barrett

Session 36 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake

Speaker and Session Information – Friday Morning Friday 8:00 -8:50 a.m.

Session 1, 7 , 13 and 19 Audrey Puckett Church, Ph.D. Audrey Church is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Program at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. She earned her B.A. from Bridgewater College (VA), her M.S. in Ed. from Longwood College, and her Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a building level librarian in Virginia public schools for 20 years prior to coming to Longwood. She is past president of the Virginia Educational Media Association, chair of the Educators of Library Media Specialists section (ELMSS) of the American Association of School Librarians, and chair of the ALA/AASL NCATE Coordinating Committee. A frequent presenter at state and national conferences, she is author of numerous journal articles and two books: Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores (Linworth, 2003) and Your Library Goes Virtual (Linworth, 2007).

1. Principals’ Perceptions of the Instructional Role of the School Librarian Description: Do principals know that we are teachers, instructional partners, information specialists, and leaders within our schools? Do they know that when we take an active role in the instructional programs of our schools, student achievement is higher? How do principals learn about what school librarians do? What do they expect from us? In this session, the presenter will share findings from her research with elementary and secondary school principals in Virginia. 7. Topics and Trends for 21st Century School Librarians Description: In this session, we will explore twelve topics, grounded in the principles of AASL’s 2009 Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs and critically important to 21st century school librarians. For each topic, at least three quality resources (free Web site, journal article, and book) will be shared. 13. Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Secondary) Description: Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs states, “The school library program is guided by regular assessment of student learning to ensure that the program is meeting its goals.” In this session, we will explore “regular assessment of student learning.” How do you assess student learning in the library, and how can you use the data that you collect to improve your program? This session focuses on assessment in secondary sc hool libraries. 19. Student Assessment in the Library—Oh My! (Elementary) Description: Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs states, “The school library program is guided by regular assessment of student learning to ensure that the program is meeting its goals.” In this session, we will explore “regular assessment of student learning.” How do you assess student learning in the library, and how can you use the data that you collect to improve your program? This session focuses on assessment in elementary sc hool libraries.

Session 2

Creating and using a library curriculum guide Anne Smith with Connie Reed and Tim Dale [ES / MS] Use Tennessee Department of Education Curriculum Standards to create your own curriculum guide. Look at the Common Core Standards and how they will affect what skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessment strategies we teach. Each library is different, so ma a curriculum guide that will benefit you! Mrs. Smith has taught library at Kingsley elementary for 7 years. She has worked on the curriculum development committee for 4 years. She enjoys organizing and understanding the changes that take place in education. Her goal is to help students be prepared for jobs they will hold that are not yet created. Timothy Dale is the Media Specialist for Indian Springs Elementary School in Sullivan County. This is Timothy’s second career. He has taught seven years and has a BS in Political Science and a MS in Library Media. Connie Reed is the Library Media Specialist at Brookside Elementary School in Sullivan County. She has her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Univ. of TN College of Nursing in Memphis, her Masters of Arts in Teaching for Elementary grades and her certification in Library Science, both from East TN State Univ.

Session 3 – The Financial Connection Opportunity Session 4 - Getting in the Graphic Groove

Jeanette Bennett and Jackie Morgan [All] - Financial literacy is an exciting learning opportunity for all grade levels! Join us to discover free online resources that can connect with the basic curriculum and/or be used as stand-alone financial literacy lessons. Ready-to-use lesson plans, learning modules and technology tools provide a great opportunity to make a big difference. Jeannette Bennett, Economic Education Specialist for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis—Memphis Branch, is a national award winner for the teaching of economics and has a background in education both as a teacher and administrator. Currently she serves as a board member of the Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition. She has served as a curriculum writer, developer and consultant and continues in this capacity at the Federal Reserve. Jackie Morgan has been recognized as a leader in the area of personal financial education at the state and national levels. Ms. Morgan, Senior Economic and Financial Education Specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta – Nashville Branch, currently serves a Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition board member and is the immediate past president of this organization which was recognized by National Jump$tart as the 2009 State Coalition of the Year. Ms. Morgan has received the Nashville Emerging Leader Award for Education and was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” leaders by the Nashville Business Journal.

Gina Wiser and Allison Barney Getting in the Graphic Groove: Two Middle School Librarians Share Their Experiences in Developing Graphic Novel Collections Whether you’re already purchasing graphic novels and manga or you’re intimidated and don’t know where to start, this session will help you find your own graphic groove. You will leave with talking points for reluctant administrators and teachers, tips on developing consideration files, cataloging ideas, and tons of online resources.

Sess ion 6 - “Soldiers, Spies & Spartans: Civil War Stories from Tennessee”

Session 5 - New and Needed Nonfiction

Jennie Ivey [MS / HS] Discusses this book, which tells the stories of various children and teens who witnessed the war in our state. Some of these are Union private Elisha Stockwell at the Battle of Shiloh, Confederate spy Ginny Moon, drummer boy Johnny Clem, the McGavock and Carter children who were eyewitnesses at the bloody Battle of Franklin, boy hero of the Confederacy Sam Davis, slave-turned soldier Hanson Caruthers, and lots of others. Dr. Calvin Dickinson is professor emeritus of history at Tennessee Technological University and the author of twenty books and numerous academic articles. Jennie Ivey is a former teacher and library branch manager who now works as a freelance writer. She has written more than 500 newspaper columns for the Cookeville Herald-Citizen and has published numerous fiction and nonfiction pieces. The authors’ previous collaborations include Tennessee Tales the Textbooks Don’t Tell (The Overmountain Press, 2002) and E Is for Elvis (Rutledge Hill Press, 2006). Both authors live in Cookeville.

New and Needed Nonfiction Interest in nonfiction is higher than ever for students. Are you keeping up with what is new? Learn marketing strategies to enhance your nonfiction circulation. Discover new, notable, and needed titles to add to your collection. Diane Chen [ES / MS] Is an Innovative leader in information and technology. She has written for journals and for blogs. And speaks at national and district level meetings.

Friday 10:00 - 10:50 am

Session 8 & 20 Session 9 and 14 Margaret Peterson Haddix A look at Margaret Peterson Haddix’s two series—The Shadow Children and The Missing—and some of her new and upcoming books, and a discussion of how they’re being used in schools.

KRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB is the author of Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different. She describes herself as “basically a dork who would still be going to school if they’d let me. But they won’t (cause that’d just be weird), so I write instead. All of the research, none of the quizzes. It’s heaven!” She lives in Tennessee with her family.

Speaker and Session Information – Friday (cont’d.) Session 10 & 26– Sarah Searles Session 11 – Judy Bivens [All]

Out with the One-Shot Orientation: Re-thinking Library Skills Instruction for High School [HS] Frustrated with an unproductive one-shot freshman orientation, the librarians and English teachers of West High School in Knoxville set out to re-imagine the orientation process to better prepare ninth-grade students for successful research. This program will address the collaborative planning process, lessons learned, and recommendations for the future. Sarah Searles [All tech] Tools for Advocacy: Promoting Your Program with Technology Integrating technology into lessons can benefit your students in many ways, but it can also benefit YOU. This session will discuss how to use technology as an advocacy tool, including strategies to get the attention of decision-makers and easy tech tools to promote your program. Sponsored by the TASL Advocacy Committee.

Librarians as Leaders We hear much about academic coaches and teacher leaders, what about librarians as leaders? There are essential roles which librarians play which make them leaders in their schools, communities, and professional organizations. What skills are needed? What are the roles? Let’s learn about library leadership together! Dr. Judy Bivens has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction, master's degrees in information science and English, and a Plus 30 in instructional technology. Judy is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Masters in Library and Information Science Program in the School of Education at Trevecca Nazarene University. Sessio n 12 – Kathryn Bennett [All] Limitless Libraries: School/Public Library Partner ship in Nashville Limitless Libraries is a collaborative partnership between the Nashville Public Library and all public high schools in Davidson County. Initiated by Mayor Karl Dean, this collaboration promotes students’ access to resources and the strengthening of school library collections. Presenters will describe how the initiative works and share future plans. Jeanette Lambert is the library media specialist at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School in Nashville. She is also a former president of TASL (2002) and has served on the Advocacy Committee of TASL for a number of years. In addition, she has served as the school library representative on the Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries (2007-2010) and Tenn-Share Board (2005-2007). Jeanette received her graduate degree in library science from Clark Atlanta University. Amanda Smithfield. I have been an MNPS librarian for 8 years, 6 of which were at a middle school, 2 at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet, and now at Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School. In my free time, I like to try out new web 2.0 tools Amanda Smithfield Media Specialist Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet Nashville, TN

Friday 1:00 - 1:50 pm Session 15

John Himmelman [ES] About the presenter John Himmelman has been visiting schools - all over! - for nearly 30 years. The presentations have varied and evolved, but always strived to mix a little bit of humor with the goal of inspiring children to reach, and enjoy, their creative potential. When not visiting schools, Himmelman can be found in Killingworth, CT; working on his books, playing guitar, playing outside, or practicing martial arts. He is married to Betsy Himmelman, an Art Teacher, and has two children. Jeff is an artist in Boston and Lizzie is studying to be an actress in Philadelphia.

Speaker and Session Information – Friday (cont’d.) Session 16 -- VSBA YA [HS] Session 17 – [ES & MS]

VSBA Primary and Intermediate

Session 18 [All] Gadget Petting Zoo

Scot Smith will booktalk the twenty-five titles on this year's Young Adult nomination list for the Volunteer State Book Award. A discussion of the nominees will follow his presentation.

Intermediate: : Theresa Barnhill and Amelia Bell will discuss the nominees for Intermediate Division of the 2011-2012 Volunteer State Book Awards.

Courtney Fuson [All Technology] Heard all about the iPad, Kindle and Sony e-readers? Never seen one “in the wild?” Here’s your chance! Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty – come and play with some of the e-readers and other gadgets that are out there and learn a little more about them! Courtney Fuson is the Current Electronic and Educational Resources Librarian at Belmont University. She also worked as a Reference Librarian at the Williamson County Public Library. Courtney has been involved with TENN-SHARE and particularly the Learn & Discover program.

Friday 3:00 – 3:50 pm Session 21

Brandon Mull resides in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and three children. He spent two years living in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile where he learned Spanish and juggling. He once won a pudding eating contest in the park behind his grandma’s house, earning a gold medal. Brandon is the author of the New York Times bestselling Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War. The Road to Fablehaven: Seeking, Finding and Using Your Best Talents In this engaging presentation, Brandon Mull shares his journey from his roots as a wanna-be author to the fulfillment of his dream of becoming a national bestselling writer. It is a story of self-doubt, perserverance, and prayer.

Session 22 – Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers

Session 23 – TEL me about it

Session 24 - Supporting Loc al Isn’t Just for Agriculture!

Mildred Rawlings and Susan Timmons

Cataloging and Circulating E-Readers

So you’ve decided to buy an e-reader! Now what? Two

school librarians who have circulated Kindles for several

years will provide practical tips on cataloging e-readers,

buying content and managing circulation.

After ten years working in

corporate and academic libraries

(including four different

departments at Vanderbilt

University!), Susan Timmons

earned her M.L.I.S. through the

distance education program at U.T.

Knoxville in 2006. Since then she

has been the Circulation Librarian at The Harpeth Hall

School, an independent all-girls grades 5-12 school in

Nashville, TN.

Milly Rawlings is the Head Librarian at Baylor School in

Chattanooga. Appointed 1986 - B.A., Wheaton College,

M.L.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

with Additional Study: University of Tennessee at

Chattanooga, University of North Carolina,

Oxford University

Wendy Cornelisen is the TEL

Coordinator for the Tennessee

State Library and Archives. She

has previous experience in

public libraries, including as

Teen Programmer and Outreach

Librarian at the Brentwood

Library. She is president of the

Tennessee Library Association.

Melissa Williams and Tiffany Johnson are

studying Information Science

at UT Knoxville specializing in school library

media centers, though they

both live in Nashville. After attending TASL

Conference in 2010, they

decided to use their collective knowledge,

interest, and education to create a

presentation about going local in a school

library setting.

Bringing in local authors can be a great way

to save your school money

and support your community. Going Green

and Supporting Local are both

options that many people are turning to in

order to protect our planet and

show community involvement. Let us show

you many different ways your

students can benefit from having a local

author come visit your school.

From cost savings to curricular benefits, local

author visits are good all around!

Vendor Sessions Baker & Taylor – Baker & Taylor – Beth Futch Axis 360, the revolutionary digital media platform provides libraries and their students with a state-of-

the-art system for circulating digital content—including Blio, the world’s most engaging ereading

experience.

Britannica Britannica Digital Learning – Chris Hoover Image Quest: Millions of quality, rights-cleared images; eBooks for Science, Geography, and

History; dynamic online resources for children and adults; publishing opportunities for faculty and much more

Follett We will discuss how to collaborate with your faculty to choose digital content, such as eBooks and databases that will support your curriculum as well as excite your students. You will also see a demo

of the FollettShelf, a virtual online library for hosting your digital content.

Junior Library Guild We will discuss upcoming books in YA and children’s literature also the benefits of a collection

development service like JLG World Book

Volunteer State Book Awards Dinner – September 30, 2011 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Welcome Dinner

Administrator Honor Roll Author - John Himmelman

Innovative Library Program Award Author - Brandon Mull

Scholarship Recipients and Clara Hasbrouck Author - Susan Pfeffer

Author - Margaret Peterson Haddix

Speaker and Session Information – Saturday Saturday 8:30 -9:20 am

25 and 29 - Ernie Cox - Community Builders From Library Journal 2010 Movers & Shakers Ernie Cox came to librarianship because it “combines civics, art, technology, and community,” says the media specialist at St. Timothy's, a K-8 Episcopal school in Raleigh, NC. As a school librarian there for the last five years, Cox is part of a community that includes teachers, and it's his job to help them develop both creatively and technologically through the use of American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Professional Learning Communities, where they can collaborate, network, chat live, and otherwise connect with colleagues. Finding our Place: Professional Learning Communities and School Librarians Many school districts are using professional learning communities as THE way to conduct staff

development, curriculum planning, and lesson design (and to save money). Increasingly PLCs are the vehicle for driving innovation and change in schools. Unfortunately School librarians are often left out of this important professional learning process. This session aims to facilitate our plans for school librarians to gain an expanded role in their school PLCs. Collectively we will come up with action steps to take home on Monday. Great Nonfiction!? Common Core Standards and Exemplar “Texts”. The Common Core Standards are here – now what? These standards describe the important role of trade literature and nonfiction reading within the curricular areas. Textbooks as we’ve known them will not do the job. Real reading requires a whole new paradigm for curriculum materials. But what will these 21st Century learning texts look like and where will we get them? Enter the school librarian! In this session we’ll enhance the exemplar nonfiction lists to include a wider range of reading experiences. You can become a curriculum material leader in your school – come see how.

27 - Susan Beth Pfeffer 28 Becky Jackman photo credit: Marci Hanners

Susan Beth Pfeffer's first two apocalyptic novels, the New York Times bestselling Life As We Knew It and The Dead and the Gone, were widely praised by reviewers as action-packed, thrilling, and utterly terrifying. Life As We Knew It received numerous

starred reviews and honors and was nominated for many state awards, winning six. Ms. Pfeffer lives in Wallkill, New York.

First To the Top and You: Where Do Media Specialists Fit In? Learn more about the new evaluation process and how you fit into the program. Session will have time for suggestions from audience members.

Becky Jackman is a school librarian at New Providence Middle School in Clarksville. She has worked as a school librarian at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Becky is a member of ALA, AASL, YALSA, TEA, TLA, and is TASL Past-President

Speaker and Session Information – Saturday Saturday 10:40 – 11:30am

30 and 34 -- Mirabella B 31 and 35 -- Oakleigh A Ron Kidd Kidd Named to Annual “Best of Nashville” List October 2008 Best Person to Introduce Your Kids to Tennessee History Most kids think studying history is only marginally better than getting the flu. Fortunately, Ronald Kidd writes young-adult novels that make Tennessee’s past accessible and fun: His youthful protagonists pull the reader into lives as complicated as the times in which they live. In Monkey Town, he told the story of the 1925 Scopes evolution trial through the eyes of a thoughtful 15-year-old girl. With this year’s On Beale Street, Kidd presents the segregationist 1950s as witnessed by a troubled Memphis teenager who has a front-row seat at the birth of rock ’n’ roll. From Clarence Darrow to Elvis Presley, Kidd keeps the past—and its still-relevant issues—alive. —Chris Scott, Nashville Scene

Tracy Barrett is the author of numerous books and magazine articles for young readers. She holds a Bachelor's Degree with honors in Classics-Archaeology from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly interests in the ancient and medieval worlds overlap in her fiction and nonfiction works. Her most recent publications are King of Ithaka, a young-adult novel based on Homer's Odyssey; and the fourth book in The Sherlock Files, The Missing Heir (both Henry Holt). In September, Harcourt will publish her young-adult retelling of the myth of the Minotaur, Dark of the Moon. Session 31 - Getting It Right: Accuracy in Histor ical Fiction If children are to be engaged by a novel set in the historical past, the writer must balance story with history, and entertainment with accuracy. This leaves the author with the delicate task of representing history accurately while telling the story she wants to tell. Not only historical facts - dates, places, people - but perhaps even more crucially, emotional details (How did it feel to have an arranged marriage? How did parents react to a child's death, when they expected to lose half of their sons and daughters in infancy? Was it fun being a knight?) have to be presented in a way that serves the story, reflects historical fact, and doesn't confuse or alienate the reader. Author Tracy Barrett explains how she navigates these tricky waters. Session 35 - Sherlock Holmes, The Minotaur, and Me: One Author's Journey Author Tracy Barrett started her writing career with non-fiction, but now concentrates on fiction, principally historical fiction. She traces this journey, describing how a character or incident sparks her imagination, exploring her research process, and discussing the trap of "research rapture." She also discusses the use of historical fiction in the middle- and high-school classroom and library.

32 and 36 Cambridge B Robert J. Blake When Robert Blake was growing up, his best talent was his ability to pretend. "In school I had a very special teacher who recognized this and taught me how to really read, how to pretend with words, and how to feel the words," he says. "The more I read, the more 'what ifs' came to mind. And the more I asked 'what if?' the more I felt like writing." When he began to write and illustrate his own books, Blake decided he would try to "live" each of the characters he wrote about. Ever since, he has traveled to the locations where his stories take place, so he can write and paint right there. "For me," says Blake, "that is living a story, and I hope it makes my stories feel real."

Saturday 11:40 am - 12:30 pm 33 Mirabella A - Plays Well With Others: Saving Money and Improving Service Through Cooperation - DeAnne Luck Come hear about the state-wide and regional efforts to improve services and lower costs through database discounts and “Share Your Stuff,” which encourages other libraries to lend items to schools quickly and easily by courier. Working together we can do more! DeAnne Luck is from Woodlawn, TN and is the Database Coordinator for Tenn-Share