What have you "shipped"? (copying Doug Johnson)

I've just read Doug's posting in his Blue Skunk blog and was very much encouraged not by the long list of publications and demonstrations presented by him in 2010 but by him saying, "I "shipped" - you can too". Indeed, we can share our "shippings" with others and by doing this enspire our colleagues to evaluate their productivity of the past year and project future achievements.

My "shipping" list is much shorter but anyways I want to make one to see where I am at the beginning of 2011:
In 2010, I've got a new title. Now I am Librarian/Technology Integrator and Periodicals and AV Equipment Assistant.
Our e-book collection has grown, and I am learning how reading books in digital format effects students' interest in reading.
I am working on integration of Information Literacy skills into core curriculum. Two collaborative projects, High School course on Information Literacy and Middle School Elective "Web Cafe"can be put into the basket.
Let the number of start-up projects be listed here as well:
Preparation for a presentation at NESA Spring Conference in Bangkok, April 2011
Organization of NESA librarians' gathering and round table presentations at ECIS in May 2011
Development of a Middle School course "Books Digitally" where students will read books on Kindles, iPads, and their PCs and create digital projects about them.

Many digital tools are added to the MBtoolbox collection,  and a few articles are written for the school newsletters and NESA News.

Thank you, Doug, for showing us what fun it is to summarise our "shippings"! For us, librarians working in American International Schools, shipping is even more vital than for those working in the Land!

School Library Media Programs - What are they?

Can you list at least three of the purposes of school library programs?

An old image of the hushing librarian is fading away. Librarians don't circumscribe themselves with printed formats and brick walls any longer. They plow the cyberspace and dig with the web tools. Training students to use the Internet effectively and participate in social network communication safely is their priority. Avatars represent them online; wikis and Second Life are the islands designated for their professional gatherings. Librarians collaborate with teachers, educate kids to research, they recommend materials for projects and classes, attract teachers to available and appropriate web tools and provide training for their use... We change our hats according to your needs and requests!

This school year we started introducing ourselves and our programs to the Board. Now we would like to finish the year with presenting the results of our work and describing important activities to our loyal audience.

Do you think it's unnecessary? Everyone sees us daily in various places interacting with teachers, students, parents, and the administration; hears us talking about information, values of reading, and ways to retrieve information; observes us looking for books and rearranging book shelves; recognizes when we support the curriculum. We advise, advertise, and invite to experiment with technology; entertain, take pictures and videos, smile, and just howdy. Programs and activities run during the year reflect the diverse roles of the School Library Media Specialists.

Read about other activities in our annual report and take a quiz (this multiple choice is the way to summarize what school library media programs are about).

Looking forward to seeing you in August, to collaborating on new units, integrating Looking forward to seeing you in August, to collaborating on new units, integrating technology into education, and educating our students to become 21st century learners.