FALL 2010 MEMO CONFERENCE

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Conference schedule

Conference sessions - schedule and descriptions
NOTE: This is a draft and is subject to change before the conference, but is a good tool for planning your conference and explaining why you really MUST attend this great professional development opportunity!

Sign up now! Our keynote speakers will include Buffy Hamilton, "The Unquiet Librarian," and Cathy Nelson from Paul M. Dorman High School in Roebuck, South Carolina. Both of these speakers will demonstrate how technology and school libraries naturally fit together to help students achieve. Also featuring MYRA-sponsored author Marcia Jones, author of Champ, winner of the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT TORI JENSEN

Our MEMO President-Elect Tori Jensen recently published an article in Library Media Connection magazine entitled "No Student Email at School? Google Docs to the Rescue!" Congratulations Tori!

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR RELEASES EVALUATION REPORT ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES


The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor released its evaluation of public libraries on Monday, March 22, 2010. The report calls for the elimination of multi-type library systems, which provide support for schools. The report summary states "Multitype library cooperation systems have had little positive effect on public libraries.The 1979 Legislature created multitype library cooperation systems to provide opportunities for all types of libraries (academic, public, school, and special) to work together. Minnesota has seven multitype systems that vary widely in focus and services. We found overlap between their activities and those of the regional library systems and Minitex. Many regional systems and individual public libraries already work closely with area schools. Also, regional systems have a strong working relationship with Minitex, which provides school, academic, and public libraries with many databases and services that link all types of libraries. To reduce duplication and enhance coordination, the Legislature should eliminate multitype library cooperation systems and move their function and funding to the regional public library systems."

For more details or to download the summary or full report, visit http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/2010/libraries.htm.

MEMO INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY LITERACY STANDARDS - 2009 REFRESH

New! Final versions of the refreshed MEMO Information and Technology Literacy standards are available now. Click here to locate copies of the new standards as well as copies of the previous version and other related standards documents. Standards information can also be accessed from the top menu under the "Organization" tab.

2009 MEMO Conference Session Handouts/Presentations

For those MEMO members who would like to view handouts, presentations and links from the 2009 conference, information from many of the sessions is available in the new "members-only" section of the MEMO website. Click on the link above - once there, if you have not already requested access, please follow the on-screen instructions to request access. **NOTE** Only MEMO members who are current with dues will be allowed access. Please allow time for MEMO staff to check membership status. You will receive an Email notification when you have been approved for access. At that time, you will be able to access the "members-only" area and find the posted handouts/presentations.

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