MSLA Region: Boston
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Greetings to members of the Boston region: Boston, Malden, and Chelsea!
We are excited for another great year in the Boston region. We have a whole roster of events, activities, and meetings planned. These professional development sessions aim to be worthwhile, meaningful, and will add value to your practice. Please do not hesitate to reach out at any time with ideas, suggestions, and comments. |
Our Most Recent Event
More Than Words Book Store Warehouse
More Than Words, a job training and youth development program that empowers nearly 350 youth, started in Waltham and recently opened a second store in Boston at 242 E. Berkeley St. This wonderful program helps youth to take charge of their lives by engaging them to take charge of the More Than Words business. We visited the company on March 6, 2019 from 3:30-5:00pm and received a tour given by John Avi Sochi, and arranged by Beverly Eugene-Graham, Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator. Many of us have donated books to More Than Words and were amazed to see how the company operates and how they handle the volume of books that they receive on a daily basis. We highly recommend visiting the E. Berkeley St. bookstore!
Past Events
Visiting the Boston City Archives on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Marta Crilly, Archivist for Reference and Outreach at The Boston City Archives spoke to a group of twelve librarians at the Boston City Archives in West Roxbury. Everyone thouroughly enjoyed her presentation, tour of the archives, and hands-on observation of various types of records including Boston Marathon Bombing mementos. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Marta Crilly would love to have students and librarians visit the Archives! She can be contacted at Marta.Crilly@boston.gov.
"Hosting an Event in Your Library" on Thurs. March 1, 2018 at Fenway High School
A group gathered in the Boston area and after recognizing our four MSLA award winners, we heard rich presentations from librarians sharing their expertise and practical strategies for building collaborative programming. Slideshows are linked below for all to see!
Panelists:
"Sharing Best Practices: Ideas for Collaboration with Administrators and Teachers"
Have a new principal to inform about your library? Want to entice teachers into collaboration? Have a great year-end report you share with school leaders? Join us to learn about resources and strategies that inform leadership and build successful collaborations with teachers. This session will be informal and focus on sharing best practices. Bring a computer (or borrow one of ours) if you have resources to share, we'll have a projector set up. Most importantly bring one or two of your best ideas or a current challenge you have that the group can help with. This will be a solutions focused meeting. We hope to draw from everyone's toolbox and send you back to school with at least one great new idea, resource or strategy!
Details
Mon. October 29, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (snacks start at 3:45)
Keefe Library, Boston Latin School
78 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
November 8, 2017 - Stephen Spohn, Resource Sharing Director for the MA Library System (MLS). Stephen spoke about the MA eBook Collection, Axis 360, customizing the “magic wall" and scoping your collection to block particular categories of books for young adults. Steve was accompanied by Tressa Santillo, MLS who also commented on using the eBook collection. The workshop was presented at Boston Latin School where Deeth Ellis, Head Librarian gave a tour of the very busy Keefe Library (grades 7-12).
November 3, 2016 - We had a great session on eBooks. Thanks to all who came! Stay tuned for more information about our next few events.
May 15, 2017- Creative and Enticing Booktalks and Displays for Youth with April Mazza from Massachusetts Library Systems.
June 15, 2017 - We met from 4:00 - 5:00pm to tour the renovated Boston Public Library in Copley Square.
Anna Fahey-Flynn, Collaborative Services Manager was our tour guide.
We met at the renovated Johnson entrance on Boylston St., near the new WGBH studio.
We had a great time seeing all of the wonderful renovations which included a look at the teen and children's spaces, the Kirstein Business Library, and Tech services. We received an overview of the Illiad Interlibrary Loan program, and took a behind-the-scenes look at the digitization lab. Thanks to all who attended!
More Than Words Book Store Warehouse
More Than Words, a job training and youth development program that empowers nearly 350 youth, started in Waltham and recently opened a second store in Boston at 242 E. Berkeley St. This wonderful program helps youth to take charge of their lives by engaging them to take charge of the More Than Words business. We visited the company on March 6, 2019 from 3:30-5:00pm and received a tour given by John Avi Sochi, and arranged by Beverly Eugene-Graham, Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator. Many of us have donated books to More Than Words and were amazed to see how the company operates and how they handle the volume of books that they receive on a daily basis. We highly recommend visiting the E. Berkeley St. bookstore!
Past Events
Visiting the Boston City Archives on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Marta Crilly, Archivist for Reference and Outreach at The Boston City Archives spoke to a group of twelve librarians at the Boston City Archives in West Roxbury. Everyone thouroughly enjoyed her presentation, tour of the archives, and hands-on observation of various types of records including Boston Marathon Bombing mementos. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Marta Crilly would love to have students and librarians visit the Archives! She can be contacted at Marta.Crilly@boston.gov.
"Hosting an Event in Your Library" on Thurs. March 1, 2018 at Fenway High School
A group gathered in the Boston area and after recognizing our four MSLA award winners, we heard rich presentations from librarians sharing their expertise and practical strategies for building collaborative programming. Slideshows are linked below for all to see!
Panelists:
- Presentation from Robin Brenner, Teen Librarian, Public Library of Brookline
- Presentation from Laura Koenig, Children's Services & Presentation from Jess Snow, Teen Services Team Leader, Boston Public Library, Copley Square
- Presentation from Rebecca Coll, Executive Director, Wondermore, on hosting author visits in schools
"Sharing Best Practices: Ideas for Collaboration with Administrators and Teachers"
Have a new principal to inform about your library? Want to entice teachers into collaboration? Have a great year-end report you share with school leaders? Join us to learn about resources and strategies that inform leadership and build successful collaborations with teachers. This session will be informal and focus on sharing best practices. Bring a computer (or borrow one of ours) if you have resources to share, we'll have a projector set up. Most importantly bring one or two of your best ideas or a current challenge you have that the group can help with. This will be a solutions focused meeting. We hope to draw from everyone's toolbox and send you back to school with at least one great new idea, resource or strategy!
Details
Mon. October 29, 2018
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (snacks start at 3:45)
Keefe Library, Boston Latin School
78 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
November 8, 2017 - Stephen Spohn, Resource Sharing Director for the MA Library System (MLS). Stephen spoke about the MA eBook Collection, Axis 360, customizing the “magic wall" and scoping your collection to block particular categories of books for young adults. Steve was accompanied by Tressa Santillo, MLS who also commented on using the eBook collection. The workshop was presented at Boston Latin School where Deeth Ellis, Head Librarian gave a tour of the very busy Keefe Library (grades 7-12).
November 3, 2016 - We had a great session on eBooks. Thanks to all who came! Stay tuned for more information about our next few events.
May 15, 2017- Creative and Enticing Booktalks and Displays for Youth with April Mazza from Massachusetts Library Systems.
June 15, 2017 - We met from 4:00 - 5:00pm to tour the renovated Boston Public Library in Copley Square.
Anna Fahey-Flynn, Collaborative Services Manager was our tour guide.
We met at the renovated Johnson entrance on Boylston St., near the new WGBH studio.
We had a great time seeing all of the wonderful renovations which included a look at the teen and children's spaces, the Kirstein Business Library, and Tech services. We received an overview of the Illiad Interlibrary Loan program, and took a behind-the-scenes look at the digitization lab. Thanks to all who attended!
Awards! - Boston Takes Home 4 Awards! MSLA 2018
Congratulations to Boston Public School Department of Libraries! Four take home 2018 Massachusetts School Library Association awards for excellence. Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School; Morgan Van Clief, Shaw Elementary; Susan Harari, Boston Latin School; Maura O'Toole, The Mather School. Read more about the awards.
Award Winners were recognized by Boston School Committee in May.
Visit the Awards page for more information on each award.
Here's a history of MSLA Awards.
Congratulations to Boston Public School Department of Libraries! Four take home 2018 Massachusetts School Library Association awards for excellence. Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School; Morgan Van Clief, Shaw Elementary; Susan Harari, Boston Latin School; Maura O'Toole, The Mather School. Read more about the awards.
Award Winners were recognized by Boston School Committee in May.
Visit the Awards page for more information on each award.
Here's a history of MSLA Awards.
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2017-Allegra D'Ambruoso, Boston Arts Academy, wins President's Award
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2016 Super Librarian Deeth Ellis with her Awards Expo display: Boston Latin School |
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Reba Tierney wins the Boston area Super Librarian Award in 2015
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Updated: April 1, 2018 Page Editors: Deeth Ellis dellis@maschoolibraries.org and Karen Davidson-Heller kdavidson@maschoolibraries.org