MSLA Region: Southeast
Southeast Co-Director: Sue Larson
Seekonk High School
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Southeast Co-Director: Colleen Simpson
Gates Middle School, Scituate
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Welcome, Southeast members!
We are so glad you are MSLA members. Please reach out to us anytime with questions or suggestions for local professional development. If you are interested in hosting an event or have topic ideas for the 2023-24 school year please let us know.

Library Trends/Topics:
Cases of book challenge are on the rise, do you have a current policy?  If not try modifying this template from the American Library Association.

PAST EVENTS

​December 10, 2019, 4:00pm - 6:00pm - Foxborough High School - Statewide Databases Training for School Libraries: What's New With Gale?
Stacey Knibloe, Gale's super trainer, gave a fantastic refresher about the Gale Databases available to us. She walked us through the massive updates and new changes that were made during the summer (and that will continue to happen throughout this year), and helped us to learn new tips and tricks to successfully teach these tools to our students. ​
2018-2019
December 11, 2018, 4:00pm - 6:00pm - Plymouth North High School
​On the Road with Gale: Refreshing! ​
Stacey Knibloe, a Gale trainer from MLS, gave a fantastic refresher about the Gale Databases available to us as Massachusetts school librarians. She walked us through the updates and new changes that were made during the summer, and help us to learn new tips and tricks to successfully teach these tools to our students. 



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April 3 2019, 4:00-6:00 pm - Foxborough High School 
Video Production in a SNAP!
Rachel Barrett, the School Librarian at Foxborough, showed us the open source tech tools that she used to create a video program in her library. We toured her space, learned some tips and tricks, and had hands-on experience with Adobe Spark, Flipgrid, and other open source video software. 
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Gale Training with Stacey Knibloe at Foxborough High School
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Gale Training with Stacey Knibloe at Plymouth North High School
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Gale Training with Stacey Knibloe at Norton High School
2017-2018
​Tuesday, February 27, 4:30 - 6 pm at Norton High School & Thursday, March 1, 4:30 - 6 pm at Barnstable High School 
Stacey Knibloe, a Gale trainer from MLS, gave us another fantastic refresher about the Gale Databases available to us as Massachusetts school librarians. She also walked us through the new March updates and changes, and a new way to view our database statistics. Thank you so much for hosting, Jen and Sharon!

Thursday, November 2, 4 - 6 pm at Silver Lake Regional High School 
Stacey Knibloe, a Gale trainer from MLS, gave a fantastic refresher about the Gale Databases available to us as Massachusetts school librarians. She also walked us through the updates and new changes that were made during the summer and ways to find similar information on databases no longer available to us. Thank you so much for hosting, Linda!

​2016-2017
Wednesday, September 28, 4 pm - 6 pm at Avon Middle High School
19 of us gathered to learn about the state Ebook collection from Tricia London from Avon Middle High School and Steve Spohn from MLS. Thank you so much for hosting, Tricia!

Monday, November 28, 4 - 6 pm at West Bridgewater Middle - Senior High School
Superintendent Dr. Patty Oakley shared why and how to build a social presence for your library through the use of Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for hosting, Jen Thomas!

Thursday, February 2, 3 - 5 pm at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
Steve Spohn from MLS will share the ins and outs of the state eBook system. Thank you for hosting, Melinda Adams!

Tuesday, March 7, 4:30 - 6 pm at Sharon High School
We will take a field trip to Sharon High School's MakerSpace with the MassCUE MakerSpace SIG. This is the same day as Library Legislative Day; why not do both and have a super library day! Thanks for hosting, Cathy Collins!

Awards!
Visit the Awards page for more information on each award or to nominate someone.
Here's a history of MSLA Award Winners.

2021 JUDI PARADIS ACTION GRANT:                                               ​
2021 SERVICE AWARD:                      ​
Supports library programming
making a positive impact ​
on a ​library program and/or
​school culture.

​Jennifer Edwards
Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School
READ MORE about Jennifer
 Recognizes school  librarian dedication at state/national level.



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Carrie Tucker
E. Bridgewater ​Jr.-Sr. High School
​READ MORE about Carrie
2021 ​ELLEN BERNE PATHFINDER: Celebrates innovative school library programming. 
​Carrie Mathias
​Silver Lake Regional High School​
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Updated: September 26, 2023    Page Editors: Sue Larson [email protected] and Colleen Simpson [email protected]