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 * A conversation with and for Librarians**

What are libraries? What are they going to be? Technology makes some people think that libraries are becoming obsolete. Anything that helps us promote the importance of libraries would be welcome at next year’s NEIT conference. Lea P: DeWitt Wallace Library Power: We need to accept that libraries need to be busy, not always quiet, in order to remain essential. How about gaming in the library? Service, service, service. Always have “yes” attitude. Remember to invite administrators in. Send pictures in Flickr stream. Visit classes for 10-15 minutes. “I want to be the first thought in their brains…I am the resource, I will help, I am the go-to person”. Ask trustees to be library volunteers. Build a virtual library. Add helpful videos on library page: ht use lib. Web page. Do a “library minute” at every faculty meeting to talk about what’s going on. Have a monthly meeting with Head of School. Librarians have different ways of polling students for their ideas, needs etc: surveys, meetings (technology comm.that includes kids, etc.) Patty has gaming in her library; is a big proponent – wants kids not to be playing in isolation. Building games, car games, classic board games, typing games, logic games. Libraries in most of our schools have before and after school programs. Put GN in fiction to promote browsing? Display Playaways…maybe in new book section Book talks. Master the One Minute Book Talk Have faculty meetings in library to bring fac. In. Lea P. has a contract for students who borrow Nooks “Real Men Read” Coaches, kitchen staff, administrators come in and read. World language teachers come in dressed in native costume and read to kids. Jon Scieszka Audrey will email librarians during the year to see what’s on our minds. We need to do an Ignite session next year! There’s a section on the wiki for Hot Topics

For next year: plan a session led by librarian/technology team