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MAME is the Michigan Association for Media in Education - the statewide association for school library media specialists
"Mentor all, maximize each!"
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 From Carl Harvey, AASL President
On Thursday morning last week, I posted a White House petition about requesting funding and recognition for school libraries in the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. ** It is
easy to sign the petition. You will need to create an account (if you don’t already have one) to be able to sign the petition. The URL for the petition is: http://wh.gov/Wgd In order to get a response from the White House, the petition must get 25,000 signatures by Feb. 4th. As of right now, we're a little over 2,000 which is a great start, but still a long way to go. After you have signed, then please begin to share it with others. Post it online, on blogs, on Twitter, and Facebook. Please use all your communication methods to help get the word out. We need more than the school library community to sign this petition. Anyone over the age of 13 is qualified to sign the petition. Teachers, parents, students, community members are all encouraged to sign the petition. Contact your family and friends and ask them to sign as well. This is a perfect opportunity to spread the word about school libraries by asking them to sign the petition. Thank you, Carl  ISTE Benefits for MAME Members
Because you're a member of MAME, an ISTE affiliate, you are entitled to these special benefits:
- A discount on your ISTE membership: $10 off standard or $30 off premium - Registration for the ISTE Conference at the lowest rate until May 1 - Opportunity to reserve a hotel room with our group at the ISTE Conference; reservations must be made before March 31 (if your group is doing a hotel block) - Invitation to our reception at the ISTE Conference (if you're having one) To take advantage of these things, BE SURE to indicate MAME as your affiliate when you register for the ISTE Conference and/or join or renew your ISTE membership. 2012 Year of the Digital Learner
Michigan is celebrating 2012 as the Year of the Digial Learner, and is a part of the national Digital Learner Day initiative.
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School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next and What's Yet to Come?
Kristin Fontichiaro and Buffy Hamilton have edited a new e-book on school libraries written by school librarians! From Kristin and Buffy:
On behalf of the over 50 authors who contributed to School Libraries: What?s Now, What?s Next, What?s Yet to Come, we are delighted to announce that our crowdsourced eBook is now available for free download. And, better yet, this eBook features the voices of many Michigan librarians and educators. Thanks for doing us proud, authors! You can download the free eBook here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96705 We hope you will enjoy downloading and reading these diverse perspectives on where school libraries are and what school librarians are doing to redefine, stretch, and expand traditional services. Please feel free to share this link with your colleagues, administrators, professional and union organizations, Board of Education members, and more. Help us spread the word and build the conversation about the possibilities of school libraries! We have it available for free download in three formats:PDF for those who want to read it on a desktop/laptop.mobi for those who want to read it on Kindle software or a Kindle device .epub for those who would like to read it on Adobe Digital Editions software, iBooks, Sony Reader, the Bluefire Reader app, Nook, and most other eReaders While you can find the eBook on Smashwords now; in about 2-6 weeks, Smashwords will send it out to the major eBookstores (including Apple?s iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, Sony Bookstore, and others, although Amazon is in negotations) for free distribution. 5 Good Reasons to join MAME
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Address:
Tim Staal
Executive Director
MAME
1407 Rensen Street, Lansing, MI 48910
E-mail:tstaal@gmail.com
Telephone
Office: 517-394-2808
Fax: 517-394-2096
Home: 616-396-4755
Cell: 616-292-6503
