Calling all Communication Coordinators! This is a final reminder that all remaining database and CCD orders are due to Nancy no later than December 1, 2022. Please reach out to Nancy with any questions.

Quick Reference for Direct Links to Digital Content

Sharing a direct link to content that magically works without logging in--that is the dream of any teacher looking to share a database article or ebook with students. Some platforms have a method for direct links. Some do not. The Quick Reference doc will help you navigate some of the more common ones. When in doubt, prompt your kiddos to access a database via library.fyi, and then a direct link should work after that. Or share the direct link in your closed classroom platform (Google Classroom, Schoology, etc) along with the username and password. Feel free to email Karin with any questions.

We are constantly adding to our professional collection, and these days, most of our new purchases are in Sora. Browse our professional collection here, or check out the curated ribbons in Sora. Don't see what you're looking for? Ask SLS! We can try to borrow it via ILL, or potentially add it to our collection.

NY Reads is an add-on collection in Sora, available all the time, with no holds and no waiting.

• New York Reads, Adult
• New York Reads, Young Adult
• New York Reads, Juvenile

Click the link to the Upcoming Professional Development S'more below to see what we are offering this Fall. This has been updated with a Newsela offering in March that would be great for librarians as well as content area teachers so please feel free to share.

Unless otherwise stated in the Frontline description, all workshops will be held in person this year. We will follow WSWHE BOCES and health department guidance at the time of each workshop. If there is a need to go virtual, participants will be notified as soon as possible.

WSWHE BOCES School Library Services provided scholarships to librarians to attend the NYLA Statewide Conference. Please see below for a wealth of information that might help you too.

Sheila McIntyre, Ballston Spa CSD

Alexandra Gibson, Whitehall CSD

We are looking for news to share with the region about what's happening in your library. Did you spruce up a section of your library? Complete a recent genrefication and/or weeding project? Have a display or event that went well? If you answered yes to any of these questions or have something else you'd like to share, send us a short (1-2 paragraphs) write up along with a couple pictures and we will feature it here.

Kerrie Burch, School Library System Director

Karin Howansky, School Library Media Specialist

Nancy Babbitt, Databases, Budgets, General Information

Deb Massa, Information Processing Specialist