BCSMA 2005 - 2006 Calendar | Calendars for other years |
Informal Meeting - September 28th, 2005 - 7:00pm
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA | Directions | Minutes |
Feature Program: Banned Books Reading with WXPN's Gene Shea!
Description: Join your BCSMA friends for a wonderful and wonderfully FREE event celebrating Banned Books Week! The Free Library website says..."Celebrate Banned Books Week and support intellectual freedom with WXPN’s Gene Shea as he hosts local artists, musicians, actors, and TV personalities reading from their favorite censored volumes. Presented in cooperation with the American Civil Liberties Union." Interested? Please contact Dee Venuto (609-267-0830) ASAP for the details on this informal "field trip."
Before-Meeting Dinner: Anyone up for a bite to eat before the event?! Please contact Dee Venuto to reserve your seat!
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A beautiful moment...with a beautiful background! BCSMA makes its presence known at the Banned Books Reading. Here, our representatives pose for a picture by the giant mural at the Free Library of Philadelphia. (9/28/2005) |
Meeting - October 27th, 2005 - 4:45pm
Location: NJASL Conference - Cherry Hill Hilton | Membership Info | Conference Info |
Description: Another EMAnj...oops...NJASL conference...another wonderful chance to get together with your BCSMA colleagues! Grab a seat...discuss, evaluate, and brainstorm on what you've seen and heard...and make plans to share your upcoming conference experiences! The informal fun begins in the lounge of the Cherry Hill Hilton at 4:45pm (or as soon as you can get there). Relax, unwind, and make some sense of it all!
IMPORTANT: If you're planning on joining us, please contact Claudia Gifford or Dee Venuto. Not sure if you can be there? No problem! Walk-In's are always welcome!!
Meeting - Week of December 5th, 2005 (Snow Date: yeh, right!)
Location: Moorestown High School Library, Moorestown, NJ | Directions | Minutes |
Feature Program: Destiny and ELMO: Library Automation and AV
Description: Maintaining your collection...providing effective access to your resources...presenting information in that teachable moment...all important issues for any school librarian. We explore the possibilities in this authoritative session. A representative from Follett will be on-hand to provide an in-depth look at the Destiny Resource Management Solution. A representative from Troxell Communications will be displaying the visual power that visual presenters bring to the educational experience. This meeting is jam-packed with good stuff...don't miss it!
After-Meeting Dinner: To Be Determined
Meeting - ( Date: March 8th, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.)
Location: Riverside Public School, 112 E. Washington St. Riverside, NJ | Directions | Minutes |
Feature Program: Norma Blake, State Librarian
Description: We are so pleased and privileged to have Norma present an overview
of state library services and the annual report of statewide projects.
After-Meeting Dinner: Perhaps someone has a suggestion? E-mail me at dvenuto@rvrhs.com
Meeting - May 11th, 2006 - 5:30pm (Cocktails) / 6:00pm (Dinner)
Please note! We are meeting at the Edgewater Park Kove in the Victorian Room.
Location: The Kove, Edgewater Park, NJ | Reservation Form & Directions | Minutes |
Feature Program: Annual Author Dinner with Frank Finale!
Description: Perhaps you and your students have read one of the books in the To The Shore Once More series?! We are excited to announce the series' author, New Jerseyian Frank Finale, will be joining us for the 2006 edition of our Annual Author Dinner! As we'll hear and see during his time with us, Frank's done it all:
Please plan to join us for a wonderful dinner...and an engaging presentation by this New Jersey author, poet, and educator!
NOTE: As always, EVERYONE is invited to join us for our Annual Author Dinner...no matter where you live or work! If you do not receive a reservation form via the BCSMA listserv, please feel free to print and submit our online Reservation Form (available April 2006)...or call Dee Venuto (609-267-0830) for more information.