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  • Welcome
  • Our Mission
  • Our Goals

Welcome to SWRASL!

Southwest Region Association of School Librarians(SWRASL) welcomes you to our web site. We are an organization made up of school librarians, teachers, public librarians, and technology administrators.

We meet twice each year in the months of October and February at various locations around the southwest area of the state. At our meetings we have workshops on topics that are relevant to the area of librarianship or to the teacher/librarian collaboration effort. Our state organization is Missouri Association of School Librarians or MASL.

Our Mission is:

• To promote professional growth and involvement of members

• To encourage communication and cooperation among school librarians

• To foster teamwork with public libraries and other educational agencies

• To increase publicity of positive effects of school libraries

The goals for our organization for 2009-2010 are:

• To increase membership in MASL and SWRASL

• To improve communication with all librarians in Southwest Missouri

• To promote the professional growth and involvement of SWRASL members

• To promote library media center contributions to the school curriculum and school environment through library media specialists

In Circulation - 2010

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Spring Seminar Well-Attended

On Saturday, February 27th, 2010, Southwest Region Association of School Librarians met at Logan Rogersville Primary School. Our hostesses for the day were Karen Rumker, Tiffney Graham, Alison Boyer, Kerri Cox, and Allison Boyer.  The day arrived with sunshine and clear driving conditions. We had 75 registered to attend and started the day with breakfast(donuts provided by Krispy Kreme) and fruit. We then started our workshop sessions. The presenters were great and I appreciate their volunteering to do that for the group. Before  lunch, which was catered by Skinner's B.B.Q, we had a brief business meeting. I brought news from DESE. There will two break-out sessions on the GLE's at MASL this spring. The core data report for this year will only require whole numbers, not Dewey sensitive areas. There are 1014 members of MASL, of which 1/5 of the members are from Southwest District. We then elected our new officers for the 2010-2011 year. Julie Hulbert, President; Teresa Young, Vice-President; Jennifer Burton, Secretary; Nicole Bueno, Treasurer; and Bonnie Eiche, Historian were placed in the office. There will be a meeting of Southwest District this spring at the MASL convention. Check the bulletin board for the room number. The time will be Monday night after the Readers Award Banquet. Please try to drop by and meet our members.


 

MASL Spring Conference

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When: April 18-20, 2010

Where: Tan-Tar-A Resort

The MASL spring conference will be held on April 18-20 at Tan-Tar-A with the theme MISSOURI WONDERS. Early bird registration must be completed by February 1, 2010. Remember school checks must accompany a purchase order. The MASL web site has all the information at http://www.maslonline.org. Retirees donating two or more hours at Spring Conference will receive complimentary conference registration fees.  Upon completing volunteer application,  please note that you are a retired member.

 

2010 Spring Sponsors

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KKDBowtie86Once again we would like to thank Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for sponsoring our Spring, 2010 meeting.