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- Saturday, May 1st, 1999 UW Outreach Bldg., Casper, Wyoming
Joint Spring Section Meeting (CYA and SSLMP)
Topic: “Information Power Overview and structure for Creating an IP Plan” by Joie Taylor, Region IX Director for AASL
Participants agreed that there was need to form a task force to create Wyoming’s Information Power Implementation Plan.
- Monday, August 9th, 1999 UW Outreach Bldg., Casper, Wyoming
Topic: First Task Force Meeting to create framework of implementation plan
Ten WLA members attended.
Rough draft of implementation plan completed.
- August/September, 1999
Refinement of Information Power Implementation Plan by advisory group participants
- Saturday, October 16th, 1999 Central High School, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Topic: Overview of Information Power and Information Literacy by Jan Segerstrom
Topic: Hands-on workshop for integrating current content standards and classroom units
with national information literacy standards by Betsy Losey
Topic: Needs Assessment for workshop participants
- November-January, 2000
Review of needs assessment by Information Power Advisory
Group—formation of additional goals, objectives, and activities
- May 5th, 2000 Holiday Inn, Casper, Wyoming
Spring Section Meetings of School and Children's Sections & Information Power Planning Meeting.
- May, 2000 Passing of state legislative bill that would provide the State Library with $250,000 in funding to create a Statewide Licensed Database that every citizen of Wyoming can access for FREE! This includes the school libraries.
- June 25-27, 2000 Lincoln County School District #1, Kemmerer, Wyoming -- Big6 Presentation by Bob Berkowitz for LCSD #1 staff and visiting librarians from surrounding areas
Topic: Using Big6 for Problem Solving
- July 20-21, 2000 UWCC, Casper, Wyoming -- 1 Hour Graduate Credit Course
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Library Media Center (ITEC)
Participants had an overview of Information Power and the transformation of traditional libraries into library media centers of the 21st century. They also learned how to use the Big6 Information Processing Model in their libraries as well as in the classroom for information investigation projects. Along with computer lab time to explore numerous reference databases, there were also teacher/librarian collaboration strategies provided. 20 librarians and one teacher from across the state participated in this 2-day course taught by Jan Segerstrom as a UW/Casper College Outreach Course. Hopefully this course can be offered numerous more times throughout the school year.
(19 librarians and 1 teacher participated in the course.)
- August 10th, 2000 UW Outreach Building, Casper, Wyoming – Information Power Action Plan Meeting
Topic: Revise Wyoming Information Power Implementation Plan
Topic: Prioritize Action Plan Goals (1) State School Library Survey (2) K-12 Information Literacy Curriculum Guidelines (3) Research (Information Processing) Handbook/Building a Power Library
Topic: Design Action Plans
- August 11th, 2000 UW Outreach Building, Casper, Wyoming – State Resource Sharing Council
Topic: Set goals of council
Topic: Sub-Committee Meetings
Created a new sub-committee that is committed to the implementation of Information Power. Members include Shelly King, Jan Segerstrom, Lesley Boughton, Lynette Anderson,, Ada Howard, and Brian Greene. One new objective was written for this sub-committee: submit a proposal to the Dept. of Education for the creation of a liaison between the State Library and the Dept. of Education.
- September 20-23, 2000 Holiday Inn, Riverton, Wyoming -- Wyoming Library Assoc. Fall State Conference
Topic: IP2 Advisory Group meeting to review the process of survey and complete the writing of the Train the Trainer objective and select WYLD IP2 support teams and trainees
Topic: “Build It and They Will Come : Building a “Power Library” (1.25 hr.presentation)
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Media Center (4-hour workshop)
- October 5-6, 2000 Casper, Wyoming – WIC (Wyoming Interdisciplinary Conference)
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Media Center (1.5 hr. presentation) for social studies and science teachers (Jan Segerstrom & Ruth Hanks)
- October 16, 2000 WSSPA (Wyoming Secondary School Principals Association)
Topic: Overview of Information Power and Information Literacy : Effect Upon Student Achievement
- October 27-28, 2000 Arapahoe/Ft. Washaki School District (Fremont County)
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Media Center (ITEC 4340-60 UW Outreach Course)
- November 16-17, 2000 WSBA (Wyoming School Boards Association)
Topic: Overview of Information Power and Information Literacy
- November-December, 2000 Distribution of the School Library Media Surveys statewide
- January 12-13, 2001 Teton County School District #1 (Jackson, WY)
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Media Center (ITEC 4340-62 UW Outreach Course)
- March 6th, 2001 WYCOT Training (Albany and Laramie Counties, LCCC, Cheyenne, WY)
Topic: Information Literacy & the Big 6 Information Process Model
- April 23rd, 2001 Platte County District #2 (Guernsey-Sunrise School 7-12)
Topic: The Big 6 & Resource Evaluation
- May 11 -12, 2001 Spring SSLMP Mini Conference, Casper, Wyoming, Information Power Informative Meeting 9:30-11:45 A.M.
Topics: NSSE new student evaluation rubic for 9 National Information
Literacy Standards, examples of K-12 curriculum changes, examples of a
district having an information access standard in language arts K-8,
information about “resource evaluation,” Movie Licensing USA, and
education opportunities.
- August 2 & 3, 2001 WYCOT funded --UW Outreach 1 graduate credit
(nondegree) course, Cheyenne, Wyoming (open to all librarians, teachers,
and technology instructors in the state)
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Library Media Center : Using the Big6
to Teach Information Literacy (Enrichment 5959)
- August 6 & 7, 2001 Co-sponsored funding, Casper, Wyoming (open
enrollment to all librarians, teachers, technology instructors in the
state)
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Library Media Center : Using the Big6
to Teach Information Literacy (Enrichment 5959)
- August 8 & 9, 2001 LSTA funded, Casper, Wyoming (open
enrollment to all librarians in the state)
Topic: Research in the 21st Library Media Center : Building an
Information Power Library
- August 16 & 17, 2001 Lincoln Co. School District #1, Kemmerer,
Wyoming
Topic: Research in the 21st Century Library Media Center : Using the Big6
to Teach Information Literacy (Enrichment 5959)
- September, 2001 Wyoming Library Association State Conference,
Cody, Wyoming
Topic: Information Power Implementation Plan Goal Setting for 2002
Topic: Dr. Michael Eisenberg, Co-Creator of the Big6™ information
problem-solving model.
- April 12th & 13th, 2002 Spring Meeting for SSLMP and Children’s Sections
of the WLA, Riverton, Wyoming
Topic: Information Power Discussion Group
Topic: Book Reviews by Montana Book Company
- May 6, 2002 “Research in the 21st Century” BER Seminar in Salt Lake City,
UT by Pamela Berger, consultant, past high school teacher at Bryam Hills
High School, Armonk, N.Y. and publisher of the Information Searcher
Newsletter.
Topic: “21st Strategies for Strengthening Your School Library Program”
- June 13, 14, & 15, 2002 University of Wyoming 2-hour graduate credit
course taught by Jan Segerstrom, Library Media Specialist, Jackson,
Wyoming, held at Casper Community College, Casper, Wyoming
Topic: “Information Power III: If You Build It, They Will Come”
Topic: “Now You’ve Built It and Too Many Want to Come! Managing the
Monster You’ve Created.”
- August 5 & 6, 2002 Big Horn Basin Regional Technology Conference,
Northwest Community College, Powell, Wyoming
Topic: Research in the 21st Century” UW 1-hour graduate credit course
taught by Jan Segerstrom
- August 7 & 8, 2002 Cyber Tech Camp, Arapahoe Schools, Wyoming
Topic: Research in the 21st Century” UW 1-hour graduate credit course
taught by Jan Segerstrom
- August 14 & 15, 2002 Sweetwater School District #1 & BOCES, Rock
Springs, Wyoming
Topic: Research in the 21st Century” UW 1-hour graduate credit course
taught by Jan Segerstrom
- September 19-21, 2002 WLA Fall Conference Information Power Meeting, 1:30-3:30 PM, Parkway Inn, Casper, Wyoming
Topics: Information Power Goal Setting, Creation of the SSLMP online resource handbook, and "21st Century Research Strategies in the Library" by Pamela Berger, NYC library media specialist and consultant.
- April 4 & 5, 2003 SSLMP & Children's Sectional Spring Combined Meeting, Holiday Inn, Casper, Wyoming
Topics: Intellectual Freedom, Fiction and Nonfiction booktalks, planning of Information Power Summer Workshop agenda.
- August 6-9, 2003, Information Power IV Summer Workshop, Casper Community College, Casper, Wyoming
Topics: Information Power Review, WYLD database presentation (Chris Van Burgh), Sharing of K-12 information literacy scope and sequence lessons, copyright policy, teacher-librarian collaboration, book challenges, current literature update, library advocacy, and measuring student achievement. Two special guest speaker sections led by Cheryl Schroeder from the State Department of Education and a representative from the Wedgate Training Office.
- October 2-4, 2003, WLA Fall Conference, Holiday Inn & Sheridan College, Sheridan, Wyoming
Topic: WYLDCat presentation by Chris VanBurgh and continuation of information literacy/library media color-coding of Wyoming Education Standards from the summer Information Power IV workshop. Didn't have time to work on the new Information Power Goals and SSLMP Online Handbook.
- May 1-2, 2004, Spring Section Meeting for SSLMP & Children/Young Adult
sections, Dubois, Wyoming.
Topics: Continued work on the Wyoming Education Standards Integration
Charts for Information & Reading Literacy Skills; discussion of possible
topics for IP Summer Institute, confirmation of dates, place, and guest
speakers.
- August 10-13, 2004, Information Power Summer Institute V, Casper Community
College, Thorson Building, Casper, WY.
Theme: “Teaching Research in the 21st Century, K-12”
Topics: Information Power Review, Wyoming Education Standards, PTSB
visit, information processing models, hands-on exposure to 6-step
information problem-solving model, evaluation of resources, hands-on with
WYLD databases, WedGate Total Reader presentation, UW/CC Center and
library media endorsement timeline discussion, “best books K-12”
discussion, and “pulling it all together.”
- October 13-16, 2004, WLA Fall Conference, Rock Springs, WY.
Topics: Wyoming Education Standards, setting new goals for 2005,
copyright, review of Information Power summary, and further discussion
regarding the library media endorsement. Saturday’s post-conference
featured Ruth Hanks and Nancy English as presenters on “Teacher-Librarian
Collaboration.”
- April 22-23, 2005, Spring Section Meeting for SSLMP & Children/Young Adult
sections, Holiday Inn, Thermopolis, Wyoming
Possible Discussion Topics: Research that supports quality library media
programs, summer programming options, MARC cataloging tips, Pinpoint
interface.
- June/July, 2005, Administration of the School Library Media Center UW
course for 3 credit hours, Casper, Wyoming. LIBS 4340/5340 taught by Jan
Segerstrom, 12 students.
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October 12-14, 2005, MPLA & WLA Joint Fall Conference, Snow King Resort,
Jackson, Wyoming. Topics: What's New in Children's Literature (Peggy
Sharp), Libraries in a Google World (Roy Tennant), Jackson Hole School
LIbrary Tour, Library Research for New College Students, What's New in
K-12 Literature (The Scherrys), SSLMP business meeting, Millennial Users,
Ban Those Bird Units, and Wyoming Reading Awards.
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October 15, 2005, WLA Post-Conference: Hands-On Information Power.
Topics: WYLD database update, Blogging, Total Reader and lexiles, NETS v.
Information Literacy Standards (PAWS testing).
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April 21 & 22, 2006, Spring Section Meeting (SSLMP and Children's plus
Wyoming Reading Association), Casper, Wyoming
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