SLS 5/19/25 - O²CM Bookish Byte

Article: Kids in Charge: Student Library Advisory Board Successfully Runs Three-Day Author Visit

Article: The Truth Behind the Censorship Numbers in the State of America’s Libraries Report

Blog: The Wide-Ranging Positives of Read-Alouds

Blog: ‘Proficiency Days’ Are a Great Way to End the School Year

Blog: Giving Students Meaningful Choices

Article: How Teachers Get Through the Final Weeks of the School Year

Article: How Schools and Businesses Can Work Better Together

Blog: Captivating Crowd-Pleasers | Hi-Lo Series Nonfiction

Article: In SLJ: Solace Through Story: Books about school shootings encourage conversation

Article: Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure

Note: School Library Journal is provided to School Librarians in the O²CM Region.

Note: Edweek.org is provided to all educators in the O²CM Region

Books are to be revealed on Friday, May 23!

In Person Professional Learning

• June 6 - Learn with Jennifer LaGarde
• June 9 - EduProtocols: Student Engagement Made Easy
• June 10 - Pawns and Play: Boards Games in Elementary EDU

Virtual Professional Learning

• Jul 21-Jul 25 - Creative Coding & Storytelling (Free from Elementari)

Elem Listserv: elemlibs@ocmboces.org

MS Listserv: mslibs@ocmboces.org

HS Listserv: hslibs@ocmboces.org

BOB Listserv: bob@ocmboces.org

OPALS Users Group: opalsusers@ocmboces.org

Follett Destiny Users Group: destinyusers@ocmboces.org

Allison Comes

Coordinator of School Library Systems

Heather Turner - School Librarian

Paul Morrell - Systems Librarian

Andrea Viscusi - Media & Online

Bryan Acee - Automation & Interlibrary Loan

Best way to contact: O2CM Help Desk

SLS Help Desk: slshelp@ocmboces.org

Automation: automation@ocmboces.org