Welcome to Bluebonnet 101 To hear the audio part of the webinar, be sure to dial our conference call at

Welcome to Bluebonnet 101

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• Today’s webinar will begin at 3:30pm Central Time, and will last about 1 hour.

Information for Later

• Everyone will receive an evaluation survey after the webinar

• CE Certificates will be available tomorrow, September 13, on the TLA CE web site: www.txla.org/ce

• The recorded webinar will also be available on the CE web site at no cost

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Your Presenters Today

• Martha Edmundson

To Encourage Texas Children to:

• To Encourage Texas Children to:

• • Read more books

• • Explore a variety of current books

• • Develop powers of discrimination

• • Identify their favorite books

September—Continue reading Master List books that were introduced in February. Either review or introduce the Master List books and the TBA Program. Give students and teachers a method of marking their reading.

• September—Continue reading Master List books that were introduced in February. Either review or introduce the Master List books and the TBA Program. Give students and teachers a method of marking their reading.

• September-January—encourage teacher and student participation by video, Book Talk website, Reader’s Theater scripts, storytimes, etc….

• October—The TBA Selection Committee chooses the Master List Books for the following year.

• November (usually the first weekend)—Master List is announced at the Texas Book Festival. That same weekend it is released.

• November after list is announced—begin purchasing Master List titles so they will arrive in time to be read by the librarian and ready to be put in place for check-out by February

• January—choose a day(s) to vote.

• January--continue to encourage reading, begin publicizing the voting date (s). Do voting activities. Vote and send vote totals into the TLA Offices.

• February introduce the new Master List. Begin doing programming with the new titles.

• March or April—TLA Conference. Attend programs sponsored by TBA, go to TBA Luncheon.

Summer—RELAX!

• Summer—RELAX!

• Registration can be done at any time. It is usually easiest to register at the same time each year, but can be done up to the time you send in your votes.

Order DVD online, by mail, in person or by phone ($30)

• Order DVD online, by mail, in person or by phone ($30)

• TBA Video Streaming & Reproduction

• Once payment is received an email will be sent to the individual who placed the order. It will contain the FTP site along with the user name and password necessary to download the file.
• The price structure is as follows:
• $250 - 10 or fewer campuses or copies
• $300 - 11-20 campuses
• $400 - 21-30 campuses
• $500 - 31-40 campuses
• $600 - 41-50 campuses
• $700 - 51+ campuses

Voting is due to the TLA Offices by the last Friday of January by Midnight.

• Voting is due to the TLA Offices by the last Friday of January by Midnight.

• Select a day or days that do not interfere with the school calendar.

• The actually voting can be done in whatever way best suits your set up.

Irving ISD graciously lets Bluebonnet voters use their website. It is made available in early January. That link is:

• Irving ISD graciously lets Bluebonnet voters use their website. It is made available in early January. That link is:

• www.irvingisd.net/bluebonnet

Final tallies for each title are all that are sent in—not all votes.

• Final tallies for each title are all that are sent in—not all votes.

• For snail mail, the tally sheet is on the website.

• Vote tallies are usually sent electronically. All instructions are detailed on the Voting resource page.

• Electronic voting does not send you votes into the TLA Offices.

The winner is usually announced several days after votes are due.

• The winner is usually announced several days after votes are due.

• www.txla.org/TBA-committees

Brought to you by…

• TBA Chair Martha Edmundson

• Dr. Laura Sheneman

• Dixie Allen

• Cindy Boatfield

• Amy Fuller

• Amy Louthan

• Allison Wilson

• Aundrea Wright-Young

Brought to You by…

• Texas Library Association

• Nan Ellis, Registration Coordinator
• Mary Ann Emerson, TLA Webmaster
• Gloria Meraz, Director of Communication
• Ileah Hirschy, Membership & Meetings Associate
• Julie Serafini, Programs & Events Assistant
• Patricia Smith, Executive Director
• Ted Wanner, Continuing Education Specialist

• Special Thanks to ReadyTalk.com

Please remember…

• Continuing Education Certificates may be printed tomorrow, Sept. 13, on the TLA CE web site: www.txla.org/ce

• Recordings will be available on the same site

• Please complete the evaluation survey following the webinar

For more information on TLA webinars:

• For more information on TLA webinars:

• Ted Wanner

• TLA Continuing Education Specialist

• [e-mail]

• www.txla.org/ce

• 512-328-1518 / 800-580-2852