Tahoe Library Coalition

Nevada Library Association Conference 2011

Betts Markleemarkle@sierranevada.edu

Pam Rasmussen prasmussen@washoecounty.us

Rachel Wright rwright@ttusd.org

Tahoe Facts:

The highest alpine lake in the U.S. and the second largest alpine lake in the world

Towns of Tahoe include: Tahoe City, Incline Village, Truckee, Kings Beach, Squaw (Olympic) Valley, Alpine Meadows, South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Vista, Carnelian Bay, Crystal Bay, Brockway, Homewood, Tahoma, Meeks Bay, Meyers, Stateline, and Zephyr Cove.

States: California and Nevada

Average Snowfall: 415 inches

TLC Facts:

Eight Tahoe Libraries— public and private K-12 schools, Incline Public Library, and Sierra Nevada College

Monthly meetings

Provides professional support

Creates opportunities to share resources

Collaborates to provide community cultural , literacy and technology programs

Bi-annual book sales

Grant partnerships

Tahoe Library Coalition Nevada Library Association 2011

The Libraries2011

Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NVlibguides.sierranevada.edu/library

Betts Markle, Librarian

Incline Village Library, Incline Village, NVhttp://www.co.washoe.nv.us/library/incline_village.html

Pam Rasmussen, Managing LibrarianAmy Levy, Program Services Librarian

North Tahoe Schools 4-12, Tahoe City, CAhttp://nths.ttusd.org/?PageName=%27Library

Rachel Wright, Librarian

Incline High School 9-12, Incline Village, NVhttp://www.inclinehs.org/index.php/academics/library

Shelah Brown, Librarian and Milly Corneil, Assistant Librarian

Tahoe Expedition Academy Pre-K- 8th, Kings Beach, CA

http://www.tahoeexpeditionacademy.com/index.html

Jess Larabee, Librarian

Other Participating Libraries

• Incline Elementary School, Incline Village, NV

• Incline Middle School, Incline Village, NV

• Lake Tahoe School, Incline Village, NV

TLC History

• The idea stemmed from the vision of three community members to form a lake-wide coalition of libraries which would support literacy efforts and share opportunities and resources.

• First meeting of librarians, Spring 2008

• Sierra Nevada College hosted two librarian luncheons, 2008 & 2009

• Currently hold monthly meetings rotating locations

TLC Provides Professional Support

• We get to know each other’s areas of expertise.

• We become familiar with each other’s library resources.

• We share our professional challenges with each other.

• We show our community we are connected but unique.

Cultural, Literacy and Technology Programs

The Future of The Coalition