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The Monroe One BOCES School Library System (SLS) supports 10 public school districts and 15 private schools on the east side of Rochester, NY. It is our mission to provide equal access resource sharing to all students, teachers, and staff and to provide professional development and resources for school librarians.

Link to Monroe One BOCES SLS Website

Genesee Valley BOCES serves 22 rural districts between Rochester and Buffalo.

Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES serves 9 districts on the west side of Rochster, NY.

The Rochester City School district serves approximately 32,000 students in over 80 schools in the city of Rochester.

Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES serves 25 districts between Rochester and Syracuse including, in large part, the Finger Lakes.

                 SLS NewsBlast 2024.04.23

Good News (Almost)!

Novel NY Update – Over the past weekend, the State Legislature approved funding for several library-related projects, most significantly to us, funding for NovelNY.  For next school year NovelNY will exist in its current form (through June 30, 2025).  This is still pending the governor’s signature on the final budget, but our sources give us every indication that is likely in the coming days.  I will reach out with more information once the budget is signed by Governor Hochul.  In the meantime, it looks like we can look forward to access to the current NovelNY resources for next school year.

Your Monroe One School Library Services Team

Monroe One BOCES SLS has purchased additional audiobooks and ebooks for simultaneous use. These titles will be available for one year, and potentially more. This collection holds over 600 elementary titles, and over 170 titles at the secondary level.

Simultaneous use (AKA "Always Available") ebooks/audiobooks are those that can be borrowed by more than one person at a time, so if you want your whole class to read the same book at the same time, this is a perfect solution.

Listing of Monroe One BOCES School Library System's member libraries.

Katie Bertrand
Director of Library, Media Services & the Arts
Phone 585-249-7219
katie_bertrand@boces.monroe.edu

Liesl Toates
Library Media Specialist
Phone 585-383-2215
liesl_toates@boces.monroe.edu

Sally Bailey
Library Automation
Phone 585-383-6601
sally_bailey@boces.monroe.edu

Barbara Born
Electronic Databases
Phone 585-383-6627
barbara_born@boces.monroe.edu

Wendy Petry
ILL and Arts in Ed
Phone 585-383-6623
wendy_petry@boces.monroe.edu