davidloertscherinfosite

at the Gilmary Diocesan Center
near the Pittsburgh PA airport
get directions and telephone numbers from www.gilmarycenter.org

This topic can be interpreted very broadly to include the building of understanding through reading, collaboration, information literacy or technology. The paper can be a research report, a report of an action research project, or a reflection on program efforts to increase understanding by a thoughtful practitioner.

An intent to submit a paper should be communicated to David Loertscher at davidl@slis.sjsu.edu and is due in final format no later than September 1, 2005. Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format should use any style manual with which the writer is comfortable. Assume that your paper will be published in the form you submit, so include graphs, charts, tables, or illustrations in the body of the paper. The editor, David V. Loertscher, will screen the papers for appropriateness and quality of content before accepting the paper for publication. The paper should contain title, author and body of the paper plus references and should contain on an accompanying page, permission to publish in the proceedings. Publications in these proceedings does not prclude publication in any other publication. Papers should be copyrighted by the author in the footer of the first page and contain contact information for the author. Proceedings will be available at the conference to all participants and will be available for purchase on www.lmcsource.com after the conference. You need not attend Treasure Mt. to be able to publish in the proceedings. If you have questions about the appropriateness of your topic, contact David Loertscher at davidl@slis.sjsu.edu for advice.

Dr. Allyson Zmuda
Cadre Member,
Understanding by Design (of ASCD, Grant Wiggins, and Jay McTigue)

Other presentations:
Results of the Ban Those Bird Unit Action Research Project
Update of Research by Ross Todd and Keith Curry Lance
Sharing Research by conference participants
General 24-hour brain drain, thinking, and reflection usually present at every Treasure Mt. Research Retreat

What happens at Treasure Mountain? Treasure Mt. isa gathering of researchers and practitioners to discuss the research and application of that research to school library media programs. The group meets most often in connection with the AASL national conference but also at other times. News of research and other information are handled through a Blackboard course - Treasure Mountain Online - which anyone can belong to by emailing David Loertscher at davidl@slislsjsu.edu Treasure Mt. has unofficial ties to the AASL Research Committee, and charges minimal amounts to attend or participate in its gatherings. Papers for the retreat are published by Hi Willow Research & Publishing and are available from www.lmcsource.com

1. Email Dave Loertscher at davidl@slis.sjsu.edu and tell him: "I am coming to Treasure Mountian and have mailed my deposit to Hi Willow." Then immediately send a check payable to Hi Willow Research and Publishing for $35.00 to hold your seat to:

Hi Willow Research and Publishing
312 South 1000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102-2411

2. Pay the balance owed by Oct. 1 to Hi Willow Research and Publishing at the above address.

3. What are the costs of the conference? There is no fee for the conference itself, but there is a cost for lodging and meals. Here is the breakdown of those costs:

Registration form should include:

$102 two nights stay, Oct. 4-5*
$70 one nights stay, Oct. 5**
$50 housing on your own**

*breakfast, lunch, dinner, breakfast, lunch
**lunch, dinner, breakfast, lunch

4. Questions: are to be addressed to:
Dave Loertscher: 801-532-1165 or davidl@slis.sjsu.edu
Cell phone: 801-755-1122

The conference will be held in a facility five minutes for the airport. A shuttle ($5 each way) is available. More details later. Directions for driving are on the Gilmary website at: www.gilmarycenter.org

Treasure Mountain History

The first "Treasure Mountain" research retreat was created in 1989 by David Loertscher, Blanche Woolls, and Philip Turner. Their dream was to provide researchers in the field of school library media studies an opportunity to share their research, gather ideas, and interact with practitioners "in the field." Involving library professionals in the retreat was thought to be key in ensuring that basic research could produce benefits and applications with meaning and value for school librarians.

Named after the famous Treasure Mountain in Park City Utah where early miners dug a 200 foot hole and extracted $2million in silver, the conference was health at Treasure Mountain Inn overlooking the mountain. Treasure Mountain Research Retreat has no formal organization, has no official connection to AASL (but often meets before its national conferences), and has always tried to run its operation on a shoe string so that most folks could afford to attend. .

Each of the seven TM retreats has had a theme; these included:

1989: The Research of School Library Media Centers, TM I October 1989 (Park City, UT)
1991: Information Literacy, TM II June, 1991 (Atlanta GA)
1992: Researcher Practitioner Partnerships: Applying Qualitative Methodologies to School Settings, TM III October, 1992 (Annapolis MD)
1993: The Power of Reading: The effect of Libraries and Reading Promotion on Reading Competence, TM IV June, 1993 (New Orleans, LA); December 1993 (New Brunswick, NJ)
1997: Future Scenarios for School Library Media ProgramsTM V November, 1994 (Nashville, IN)
1997: Instructional Interventions for Information Use TM VI March/April 1997 (Portland Or)
1999: TM VII AASL Birmingham
2000: Treasure MT VIII January 2000 (San Antonio, TX)
2001: TM IX Information Rich Environments (Nashville, IN)
2002: TM X Treasure Mountain Institute at the ELMS (Excelsior Springs, MO)
2003: TM XI Evidence-Based Practice (Kansas City, MO)

Conference Papers or summaries of papers for Treasure Mountain retreats I-VI have been published by Hi Willow Research and Publishing and School Library Media Annual (vols: 10-13).