TCB• GSLIS Alumni board panel on “A Career
in Library and Information Science: Strategies, Choices, and Insights: a panel and networking event– Thurs. Oct. 19 6-8PM– $5.00 register at GSLISW office
• Guest Speakers• Field trip Oct. 28th to ARHS
More “stuff”
• Goody bag of books to borrow
• Educational Lexicon
• “What teachers should know and be able to do” article
• Library survey
More on reading
“My question is who (or what committee) decides upon the books to be included in the Accelerated Reader Program? Does anybody ever read more than the book jacket blurbs…?”
Snippets from the real world
• Health project topics• Hiring process hoops
– New library– 60’s research
• Cataloging question Sears v LC• Another question, friends,
I'm sure this will open a can of worms because there are many thoughts on this issue, but have any of you tried shelving your fiction section by genre, like they do in bookstores? What have been the results? Do more books get taken out? How have you managed the problems this has raised?
Today’s class agenda
We have read the standards, studies, mission statements, guidelines, ethics, visions, philosophies and goals for school library media centers.
Now, let’s figure out what they look like and how to make them work.
SLMPY Criteria #1
…how well the mission of the library media program is integrated into the mission, goals and objectives, and long range plans of the school and community in which it is located
SLMPY Criteria #3
…the degree to which the program implements the concepts of planning and partnership as described in Information Power.
Model programs
• Downers Grove South High School, Downers Grove, Ill.
• Downers Grove North High School
• Lois Lenski Elementary
• Henry M. Brader Elementary
Program evaluation examples
• Collecting the Data: Templates and Resources for the School Library Media Specialist
• Everhart• Colorado Dept. of Ed.• Maine Assoc. of School Libraries• New York State Dept. of Ed.• Kids First, New Haven, Ct.
Next week
• Collection development, acquisition, organization– Look for and post info on circ/cat systems
• Suggestions for program papers based on posted outlines – collaboration in action
• Guest speaker – bring your questions
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