The School Library Media Manager

by Woolls, Blanche

• ISBN13: 9781591586432
• ISBN10: 1591586437
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

The perfect book for teaching the administration of school library media centers. After a brief history of the role of the media specialist, readers learn how to choose a credential program, how to find the requirements for working in each of the 50 states, what to do when looking for and choosing a job, and how to survive the first week in that new position. Chapters then expand on the challenges of the first week, introducing collections, facilities, personnel, and technology. Sections also cover: collaborating with teachers, how to write a proposal, and how to accept leadership responsibilities, including the role of a media specialist in the legislative process.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The School Library Media Center in Today's Global Environment	p. 1
Education in the United States	p. 1
The Education Environment Today	p. 4
Alternatives to Traditional Education	p. 10
The Media Center in the Educational Environment	p. 11
History of School Libraries and Library Media Centers	p. 12
Relationship with Public Libraries	p. 15
Exercises	p. 18
Notes	p. 19
School Library Media Centers Today	p. 21
Collaboration and Integration with the Curriculum	p. 22
Information and Technology/Digital Literacy	p. 22
Information Literacy	p. 23
Technology/Digital Literacy	p. 25
Writing a Technology Plan	p. 26
Online Database Searching	p. 27
Online Public Access Catalogs and Circulation Systems	p. 28
Communications Links	p. 28
Telefacsimile Transmission (Fax) and Internet Access	p. 28
Filtering	p. 29
Local and Wide Area Networks to Wireless	p. 30
Teleconferencing and Distance Education	p. 31
The Role of Library Media Specialists and Critical Thinking Skills	p. 32
A Day in the Life of a High School Media Specialist	p. 34
Exercises	p. 36
Notes	p. 36
Becoming a School Library Media Specialist	p. 39
Preparing School Library Media Specialists	p. 40
Choosing a Library Media Specialist Education Program	p. 44
Obtaining Certification	p. 46
How to Find a Job	p. 47
Continuing Professional Education	p. 49
Recuriting for the Profession	p. 51
Exercises	p. 51
Notes	p. 52
Choosing and Beginning the Job	p. 53
Determining District Administrative Practice	p. 53
Beginning the Job	p. 59
Facility Factors	p. 60
Human Factors	p. 62
Finding Out About Staff	p. 63
Finding Out About Building Administrators	p. 63
Finding Out About Teachers	p. 64
Finding Out About Students	p. 66
Finding Out About Parents	p. 66
Collection Factors	p. 67
Locating Curricular Resources	p. 67
Rules for Circulation and for Use of Computers	p. 68
When the Students Arrive	p. 69
Exercises	p. 71
On the Job: Managing the Media Center Program	p. 73
The Library Media Advisory Committee	p. 74
Strategic Planning	p. 74
Policy Statements and Needs Assessment	p. 75
Objectives	p. 78
Organizing	p. 78
Systematic Feedback and Adjustments	p. 80
Graphic Representations of the Planning Process	p. 80
Flow Charts	p. 81
Extended Projects	p. 81
Scheduling the Media Center	p. 83
Electronic Calendars and Daily Plan Books	p. 86
Leadership and the Library Media Specialist	p. 86
Leading the Planning Process	p. 89
Exercises	p. 90
Notes	p. 91
On the Job: Managing the Facility	p. 93
Rearranging Facilities	p. 96
Remodeling the Facility	p. 99
Planning New Facilities	p. 101
Moving a Media Center	p. 107
Exercises	p. 108
Notes	p. 108
On the Job: Managing Personnel	p. 109
Managing Media Center Staff	p. 110
Job Titles and Job Descriptions	p. 110
Personnel Management Competencies	p. 111
The Role of the Media Specialist in Staffing	p. 112
The Media Specialist as Part of the Teaching Staff	p. 113
The Media Specialist as Leader	p. 113
Securing Qualified Personnel	p. 114
Assigning Job Responsibilities and Motivating Staff	p. 115
In-Service Training	p. 115
Standards of Performance	p. 116
Evaluating Staff	p. 117
Managing with Administrators	p. 118
Managing with Teachers	p. 120
Managing Students	p. 121
Managing Parents and Volunteers	p. 122
Friends of the Library	p. 123
Exercises	p. 123
Notes	p. 124
On the Job: Managing Access to Information	p. 125
Right to Privacy	p. 125
Defending the Right to Access Information	p. 128
Copyright	p. 129
Technology Decisions	p. 130
Integrated Library Systems	p. 131
Building and Maintaining the Resource Collection	p. 132
Circulation of Materials	p. 132
Selecting Materials and Equipment: Format Decisions	p. 133
Selecting Materials	p. 133
Selecting Information from the Internet	p. 136
Selecting Equipment	p. 137
Acquiring Materials and Equipment	p. 138
De-selection of Materials (Weeding)	p. 139
Options for Cataloging	p. 142
Housing the Collection	p. 143
Exercises	p. 144
Notes	p. 144
On the Job: Managing the Budget	p. 145
The Fiscal Year	p. 147
Writing Specifications	p. 149
Cost Accountability and the Media Specialist	p. 150
Writing Proposals to Expand Programs	p. 152
Developing the Statement of Needs	p. 153
Preparing Goals and Objectives	p. 154
Establishing the Plan of Action	p. 154
Planning for Evaluation	p. 155
Deciding the Dissemination	p. 156
Describing Local Resources	p. 156
Building the Budget	p. 157
Additional Considerations	p. 158
Exercises	p. 160
Notes	p. 160
On the Job: Managing Services	p. 161
Understanding Curriculum	p. 162
Analyzing Teaching Methods	p. 164
Assistance with Classroom Assignments	p. 166
Teaching the New Kinds of Literacy	p. 167
The Media Specialist in the Classroom	p. 169
The Media Center as Classroom	p. 169
Media Center Activities	p. 170
Conducting In-Service Training Sessions	p. 173
Exercises	p. 176
Notes	p. 177
On the Job: School Library Media Centers and the Reading Program	p. 179
Ready Access to a Good Book Helps Improve Reading Skills	p. 184
Commercial Reading Incentive and Software Programs	p. 185
Sharing Reading Research	p. 187
Exercises	p. 187
Notes	p. 188
On the Job: Advocacy and the Media Center	p. 189
What to Market	p. 192
How to Market	p. 192
Promotion	p. 196
Preparing Presentations	p. 197
Exercises	p. 198
Notes	p. 199
On the Job: Managing Program Evaluation and Assessment	p. 201
Quantitative Measures	p. 204
Qualitative Measures	p. 205
Appraising the Facility	p. 206
Staff or Performance Appraisal	p. 206
Collection Measurement	p. 208
Administrator's Program Appraisal	p. 210
Contributing to the Education of Students: Assessing Student Learning	p. 211
After the First Year	p. 211
Exercises	p. 212
Notes	p. 212
On the Job: Cooperation, Networking, and Social Networking	p. 215
The Internet and the World Wide Web	p. 216
Embracing New Technologies	p. 219
Electronic Publishing	p. 220
Continuing Access to Information in All Formats	p. 220
Exercises	p. 221
Notes	p. 221
Leadership and Professional Associations	p. 223
Education Associations	p. 225
Library and Media Associations	p. 226
School Library Media Specialists and the Political Process	p. 230
School Library Media Specialists in the Global Community	p. 233
Looking Like a Professional, Making You a Professional	p. 233
Exercises	p. 238
Notes	p. 238
Writing a Technology Plan	p. 239
Sample Letter of Application	p. 241
Questionnaire	p. 243
Presentation of a Five-Year Long-Range Plan	p. 246
For Library Media Center Development	p. 246
Personnel	p. 247
Facility	p. 247
Equipment	p. 248
Budget	p. 248
Travel	p. 249
Equipment	p. 249
Computer Software	p. 250
Collection	p. 250
Volunteers	p. 251
ALA Intellectual Freedom Policy Statements	p. 254
53.1 Library Bill of Rights	p. 254
Note	p. 255
Publications List	p. 256
Budget Information Needed for Grant Applications	p. 265
Sample Letter to Legislator	p. 268
Index	p. 271
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