1. The purpose of this page is to thoroughly prepare for the responsibilities as librarian as West Bath School. This is also a comprehensive list of information I will need to refer to frequently to do the job. I have not finished this outline yet!
2. Program development: planning, implementation, and evaluation
I will use this toolkit for planning, implementation and evaluation of the library program www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/planningguide/AASL_flyer7.pdf
3. Fact Sheets
3.1. The Community
"West Bath is 1,877 year-round residents, with many more seasonal residents" (http://www.westbath.govoffice.com/)
3.2. The School
"The Town is the home of West Bath School, a Kindergarten through 5th grade elementary school. Most students in grades 6 through 12 attend Bath Middle School, and Morse High School in Bath." (http://www.westbath.govoffice.com/)
There are 137 students enrolled at West Bath School (http://elementaryschools.org/)
3.3. The Media Center
3.3.1. Where located
The media center is located near the entrance to the school.
3.3.2. Size of collection (Follett)
3.3.3. Physical environment: square feet, room(s), light, ventilation, furniture
(picture)
3.3.4. Schematic (diagram)
4. Mission, Vision, Philosophy of a particular media center
5. Statement of priorities (for example: program development, curriculum development, collection development, use, inservice education)
6. Chart comparing the particular media center with state (if any) and national standards.
7. Acquisition of (1) materials and (2) equipment: Policies and routines.
7.1. Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read, etc.
www.maslibraries.org/Resources/Documents/18LibraryDocs.pdf
7.2. Selection Policy Statement
7.3. Selection Tools
www.titlewave.com/
www.ebscohost.com/public/childrens-core-collection
www.maslibraries.org/resources/Documents/Procedures.pdf
7.3.1. Print tools
7.3.2. Online selection tools
7.4. Processing procedures
7.4.1. Preprocessed acquisitions
7.5. Steps in the acquisition of materials and equipment, including ideas for fostering involvement of students, teachers, and administrators
7.6. The professional collection
7.6.1. Policy and procedures
7.6.2. Interlibrary loan
8. Organization of collection: policies and routines
8.1. Automation
8.2. Books, periodicals, AV and computer equipment, web sites, etc.
8.3. Downloading MARC records
9. Maintaining the collection: materials and equipment
9.1. Location and arrangement
9.2. Repairing, rebinding, etc.
9.3. Weeding
Guidelines for weeding:
www.tsl.texas.gov/sites/default/files/public/tslac/ld/pubs/crew/crewmethod08.pdf
9.4. Inventorying
9.5. Policy for equipment maintenance, replacement, etc.
10. Organization for use of the media center
10.1. Plan and procedure: Scheduled and non-scheduled
10.2. Permits and passes
10.3. Hours media center is open
11. Media Center Citizenship
I use classroom management techniques from www.responsiveclassroom.org/ First Six Weeks of School
11.1. Philosophy and policies
11.2. Factors influencing good media center citizenship
11.3. Methods of dealing with good media center citizenship
11.4. Fines, if any
11.5. Lost and damaged media center materials
12. Circulation policies and routines (for books, periodicals, AV materials)
12.1. For teachers
12.2. For students
12.3. Reserve materials: for class use, individual request
12.4. Classroom collections
12.5. Interlibrary loans
12.6. Overdue and lost materials
12.7. Circulation records
13. Curriculum in the media center: What, when, where, how
13.1. Brief statement of media center philosophy in relation to curriculum and instruction
13.2. Brief outline of content included
13.3. Collaboration with the classroom teacher
13.3.1. Scheduling issues
13.3.2. Bringing classes into the media center
13.3.3. Ideas to strengthen collaborative relationships
13.3.4. Tools for collaboration
13.4. Media center orientation: when and how?
14. Students Assistants/Volunteers
14.1. Objectives and policies
14.2. Recruiting, selecting, scheduling
14.3. Training, supervising, and evaluating (where appropriate)
14.4. Duties and activities
14.5. Awards or rewards
14.6. Procedures manual
15. Library advocacy (public relations, publicity)
15.1. Within the school: What, where, when
15.2. Within the community: What, where, when
16. Media Center Budget
In school year 2015-2016, according to Follett, the book budget was over 3,000.
16.1. Amount and sources of funds
16.2. Areas to be provided in the budget
16.3. Factors affecting apportionment of funds
16.4. Policy and procedures in preparing budget
16.5. Sample budget for the school
16.6. Develop a strategy for implementing the budget
16.7. Financial records to be kept (be specific)
17. Reports, statistics, and other communication documents
17.1. Frequency of reports
17.2. Type of reports (include in an appendix a sample, if possible)
17.3. To whom submitted and why (Please keep in mind that reports are essentially communication documents, and they should have a ?chain? effect)
18. Media center/school-community involvement (Keep in mind that the media specialist needs to recognize and respect differences in values and background among students, parents, other teachers, and the community.) In general, you will want to consider opinionnaires, questionnaires, suggestion box, etc. Please include samples, if possible.
19. Indispensable professional media for the media specialist
19.1. Periodicals
19.2. Books
First Six Weeks of School
19.3. Web sites I have referred to before for guidance:
- www.ala.org/aasl/standards/lessons
- www.ala.org/aasl/standards/crosswalk
- elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/
- maslibraries.org/page-1406262?
- www.readwritethink.org/
- www.responsiveclassroom.org/
- rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
- www.pbslearningmedia.org/
19.4. Other
20. Professionalism
21. Legislation, regulations, etc.
21.1. Certification
21.2. Copyright
21.3. Relevant State and federal statutes, for example, ESSA
22. Renovation and Architecture
22.1. List of considerations when designing new media center space
22.1.1. Library layout
22.1.2. Shelving considerations
22.1.3. Technology planning
22.2. Library furnishing vendors
A collection of websites I've used in the past. Here for safe keeping. Links will show up on the homepage or in the lesson plan pages when we are using it for a particular expedition.
Academy of American Poets
Artcyclopedia
Big Universe Learning
Corbis Images
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Info Please
International Children's Digital Library
Library of Congress American Memory Project
Library of Congress American Newspaper Archive
National Geographic Photos
National Geographic Expeditions Atlas
Olga's Gallery
Poetry Foundation
TES Connect
Time and Life Magazine
World Images Database