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Christine, Our school has one class per grade and no media center in the building. First our county library is excellent and it has a branch two blocks down the road from the school so that the students could walk to it. The librarians there are helpful and will order special books from the main branch or branches if the class is doing a research project. She tries to make the times our visits interesting. The down side of using the public library is the students are not taught the library skills they will need when they get into the older grades. At times when the Liberian is reading a story the class is interpreted because someone from the public will come in to look for a book or start talking to someone at the fount desk. Also, one of the responsibilities of a media center is to alien itself with the school's curriculum where public school library does not. In a school media center the media specialist could extend the classroom settings. I am not sure if the public library could handle X amount of classes each week. I hope this helps. Fran Maye Special Education Teacher & NJCU Graduate Student JoyTBear@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Christine Lyon Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:51 AM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: GREET: Looking for opinions about eliminating school libraries for public libraries. Hi,My name is Christine Powers and I'm new to the list. I am a graduate student working towards my M.Ed as a media specialist. The state where I go to school is making radical changes to their education system. One of the ideas presented is eliminating school libraries and creating a new system with the public libraries. I am looking for opinions about whether this works or not. Has anyone tried this? Has it succeeded or failed? As school librarians how do feel about the idea of public libraries taking over your role? I would greatly appreciate any response for or against this idea and especially if you have been in a situation where this has occurred. Thank you, Christine PowersLibrary Assistant/Phillips Exeter Academychristinerlyon@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-