Meeting Medness

["Mary M. Lough" <mlough@RADFORD.VAK12ED.EDU>]

I have just gotten back onto LM_NET.  So, I have no background
of the "meeting madness" discussion.  For myself, my principal
doesn't ask to use the facility often during the day.  However,
once a year - this week- the elementary principals meet in our
Media Center.  I'm always pleased, because of the welcome
comments about our very nice library media center.

Thank you Ken Haycock for your wonderful remarks.
I hope you (librarians) read them.  Points well taken.

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> Does anyone else find the discussion about dealing with administrators
> mildly offensive? There has been an astonishing array of how I socked it
> to the insentive and intolerant principal, everything from whining to
> sarcasm to full frontal confrontation.
> If you are being hard done by, perhaps your administrator doesn't
> understand your position on this issue. Whatever happened to: "I have a
> concern here, Barry, that I'd like to discuss with you. I am happy to
> accommodate your needs, to be flexible and to have the opportunity to show
> off our facility, but these meetings are starting to impair the program
> and student learning. When can we talk about it?" Is anything gained by
> sarcastically suggesting that only WE have concern for students and
> principals have none? Is this why we get the reputation for being real
> BAGS [sandbags?] when it comes to flexibility? Maybe this is the place for
> reason over passion...
>
>
> Ken Haycock
> School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
> The University of British Columbia
> 831-1956 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z1
> Voice: 604-822-4991  Fax: 604-822-6006
> Internet: haycock@unixg.ubc.ca
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Mary M. Lough, Media Specialist, Margaret Beeks Elementary
709 Airport Road, Blacksburg VA  24060  703-951-5700(w)
mlough@radford.vak12ed.edu