(Fwd) New national guidelines for school

[MARILYN MILLER <MILLERM@DEWEY.UNCG.EDU>]

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Subject:  New national guidelines for school library media programs
Date:     Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:17:53

The AASL National Guidelines Committees have begun work on developing
new guidelines.  The Vision Committee charged with writing the
document is beginning the writing process this week-end.  There will
be two major parts to the Guidelines:  one part will be an updating
of Information Power.  The second part will focus on strategies and
models that will help SLMS and other educators create integrated
learning experiences that recognize the latest in learning theory and
pedagogy.  The overall document is described in the following
consensus summary approved by the Executive Boards of both AASL and
AECT.

                         Vision Committee
                        Consensus Summary
                             July, l995

  "The new guidelines will be student centered and designed to foster
the development of a learning community.  They will delineate the
relationships of information use to the content/process standards of
other disciplines.  They will be tied to research in teaching,
learning, and information studies.  They will identify the
collaborative and leadership roles of the library media specialist in
a changing world.

The following statements highlight the points of consensus reached by
the Vision Committee and endorsed by the Implementation Committee.
The guidelines will:
  *provide a dynamic definition of the field into the next century.

  *include a broad statement of philsophy that reflects the voices of
   the many constituencies served by school library media programs.

  *describe the relationship of information use to the achievement of
   standards identified by the various disciplines.

  *focus on the school library media program with an emphasis on
   multiple resources and global connections.

  *emphasize the evolving role of the library media specialist as an
   instructional collaborator

  *emphasize the role of the library media specialist as an essential
   member of the school's leadership team.

At this time, the Vision Committee is seeking information from the
field relative to the updating of Information Power.  The following
questions may help to focus your comments:

1.  What are the strengths of Information Power? Of these, which are
key components to an updated Information Power?

2.  What currently in Information Power needs to be dropped from an
updated version and why?

3.  What not currently in Information Power needs to be added and why?

4.  Any additional comments

We would appreciate your comments.  Please forward them to me or
share them with the list.  An open discussion might be helpful to all.
I will be synthesizing responses and forwarding that synthesis to the
Vision Committee.

Marilyn Miller
Coordinator National Guidelines Committees