LM_NET: Library Media Networking
Dear LM_NETters
Our junior high school of 570 students has been networked recently; at
the same time the division has provided funds for hardware and a LAN for
information centres in the library. Problems are legion, but the major
one is what appears to be a complete divergence of opinion on what role
the library and its resources should play in the the learning and
teaching of information literacy. Administrtion seems to favour pods of
computers in classrooms and (as far as I can make out) a gradual
withering away of the library media centre. Teachers would like
to have all CD ROMS in their classrooms. Teaching of info. skills now
takes place in co-operation with teachers during x-curricular units. The
library and teacher-librarian (me) are booked almost solidly for research
projects. There is a technology committee, of which I am a member.
What I desperately need are any succinct and cogent arguments which
support the position that the LMC is the appropriate place for learning
to use information and for housing information resources. I have not been
able to get hold of an article which appeared in Educational Technology
called "Building a Nerve Center"...but it sounded relevant. sorry for
the length of this message. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Long live LM_NET!
Cheers,
Val Nielsen
vnielson@minet.gov.mb.ca
LM_NET
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