Re: Elementary Library Automation

[Mary Lou Benton <mbenton@RICHLANDONE.ORG>]

Automation makes your media center accessible in ways you never imagined.
Students and teachers can find what they need much quicker and the results
are more relevant. Keyword searching provides opportunities to develop
problem solving and information literacy connections to the real world. The
world of information is expanding to rapidly. It is vital that students
have opportunities to be engaged in activities which connect the curriculum
with the research process. The card catalog is an antique, just like the
Model A Ford. It is a disservice to students and their teachers not to
provide them with the best educational opportunities. Libraries use to have
their books locked up and users had to make requests. Not being automated
keeps a library and its users locked into the past also.
         Checkout, record keeping, report generation etc. is all automated and
information can be gathered quickly which makes operations more efficient
and provides accountability. Systems are using friendly. Users more more
likely to find what they need, circulation will increase and the media
center will be used a whole lot more and can better serve its community.
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> From: Rebecca S. Bare <rsbare@PRAIRIENET.ORG>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Elementary Library Automation
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 6:59 PM
>
> Hello,
>
>         I have a question for elementary school librarians whose
> libraries are automated. For the past year or so, I have been working on
> getting grants to automate my two elementary libraries. I thought I had
> the backing and support of my principals, but today I found out that they
> rate automation a very low priority. My question is, what are the
> advantages of automating that I can tell my principals. Thanks.
>
> Rebecca S. Bare
> Oakwood community School District
> Urbana, IL
> rsbare@prairienet.org
>
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