Target: Concerns about Computer Labs & Libraries

[ODonn247 <ODonn247@EMAIL.MSN.COM>]

Hi Everyone,
I have read the postings in the archives about the computer labs vs. Library
Media Centers and I have several questions relating to this topic. I hope
that you will take a few minutes to share your experiences with me. My
school district is writing a long range tech plan that will finally provide
3 or 4 computers in all the classrooms and new computers in the labs. There
is already a discussion about staffing the labs with full-time Teacher Aides
and the LMS are very concerned about aides providing instruction. Also, the
classrooms and labs will eventually be able to access the Internet, the
Library's OPAC and they will have access to such programs as SIRS Discoverer
and Newsbank (currently available only in the LMCs). The LMCs have been
automated for several years, and we all have Internet access. The Elementary
LMCs have at least 10 computers and at the secondary levels at least 25
computers. Many of the Elementary Libraries also have flexible scheduling.
My questions are for schools that already have all this technology in the
classrooms and labs:
1. Are you seeing more classes/students in the LMCs or are teachers taking
students to the computer labs for research?
2. Are you seeing more teacher/librarian collaboration or are teachers
bypassing you completely?
3. In the labs, who is teaching informational retrieval skills?
4. Has your library budget and/or staff been cut, to help implement the
technology in the classrooms and labs?
5. Are there any other concerns, you would like to share.
I am looking for responses from all grade levels (K-12). Thanks so much for
all your help.

Nancy O'Donnell
Library Media Specialist
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
Kenmore, New York 14217
ODonn247@email.msn.com

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