Re: school library trends

["Anderson, Julie LHS-STAFF" <AndersonJ@ISSAQUAH.WEDNET.EDU>]

> Please complete the following statements:
> 1.    Students mainly come to the media center to .......

Do research with their classes, read their email and surf the net at lunch
or before or after school, have a relatively calm place to read and/or study


> 2.    My greatest challenge in providing library media services is...

to get students to realize that print materials still have value.  I've had
some success this year, but only when teachers *require* their students to
begin with print sources and take notes from them before they can use the
computer.  This makes them more focused on the computer as well.

> 3.    If finances were no problem I would make these changes in the
> media center....

Better more up to date reference collection (print), more online
subscriptions (such as Discovering Authors, Facts on File's Science on File,
etc.), more science fiction and fantasy books for my avid readers!,
Accelerated Reader training for my special ed teachers

Julie Anderson, Librarian
Liberty High School, a National Blue Ribbon School
Renton, WA
(425) 837-4901     andersonj@issaquah.wednet.edu

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