A group of librarians in our district got together this summer to write a
new Library Media Center Handbook. Our last one was ten years old and really
outdated. We put it in a three-ring binder so that it could be easily
updated.
Here is our outline:
1. Mission/Vision/Goals
2. Flexible Access
a. AASL Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling
b. What is a Flexible Access Library Media Program?
c. Flexible Access in the Library Media Center
3. LMC Staff
a. LMC personnel
b. Substitute procedures
c. Volunteers
d. Job descriptions
e. Evaluation procedures.
4.Operations
a. Opening/closing dates
b. Orientation
c. Circulation
d. North Suburban Library System (URL and password for annual report)
e. Individual building practices (to be added by each librarian)
5. Budget
a. Accounts and account numbers
b. Lost books deposits
c. Federal and state grants
6. Selection Policy
7. Ordering
a. Ordering procedures
b. County film library
8. Processing
a. Steps for entering information into the our database
b. Marking materials purchased from various funds
c. Individual building practices (to be added by each librarian)
9. Collection Maintenance
a. Lost materials
b. Damaged materials
c. Gift materials
d. Weeding
e. Discarded materials
f. Rebinds
g. Inventory
10. Challenged Materials
a. Challenged materials process from the Administrative Handbook
b. Request For Reconsideration of Material form
11. Collaboration
a. What is Teacher/Library Media Specialist collaboration?
b. Collaboration Planning Taxonomy (David Loertscher)
c. How can we help? (handout to give to teachers)
d. Collaborative unit planning sheets
e. Evaluation of collaborative unit
12. Copyright
a. Copyright guidelines
b. Copyright in an Electronic Environment
13. Information Literacy
a. The Research Cycle (Jamie McKenzie)
b. Information Skills Rating (Jamie McKenzie)
c. Information Literacy Standards (Information Power)
d. Trash and Treasure Note-taking (Barbara A. Jansen)
14. Appendix
a. MLA Citation Style Guide
b. CREW Guidelines for Weeding
c. Library Bill of Rights
d. AASL statement on Access to Resources and Services
e. Sample schedules
Marilyn Harfst
Media Center Director
Hannah Beardsley Middle School
Crystal Lake, IL
harfst@voyager.net
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