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Folks:
        I am half way through with my graduate work to become a media specialist.
Except for my internship I will be taking all my courses online.  There are
times that I doing research at 2 o'clock in the morning because I work full
time, have a family and I am active with my kids.  I also had to take my
Millers Exam this past spring (thankfully I passed.)  My university is at
least 2 hours away from me.

      A media specialist from my son's old school said that she used LM_Net
as one of her resources.  I really want to thank her for suggesting this
because reading all the letters I learned so much. I learned about new
resources to look for information, ideas that I stored away for future use.

     One of my assignments was to discuss issues that media specialist are
facing.  With the information given in the discussions of about educating
principals information from the achieves I was able to refine my search
better to get additional information to write the paper.

        I also had challenged books assignment too and when I checked with school
that my son goes to.  I found that they did not even have a challenged book
policy.  I had to explain to him why a media center should have one. (Our
district is one of the largest districts in the state of NJ.) Also, this
issue is very dear to me because when I subbed in a different district
several years ago, I was challenged because I reading the book called
"Double Fudge" to a fifth grade class.  This is the book that the teacher
wanted me to read to the class. Half the class was reading the book the same
time I was reading. I got called down to the office the next day because a
parent (who was a teacher in a wealther district) complained because I read
"there an't no Santa Claus" out load. All I said was this was what the
teacher had in her plans and I was reading it the first time.  I was more
interested in locating books, plans, and understanding the lessons I was
teaching for that day when I come in to sub. Little did I know that Double
Fudge was being displayed in the library showcase.

        I have also learned that we need to teach the students to evaluate and
discern the information that they found.  If we do not it in our daily
lives, how can we expect others to do the same.  I really think the person
who asked the question was looking for guidance not someone to write the
paper.

        The one thing I like about my classes on line and here is the exchange of
ideas. Most of you are experienced media specialists and by you sharing your
experiences I have become a better student. Your experiences will help me
become an informed media specialist to help my students. Thank you.

Fran Maye
Graduate Student
New Jersey City University




-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Linda Fox
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:31 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Need censorship challenge.


Hello;
The request by this student is a particular frustration to me. I am an
adjunct instructor at the SUNY Albany School of Information Science &
Policy. I also give my students assignments about materials challenges
in schools. The class I teach is titled Administration of School Media
Programs. The students are aspiring library media specialists. I am not
against the personal interview as a form of information gathering.
However all decent sized libraries have materials on this issue.  Before
answering this question, as a librarian, I would ask this student "Where
have you already looked?"
As an instructor of future librarians, I expect my students to emulate
a librarian and do an exhaustive search locally before going beyond the
region to find information. Graduate level assignments and projects are
not meant to be scavenger hunts. I would respectfully ask LM_Net members
to refrain from providing information to library media students for
their projects. Please don't do their homework for them. There is a lot
to be said for students getting directly to the content without doing a
search ( and we know that location skills are often on the bottom of the
hierarchy). However, I do believe that there is a lot of learning in the
search. You know, getting there is half the fun. Searching for resources
themselves provides LMS students with an example of the frustration
their students might feel one day, an opportunity to hone their location
skills and finally, an awareness of the availability of local resources
on a particular content area.
BTW - this is not meant to be personally directed at the individual who
posted the request. She has exhibited good management skills by
delegating her work - to you!
Thanks for letting me vent!


Linda Fox - Director              VOICE:  (518) 786-3221
School Library System          FAX:      (518) 786-6401
Capital Region BOCES         E-MAIL:  lfox@gw.neric.org
6G British American Blvd.      URL:     www.crbsls.org
Latham, NY  12110              Member - NYLA Legislative Committee
Member

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