Hello,
I will be starting my first year as an elementary library media specialist in a K-4
school in September. I graduated with an MLS last May and have spent a good part
of the last year as a Teen services librarian in an active public library. The
library's mission is to meet the information needs and interests of the community
and to uphold the first ammendment. In our library you can eat, drink, talk,
lounge, have access to unlimited, free printing, scanners and filterless internet
service.
As I move from the public library to the school library and put my LMS degree to
work I am trying to articulate a library philosophy that will provide me with a
framework to make all the many operational decisions that will have to be made in a
public school setting. I understand the LMC's mission to meets the school's
curriculum needs, literacy standards (there is no school library curriculum) and
serve as "parentis en loci" but am looking to develop a mission statement that will
set the tone of the library (i.e. restricition on number of books taken out, lenght
of borrowing time, kindergartens take home books, just right books, etc.).
I'd love to hear from anyone who would be willing to share their philosophies and
the rules they've developed for their LMC's (ie. quiet space, borrowing policies,
in-library behavior, etc.). My library is fixed scheduled and is open - there are
no walls or doors, the space is defined by the stacks and is located between two
hallways in the center of the school.
Thank you for any advice you can give me.
In appreciation
Kate Summerlin
Teen Services Librarian
Guilford Free Library
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