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Personally I am opposed -- we tried this years ago and it was a nightmare -- 
textbook personnel operate in a different realm than media specialists.

On the other hand, if the princiapl tells you that you are going to be responsible 
for textbooks you will be --

The principal determines how they want their school run and who is going to be 
given certain responsibilities. - not the media specialist -

The statement about textboks being a clerical task I don;t disagree with -- but 
think about how that sounds to someone who is not a media specialist --
textbooks are clerical but library books aren't ---
fixed scheduling isn't professional - that for sure is babysitting --
think about what we say
soometimes we don't make sense to others that are not media speciaists
Paula

Lee Gordon <lgordon24@COX.NET> wrote:
I think you have to consider staffing. Most school libraries out in
the Western states are lucky to have ONE librarian and one clerk, even
in schools with more than 3000 students. These people (me included)
are barely keeping their noses above water to serve all the students
and teachers, collaborate, teach, administer, order, etc for the
library. Add to that textbook duty and you add that last straw to
break the camel's back.
My very large school district just converted to Destiny which includes
Textbook Manager. We librarians are NOT touching it, other than to
teach the teachers how to use it. Our district coordinator is trying
to convince the upper level decision and budget makers to fund a
textbook clerk at each school, who, when things are slow in the
textbook world, would work in the library. We have our fingers
crossed. But we aren't doin' the textbooks! We consider it to be
clerical job, not a professional one.

Lee D. Gordon
Librarian
Sierra Vista High School
8100 W. Robindale Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89113
(702) 799-6820 X 4026
FAX (702) 799-6847
OR Lee_Gordon@interact.ccsd.net

>I am currently working on an article for Media &
>Methods magazine on the pros and cons of school
>librarians being responsible for textbook managment
>(inventory, check-in/check-out, etc.) I need to hear
>from a middle-school or high-school librarian or media
>specialist who is OPPOSED to this idea. Please email
>me at scottknickelbine@yahoo.com. Thanks for your
>time.
>
>Scott Knickelbine
>Partner
>Lownik Communication Services
>Madison, Wisconsin
>608-256-6119

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Paula Yohe
Director Of Technology/Library Media Center
Dillon School District Two
405 West Washington Street
Dillon, SC 29536
Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214
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