[LM_NET] Electronic gaming/ seclection vs. censorship

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

My colleagues ---

I have not been disappointed by the reponses I knew I would receive.
I have received the barrage of emails I knew I would receive about selection vs. 
censorship..

The point I wanted to make - was made by many individuals -- who furiously emailed 
me about the fact that they select - not censor -- or that they can buy what they 
want and their principal doesn't question them.

The point is -- he or she could -- the media specialist is not the "final" 
authority --

The second point --- I said to look at the issue from another point of view ---

The majority of people who are not librarians --- do not see the difference between 
"selection" and personal censorship -when you order materials --
We fly off the handle defending selection of materials and many people that are not 
librarians  don't see the difference --\

Not one Aha! -- we need to do a better job of definining materials selection by a 
professinally trained librarian .

My colleagues -- if we don't -- we need to do some serious consideration of why 
certified professional librarians are needeed-

Think about these things:
1. A company can now run a rpeort on what I have in a media center and tell me what 
I need to buy for a school library
2. An assistant can check books out
3. A parent volunteer can read a story
4. An assistant can watch kids while the teacher takes a break -- (fixed schedule)
5. I have the Internet -- we can get rid of the library --

Are these my views -- no --
but since I am involved in many things in a small district -- everything from 
furniture purchase, construction, libraries, technology, adminstrative reporting, 
testing, etc, etc.

These views continually surface at district, state, and national level meetings - 
conferences, etc.

If we don't become proactive and show our worth -- as budgets become more 
constrained -- NCLB requirements increase - AYP is the ideal --
we wont' be needed

Now forget quoting the Colorado study, etc. ---

you can pass that out till you are blue in the face --
Each of us must become more proactive in our roles as media specialists

Libraria have been my passion since I was a small child --- we must survive -- it 
may be a battle but it is worth figthing for --
Paula





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
paula_yohe@yahoo.com
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