Re: [LM_NET] Collaboration

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG>]

Barbara Paciotti's comment:

"Originally I borrowed teachers' curriculum binders, copied the basic 
parts, and created my own 6-8 curriculum binder.  As I began studying 
subject areas, I was able to pinpoint places I could promote 
collaboration--usually research projects--and then work with selected 
receptive teachers to create  better lesson plans and handouts.  
Sometimes it was a successful collaboration and sometimes less, but it 
was a beginning. "


---- This is basically a "business-like" view of the collaboration process.  How 
many of us get emails from vendors who lurk on this listserv looking for our 
comments or questions about assignments or programs that we are trying to 
implement? 

By knowing the school's curriculum, and then checking to see WHEN those take place, 
we are becoming much like the vendors who review the listserve to see where they 
can make contacts with librarians to share with them the materials and resources 
that they think we'll buy.

We are trying to get our teachers to "buy into" the library program and what we 
offer, so remember to use those business tactics when you start to "sell your 
program"---get to know the curriculum; know when subjects / research assignments 
are being taught; contact your teachers to let them know what you can offer / sell 
them; be prepare to give your sales pitch-- (like the used car salesman, you're 
basically saying, "what's it going to take to get you into the library today?" 
<grin>)

Just thinking....

~Shonda


Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco@fwcds.org

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