[LM_NET] TARGET: Sharing Resources

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>]

I would like some professional documentation (ALA documents,
professional research, etc.) that I can share with a couple of
administrators who feel that their campus libraries should not share
their library's resources with other libraries within the district.
While it may be assumed by many of us that most individuals understand
that libraries are naturally in the "business" of sharing resources
with one another, I have found that not everyone understands those
principles.  I would like to provide some documentation that
specifically states that it is "the mission" or the "underlying
philosophy" of libraries to share resources with others when they are
available.

(On a side note:   Most of the materials being requested are NOT on
reserve and are NOT on hold for a specific project within the school.
These are just books that are being requested by other students on
other campuses but are not being provided by these campuses because
the administrators do not want to share the library's materials with
other campuses.  In addition, because all of the campuses are funded
from one source---which I administer--it isn't as if the funding
source is the primary issue.  As a result of this behavior, I am
actually purchasing extra copies of materials (which I plan to
document) in order to provide the material requests made on the other
campuses---while unused materials sit on these library shelves.)

Thanks for the resource ideas.

~Shonda

-- 
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
District Librarian
Peaster ISD
Weatherford, TX 76086

Digital Bookends wiki / blog:
http://digitalbookends.pbwiki.com
http://shonda.edublogs.org/
sbrisco@gmail.com

Resources for Texas School Librarians:
http://txschoollibrarians.ning.com/
http://txschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/

"Digital Resources" columnist
School Library Journal

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