I want to agree with Shonda. Nicole did an amazing job. I want to congratulate her
on a job well done. It is just so unfortuanate that people always see the good once
a person is gone. They don't appreciate and are blind to what you have achieved in
1 year. Shame on them. What will they do next year and for the years ahead ??? What
about the hundreds of children who missed out on the opportunity to have such a
wonderful, innovative person as their librarian ?
I got real tears in my eyes when I read that your position has been cut. It was
like someone throwing a bucket of cold water in my (her... our ) face. I noticed
that she is from Coldwater,MI !!! .hmm,hmm...
Mark my word...she will be sorely missed. That is the time that I won't even go to
a farewell reception when they give one...
That is my 2 cents.
You know, not to open another can of worms now. Sometimes , we as librarians take
our work too lightly. We studied long and very hard and then we pretend that " agh,
our work is easy" .Librarians are most of the time very humble and I heard many
times that people will say ,:"If I can do it, you can do it" That is therefore
that we must speak out against these nonsense and stop "down talking " ourselves .
And we must always stress the fact that we are more ( WAY MUCH MORE) than book
stampers and babysitters . We are a VALUED proffession. I never heard a doctor or a
lawyer for that matter say :"If you can do it, I can do it" Can anyone just walk in
a doctor's room (without qualifications) and practice as a doctor.
No,no,no,no,no,no...
Please, I agree with Shonda, send Nicole's statement to everyone who has eyes to
read!!!! She msot certainly done much more than those things that she mentioned!
She deserves an applause....but not only that. SHE DESERVES TO BE REINSATED IN HER
POSITION and not be out, job-hunting !!!
Why does this insanity continue? Why do we ALLOW it to continue ?
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Shonda Brisco
Sent: Fri 6/8/2007 12:08 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Best Thing You Did This Year
Nicole's statement should be sent to every administrator, legislator,
parent, and library supporter....look at the effort made to begin a
wonderful program, the process that started a world of opportunity,
the ideas for new projects.... and then read the bottom line:
"Unfortunately my library media position has been cut and I will not
be here next year at all."
I'm certain that if a football coach came into a school, whipped the
team into shape, brought in a whole crowd of supporters that grew each
week under the "Friday Night Lights", took the team to their first
state play-off, and placed in the top three in the state that NO
administrator, school board, or executive committee would STOP the
momentum built by the coach.
Why does this insanity continue?
~Shonda
On 6/8/07, Nicole Meintz <MeinN@coldwater.k12.mi.us> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> The best thing I did this year... I did a lot of good things this year. I hope
>no one minds if I brag about it.
>
> It's my first year in the media center and I, along with my clerk, cleaned and
>straightened, to put it simply. This included moving the fiction section out from
>behind the circulation desk and over in an open area near the nonfiction. I threw
>out all of the 4 broken overhead projectors, 2 outdated tvs, three broken film
>strip projectors (yes FILM STRIP, that's not a typo!). I moved four random
>computers out from a blind spot and put them in front of the circulation desk,
>cleaned out the library's work room (full of pitchers, serving trays,
>elementary-type posters, and other random items) and set it up so students who
>need to work quietly can do so in that room. (It's right beside the circ desk and
>has a window- they're not unsupervised).
>
> I went to the PTO with the idea of a book drive, in the end it brought in over
>700 books (including many new teacher-requested titles) and $2,600 in cash, which
>is over twice the amount of my book budget this year.
>
> We relabeled the book club books (but did not intershelve them-- I wanted to
>start a roving book club that we would share between schools, and carry on
>discussions via a blog.)
>
> And I relabeled the audio books and teacher books and organized them so teachers
>could use them (they were kind of a mish-mashy mess before).
>
> I also worked with teachers and got many of them to trust me and even work with
>me, and raised their expectations of what a media specialist is here to do. I was
>also a member of the technology committee and helped institute a staff evaluation
>and training program based on Doug Johnson's model in Mankato (thanks again, Doug!)
>
> Cool things I was going to do next year...
> Bring in iPod Shuffle audio books.
> Begin the roving book club/blog project (in this county and the next).
> Update the outdated biography section with the book drive funds.
> Collaborate more with teachers to integrate information literacy skills with
>classroom curriculum.
> Continue to be a creative and productive member of the school staff and
>technology committee.
>
> Unfortunately my library media position has been cut and I will not be here next
>year at all. I'm now in job hunting mode. :)
>
> Thank you all so much for all the advice and different points of view you shared.
> I appreciate your input so much.
>
> I hope everyone has a wonderful summer!
>
>
> Nicole Meintz, Library Media Specialist
> Legg Middle School
> Coldwater, MI
> meinn@coldwater.k12.mi.us
>
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