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This question is well-worth investigating at all levels. I've responded to it on the AASL Blog at: http://blogs.ala.org/aasl.php Please feel free to respond to my comments there, as well as through the list. Thanks! ~Shonda On 3/30/07, Floyd <calaf@charter.net> wrote: > I have been following several of the postings here from elementary > people who have discussed the fact that their jobs would become > half-time next year because of budget shortfalls or an LMS who was > taken to task by her administrator because she let students color at > the end of a library lesson (this was a first-year person with 10 > 35-minute lessons per day!!!). > > I was thinking about these LMSs in context of the ACRL article which > points out three things that need to be done for libraries to make > their way into the "messy future". > http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/future/changingroles.htm > > As a secondary LMS I had support staff, another certified LMS, and > flexible time to reflect on and try to implement some of the issues > discussed in the ACRL article (points that have been discussed by many > people). > > I couldn't help but wonder if elementary people, in particular, are in > a vicious cycle of being so tied down to simply getting through the > present that by not being able to adapt to what looks like a "messy > future" that we are, in effect, potentially killing off library > programs simply because of the sheer difficulty of trying to adapt in > an educational environment that isn't giving (elementary) LMSs the > opportunity to change. > > What say ye? In what was are elementary programs adapting to the 2.0 > world and yet have a demanding teaching load every day? > > floyd > > Floyd Pentlin > WEB: http://web.mac.com/sycamorehill/iWeb/LibrarianAYS/Home.html > BLOG: http://web.mac.com/sycamorehill/iWeb/LibrarianAYS/Blog/Blog.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > Region III Director, American Association of School Librarians > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > ANSWER MACHINE/FAX: 660.747.0683 - E-MAIL: calaf@charter.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > 2007 Candidate for AASL President-Elect > "AASL will continue to invigorate the library 'brand' as a dynamic and > central presence in the educational process." > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ > * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Shonda Brisco, MLIS Library Media Specialist Ditto Elementary School Arlington, TX sbrisco@gmail.com "Digital Resources" columnist School Library Journal -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------