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I am in the process of evaluating three campuses to determine a five year plan for each one. While there are distinct differences in the resources, environment, holdings, personnel, etc., the overall goal for me to is to make sure that the teachers are aware of what each library can provide for them and their students. Among some of the goals are to: * increase student achievement through direct correlations between test scores and library instruction (charting the progress, documenting what students are doing, what they can't do, where the library can intervene); * develop programs that instruct and integrate library and technology so that teachers feel comfortable utilizing new resources (such as ebooks, audio downloads, podcasts, RSS, feeds etc); * increase the variety of resources that are accessible to students throughout the day / week and from various locations (off campus, home, etc.) --- a 24 hour accessible library resource hub for various materials including reference and recreational reading e-formats; * provide professional guidance to make administrators aware of the impact that libraries / librarians make to student achievement; * create community awareness of the library program to encourage parental support and involvement at all levels; provide activities that extend the library program beyond the regular school day / year; * collaborate with various teachers to extend curriculum lessons into library instruction opportunities; integrate library instruction into the curriculum; work to develop team teaching opportunities at various levels and for various subjects; * continue to develop the collections to reflect the various trends in library services to the different levels (K-12); integrate different modes of access to information / reading materials by including ebooks, audio books, downloads, print, video, websites, wikis, podcasts, etc. There are a lot of other ideas (I love to "think outside the box"...to the point that sometimes I lose the box completely)...but these will definitely keep me busy planning and plotting to make these things happen. I'd love to hear what others have to share too!! ~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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------