Re: [LM_NET] GEN: New media specialist seeks advice -10 humble suggestions from me.

[Lisa Hunt <lisa3moon@YAHOO.COM>]

So much great stuff has already been said, and I can heartily second things like...

  - It takes 3 years.
  - Do the weeding, your collection will thank you.
  - Keep chocolate and snacks; my staff loves me for it; I've become a guilty 
pleasure; and I get some great planning (and a bit of gossip too); the fire 
marshall made me toss my coffee pot 
  - Judy's 17 things for media specs still makes me teary (I've been in the biz 15 
years) and I read it every year; "Judy, it was in my bundle of books I brough home 
for the summer."
  - oh yes, the stuff about your assistant is so very true

  - a couple of other things now...  1)  find those wonderful favorite books to 
read aloud, practice them and think of creative ways to share them with students 
(YES read them to upper grades, too!); 2)  schedule a chat with your principal to 
discuss his/her vision and funding for the library, having this talk early will set 
the tone for professional expectations and help you begin that relationship of 
trust because your library deserves the funding and you WILL spend the money the 
best way possible.
 
Lisa Hunt, NBCT 2005
School Library Media Specialist
Apple Creek Elementary
Moore, OK
lisa3moon@yahoo.com 




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From: Judy Freeman <BKWSSF@AOL.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:39:16 PM
Subject: Re: GEN: New media specialist seeks advice -10 humble suggestions from me.

I loved Harry Coffill's practical and hilarious advice.
Which made me remember I wrote a whole chapter of
similar pithy advice in Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com) called
"Seventeen Things You Need to Know to Be a Great
School Librarian." It's too long to reproduce, and I don't
actually have permission to do so, but if you have a copy
of the book lying around, holding open a door or propping
up a table somewhere (it's 3 lbs.--great for aerobic weights
in a pinch, too), then take a look on pages 5-15.

Judy

Judy Freeman
Children's Literature Consultant
Reviewer for www.READKIDDOREAD.com
Author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com)
and Once Upon a Time:
Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and
Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6 (2007)
65 North Sixth Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
732-572-5634 / BKWSSF@aol.com
www.JudyReadsBooks.com



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