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Well said, Mary Beth. The school needs to hire a temporary librarian, not rely on an untrained mother with a young infant. If that kind of service were sufficient, we would all be out of a job! Terri L. Street, School Librarian Longfellow Middle School Norman, Oklahoma tstreet@norman.k12.ok.us "Never judge a book by its movie." -- J. W. Eagen On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Mary Beth Roche <MRoche@edaff.com> wrote: > Oh Carol, > I must say your message has hit a nerve with me. Have you not been > reading the posts about "True Librarians" losing their jobs? I know you > are concerned about having a temp cover your library while being away, > and perhaps librarians are few and far between in the Philippines, but a > year is a substantial length of time. I would insist that a certified > librarian fill your role. Having a newborn in the library? I don't know, > but if that is the only way your library can continue running, I might > have an older student run it instead. Maybe I missed something here, and > I don't mean to offend, but librarians ARE professionals. > > Mary Beth Roche, MIS > Library Director > Fortis Institute > 517 Ash Street > Scranton, PA 18509 > 570-558-1818 Ext. 1927 > Fax 570-342-4537 > MRoche@FortisInstitute.edu > > > > > Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are. > ~Mason Cooley > > Currently Reading: "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: School Library Media & Network Communications > [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Carol Van Brocklin > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:11 PM > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Subject: Library Lessons > > Hi! > I know that there have been hits about this and I > checked the archives, but am always looking for new and > exciting sources. > I am going to be on missionary furlough next year so > will be gone from my school for the year. I do have a > mother who is willing to come and fill in as the > librarian, but she is very nervous about teaching the > classes and doesn't want this to just turn into a "check > out books and read stories" type time. > I have some ideas on websites and books that I am > leaving behind for her, but I want to leave even more so > if someone has some great sites that they use with library > lessons would you please share? Also--if you have a truly > brilliant book that I can perhaps find in the US and send > her that would be good also. As I said, I do have some but > I just want to leave her as much as humanly possible since > she will be here with her brand new baby at least part of > the time and the less time she has to spend on planning on > the lessons, the better for her. > > Thanks in advance for everyone's help. > > Carol Van Brocklin > Librarian > Faith Academy-Mindanao > Davao City, Philippines > carolannvan@motimail.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: > http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, you send a message 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 > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: > http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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