Comments on: just 2 years… http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=122 Each TechnoTuesday Tue, 07 May 2013 01:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: technotuesday http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=122&cpage=1#comment-93 technotuesday Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:53:40 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/08/30/just-2-years/#comment-93 This calls for action on the part of the LMS’s in Pickens County. They should circle the wagons, ensure everyone is up to date and offering a dynamic program, and then harass the board with invitations to come see for themselves the impact they are having on the overall school program. Oops, did i say harass? I mean “shower” the board with those invitations. In this day of the YouTube generation, make so e videos and SEND them over if they won’t come to you. I’m positive many school boards are made up of people who just like a lot of our principals don’t have a clue about what exactly goes on in today’s library media program. Thanks for sharing and posting on my blog!

]]> By: Libraries Rule http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=122&cpage=1#comment-92 Libraries Rule Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:30:30 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/08/30/just-2-years/#comment-92 Reading how you have approached this and knowing what a positive impact the weeding will have I can’t help but wonder how it would be if a knowledgeable library media specialist were not in charge of this operation.
I stumbled across a message board run by Alex Saitta, a Pickens County School Board member . I was amazed at his narrow view of school librarians and his thought that they should be moved back into the classroom ( http://pickens.proboards83.com/index.cgi?board=schooldistrictschoolboard&action=display&thread=1184586279&page=2#1188557785 ). These are his thoughts: “Librarians implement school district policy on book selection and the media material. They keep records of who is taking out what books, which books have been ordered, etc. They manage those who help in the library, and should also train the aides and volunteers. They fill out reports that are required by the school or DOE. They work to make the library a climate that students will want to come into. They teach lessons too. There is an administrative element and a teaching element.

I don’t think we should have our most experienced teachers in the library, worrying about which books have been returned or whether the new volunteer understands the dewy decimal system. Rather, they should be in the classroom.”

He seems to have little knowledge of what an important role school librarians play in our schools and, judging from follow-up discussion, seems quite resistant to any new knowledge concerning the subject.

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