If you haven’t read the October 2008 District Administration, find a copy and share the article, School Libraries Renewed with your school administrators.
As the 2008-2009 AASL President, Ann M. Martin knows how to pick her audience. She emphasizes that, “School library programs provide content to learning, synthesis of curriculum, and real-life applications of concepts. They can act as the great equalizer when it comes to educating all students and preparing them for 21st century, and they can offer all students resources and information that can support every facet of their life and learning.”
Ann M. Martin is also the educational specialist for library information services at Henrico County (Va.) Public Schools where they have produced the Today’s Library, video. The video begins in black and white in a school library very much like my school library of the 1970’s and transitions to color in a current 21st century school library. The video is available at www.henrico.k12.va.us/hcpstv/vv_library.html.
After emailing the link to my administrators, I was invited to share it with our school board at the monthly meeting. As teacher/librarians, we must take every opportunity to advocate for and move our school library media programs into the 21st century.
District Administration, the Magazine of School District Management, is available on www.liLI.org but the October 2008 issue isn’t available yet.
For more information, read Ann’s President’s Column in Knowledge Quest Volume 37, No.1 September/October 2008. www.ala.org/aasl
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2 comments:
Thanks, Glynda!
That video was cool! Thanks for sharing.
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