Archive for December 6th, 2007

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SLJ Summit 2007 – Where’s the Evidence?

The School Library Journal’s 3rd annual Leadership Summit was held in Phoenix, Arizona, Friday, November 30th and Saturday, December 1st.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) was started in the health profession. This conference talked about applying the principles to School Libraries. In my words, seems to be School Librarians using available research to determine their practices of service [...]

Process for Gathering Information for Technology Expenditures

How should a group of Librarians go about determining how to spend money for technology?
Assume a Bond has passed and approximately $100,000 was available for Elementary Libraries, $200,000 was available for Middle School Libraries, and $300,000 was available for High School Libraries.
What process could be used to gather input from all stakeholders?
This information gathering would [...]