The Technology Committee, Sub-Committee on Web Filtering
Recommendation
to the next full Technology Meeting
Thursday, March 13, 2008, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
The Sub-Committee for Web Filtering (consisting of 11 educators) has meet several times and communicated digitally to come up with the following recommendation to the full Technology Committee. Members: Unger, Lisa; Rodgers, Karen; Harrell, Karen; Murphy, [...]
I have written about how I think a technology rollout should occur. I suggested that there are two key components to a successful technology rollout: 1) let Librarians have the technology first to demonstrate its use in such a way that all teachers see it in use; 2) give first the technology to those who [...]
In Austin, Texas the Texas Library Association sponsored a 12 hour workshop spread over just 24 hours (we worked hard and fast) Monday, and Tuesday, December 3rd and 4th.
The workshop was called:
Many things were presented, learned, and proposed. I may write about some later, but now I want to concentrate on one concept presented by [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I work for a wonderful superintendent. Among his many talents is his relentless questioning us to explain concepts clearly and concisely. In fact he would rather have a picture than an eloquent written explanation. Short of a picture, I am working on an analogy to explain how Libraries and Web 2.0 fit into a possible [...]
A group of Librarians received the news that they were getting quite a bit of technology in their Libraries next September. These are their reactions.
Group 1.
Where will we put it?
It will break.
It will take too much time cleaning up the mess caused by the technology.
Maintenance on the technology will kill us.
Group 2.
We can’t wait.
It will [...]
What should guide a School Librarian’s decision as to what binding should be purchased?
The simple answer is that you want the binding to last as long as the content and no longer.
What does this answer mean?
In all grade level Libraries there are going to be titles that most likely will be there forever. I suspect [...]
Every year, we invite all the book vendors that submitted bids and were approved by the School Board to sell us processed Library books to attend a Vendor’s Fair.
The Fair lasts for only a few hours. We have discovered that set up from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM is plenty of time and gives our [...]
In March I posted on weeding. In this post I want to expand on the first sentence:
“School Libraries should plan for a period of aggressive weeding over the next few years.”
I have had two meetings with a principal of a middle school (grades 6, 7, and 8). The students are mostly low socioeconomic. They score [...]
