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What makes a good school library?

What makes a good school library?. What do we do to sabotage ourselves?. My Favorite Tips for Creating a Great School Library Environment. Kill the culture of “no.” Say “yes.”

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What makes a good school library?

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  1. What makes a good school library? What do we do to sabotage ourselves?

  2. My Favorite Tips for Creating a Great School Library Environment • Kill the culture of “no.” Say “yes.” • Work ahead of the rules. Do it before someone thinks of a reason why you should not. If you wait for explicit permission, you will miss the bus. • Teach where and when the learners are. • Stop watering the rocks. Work with the living. Not everyone will get on board. • Be accessible. Give up control Yes, someone might mess it up – that’s the definition of “used.” • Readers read messily. Books not only need to be used, they need to be used up. • Leave it open and they will come. The Hippocratic Oath For Library Media Specialists: Do Not Deny Access

  3. What makes a great physical space?

  4. Is the library program more than a physical place? A tornado has destroyed the wing of your building containing your library media center and the gymnasium. Somehow the rest of the school building survived. However your center will be closed for the entire year. The school board is thinking about eliminating your position for the rest of the year.What will you do? You must come up with innovative ways to keep your program vital. Be sure to include examples in the area of collaboration, leadership, and technology.

  5. The Vision What do you want for your school library?

  6. Let’s think about… • Why did I become a librarian? • When I move on from this library, what do I want to leave behind? • What am I really providing for my students beyond products and services? • If my library could be everything I dreamed, how would it be?

  7. Take 15 minutes to free write about your ideal library & library program • Swap your free write with a classmate & ask them to underline/highlight the parts of your free write that seem most powerful & exciting to them • Reread your own statement and pick out what things matter to you the most, and what things might actually be accomplished

  8. Share/discuss • What do you want the most? What is the most lacking? • What are the barriers to achieving this? • How will your library program be different after achieving this vision? • How can you incorporate these wants into your vision statement?

  9. Mission vs. Vision Statements • A mission is what an organization does, its action; a vision is what an organization would like to happen as a result of the action that it does. • Mission equals the action; vision is the ultimate result of the action. • Mission answers the question “What would not happen if we were not here as an organization?” Or more positively, “What change is achieved because we exist? • Vision answers the question: “What are the results, the ends, the consequences of our action?” • Vision looks forward; mission looks at today. http://www.axi.ca/tca/Jan2005/associatearticle_1.shtml

  10. Vision Statements • They answer the question: "What will success look like? • The vision statement & description includes vivid description of the library as it will carry out its operations • The vision is a compelling description of the state and function of the future of the library; a very attractive image we try to achieve

  11. Sample Vision Statements from Real World Businesses • eHam.net - "To build the largest and most complete Amateur Radio community site on the Internet" • Bill Gates - There will be a personal computer on every desk running Microsoft software

  12. University High School envisions… • A library program that is integral to the educational program of the school • The creation of a model school library environment that demonstrates best library practices to all practicing and potential educators.

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