Overview
Description
Includes functions of school library. Relationship of library to schools total instructional program. Preparation of library budget. Other problems of library administration.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate understanding of the requirements of the Western Council of State Libraries Library Practitioner Core Competencies.
- demonstrate understanding of core competencies for school media specialists as identified in the literature.
- demonstrate understanding of the differences between public and school libraries and the nuts and bolts of services each provide.
- identify management issues and potential solutions for implementation.
- demonstrate understanding of personnel including volunteers.
- identify policies and procedures and how they are implemented.
- develop a basic budget for a library or for a project as implemented in a library.
- demonstrate understanding of how facilities planning enhances library usage.
- build a strategic plan.
- identify collaborative opportunities in a community or statewide.
- identify marketing opportunities for a library.
- demonstrate ability to incorporate theory and research from professional literature into the practice of librarianship.