Standard 5: Program Management and Administration
"Candidates plan, develop, implement, and evaluate school library programs, resources, and services in support of the mission of the program within the school according to the ethics and principles of library science, education, management, and administration" (ALA/AASL, 2010 p. 10).
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Standard 5 Elements:
5.1 Collections 5.2 Professional Ethics 5.3 Personnel, Funding, and Facilities 5.4 Strategic Planning and Assessment |
Reflection and Artifacts
"The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access to ideas and information. It is a haven of privacy, a source of both cultural and intellectual sustenance for the individual reader.
Since it is thus committed to free and open inquiry on a personal basis, the Library must remain open, with access to it always guaranteed"
Robert Vosper
Media Specialists are tasked with being program administrators and leaders. This is one area where Media Specialists are afforded a large amount of freedom and responsibility. The old adage is true: with great power comes great responsibility. This is also one of the most exciting areas of Media Center practice, in my opinion. A Media Center truly lives and dies by the resources it offers to students. Therefore, resources and the program must be effectively administered and managed.
During my Georgia Southern University coursework, I had the opportunity to engage in some authentic learning experiences with regards to Media Center program management and administration. The broad areas of collection development, professional ethics, personnel/funding/facilities, and strategic planning and assessment fall under the umbrella of program management and administration.
In FRIT 7332, I was afforded the opportunity to collaborate with a practicing Media Specialist in order to weed one small area of the Chase Street Elementary Media Center. I weeded the areas of 560-580 in the nonfiction section of the Media Center in accordance with the MUSTY principle. I was also afforded the opportunity to weed some items during my FRIT 7765 Clinical Practicum at the Jefferson High School Media Center. During my practicum, I was also afforded the opportunity to catalog some items using Follett Destiny.
The importance of professional Library and Media Center ethics cannot be overstated. A highly effective Media Specialist has a keen commitment to intellectual freedom. In FRIT 7332, I was asked to craft a personal intellectual freedom statement. This statement outlines my commitment towards providing unfettered access to information, and more importantly, how to provide information in an ethical manner. One other way in which Media Specialists are committed to professional ethics is to provide information to the learning community about ethical use of information. During my course of study, I created a LiveBinder resource over digital citizenship for Ninth Graders. Also, during my FRIT 7765 Clinical Practicum, I created a promotional bookmark to promote a Live Binder about ethical use of information for middle schoolers.
The areas of Personnel/Funding/and Facilities and Strategic Planning/Assessment go hand in hand. For FRIT 7331, I worked in a group to complete a Strategic Management Plan utilizing several Web 2.0 tools and reports presented in a website format. I am particularly proud of the work product that was created by my group, as this was one of the very first classes I took here at Georgia Southern University.
Georgia Southern University’s M.Ed. in School Library Media has prepared me to be an effective program manager and administrator. I look forward to being able to implement some of the philosophies that I have learned at Georgia Southern into a Real World Media Center.
Since it is thus committed to free and open inquiry on a personal basis, the Library must remain open, with access to it always guaranteed"
Robert Vosper
Media Specialists are tasked with being program administrators and leaders. This is one area where Media Specialists are afforded a large amount of freedom and responsibility. The old adage is true: with great power comes great responsibility. This is also one of the most exciting areas of Media Center practice, in my opinion. A Media Center truly lives and dies by the resources it offers to students. Therefore, resources and the program must be effectively administered and managed.
During my Georgia Southern University coursework, I had the opportunity to engage in some authentic learning experiences with regards to Media Center program management and administration. The broad areas of collection development, professional ethics, personnel/funding/facilities, and strategic planning and assessment fall under the umbrella of program management and administration.
In FRIT 7332, I was afforded the opportunity to collaborate with a practicing Media Specialist in order to weed one small area of the Chase Street Elementary Media Center. I weeded the areas of 560-580 in the nonfiction section of the Media Center in accordance with the MUSTY principle. I was also afforded the opportunity to weed some items during my FRIT 7765 Clinical Practicum at the Jefferson High School Media Center. During my practicum, I was also afforded the opportunity to catalog some items using Follett Destiny.
The importance of professional Library and Media Center ethics cannot be overstated. A highly effective Media Specialist has a keen commitment to intellectual freedom. In FRIT 7332, I was asked to craft a personal intellectual freedom statement. This statement outlines my commitment towards providing unfettered access to information, and more importantly, how to provide information in an ethical manner. One other way in which Media Specialists are committed to professional ethics is to provide information to the learning community about ethical use of information. During my course of study, I created a LiveBinder resource over digital citizenship for Ninth Graders. Also, during my FRIT 7765 Clinical Practicum, I created a promotional bookmark to promote a Live Binder about ethical use of information for middle schoolers.
The areas of Personnel/Funding/and Facilities and Strategic Planning/Assessment go hand in hand. For FRIT 7331, I worked in a group to complete a Strategic Management Plan utilizing several Web 2.0 tools and reports presented in a website format. I am particularly proud of the work product that was created by my group, as this was one of the very first classes I took here at Georgia Southern University.
Georgia Southern University’s M.Ed. in School Library Media has prepared me to be an effective program manager and administrator. I look forward to being able to implement some of the philosophies that I have learned at Georgia Southern into a Real World Media Center.