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The Principal’s Organizational Taxonomy
of the Library Media Program
1. THE BASIC LIBRARY
The collection, staff, and facilities meet minimum requirements for the state or
accreditation agency.
2. THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER AS AN INDEPENDENT
ENTITY
The library media center is an organization with force, vitality, and visibility
within the school. The principal ensures that the following are available:
a. Materials/Equipment/Space
The best of a wide variety of media, computers, and information technologies are
available with supporting equipment and space. Standards are exceeded.
b. Staff
A sufficient number of professional, technical, and clerical personnel are
available to operate the library media center and its day-to-day services.
c. Resources
Funds are made available to build, maintain, and replace materials, equipment,
and facilities.
d. Access
The library media center is available for individual, small group, and large
group use by appointment and for walk-in service.
3. THE INTEGRATION OF THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
INTO THE TEACHING PROGRAM OF THE SCHOOL
a. A climate for use
The principal creates expectations that every teacher and student will use the
library media center to good advantage.
b. The merging of library media center materials and teaching materials
Materials, equipment, and technology for the library media center are chosen to
support the curricular units being taught in the school.
c. Joint planning of resource-based teaching
The principal expects joint planning of resource-based units by teachers and
library media center staff. Planning may range from simple gathering of
materials to an elaborate instructional design of units of instruction.
d. Staff development
Opportunities for teachers and library media center staff to develop skill in
working together and making full use of the library media center resources are
provided.
e. Staff size
The size of the staff or the library media center is directly proportional to
the amount of involvement in instructional units.
f. Monitoring
The principal evaluates student and teacher use oft the library media center,
the library media center program, and the library media center staff.
4. THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
STAFF IN CURRICULUM PLANNING
The library media center staff participates in:
a. Curriculum change
The library media center is a part of the long-range view of curriculum change.
The library media center staff is included in curriculum committees and textbook
committees when decisions affecting library media center collections and
services are considered.
b. Planning
Plans for curriculum change ensure that materials, equipment, space, and
personnel in the library media center will be adequate to support curricular
changes as it occurs.
Fig. 6.2. The principal’s organizational
taxonomy of the library media program. Developed by David V. Loertscher and
Richard Poedemski.
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