Media/Technology Meeting

• Talking with the media specialist a few weeks ago, I found out that although we have a "media committee" on paper, we do not have meetings and many people are not aware that we have a committee and that they are on the committee. I am one of the teachers on the committee. The media specialist and I had our own meeting in which we reviewed the budget as well as the 5 year plan for the media center. In addition, we analyzed a report which showed that only 18 books had been checked out in two months. We brainstormed about how to get more people in the library. An unofficial survey (oral) revealed that most teachers do not know that we are able to check out books. Since the media specialist teaches all day and we have a flexible library schedule, teachers are not aware that they can check out books at their own convenience. Instead, they continuously think that students are only able to check out books if the media specialist gives them a specific time to visit the library.

• March 4, 2009 - (3:00 pm - 5:00 pm) - District media specialist meeting. These meetings are held once a month. In this meeting, inventory was discussed. The APS goal is to have entire collections inventoried by the end of the school year. In the meeting, all LMSs brought in scanners and books from their collections and practiced the inventory process.
• March 5, 2009 (7:30am - 7:50am) - My LMS and I discussed "inventory." She informed me that since her duties are a little different (she works in the computer lab all day), she would actually only be doing inventory on part of the collection. We also discussed the flaws in the system: it is sort of outdated because all books have to be scanned and then a report is generated.