Advocacy Messages (Brochures) to Construct
Parents:
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Media Book – descriptive of services our library provides
Good information / quality info - provided by the school library to your child (we
don’t just throw your kid onto the Internet!
Our reading programs – to help your child become a capable and avid reader
Multilingual messages – written in the languages spoken by our school’s parents
Research skills that we teach your child
Finding Colleges through our library
Getting Scholarships and financial aid (listing forms)
Tutoring available
What does a school library cost?
School Board:
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Achievement and our school libraries
Media Book - from the district perspective
Standards (library and curriculum) – and how we measure up
Information literacy - quality information – our push to compete with “The
Internet”
What is the difference between a professional and a paraprofessional?
History of State funding and rules for Credentials
CA school library laws cde.ca.gov/library/liblaws.html
Comparisons (every school in AR has a professional; Who would fire the metal
workers in the iron age?
Teachers
 Standards for school libraries – comparison of us to them
 Content standards – comparison of us to them
 We are the Verbs of Content Standards (information literacy)
 Summer reading lists; other lists
 How to collaborate with your library media specialist to raise achievement
 13 rules to kill a child’s interest in reading.
Students
Administrators
 State laws about library media centers and staffing – might I get caught?
 LMTs: Your best eyes and ears
 Library and Tech plan Highlights – How are we doing?
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LMTs and staff development
Media (tv, radio, press)
Ivory Tower Audiences
Pre-service teachers
Realtors and other businesses
Legislators
Local government officials
Service organizations
Literacy partners
Retirement/volunteer groups
Important Documents
 White House Conference
 Information Power; ISTE Standards
 CDE site – many helps (CDE.ca.gov/library
 CBEDS – general lists
 Cde.ca.gov/library/audit.pdf – do your own school library audit
 Check It Out!
Best Sellers (of California)
Multilingual Materials (Mildred Lee, Alicia DeLaurie, Cindy Wong)