Tips from the Trenches: Managing a School Library
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presented by Amy Brownlee
​District Librarian
Sterling USD #376
brownleea@usd376.com         about.me/amybrownlee

VIEW the ARCHIVED WEBINAR PRESENTATION
A 20-year library veteran shares strategies for tackling the management side of a school librarian's responsibilities.  Most people become school librarians because they love books and enjoy teaching kids, but the job entails many "behind the scenes" tasks as well. School librarians are teachers, but they are also program administrators and managers. It's easy to get bogged down in all the different facets of the job battling for your attention, but being an effective library manager allows you to better serve your patrons.
 
Learn to be strategic with your time by creating a plan of attack for four different areas: 
 
1) Personnel and operations 
Working effectively with colleagues, administrators, aides and volunteers; organizing your physical space.
 
2) Managing the collection
Collection development, weeding, inventory, budget.
 
3) Communications & marketing 
Using print and electronic formats to share information with students, staff, administrators, parents, and community members.
 
4) Lifelong learning 
Professional development and staying informed of new trends, technology and books.
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This webinar  presentation was sponsored by Emporia State University and the Kansas Association of School Librarians.
 Amy Brownlee, MLS
District Librarian preK-12  / 6th-Grade Reading Teacher
USD #376
Sterling Grade School 
218 S. 5th St., Sterling, KS 67579
Email me   /   620-278-3112 x1322
SGS Library web page