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Pappas, Marjorie. Virtual School Library Media Center Management Manual. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005. Web. 19 July 2012.

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Library Media Center Management Manual
My concept of virtual is paperless. Virtual manuals can be maintained without the challenge of adding pages and adjusting page numbers. Virtual manuals can include hyperlinks to information located on the Web. Before starting the development of my manual, I thought about who might access the manual besides the school library media specialist. Library assistants, volunteers, and, occasionally, substitutes should all be able to access this manual. Also, the library media specialist should be able to access the manual when working at home. The best way to achieve that flexibility is to post the manual on the library media center's website or on the school's network, assuming the network is Internet accessible. If a library media center website or network is not available, the concept is still feasible, but a little more challenging, because new versions would need to be loaded on separate computers. Once this decision has been made, the next step is to scan and/or key-in the existing information related to the specific library media center. Following are sections and web-links to include.

Policies
Some policies need to be written to fit the unique needs of a specific library media center, for example, circulation policies that establish the time periods books circulate and the cost for replacing lost books. Other policies, like copyright, are based on federal legislation. Links to Web-based copyright information will be useful to supplement local policies.

Policy weblinks:

 * [|Copyrighted Materials] Information on copyright policies and resources, Hillsborough Public Schools, Tampa, Florida.
 * [|Copyright Information] Information on copyright from the ALA.
 * [|Internet Access and Filtering Info] The School Library Media Specialist.
 * [|Technology Acceptable Use] Acceptable use policy, El Paso Independent School District, El Paso, Texas.
 * [|Collection and Weeding Info] Collection Maintenance Information, The School Library Media Specialist.
 * [|Collection Development] Info on what to have in collection development policy, The School Library Media Specialist.
 * [|Circulation and Collection Management] Policy includes circulation procedures, weeding, and technology weeding, Hillsborough Public Schools, Tampa, Florida.
 * Circulation Policy Moore Middle School.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Procedure Manual] Collection of policies, Norman Public Schools,
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Procedure Manual] Collection of policies, Alabama Dept. of Education
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Media Handbook] Collection of policies, Liberty County School System

<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Personnel
<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The school library media specialist's job description should be posted, but it also would be useful to link to #|job descriptions for student and parent volunteers. The Web provides examples of job descriptions for this section.

**<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Examples of job descriptions: **

 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Job Descriptions] Job descriptions and duties for numerous library roles. Includes, LMS, tech. specialist, library para, and media committee, Liberty County Schools
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Job Descriptions] Job descriptions and duties for the LMS and library para, Alaska School Library Handbook
 * ====<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Library Media Specialist] Job description, duties, and responsibilities for the LMS, Norman Public Schools. ====
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Library Media Specialist] Roles and responsibilities for the LMS, Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, Georgia
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Library Media Assistant] Job description, duties, and responsibilities for library assistants, Norman Public Schools.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Media Support Personnel] Roles and responsibilities for library support staff, Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, Georgia
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Interview Questions] Interviews questions for library positions, Alaska School Library Handbook

<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Collection Development and Acquisitions
<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The purchase of resources and technology for the library requires access to information about producers and jobbers.

**<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Useful websites: **

 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Collection Development] Multiple links pertaining to all aspects of collection development including, policies, weeding, and repair. Resources for School Librarians
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Program Development] Outlines program development including collection development and standards. Liberty County School System
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Librarian's Yellow Pages. Publisher, periodical, jobber, and vendor links.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|itcompany.com] Info on tons of library vendors, categorized by name and type of service, Internet Library for Librarians
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Publishers and Vendors] Links to websites of numerous library vendors, Resources for School Librarians

<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Forms
<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Examples can help school library media specialists develop the forms for use in the library media center. This is a section that can be developed over time.

**<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Examples of forms: **

 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Library Volunteer Form] Moore Middle School
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Student Request Discussion Board] Interesting way to do requests, students post requests in a discussion board format, Myrtle Grove Middle School, Wilmington, NC.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Library Materials Request Form] Form for teachers/parents/students to request materials they would like to see in the library, Redlands High School, Redlands, California.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Library Monthly Schedule] Form for teachers to sign up to use the library, Myrtle Grove Middle School, Wilmington, North Carolina.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Collaborative Planning Form] Form for teachers to request collaborative planning lessons, Myrtle Grove Middle School, Wilmington, North Carolina.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Media Equipment Reservation Form] Form for teachers to reserve specific equipment, also has a collaborative planning form. West Johnson High, Benson, North Carolina.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Disaster Preparedness] Links to disaster preparedness websites, American Library Association
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Disaster Plan for the Library] Contains templates, exercises, and resources for creating a disaster plan for the library, California Preservation Program.

<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">District Portal as Manuals
<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">School library media services in larger school districts have developed excellent portal pages. These portals provide school library media specialists with both instructional and management resources and tools.

**<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Examples of portals: **

 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Resources for School Librarians] Comprehensive list of information links pertaining to school library programs.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|The Library Media Specialist] Instructional website, including review questions, all pertaining to running and developing a strong Media Center.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Liberty County School System] Instructional and management tools and resources for library programs.
 * <span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Hillsborough Library Media] Library Media Handbook with instructional and management resources.

//<span style="color: #b2330b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These virtual manuals and portals enable parents, community members, and other school library professionals to view how school library media specialists manage media centers and teach students to gather and use information. Now all we need is a portal page to the portals. //