In this day and age accessing information is not an issue, but learning how to distinguish good information from bad is paramount.  The para is not going to teach information literacy.  Who is going to manage the book purchases?  MakerSpace?  Co-teaching of research best practices and database usage?  Managing licenses for databases and other resources? 

The role of the LMS is needed more now than it was when students only had access to books.  The research options 25 years ago were pre-vetted and limited to the print books available to students.  Now we assume that students can make information decisions on their own.  As a HS LMS, I can assure you that our students need to be taught how to discern between good information and bad.  Freshman often times locate blogs and other unreputable sources in Google searches because they are the first "hit."  They also do not understand bias and how to make informed decisions.  This is the role of the LMS.  

Good luck with this.  I hope some of these concerns help at your BOE meeting.

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:37 AM Jill Pace <jpace@sharoncenterschool.org> wrote:
I'm an LMS in a 1:1 school. I've been at work for an hour. So far today, I have:
- Completed a research request for a student who needs to read multiple texts by the same author for literary comparison. Connected with the teacher about timeline for project, determined that his reading rate won't get him through two books, worked out a plan to use short stories, sourced them, provided to the teacher.
- Researched and purchased covers that will ensure the safety of the library's iPad collection
- Coordinated book club sets at varying reading levels around the industrial revolution and delivered to the classroom teacher
- Checked in about co-teaching database research in the music classroom, set schedule and reviewed our plan
- Reviewed our annual EBSCO contract, reviewed the budget (for the millionth time this year) and made purchasing decisions for next year to meet our strategic goals for our library and resources.
- Designed signage to promote the new displays I put up in the library yesterday in anticipation of upcoming topics of study within the building
- Reached out to our Sora rep about accessing digital titles in the Marketplace
- Checked in a host of books (*the ONLY thing I've done so far that a para should be doing)

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net>
To: David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Casl List Serv <casl-l@mylist.net>
Bcc: 
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:22:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Benefits of a LMS in a 1:1 school
The ignorance of this is really appalling! The LMS is needed more than ever!

Just wondering if your union is of any help? 

Good luck!!
Mary Lee

On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:22 PM, David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Our district is going to a 1:1 policy next year, with students being issued Chromebooks. We are also moving into a brand-new middle school, with a beautiful media center which the current LMS helped design. However, the superintendent has presented a budget which calls for eliminating the middle-school LMS and replacing that position with para/clerk, who will help supervise the 1:1 program. Reportedly, the administration claims that since the district is going to be 1:1, there's no need for a librarian at the middle school.

We know it's an uphill battle, but we're going to speak at the upcoming Board of Ed meeting Tuesday night to advocate for the position not being cut. We've been gathering information, have been in touch with CASL and ALA, and are buoyed by reports that many of the middle school students have created and signed a petition to protest the position being cut. What would be helpful would be for those of you who work in 1:1 districts, and in particular in middle schools in those districts, to send me a few bullet points about the importance of having a fully certified LMS even in a 1:1 school. 

Thanks in advance for everyone's help and support.

David Bilmes
Oxford High School
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To: MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net>
Cc: David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net>, Casl List Serv <casl-l@mylist.net>
Bcc: 
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:53:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Benefits of a LMS in a 1:1 school
1 . Need to have someone to teach/help teachers and students to use the technology well- LMS can go to classrooms to teach
2. Need to have a certified teacher for digital literacy/citizenship instruction
3. Expertise in promoting books and reading

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On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:22 PM, MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net> wrote:

The ignorance of this is really appalling! The LMS is needed more than ever!

Just wondering if your union is of any help? 

Good luck!!
Mary Lee

On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:22 PM, David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Our district is going to a 1:1 policy next year, with students being issued Chromebooks. We are also moving into a brand-new middle school, with a beautiful media center which the current LMS helped design. However, the superintendent has presented a budget which calls for eliminating the middle-school LMS and replacing that position with para/clerk, who will help supervise the 1:1 program. Reportedly, the administration claims that since the district is going to be 1:1, there's no need for a librarian at the middle school.

We know it's an uphill battle, but we're going to speak at the upcoming Board of Ed meeting Tuesday night to advocate for the position not being cut. We've been gathering information, have been in touch with CASL and ALA, and are buoyed by reports that many of the middle school students have created and signed a petition to protest the position being cut. What would be helpful would be for those of you who work in 1:1 districts, and in particular in middle schools in those districts, to send me a few bullet points about the importance of having a fully certified LMS even in a 1:1 school. 

Thanks in advance for everyone's help and support.

David Bilmes
Oxford High School
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Cc: David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net>, Casl List Serv <casl-l@mylist.net>
Bcc: 
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:53:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Benefits of a LMS in a 1:1 school
1 . Need to have someone to teach/help teachers and students to use the technology well- LMS can go to classrooms to teach
2. Need to have a certified teacher for digital literacy/citizenship instruction
3. Expertise in promoting books and reading

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:22 PM, MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net> wrote:

The ignorance of this is really appalling! The LMS is needed more than ever!

Just wondering if your union is of any help? 

Good luck!!
Mary Lee

On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:22 PM, David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Our district is going to a 1:1 policy next year, with students being issued Chromebooks. We are also moving into a brand-new middle school, with a beautiful media center which the current LMS helped design. However, the superintendent has presented a budget which calls for eliminating the middle-school LMS and replacing that position with para/clerk, who will help supervise the 1:1 program. Reportedly, the administration claims that since the district is going to be 1:1, there's no need for a librarian at the middle school.

We know it's an uphill battle, but we're going to speak at the upcoming Board of Ed meeting Tuesday night to advocate for the position not being cut. We've been gathering information, have been in touch with CASL and ALA, and are buoyed by reports that many of the middle school students have created and signed a petition to protest the position being cut. What would be helpful would be for those of you who work in 1:1 districts, and in particular in middle schools in those districts, to send me a few bullet points about the importance of having a fully certified LMS even in a 1:1 school. 

Thanks in advance for everyone's help and support.

David Bilmes
Oxford High School
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From: Shannon McNeice <shannon_mcneice@whps.org>
To: Leslie Poulos <l_poulos@yahoo.com>
Cc: MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net>, Casl List Serv <casl-l@mylist.net>, David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net>
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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:34:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Benefits of a LMS in a 1:1 school
I can't even imagine having to defend this now!!

This morning I already:

-Made an immigration booklist for a teacher
-Found the Portuguese language version of Night and added to Overdrive for an ESOL teacher
-Answered an email from the Drama Director about printing door hinges on my 3D printer
-Helped 5 kids find "books as windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors" books that they would enjoy
-Called down my Kids' Lit Quiz students to give them an invite to the end of season celebration
-And added to my Black History Month bulletin board. 
-Emailed a student about where to find a History Day graphic organizer.

After this email, I have to score a website evaluation assessment, make a form to ask kids for info about a "library takeover" event, add 6 books to the catalog that said not in system when checked in this morning, change the spine label and re-catalog a Holocaust diary, etc, etc. etc. 

How do you explain that in a job description?



Shannon McNeice
Library Media Specialist
West Hartford, CT 06107

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Thanks to Anne Bogel for the quote!)



On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:53 PM Leslie Poulos via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
1 . Need to have someone to teach/help teachers and students to use the technology well- LMS can go to classrooms to teach
2. Need to have a certified teacher for digital literacy/citizenship instruction
3. Expertise in promoting books and reading

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:22 PM, MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net> wrote:

The ignorance of this is really appalling! The LMS is needed more than ever!

Just wondering if your union is of any help? 

Good luck!!
Mary Lee

On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:22 PM, David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Our district is going to a 1:1 policy next year, with students being issued Chromebooks. We are also moving into a brand-new middle school, with a beautiful media center which the current LMS helped design. However, the superintendent has presented a budget which calls for eliminating the middle-school LMS and replacing that position with para/clerk, who will help supervise the 1:1 program. Reportedly, the administration claims that since the district is going to be 1:1, there's no need for a librarian at the middle school.

We know it's an uphill battle, but we're going to speak at the upcoming Board of Ed meeting Tuesday night to advocate for the position not being cut. We've been gathering information, have been in touch with CASL and ALA, and are buoyed by reports that many of the middle school students have created and signed a petition to protest the position being cut. What would be helpful would be for those of you who work in 1:1 districts, and in particular in middle schools in those districts, to send me a few bullet points about the importance of having a fully certified LMS even in a 1:1 school. 

Thanks in advance for everyone's help and support.

David Bilmes
Oxford High School
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To: CASL Listserv <casl-l@mylist.net>
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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:21:40 +0000
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Benefits of a LMS in a 1:1 school
That is a truly ignorant and scary position but, we are preaching to the choir. Here is a link to a Google Doc. I do not remember where it came from but, it was on of my library list servs. It is a list of over 100 things that SLMS do. Perhaps you could list the most salient ones to show to your administration.




Juliann T. Moskowitz
Director of Library Media
St. Joseph High School
Trumbull, CT 06611
juliann14@hotmail.com

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one."

-- Neil Gaiman, author


 





 
     

   

From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces+juliann14=hotmail.com@mylist.net> on behalf of Shannon McNeice via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 8:34 AM
To: Leslie Poulos <l_poulos@yahoo.com>
Cc: Casl List Serv <casl-l@mylist.net>; MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net>; David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Benefits of a LMS in a 1:1 school
 
I can't even imagine having to defend this now!!

This morning I already:

-Made an immigration booklist for a teacher
-Found the Portuguese language version of Night and added to Overdrive for an ESOL teacher
-Answered an email from the Drama Director about printing door hinges on my 3D printer
-Helped 5 kids find "books as windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors" books that they would enjoy
-Called down my Kids' Lit Quiz students to give them an invite to the end of season celebration
-And added to my Black History Month bulletin board. 
-Emailed a student about where to find a History Day graphic organizer.

After this email, I have to score a website evaluation assessment, make a form to ask kids for info about a "library takeover" event, add 6 books to the catalog that said not in system when checked in this morning, change the spine label and re-catalog a Holocaust diary, etc, etc. etc. 

How do you explain that in a job description?



Shannon McNeice
Library Media Specialist
West Hartford, CT 06107

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Thanks to Anne Bogel for the quote!)



On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:53 PM Leslie Poulos via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
1 . Need to have someone to teach/help teachers and students to use the technology well- LMS can go to classrooms to teach
2. Need to have a certified teacher for digital literacy/citizenship instruction
3. Expertise in promoting books and reading

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:22 PM, MARY LEE QUINN <maryquinn@snet.net> wrote:

The ignorance of this is really appalling! The LMS is needed more than ever!

Just wondering if your union is of any help? 

Good luck!!
Mary Lee

On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:22 PM, David Bilmes <dbilmes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Our district is going to a 1:1 policy next year, with students being issued Chromebooks. We are also moving into a brand-new middle school, with a beautiful media center which the current LMS helped design. However, the superintendent has presented a budget which calls for eliminating the middle-school LMS and replacing that position with para/clerk, who will help supervise the 1:1 program. Reportedly, the administration claims that since the district is going to be 1:1, there's no need for a librarian at the middle school.

We know it's an uphill battle, but we're going to speak at the upcoming Board of Ed meeting Tuesday night to advocate for the position not being cut. We've been gathering information, have been in touch with CASL and ALA, and are buoyed by reports that many of the middle school students have created and signed a petition to protest the position being cut. What would be helpful would be for those of you who work in 1:1 districts, and in particular in middle schools in those districts, to send me a few bullet points about the importance of having a fully certified LMS even in a 1:1 school. 

Thanks in advance for everyone's help and support.

David Bilmes
Oxford High School
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