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Greetings all! Currently I am a Reading Specialist serving Gr. 3, 4, and 5 in the NYC school system. Our budget are being slashed to the bone but, fortunately for me, I have not been cut this year. However, the Principal as asked me to change my job to "Reading Teacher/School Librarian".

We currently have only a disorganized parent-run library program and I have no idea where to begin. How to set up the newly designated Library Room, what to teach, etc.

Is there a user-friendly book or website that might guide me? Thanks for your advice.

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Permalink Reply by FBuchanan on July 24, 2008 at 10:22pm

Hi,
A good place to start would be the LM_NET archives of discussions for new Library Media Specialists. http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/newbies.htm

Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Kay Lera on July 25, 2008 at 9:21am

I too am "switch" careers from an instructional technology coach to library-media specialist. I will be taking the cataloging class at Old Dominion University in VA. I haven't yet read them but here are two texts that Old Dominion University will using this fall. Maybe you want to check them out.
ECI 677 Technical Services in Libraries (Cataloging)
[ http://store.linworth.com/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&... ]http://store.linworth.com/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&...
Kaplan, Alison and Riedling, Ann Marlow. Catalog It! A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials. 2nd edition. 2006. Linworth Publishing.

ECI 679 Theory and Managemenet of Reference and Information Retrieval (Reference)
[ http://librariesunlimited.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781563086243 ]http://librariesunlimited.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781563086243
Bopp, Richard and Smith, Linda. Reference and Information Services. 3rd edition. 2000. Libraries Unlimited.
[ http://store.linworth.com/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&... ]http://store.linworth.com/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&...
Riedling, Ann Marlow. Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialists. 2nd edition. 2005. Linworth Publishing.

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