EDMD+7130-+Administration+of+Media+and+Technology+Services

Semester: Spring 2011

 * Summary:** Students explore the administrative responsibilities necessary for implementing an effective library media program. The course investigates the many functions of the library media center, facilities, budget, policies and procedures, legal issues, and managing paid and volunteer staff members.

Roles of the Library Media Specialist

 * Instructional Partner:** As a program administrator, I will build my program around the needs of the students, staff, and community. This means building a collection that supports the curriculum. To ensure that I am meeting the needs of the students and the staff, I will need to conduct annual needs assessments prior to evaluating and purchasing new media. This course required us to work collaboratively with a local school librarian to build a library program plan. This project required me to collect data through a needs assessment to determine the curricular needs of the school.


 * Leader:** I operated in the role of a leader during this course as I was required to seek out scholarly articles to support my professional development. I was also challenged to consider my role as a leader/advocate and how I may encounter instances throughout my career in which I must justify my position or prove the value of the library media program in its direct impact on improved student achievement.


 * Information Specialist:** The precis assignments allowed me to hone my information seeking skills. I found that these exercises helped me recognize where I was making mistakes in my search process and that my search strategies improved with each assignment. I employed the use of Boolean operators, truncation, and quotation marks the most.


 * Program Administrator:** The planning project required me to operate in the role of program administrator. I worked collaboratively with a local school librarian to establish a planning committee, complete a needs assessment, write a vision and mission statement, establish the program priorities, develop an action plan, and evaluate the program. This course also taught me several management principles such as how to manage staff and calculate the library's budget.

Work Samples


The precis assignments required that I work as an information specialist by conducting literature searches, evaluating articles, and selecting the article that would be the most beneficial to my professional development. The first precis focused on //information literacy// and I chose an article by Carol Kluthua that discussed teaching information literacy through collaborative guided inquiry teams.