topics_for_discussion



See also [|ideasandinfo.edublogs.org], [|delicious.com/ideasandinfo] and/or [|shelfari.com/ideasandinfo]

**Brainstorming ideas that could be discussed on edublogs or shelfari:**

 * Defining our Roles**:
 * Advocay
 * strategies for protecting solid core library programs/advocacy for school library programs
 * add your ideas, please email us at ideasandinfo@gmail.com or edit our many_hats page


 * Professional development:**
 * the best professional books (and/or journals?)
 * weeding your collection
 * AR / STAR and/or other corollary programs
 * teaching students to use the library effectively
 * teaching students to use Internet and other computer-based resources effectively
 * improving access to "easy" non-fiction
 * collaboration
 * useful websites
 * ideas for effective use of circulation and cataloguing software


 * Physical attributes of our libraries' space**:
 * how to build a better bookshelf
 * inter-shelving paperbacks with hardcovers
 * Series books-- where to shelve them
 * shelf breaks
 * Poetry in 811? Folktales in 398 or inter-shelved with picture books?
 * genre shelving


 * Collection development**
 * Best new (or classic) books for young readers / collection development recommendations
 * eBooks, audiobooks, video, etc.
 * trends in J-fic or YA fiction
 * discussion of specific books, award winners, etc.

__If you had an extra $4 per student in your library budget, how would you use it? In Washington State, the [|Fund for Our Future] initiative has made this a reality.__

To join the conversation, click "join" above or email ideasandinfo@gmail.com

Our purpose is to discuss the future of school library programs, with an emphasis on using technology tools to improve collaboration among librarians and with teachers.

This wikispace is linked to companion pages at [|ideasandinfo.edublogs.org] [|delicious.com/ideasandinfo] and/or [|shelfari.com/ideasandinfo]