When is a blog no good?

When is a blog no good? When there are no entries!!! I apologize for allowing you to visit the site and then disappointing you. It has been a crazy week. I do have a topic of interest, however.
A friend of mine sent out a listserv message about relationships with administrative types in your building. I asked her for permission to introduce her, electronically, to my old principal. She said yes and he shared with her via email. He was my principal for about 5 years and he was amazing (I am not the only staff member who will tell you that story either). I write all this just to say to you, be sure to develop an amazing relationship with your administration. Once you get hired, schedule a couple of meetings to discuss your goals for the library program and to find out what their goals are ( they might not have any, then your goals can be their goals). Discuss the research with your administrators, show them the statistics on great libraries and their influence on schools and on test scores. Then follow up with articles, ALA position papers, and further information. In other words, help to educate your administrators about great libraries and great library programs. School libraries have changed in more ways than I can count, however, in one great way they are exactly what they were in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. We check out books. So on the surface one could imagine we aren't any different and so we don't have any new issues. Oh, but we do!!! It is up to each of us to change perceptions and to get more admin on board. We have to stand up to the uneducated who say things like, "the library is a break for teachers". Or how about, "the LMS is not a real teacher". Or this one might strike a cord for you, "the library doesn't need any book money, we have the Internet"!!!!! Yikes, I can feel my blood boil. If you don't continue to advocate for your program, no one else will. You must develop a strong philosophy based on data and national information. You must reach out and collaborate with teachers so they see the value of the 21st century library. You must keep up with the technology and work it to your advantage. Speak up!!! Take the time to preserve our most wonderful school resource- the library. Twitter for your library. Make a Facebook group. Ning yourself. Make a library wiki or blog. Show kids how to research using subscription databases so they are not search engine dependent! Attend conferences( choose your workshops wisely) and tell everyone on your staff what you learned while you were there. And finally, work closely with your administrators. They can be your advocate when they are outside of your four walls ( namely at district meetings). My principal went on to a central office job as did I. We kept in touch and I find he is still an advocate for school libraries!
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