REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR MEDIA CENTER
I. The district requires each school to have up-to-date copies of the following items in the media center. If necessary, your media supervisor will review these with you and assist you to develop a plan for meeting these requirements.
A. County Policy Handbook
B. Access to Media Specialists Online Handbook
C. File of current film routing slips
D. Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs
E. Access to the Online Dynix Computer Handbook
F. A Media Center Handbook for your school which should contain the following:
1. Philosophy of the school
2. Philosophy of the media center
3. Selection Policy
4. Collection Development Policy
5. Censorship procedures
6. Current year's budget, including special funds; such as
Chapter 2, Special State Appropriations
7. 5-year equipment plan (up-dated yearly)
8. Equipment cleaning procedure
9. List of Media Advisory Committee members, meetings schedule, and summary of meetings
10. Procedures for handling:
Film orders
Circulation
Acquisition
11. Copy of previous year's media inventory report
12. Media goals for current yearG. Online catalog consistent with available collection
H. LRC problem file (optional but suggested)
II. Reports due this school year
April - Spring media center activities survey due
June - Budget report due
June - Inventory completed
III. Audiovisual materials and equipment need to be entered on Dynix in accordance with district guidelines found in the Dynix Computer Handbook.
IV. Dynix tasks to be done this year:
A. Weed all old, unsightly and outdated materials from your media center.
B. Barcode Numbers under 100 should be replaced.
