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- Supervisor's Job -
- Provides Leadership and Direction
- Works with and coordinates with Uma Shankar to develop technology policies for the county media program and to provide direction and focus for technology for media specialists in the county.
- Provides direction to media specialists in implementing district, state, and school specific goals through the media program.
- Provides guidance and support to media specialists as to programs, media skills, and other needs through regular visits, phone calls, e-mail and other correspondence.
- Encourages increased media use in the schools.
- Works to encourage a good working relationship between media specialists, their principals, and county staff as well as encouraging a high level of cooperation in implementing county policies and procedures.
- Works to encourage collaboration between teachers and media specialists to increase learning among students.
- Public Relations
- Is an advocate for the media program with Principals and other district administrative staff.
- Promotes good public relations for the media program.
- Is a liaison person with libraries outside of Alachua County public school systems and professional organizations.
- Visits all schools on a regular basis.
- Conducts yearly surveys of media specialists and other media staff.
- Management
- Manages film library, professional library, technical processing as well as bookkeeping and reception. Directs a staff of nine, plus OPS workers.
- Film Library - Develops and enforces circulation policies. Selects, orders and catalogs all a.v. for the district audiovisual library. Supervises AV library staff.
- Professional Library - Handles circulation, purchasing of books, weeding, inventory, organization of professional library, and develops and enforces circulation policies.
- Technical Processing - Catalogs all audiovisual materials for the county. Supervises cataloger and technical processing staff in both book cataloging and processing.
- Automated Circulation System - (Dynix Horizon)
- System administrator for Horizon. Maintains and troubleshoots database. Uploads new records. Identifies and corrects bad records among the 640, 000 holdings. Troubleshoots media specialists' problems with Horizon. Upgrades old records to proper MARC format. Assists with and troubleshoots each school's annual inventory. Works with Wylene Aubut, Uma Shankar and Horizon staff to correct more serious problems.
- Information and Inservice
- Heads the committee to develop a comprehensive media curriculum which follows Sunshine State Standards and county guidelines and national library guidelines.
- Personally maintains a current, comprehensive online media handbook, (over 300 p.), for media specialists.
- Provides online databases for students in every school, (ie.Gale Resources, Worldbook Encyclopedia, Enchanted Learning, Testing and Education Reference Center, Authors4Teen, etc.)
- Provides and arranges for inservice on media and technology topics, plus Horizon training.
- Provides regular media update meetings for media specialists by grade level.
- Keeps abreast of all censorship and copyright issues and keeps media specialists informed on these issues as well.
- Disseminates current, relevant media related information to all media specialists as needed.
- Performs information searches for district staff when requested.
- Technical Assistance
- Provides technical assistance to media specialists and principals when requested.
- Bid Process and Purchasing
- Assists in the Bid process for book and bindery vendors.
- Reviews requisitions for media resources for purchasing department to verify correct bid vendors and items.
- Recommends vendors and bids for audiovisual purchasing.
- New Schools
- Provides assistance in the design of new and renovated media centers
- Selects and purchases books and audiovisual materials for new schools
- SACS
- Assists in and provides direction to schools going through SACS Self-Study and SACS Visits.
- Evaluation and Record Keeping
- Maintains records of media usage, purchases, weeding, etc. for each school
- Maintains records of items processed by the technical processing staff.
- Prepares and maintains a budget for Instructional Media Services.
- Prepares and maintains a budget for Special State Monies.
- Evaluates media specialists and staff in the media area.
- Provides reports reflecting media programming, use of materials, and media holdings for all schools.
- Wylene Aubut -
- Wylene is actually under the Instructional Technology Department but she works with Nancy Case and Uma Shankar to help solve more serious Horizon Automated Circulation System problems as they come up. She also works directly with Media Specialists when necessary to correct serious Horizon problems.