Standard+IV

__Standard IV__

__**Program Administration**__:  Candidates select, analyze, and evaluate print, nonprint, and electronic resources using professional selection tools and evaluation criteria to develop a quality collection designed to meet diverse curricular and personal needs. (4a) Candidates support intellectual freedom and privacy of users. (4a) Candidates plan for efficient use of resources and technology to meet diverse user needs. (4a) Candidates organize the library media facility and its collections – print, nonprint, and electronic –, according to standard accepted practice. (4a) Candidates develop and evaluate policies and procedures that support the mission of the school and address specific needs of the library media program, such as collection development and maintenance, challenged materials and acceptable use policies. (4b) Candidates apply accepted management principles and practices that relate to personnel, financial, and operational issues. (4b)   Candidates plan adequate space for individuals, small groups, and whole classes. (4b) Candidates use data for decision-making. (4c) Candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to develop a library media program plan that aligns resources, services, and information literacy standards with the school’s goals and objectives. (4c)

__Artifact One__

The collection plan allowed me to review standards outside of my discipline and align one section of the media center with this middle school curriculum. While I was analyzing the information, I was surprised that the collection was weighted towards a few standards and neglected other standards entirely.

This assignment made me realize how important it is to understand your school's curriculum and refer to it when adding to your media center's collection. I also discovered that it is helpful to ask the teachers who use the standards as a guide each day what they would like to see placed in circulation.

__Artifact Two__ Media Center Policy Wiki

This wiki was designed as a collaborative effort during FRIT 7134. My group and I searched the Internet in an effort to create an easy-to-understand media center policy handbook.

 