Anissa Holm

North Carolina Media Center Performance Appraisal Instrument

MAJOR FUNCTION 2: Planning and Facilitating Information Access and Delivery, Evaluation, and Use

2.1 Creates and maintains an environment conducive to learning
2.4 Encourages the widest possible use of print and electronic resources and services--within the school library media center, throughout the school, and through remote access
2.6 Adheres to and communicates copyright as well as other laws and guidelines pertaining to the distribution and ethical use of all resources

2.1 Creates and maintains an environment conducive to learning. Possible artifacts include:

Pictures of media center
Bulletin boards pictures or layouts
Pictures of students or groups of students involved in various activities
Examples of media center guidelines for Acceptable Use of Internet or Copyright Rules
Other examples or copies of standards or behaviors for the media center

Students using the media center during Power Lunch. During this time students have access to all print and electronic materials as well as the expertise of the media center coordinator and additional teacher monitors.

Students using the media center space and new iPad cart for biology exam review. Teachers were having an upper level biology class work with Freshman to review exam concepts through the use of biology-realted apps on the iPads. The media center coordinator and I served as extra pairs of hands to provide both academic and technological support.

Copyright Basics:

A copyright is a property right attached to an original work of art or literature. It grants the author or creator exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, adapt, perform, or display the protected work.

Fair use allows the use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes. Copyright law provides four standards that must be met (all at the same time) for fair use exemption:

Purpose of use: Copying and using selected parts of copyrighted works for specific educational purposes qualifies as fair use.

Amount of the material used: Duplicating excerpts that are short in relation to the entire copyrighted work or segments that do not reflect the "essence" of the work is usually considered fair use.

Nature of the work: Is the work creative or factual? It is easier to claim fair use exemption for nonfiction works than creative works

Effect on marketability: If there will be no reduction in sales because of copying or distribution, the fair use exemption is likely to apply. This is the most important of the four tests for fair use.

2.4 Encourages the widest possible use of print and electronic resources and services--within the school library media center, throughout the school, and through remote access. Possible artifacts include:

Selection policies
Collection development policies
Pictures of piles of discards or new materials
Collection analysis graphs, spreadsheets
Lesson plans
Summary of interactions

The media center offers teachers access to 10 laptop carts and and iPad cart for their students' use in the media center or in their classrooms. Teachers sign up for these carts elelctronically and reservations are based upon the order of the time-stamp on the request.
Students are instructed on the use of the online public access catalog as well as how to utilize ebooks. Links to the catalog as well as the ebook database are provided on the front page of the media center's website and allow students access to the information and materials 24/7.

the library catalog can be accessed via http://media.johnston.k12.nc.us/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=TopLevelCatalog
ebooks can be accessed via http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/bens89726?db=GVRL

The school media center opens at 6:30 am, about 45 minutes before school starts, and remains open with few exceptions until 3:30, over an hour after school ends. Open circuation as well as reference interviews and readers' advisory services are provided during these times.
Teachers have access to Sony Bloggie HD cameras to encourage multi-media project formats (see photo below of bloggies in boxes awaiting check-out).

I was charged with weeding the library's periodical collection. Due to budget cuts, the library has cut its number of subscriptions by half over the past 3 years. The library maintains the last two years of holdings for current subscriptions and the last two years of holdings for all titles whose subscriptions have ended.

Weeding at the public library.

At the public library, the contents of the storage area were flagged for weeding and sorting in light of pending floorplan changes and the need for temporary storage space. The titles in storage were reviewed to replace lost or worn item in the main collection.

I also worked on a biography weeding project; biographies were flagged for potential weeding based upon circulation data indicating that they had not been checked out in the past two calendar years (photos 9 & 10).

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2.6 Adheres to and communicates copyright as well as other laws and guidelines pertaining to the distribution and ethical use of all resources. Possible artifacts include:

School/district copyright policies
Copies of posters or other information about copyright
Examples of media center guidelines for acceptable use of internet
Copyright rules or lesson related to copyright and acceptable use

At the beginning of the year, media center coordinators provide a Freshman orientation, including lessons on internet acceptable use policies and copyright issues. The media center coordinators continue to work with English teachers throughout the year (and of other subjects as well) to provide their students with information about the appropriate and ethical use of information of material as well. As my internship closed out with the school year, I had few opportunities to participate in educating faculaty, staff, and students on the tenets of copyright law, but I was able to address MLA style guidelines during some of my collaborative sessions on the research process.

Anissa Holm - LIBS 6991 Internship Portfolio