tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918557751445557934.post8904170217434349899..comments2023-02-19T02:55:47.997-08:00Comments on Delcastle Technical High School Library: Library Collaboration in DelawareUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918557751445557934.post-73864590818798634702008-01-29T09:20:00.000-08:002008-01-29T09:20:00.000-08:00I agree that the LMS is a good focal point for lit...I agree that the LMS is a good focal point for literacy and collaboration at all levels, however, we need to be standardized, accessible, and funded in order to be of some use. Even among elementary people, we are functioning in different capacitites...some are power libraries, some are teaching math, some are on rigid schedules that do not allow time for collaboration, not to mention library collection development and management. Until someone takes a look at the potential that the school library has and mandates a sensible and realistic approach to the management of time and resources, we're going nowhere fast. Then we have the question of funding. With the loss of state funding this year, I have no budget at all. I have not had a school library budget for three years. If nothing else, I am missing the Caldecotts and Newberys. That doesn't begin to consider replacement of lost books or upgrading technical books in the science area. Oh, yes, I could have the kids access current information on science online, IF I had working computers. We're wasting an important resource in our schools by not keeping libraries current, both in their resources and in their management.Lilydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598031393823346017noreply@blogger.com