Success Basics for the Beginning SLMS

New on the Job:

Questions, Questions, Questions!

Where do you turn?

Who do you ask?

Where do you start???

People

Relationships with/Duties of

LocalPrincipalLibrary ClerkSupport Personnel:

Maintenance, Bookkeeper/SecretaryFaculty:

Instructional Coach, Technology Resource Teacher , Teachers

Other: PTA Officers, Volunteer Coordinator/Volunteers

District

Media Specialist Coordinator Curriculum Coordinator AITS Department

Other

Business Partner(s) Public Library

Professional Assistance

Organizations

Individuals - Mentors

Other (Often-Overlooked) Resources:

Book Vendors

Circulation Program Staff

Remember:Most people don’t like too much change.

Co-workers and administrators will first have to get to know you as a professional and colleague.

This takes time: be patient.

Terms

Money: Invoice, encumbranceTechnology: Web-based vs. server-basedAcronyms : AITS, TRT

Money

Budget

Sources of funding? Flexibility? Deadlines?

Procedures Spending/ordering Receipting/vouchers Other (PTA, sales, etc.)

Responsibilities Expenses other than library

supplies and books Reading Program (Reading

Counts, AR)

Technology

Responsibilities of SLMS re:

Maintenance Troubleshooting Supplies Inventory of

Password/Login Information

Computers Websites/Software Applications

Other Responsibilities

Library Media Center

Schedule Level of autonomy

School-wide

A.M. /P.M. duties Faculty meetings PTA Other

District-wide

SLMS meetings Other

Facilities Library Media Center• Have vs. need• Uses of/by whom• Maintenance of

And remember:

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will

add it to your regular duties. 

~Doug Larson