Job Description
GENERAL DEFINITION OF WORK Under the supervision of the Principal, the Library-Media Specialist is responsible for developing, maintaining, and assuring dynamic use of the depository of books, magazines, films, filmstrips, and other media to assist students in attaining their educational and personal objectives and the purposes of the school system. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Assist students in identifying, locating and interpreting information housed in and outside the library media center Promote the development of independent search habits by enhancing the student's ability to evaluate those sources found Provide instruction in accessing, evaluating and communicating information and in the production of media to fit within the curricula Participate in building, district, department and grade-level curriculum development and assessment projects Plan jointly with teachers and administrators to provide and evaluate instruction in information access Work with teachers to improve instructional activities Provide an inviting environment in the library media center that promotes reading and research Maintain, store, secure and loan audiovisual equipment and send equipment for repair as needed Solicit recommendations from teachers and other professional personnel with respect to books, magazines, etc. that should be obtained Order, procure, and otherwise obtain within budget limitations those media needed in the library Maintain a system for utilizing and circulating all materials deposited in the library Process, acquire, and otherwise prepare all materials deposited for the use according to the system maintained Study the purposes of the school, objectives of the various areas of instruction, and obtain media of maximum utility for achieving these Revise collections of materials to assure that all i