The District Media Center includes a collection of instructional materials, professional books, professional journals, audiovisual equipment, supplementary textbooks, art panels and videotapes to be circulated.

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• Instructional materials include print and non-print materials available for loan to schools.  Responsibility for selection of materials to purchase lies with the District Library Coordinator, who receives suggestions from curriculum coordinators, LARS, principals and building teacher librarians. Materials purchased should be items:

• Not readily available in the district elsewhere

• Costing over $100 and therefore deemed too expensive for building-level purchase

• Sharable in nature so that no one school need hold the materials all year.

• Professional books are references of use to teachers, coordinators and administrators.  Responsibility for selection lies with the District Library Coordinator. Books purchased should have reference value for professionals in the district. Input for selection of these books comes largely from coordinators who in turn encourage the use of these titles by professional staff in the district.  The Grant Wood AEA professional collection is an additional source for such books.
   

• Professional periodicals are subscribed to by the District Media Center in response to requests from coordinators, administrators and media specialists. Input on these journals is requested on an annual basis. The journals are routed based upon requests by teacher librarians, coordinators and administrators at the beginning of each school year.

• Curriculum Guides produced in the district are available at the District Media Center for all subject areas. Check with your curriculum coordinator for further information.

Last updated 02/26/2009