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=SVVSD Library Media Clerks=

This wiki space is designed so that all the Media Clerks in secondary school libraries can create, edit, and maintain a "job manual" detailing library responsibilities and best practices. It is a "living" document: it can be expanded, editied, updated, and evolve to respresent the Media Clerk job description at any point in time. Ownership belongs to all district Media Clerks. As different schools, via site-based management, have varying expectations and requirements for media clerks, this wiki will be designed to delineate the different responsibilities and expectations for different schools. We will attempt to list the common responsibilities for all clerks, part-time or full-time, as well as expanded responsibilities for fully staffed libraries (either one or two clerks).

Some media clerks are only part-time or have other responsibilities/job titles in their schools. Schools assigning unrelated job functions to Media Clerks are:
 * **Heritage Middle School** -- Media Clerk (2 hrs per day*) -- **Fall 2008 Position Cut**
 * **Coal Ridge Middle School** -- Media Clerk (2 hrs per day) clerk position paid with outside funds -- **Fall 2008 ???**
 * **Erie Middle School** -- Media Clerk (2 hrs per day, 200 day contract) -- Para (3.5 hrs per day)

Some schools employ one full-time media clerk in the library (no other job titles): > Only one school, at this point in time, employs two full-time media clerks in the library (responsibilities are shared, or specialized):
 * **Niwot High School** 200 day (7 hours/day) -- **Fall 2008 ???**
 * **Longmont High School** -- 200 day contract (8 hrs/day) ; **2008-09 200-day contract (4 hrs/day)**
 * **Frederick High School-** 200 day contract (8 hrs/day) -- **Fall 2008 No changes**
 * **Erie High School** --200-day contract 8 hrs/day -- **Fall 2008 No Changes**
 * **Silver Creek High School** -- 200-day contract (8 hrs/day) -- **Fall 2008 No Changes**
 * **Lyons Middle/Senior High School --** 200-day contract (6.5 hrs/day) **Fall 2008 (3 hours in library)**
 * **Mead Middle School** -- 190-day contract (8 hrs/day) **2008 4 hours in library**
 * **Westview Middle School** -- 200 day contract 5.5hrs/day Media Clerk, 1hr/day secretary) -- **Fall 2008**
 * **Longs Peak Middle School** - 200 day contract (7hrs/day) **2008 -- Position cut**
 * **Sunset Middle School** -- 200 day contract (6.5 hrs/day) -- **Fall 2008 No Changes**
 * **Trail Ridge Middle School** - 200 day contract @ 8 hours a day (7 hrs. of clerk time & 1 hr. para); entire day is done in the library. **Fall 2008 -- 8 hours a day (6 hrs of clerk time & 2 hrs of para)**
 * **Altona Middle School -- //No Clerk (clerk left position, wasn't replaced)//**
 * **Skyline High School** -- 200 day contract (14 hrs/day: Clerk 1 - 7 hours, Clerk 2 - 7 hours) -- **Fall 2008 No Changes**

Some schools require the media clerk to act as the librarian (teacher-librarians have other assigned duties in the classroom). How many hours per day are you alone in the library? How much of your time per day is spent on instructional activities or Information Literacy skill development?
 * **Lyons Middle/Senior High School** (6.5 hrs/day alone in the library, 1-2+ hrs/day assisting students doing computer research & projects in the library)
 * **Mead Middle School** (4 hrs/day alone in the library, 3 hrs/day assisting students and staff in computer/lab, information literacy is up to the teachers)


 * What other projects or responsibilities are you assigned (outside of your Media Clerk contract time), or do you contribute,** **__with__ additional compensation or stipend?**


 * **Skyline High School:** Homework Central Co-ordinator -- 2 hrs/week
 * **Mentor/Mentee Program:** -- Mentor (12-20 hrs/year)
 * **Mead Middle School: -** Geography club, Parent Volunteer Coordinator (part of my job title)
 * **Westview Middle School:** SRI Literacy


 * What unrelated (non-library) projects, responsibilities, or jobs are you assigned (within your Media Clerk contract time),** **__without__ additional compensation or stipend**?
 * **Mead Middle School:**

=The list of wiki contribution responsibilites: (add or expand any category)= Your assignment is to write the section on this wiki so that we can collaboratively create a Media Clerks job manual. Each area is listed below with the person responsible for writing that section. Anyone can edit, expand, or further develop any section.

1.Budget & Financial Management (recordkeeping, planning, CIMS, Tax accounting, banking, procedures, POs, payments, reconciliation, ): Linda Stewart 2. Circulation/Horizon (basic Horizon tutorial, resources, ILL procedures, check in/check out procedures, Losts books, accounts payable, fees paid, notes/messages on student accounts, accounts maintenance, staff accounts, PAC lookups, HOLDs, ): Luann Heltemes 3. Collection Development (determining need, planning purchases, evaulation methods, list management, vendors, ordering practices and procedures, purchase schedules, curriculum resourcing, ): Mary Taggert 4. Equipment Maintenance & Management (maintenance schedules, practices, procedures for equipment, A/V, digital cameras, video equipment, computers, projectors, DVDs, VCRs, phones, equipment inventories, ): Penny Monroe 5. Facilities Management (scheduling, organization, facilities planning, recordkeeping, notifications, meetings, ): Lisa Carlson 6. **//Fundraising Events and Methods://** __7.__ Library usage stats & //WebReporter//: Myra 8. Marketing the Collection & Library Services (advertising for events, library services, reading events, book promotions, library promotions, ): Ann C 9. Special Events & Projects (book sales, large events, staff events, PR events, Book clubs, library sponsored events, ): Jennifer 10. Technology Inst. & Inter (instructional responsibilities, instructional time w/ teacher, instructional time w/o teacher, software assistance, hardware assistance, technology practices for library, equipment maintenance & cleaning, troubleshooting, work orders, tasks you instruct teachers (email, passwords, flashdrive, multimedia station uses and instruction, ): Kim Hoog (hey, that's me! ;-P) 11. **//Research & Instructional Support for staff or teacher-librarian://** 12. Collection Maint (repairs, weeding practices and procedures, evaluation of collection, archiving, preserving collection, ): Lynn Hogan 13. Admin Assistance Duties (basic nuts and bolts of running the library, aides & volunteers, mail, phone & messages, required meetings, paperwork for library, ordering office and related supplies, absence reporting, paperwork for clerk position, copies, assist teachers with paperwork, creating forms and documents for library, DMS reporting, ): Maddy Mayfield 14. Reading Assessments/Program (reading programs administration, recordkeeping, inventories, plans, ): Pat Dohoney 15. Acquisition and Processing (receipt of new materials, pre-processing for cataloging, verifying records, etc.): Kathy Benning 16. **//Reader Advisory Services & Resources 17. Mentoring and Representation 18. Job & Core Compentency Resources 19. Professional Development Resources & Opportunities 20. Technology Resources// 21. Information Literacy**