Develop+a+strategic+plan+for+your+library+media+program

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In this PowerPoint presentation by Donna Watt, AKA "half pint of wisdom," she suggests that teacher-librarians should approach strategic planning with this "wicked problem" in mind: "How can I embed the school library in the curriculum, making it central to teaching and learning in my school?"

Woolls (2008) suggests that strategic planning sets the "direction the media center program will take for the future, where the media program should be going, and, as such, it guides the development of the mission statement" (p.75).

Debbie Schacter, in this 2007 article, //[|Developing Your Library's Strategy Requires More Than a Once a Year Planning session]//, urges librarians to be proactive rather than reactive. She also suggests that the business world is no longer creating "long range plans" that are so far reaching, they cannot react to an ever- changing business environment and warns that librarians must ensure that their strategic plan is flexible enough to allow for the inevitable changes education and technology are undergoing.

__**References:**__

Schacter, D. (2007). Developing your library's strategy requires more than a once a year planning session. //Information Outlook 8//(1) 42-43. Retrieved from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-168214719.html

Watt, D. (2011, July 31). Strategic planning for school libraries-wicked problems [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://halfpintofwisdom.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/strategic-planning-for-school-libraries-wicked-problems/

Woolls, B. (2008). //The school library media manager// (4th edition). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.