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District unveils K–12 library media long‑range plan with focus on collections, training and digital citizenship

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Library and instructional staff presented a three‑pillar library media plan that aims to modernize collections, expand staff capacity and embed digital citizenship; plan will be submitted to the Department of Public Instruction and measured by training rates, acquisition diversity and student assessments.

Appleton Area School District staff presented a K–12 library media long‑range plan that the district will submit to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as required. The plan is organized around three focus areas: collection development, collaborative leadership and curriculum/instruction with an emphasis on digital citizenship.

Sarah Whalen, the district program lead for library media, described collection audits, weeding and a target to lower the average age of titles in school libraries. “We are not an archive. We are a living,…

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