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District highlights media specialists’ role: 201,999 checkouts, classroom library review and training needs
Summary
District media specialist Patty Duvall presented circulation, acquisitions and program statistics at the April 15 meeting, and board members praised the work while noting professional development needs and that many media specialists are early‑career.
The Alachua County School District used a presentation at the April 15 board meeting to spotlight the work of its 41 library media specialists and to summarize a year of collection development, classroom library review and professional learning activity.
Patty Duvall, the district lead media specialist, told the board the district had “put books in kids’ hands 201,999 times” so far in the school year and had added 11,747 new acquisitions to school collections. Duvall said media specialists had reviewed 197,383 titles for classroom libraries to ensure compliance with state guidance that classroom titles be reviewed by a certified library media specialist and listed on each school’s website when required.
The presentation…
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