The School Library System (SLS), established by Commissioner's Regulations in 1985, is a fully state funded program. It supports the instructional program and informational needs of the students and staff in the public and non-public schools of the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership region. An advisory council of librarians, administrators, technology representatives and teachers determine policy, and a liaison group of School Library Media Specialists representing each of the 22 public school districts and non-public school representatives determines procedures.

Christopher Harris, Coordinator, School Library System/Library & Media Services

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SLS Member Plan

Posted Thu, 04/21/2011 by cgharris

Commissioner's Regulation ยง90.18 requires that each school district and non-public member of a School Library System submit a member plan during each five-year plan of service period. The plan should describe how member libraries meet the needs of their students and teachers through resources and programming as well as describe how the libraries make use of the system and its resources. There are four data elements to the member plan:

(i) a description of existing library resources and services in a format established by the school library system;
(ii) procedures for prompt and efficient communication among school library media specialists and reporting to other members of the school community regarding system policies, procedures and services;
(iii) provisions for periodic reporting, at least annually, to the governing body of the school district or nonpublic school and to the administration, regarding participation of the member in system services;
(iv) assurance by the member and its participants that adequate qualified staff is available to organize and administer the library media program and fulfill system responsibilities.

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