School Librarianship:

Background

Career Progression

• Newspaper Reporter
• Public Librarian
• School Librarian
• Adjunct Faculty
• Library Media Coordinator

School Libraries Today

• More critical than ever
• Must shift gears frequently in order to transform
• Interdisciplinary
• Building and nurturing information consumers and producers
• Evolving with purpose

Olathe Public Schools

• USD #233
• 2nd largest district: KS
• 30K+ students
• 4K+ staff
• Additional growth each year for past 50 years!

What I'm looking for:

• Fired up
• Flexible
• Creative problem solver
• Tech goddess/guru
• Organized
• Leader
• Consistently pushes self outside of comfort zone

What I don't want:

• Flying under the radar
• Old school
• Strictly 8-4, M-F
• Non-communicative

Why bother?

• Convenience store model
• Make a difference
• Combine loves
• Steady reliable paycheck
• School schedule

Are you ready to juggle?
Contact: Lori Franklin, PhD @franklinlori
lfranklinirc@olatheschools.org
(913) 780-8228

Now & Future:

• K-5 2:1 iPads
• 6-8 1:1 iPads
• 9-12 Being studied
• New high school '17
• New middle school '18
• New elementary school '19

Balancing Issues

• Budget cuts
• No middle school clerical support
• Shared librarians
• Dark libraries
• Perceptions created by all of the above