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Media Specialists Calendar These are some of the things to expect each month.


 * August **
 * Attend Back to School Meeting with other media specialists
 * Receive allocation of annual funds at Back to School Meeting
 * Enter new teacher’s names into Automation System
 * Sign out AV and computer equipment to teachers for the year
 * Set up calendar of holidays in Follett
 * Order classroom sets of newspapers (Newspapers in Education) (done by Social Studies in my school)
 * Present Copyright Presentation to Faculty
 * Open house presentation
 * Brochure for new teachers
 * Elementary—Print out student barcodes
 * Student Orientation
 * Teacher Orientation
 * Import patrons into circulation system
 * September **
 * Banned Books Week
 * Continue orientations
 * Present or remind students and teachers of Acceptable Use Policy
 * Introduce On-Line Databases to students
 * Share BES books with Language Arts classes


 * October **
 * Elementary—Turn in class schedule to Media Supervisor
 * MASL Fall Conference
 * Attend in-service day on conference day
 * Teen Read Week


 * November **
 * 80% of Library Media Annual allotment should be encumbered


 * December **
 * January **
 * Start inventory (I don’t do inventory in January every year – maybe it could be placed in a separate category – to be done at some point in the year.)
 * Attend curriculum meeting during semester break
 * February **
 * February **


 * Weeding (I don’t do weeding in February every year – maybe it could be placed in a separate category – to be done at some point in the year.)


 * March **


 * Attend in-service meeting on conference day
 * Read Across America Day


 * April **
 * Magazine order for next school year
 * National Library Week
 * Turn in Black Eyed Susan votes for your school
 * Annual State Report
 * National Poetry Month


 * May **
 * Order newspapers for next school year
 * Children’s Book Week


 * June **
 * Finalize inventory
 * Collect all books from students and teachers
 * Prepare obligation forms for student signature
 * Turn in signed obligation forms to front office
 * May start entering requisitions for next school year for release after July 1

I would add a separate category for events that occur monthly or at some point during the year for things like: Book Fair Monthly book exchanges Weeding Inventory