The mission of the Library Resources Department is to make readily available and promote full utilization of all library supplementary learning material, both print and non-print in order to facilitate the teaching/learning process and to help each student become an independent, self-motivated learner. To accomplish this purpose the department provides all services necessary to place in the individual school library media centers their collections of print and audio visual software materials fully cataloged, ready for circulation, with a management system designed to facilitate ready storage and retrieval for full utilization both teachers and students; provides a data base of the supplementary materials available throughout the District as well as elsewhere in the state of Alaska and the nation; implements and maximizes interschool utilization; and facilitates resource sharing through interlibrary loans with other library system.
The Library Resources Committee meets monthly as an advisory mechanism to the administrator of the Library Resources Department. Issues and concerns on library services from the department and library automation usually dominate the agenda. At times the committee members have been utilized as part of the library technology oversight process.
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updated 09/07