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= Library Media Specialists - Let's Collaborate! = ====Helping people is what we do best...helping with research, helping with projects/lessons, helping select books, etc. We are in the business of "**customer service**" and our customers are teachers, students, the community (parents, volunteers, etc) and administrators. The best way to market our programs is to give excellent, positive customer service and with that as a base, we will expand our ring of happy patrons and ultimately our programs. To help us enhance our service, we may need to try a new program, event or process that will hook our patrons. The LMS Road Map wiki is designed to give us all a map of tested programs,events, lessons and verified ideas that we can use to enhance and market our programs.====

My **challenge :** for each LMS, I challenge you to try __one new idea__ for each patron group this school year. I've added general topic areas so you can find and add lessons, library events, collaborative suggestions. etc.

In this time of library "uncertainty", I thought it would be helpful if we shared best practices to help us help ourselves! Everyone is at a different point in their program, some may need to build collaboration, others may need to add a new program to their existing great program and others may need ideas on how to move forward after hitting the proverbial "brick wall". This forum will allow us to find new ideas to enhance our library programs by collaborating (or building relationships) and giving our students exposure to our collective knowledge. It will also give each of us ideas on how to market our programs through visibility and data.

Concentrate on the areas that can **enhance visibility** and student learning: technology, collaboration and instruction. Market your program with results and data that align to both school goals and GPS standards.

__**General concepts for entries:**__ On the bar to the right, I've added topic areas that will get us started. Please add ES, MS, HS or any combination to your entry title so we can quickly see where you think the program/idea can apply.


 * all entries should have a name and school so we can ask for further information
 * programs can be any size (for example, anything from a bulletin board idea to a re-vamped reading program) and apply to multiple patrons
 * add any attachments that may help the reader understand the program/idea
 * the main goal is to give each of us a program/idea/data that we can //** market **//to our patrons