Profile+Assignment-Original+Wording

**The detailed library profile is due 2/28/11 via your Google Document.** //Please do not use these bulleted lists as a template for your library profile. Write in prose or create a more aesthetic and easy to read list.//

__Elements of group profile:__
 * Type of Library
 * Name of Library
 * Library setting (urban, rural, suburban, etc?)
 * What is the mission statement of your library?

Staff
 * Who staffs the library?
 * Who will teach the courses?

Physical Plant
 * What kind of facilities are available (i.e., where will the classes take place? in a separate room, at odd hours, etc?)
 * What kind of technology does your library possess? how available is it?

Population
 * Population served (in general, and specifically for your lesson plans; i.e., if you are a public library, who do you serve on a daily basis, and will your lesson plans be for a particular cross-section of this group?)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How technologically savvy are your patrons?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are the greatest needs of the population you serve, in your view? in their view?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preliminary Course Planning Considerations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What kind of budget are you working with?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who besides instructors has to sign off on this instruction?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With whom might you collaborate on these lessons?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How will the classes be promoted?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are some unique challenges or situations that you anticipate in your library setting that you may want to take into account as you plan instruction?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is your group's working definition of media and/or information literacy? Keep in mind that you will want to account for this definition and use it as a guide as you create your lesson plans and write your technology statment.