Massachusetts Public Library Trustees Handbook
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Chapter 9. Advocacy |  |
The need for the establishment and maintenance of productive working relationships between libraries and trustees and local school board members and key administrators has long existed. The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners developed in 1999, a policy on cooperation between public libraries and school libraries (see Appendix E). In this policy, a vision of ideal cooperation between public and school libraries states the following principles:
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Every community provides its residents with access to a free public library and every student has access to school library services fully integrated into the school's instructional program.
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Every resident has access to the complete library and information resources of the community.
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Citizens and municipal officials demand excellence in library services and provide adequate financial support to achieve these goals.
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Municipal officials, public library trustees, directors and staff members, school committee members, school administrators and staff members understand that public libraries and school libraries have different missions but share certain goals and mutually support these respective missions and goals.
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Every public library and every school library is a member of a Massachusetts Regional Library System.
Trustees and directors may wish to use this document when planning cooperative programs and services with their local public school libraries. For more information and consulting services, contact the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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Chapter 10. Friends and Volunteers |