She has done it again! After just receiving awards such as the National School Boards Association Technology Leadership Network "20 to Watch" 2010, the http://www.techlearning.com/article/32466, the 2010 Georgia Exemplary High School Media Program, and the 2010 GLMA North Central Georgia District Media Specialist of the Year Ms. Buffy Hamilton picks up yet another prestigious award. All her hard work, such as the introduction of Kindles, Nooks and iPads into the library, garnered recognition, and resulted in her winning the GLMA/GAIT Georgia School Library Media Specialist Award. This award is a key step towards the technological innovation and incorporation of school libraries in the 21st century’s education.
Ms. Hamilton was ecstatic at her being chosen as the recipient of such a prestigious award. Her family and colleagues, however, were not so surprised; everyone knew how hard she had been working and could not imagine the award going to anyone else.
The goal of the library, according to Ms. Hamilton is, “To improve our collaboration with classroom teachers and supporting the integration of digital, information, and new media literacy into content area instruction.” Ms. Hamilton also hopes to continue to find new ways to invite students to actively participate in the library’s program. That is why she is so eager to introduce new technology such as Kindles, Nooks, and iPads; students probably will not be able to resist checking out such popular gadgets. Additionally, these new tools will allow students to get books without waiting for the printed copies to arrive on the shelves. However, before the library purchases the e-readers on a large-scale, the library is waiting for feedback from the students so they can buy the most popular one.
For 18 years, Ms. Hamilton has been in the media field and she would not have it any other way. She has always been interested in working in the library, showing interests in: participatory librarianship, social media, connectivism, transliteracy, social scholarship, and library 2.0 applications. Even though Ms. Hamilton plans on remaining a school librarian for her K12 career she wishes to go back to school and get her PH.D in Library and Information Science and teach on a college level or work as an academic librarian. Ms. Hamilton is always pushing herself for success and striving for innovation and collaboration in the library. It is no wonder that she won the District award. It is her efforts that give the library such a good shot at winning the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy’s nomination for “libraries using cutting edge technology,” an award that would be a huge achievement for Ms. Hamilton, her co-workers, and Creekview. With all the hard work the librarians are putting in to the advancement of the library, their chance of victory is looking promising.
Written by: Taylor Gates
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