About The Librarian/Media Specialist

Name: Mrs. Pam Begin

School: East Shore Middle School

Class: Media Center

School Phone: (203) 783-3594


About The Librarian/Media Specialist

Mrs. Begin has advanced degrees from the University of Connecticut and from 
Southern CT State University.  She is an avid reader, of course, and 
particularly enjoys the science fiction genre.  She has worked at East Shore 
Middle School for over fourteen years both as a teacher and as the school 
librarian.  

Objectives of the Library

It is the goal of this media center to provide the East Shore Middle School
community with the services and resources necessary to foster the education
and enrichment of members of this community.  The mission of the library 
media
program in grades 6 through 8 is to help students and staff become effective
users of ideas and information as stated in Information Power: Guidelines for
School Library Media Programs.

This mission is accomplished:
•	by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all 
formats
(i.e. print and electronic). 
•	by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest 
in
reading, viewing, and using information and ideas. 
•	by working with other educators to design learning strategies to 
meet 
the
needs of individual students. 

--Information Power (1988), p.1 (American Library Association)