He has a strong commitment to library media specialists shaping their future. I've always felt a bit guilty about my professional collection - it seems a good idea in theory, ECIS says we need one, and it's one of the things they look for in accreditation. Yet in practice no professional collection I have worked with has been well used - and it hasn't been for want of effort. Teachers rarely suggest books for purchase, as any that they really want and use, they buy for themselves or for their department. The professional collection remains an assortment of donated books that teachers bought for courses, but don't find of practical use in the classroom.
Any teacher can recommend a book.
The list of recommended titles is circulated, and those who choose to join in sign up for one book that interests them. The school then buys enough copies of each title so that every teacher who signed for a book gets a copy. Thus each participant gets a book to keep, the only condition being that the readers have to meet to discuss the book when they have all read it. We usually meet over food and drink somewhere, so book discussions become social occasions as well. We run this once a term.