Wow, I wrote a response to this thread and now it isn't here. I guess I got distracted before I actually hit the submit button. Oh well, here goes again.
As a media specialist, I have a dual responsibility to teach and to manage/operate the media center. I will teach classes within the media center, usually involving bibliographic instruction (how to use information resources like encyclopedias, dictionaries and online resources to find information). I will read stories to younger students and assist older students with research. On a more limited basis I will host and sometimes teach professional development classes for teachers, and work with teachers to create lesson plans or locate and evaluate resources to support them. On the management side, I create the library budget, buy resources, manage employees (two or three full-time clerks and parent volunteers), create and implement short-term and long-term programs, host book fairs, apply for educational grants, and coordinate with other library programs (like the local public library).
A lot of people think the Media Specialist is the person behind the circulation desk, reading a newspaper and occasionally checking out books. That's usually the clerk or a parent volunteer. Media Specialists don't have time to read. If they are reading, it's usually to create a lesson plan for a book or to evaluate a book for the library collection.
Paul
So like, you could totally, I don't know, hack the syste--
*gets eaten by a velociraptor*
You obviously have a knack for writing humor, based on your posts I've seen so far - not to mention your screen name. 
You must join us over at the writing forum (Assignment: Writing). We need more humor writing there. 
