Dear Earle and others who are concerned,
I couldn't agree more. Libraries get their funding (and staff) cut from
schools before anywhere else because we're an 'easy target'. Our
precedessors of a generation or two ago followed the 'best practice' of that
time, and as a result very few politicians have positive experiences with
which to remember their school library.
After a particularly tough day, I often fear that we are 'doomed' - but then
remember the faces of the children that we read to, read to us, who enjoy
their school libraries; I take heart from the fact that after we rapidly
greying folk move on, those with whom we have shared the joy of literature
will one day grow up to run the country ... and hopefully fund school
libraries more equitably than those in control today.
Don't ever get off that soapbox!
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>From: Earl Sande <earlsande@TELUS.NET>
>Reply-To: Earl Sande <earlsande@TELUS.NET>
>To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Why is library funding cut first?
>Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 07:18:41 -0700
>
>Unfortunately, we librarians have not been all that successful at
>convincing people that library services are essential to education.
>
>We here in British Columbia, for example, had a University President who
>stated publicly that education should be appropriate to the work being
>done. A waitress, he said, required only a 3rd grade education. The
>implication, of course, being that further education would be a waste.
>
>If politicians are not convinced that libraries are essential BEFORE they
>get in office, cuts are inevitable.
>
>I suspect, too, that the appearance of being "free" actually hampers our
>cause. That which costs plenty is appreciated more.
>
>Earl Sande
>Semi-Retired International School Librarian
>10189 133 Street
>Surrey, BC
>Canada
>V3T3Y8
>earlsande@telus.net
>
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