ELEM: how to hire an elementary school librarian

[Johanna Halbeisen Woodland ES <jhalbei@k12.oit.umass.edu>]

Someone from a school system near mine called me this week to get some
advice.  They are building some new school libraries (as a part
of expansion of several elementary schools).  They want to know what to look
for in selecting an elementary school librarian (they have librarians at the
middle school and high school).  The librarian would be running two
elementary school libraries.  They seem to think they might not be able to
get a certified librarian (I think they can if they try hard enough) so they
want to know what to look for in someone without a library certification (!)

I certainly have my own opinions, which I will give them, but I thought I'd
check with my best buddies on LM_NET too.  How would you advise these folks?


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Johanna Halbeisen
Woodland Elementary School(K-4)
Southwick, Mass
jhalbei@k12.oit.umass.edu

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