Re: Uneducated "librarians"

[Dan Robinson <dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net>]

President Clinton has gotten the funding for more teachers for the
schools. Perhaps it's time for the school librarians to mount a
campaign to secure funding for school libraries and librarians at
both the elementary and secondary levels.

It may be obvious to us, but reading as a lifetime activity and
information use as a lifetime activity needs people who are trained
to teach about and provide the opportunities for both..... School
librarians.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com
dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net

On 1 Dec 99, at 22:48, Elissa Stahl wrote:

>   My school district has recently been in the press for this same
>   thing. Many
> schools have eliminated their librarians due to budget cuts, as
> librarians are not mandated by the state in schools with less than
> 1000 students. Some are closed, and some are staffed by someone within
> the building willing to do it part-time. I saw one school of over 900
> with a one-day Clerk. My first thought was, what possibly can that
> clerk do as service to that size population in one day?  Especially in
> light of Colorado's study proving that well-staffed and supported
> libraries improve test scores, well...wonder why Johnny can't read? It
> really is sad when cash-poor districts force cuts that really
> undermine any attempts at a good education for the students. JMHO
>
> ************************************************************
> Elissa Williams-Librarian

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