[LM_NET] What is Your Budget---MORE Questions

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG>]

Do you think principals (parents and legislators) are aware of what other school 
libraries / librarians have as budgets?   Has anyone written an article for a 
professional principals' journal about the funding made available for school 
libraries?  

We've seen several (and, of course, read here) what others have in terms of 
budgets, but are there library organizations within some states that are posting 
and promoting the extreme ranges of budgets for school libraries in professional 
(and public) forums such as journals or magazines?  I always see it in our 
professional journals, but no where else.

Perhaps if others (especially parents and legislators) could see what some 
libraries / librarians are working with in terms of the amount of dollars compared 
to the number of students they serve, we could build an alliance for funding our 
schools (especially with the 65% solution being discussed). 

Just curious as to what is being done to publicize outside of our professional 
journals how some school districts fail to support their school libraries / 
librarians --- or at least make others aware that their school libraries / 
librarians aren't being given their "fair share" of the public funding pie?

Ideas?  Links?  Articles?  Writers?

~Shonda




Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
4200 Country Day Lane
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
817.732.7718 ext. 339

"We can't wait for somebody outside of ourselves to rescue us, because nobody is 
coming to the rescue..." 
 ~ Ross Todd, Professor
School of Communications, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University

sbrisco@fwcds.org
http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp

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