Re: [LM_NET] changes to SACS accreditation eliminates librarian need

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

Sad to say I am not surprised....
  When I was in grad school for my degree in administration (it wasn't that long 
ago) -- libraries weren't even in the darn books
  Nurses, guidance, coaches, art, music, pe --
   
  I wrote to the publishers (no response)
  I also wrote to the then pres. of AASL -- no response --
   
  This is not a new trend -- I am sad to say....
  Unless we all stand up and show why we are needed -- we will be replaced ---
   
  In fact -- think about this --
  If your principal has to choose between a tech coach and a media specialist  -- 
what would they choose???? 
   
  Paula

rshull <rshull@GREENAPPLE.COM> wrote:
  Here is something even more distressing...I am taking a graduate course
in Instructional leadership. I was presenting the situation in my
district that replaced LMS with educational aids (highest level of
education:high school) who teach seven or more classes a day in
information and technology literacy skills. After I finisihed presenting
the professor stood up and told the entire class that he felt that
certified library media specialist should all be replaced with public
librarians because he could hire them at $12.00/hour. 
Becky Vasilakis
District Library Media Specialist
Amanda, OH

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This is all very distressing. A colleague just told me that when the 
librarian retired in a nearby school, she was replaced by a science 
teacher with no library training whatsoever.

My question to my friend was: What is it about our job that 
administrators think they can pull someone off the street to do the 
job?

I think the question relates to the reason why libraries are mentioned 
only philosophically in the revision of the CASI standards: (provides 
comprehensive media services; access to a comprehensive materials 
collection, etc.) - a wording so vague that is nectar to the heart of 
an administrator who would choose to define it anyway he/she wanted.

It goes back to our role in the educational process. What is it that 
we add to the educational process that is unique and can't be done 
without? I think we are still struggling with that issue and our 
lobbying for libraries ends up being perceived as self-serving. We need

the lobbying to come also from our patrons who feel they can't do 
without us. floyd


On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:36 PM, Josephine Dervan wrote:

> Yes, the bottom line for library service in many school districts in
> the US
> is the cost of the librarians salaries. Many librarians are among the
> highest paid teachers in their schools. So districts often balance the
> budget at the expense of library service for younger students while 
> keeping
> librarians in the middle and high schools.
>
> Here in NJ the school librarians group, NJASL, has been actively
> lobbying
> state legislators and state Dept. of Education officials to mandate
> librarians for all schools. Currently only the schools in the urban
> disadvantaged districts in NJ have such a mandate.
>
> Jo
>
> Josephine Dervan, Library Media Specialist
> Strathmore School
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> He who has a garden and a library, wants for nothing- Cicero
>
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Paula Yohe
Director Of Technology/Library Media Center
Dillon School District Two
405 West Washington Street
Dillon, SC 29536
Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214
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