Re: [LM_NET] Breaking away from the ALA

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

I am seeing more and more of this.
  Having a media specialist from an ALA accredited school is not a big deal to 
schools.
   
  And the poster below mentioned a book challenge -- and wanting ALA
  In most places -- bringing in ALA would not be considered a positive -- "since 
all ALA promotes is porn on the INteret for kids" -- NOT my opinion but a general 
belief among alot of people.
   
  Paula
   
  
"Foster, Nancy E" <FosterN@BSD405.ORG> wrote:
  I have to weigh in on this, because in my opinion a library media specialist is 
first and foremost a teacher and secondarily a librarian. Not all librarians are 
necessarily effective teachers, and in a school setting, that's what is important. 
These "people who are filling the country up are teachers who choose to become 
teacher librarians by enrolling in academic programs designed for teaching skills 
students need. 

Nancy Foster
Library Media Specialist
International School
Bellevue, WA 

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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Ellen Nosal
Sent: Sun 4/8/2007 7:02 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Breaking away from the ALA



I just had to come out of the shadows and respond to this one.

Should "we" break away from the ALA? Not I, after working so hard to become a 
librarian.

Although I am proud and happy to be a library media specialist, I will always be a 
librarian first and foremost. In my opinion, that is essential to being a good 
library media specialist. The country is filling up with people who become 
certified as library media specialists without every having worked a single day in 
a library. This is because the emphasis on librarianship has taken a back seat to 
all the other roles we must play. A meaningful professional relationship with our 
local public librarians helps us to stay grounded in our own profession, and allows 
us to be of greater service to our students. 

If I were to find myself facing a challenge to a book, I'd want to have the ALA 
backing me. 

Ellen Nosal, MLS
Library Media Specialist
Walter Polson Middle School
Madison, CT 06443
nosale@madison.k12.ct.us



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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
paula_yohe@yahoo.com
       
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