[LM_NET] Sound Bytes

[Jennifer Bates <jbates@CENTRALCOLUMBIA.K12.PA.US>]

Here is our dilemma...
 
Currently we have one of the only (maybe THE only?) high school in Pennsylvania 
without a certified librarian in place.  We have been valiantly attempting to 
change this for the past three years.
 
Our high school principal will be speaking to the board about this soon and will be 
asked "why do you need a high school librarian?"  
 
The board has already been inundated with research and papers as well as pleas from 
parents and some students.  They have been handed the Keith Curry Lance studies as 
well as articles and excerpts from Information Power.  
 
What I am looking for are "sound bytes", essentially, that the principal can use 
during this question period that answer in concise and clever ways the many reasons 
why we need a certified high school librarian.  
 
If you have any short and to the point statements that would help him to answer 
this question clearly and definitively as well as strongly make his point, I would 
REALLY appreciate the help!
 
Thank you!
 
Jennifer Bates
English Teacher
Central Columbia School District
4777 Old Berwick Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
jbates@ccsd.cc 
 

"Librarian is a service occupation.  Gas station attendant of the mind."  ~Richard 
Powers
 
"Is a librarian, isn't a librarian" ~Joe Kelchner
 

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