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I worked for a private school for 8 years. I have a master's degree in library science and my two clerks also had master's degrees in library science. Our school was accredited and all of our teachers kept up their certification with the state (GA) even though legally we didn't have to. Our administration expected it as a stipulation for hiring us. Shari Warren Media Specialist Oconee County Middle School Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 706-769-3575 swarren@oconee.k12.ga.us If school librarians ruled the world, reading would be a varsity sport. -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Michelle Ohnstad Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:49 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: Librarians vs non-librarians Jennie, I work at two independent schools and from my experience it's quite the opposite. All of my colleagues on the AISL email list have master's degrees in library science and any private school worth its tuition will only hire a degreed librarian. Charter schools, on the other hand, will do what they want - they don't necessarily need to have a certificated or degreed person in the library - but we hope, of course, that they will. I also see this is an article from the UK - perhaps standards and/or titles are different there, I'm not sure. When we had a librarian job swap with a private school librarian from the UK, she had a master's degree and was highly educated. In terms of your other questions - my impression from my independent school colleagues and from what I read in journals and on the internet is that private schools want and need professional librarians - most of my colleagues are at college preparatory schools and thus require someone who is well versed in teaching high level research and information literacy skills, as well as continuing to foster a love for literature with students. We are considered faculty and many of us are on curriculum committees and are directly involved with shaping the academics at our schools. Someone I work with is pursuing her MLIS and there are courses in designing lessons for school libraries as well as young adult and children's lit courses. There is a school librarian track to follow at San Jose State University, where she attends. Michelle Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:49:54 +0300 From: Jennie <jennieteacher@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Librarians vs Non-Librarians I have been hired by an IBO school to help make their Library more of a "Media Center"; catering to international students with 21st Century Literacy. If good quality private schools are not hiring "professionally trained librarians" (as appears to be the trend) is it due to the lack of qualified librarians or something else? 1. What do schools now want in a "school librarian"? 2. What is being taught in current MLS courses for school librarians? 3. What do "professionally trained librarians" and "non-professionally trained librarians" think of the article below. Is going on the defensive the best action? Librarians hold summit with CILIP 03.04.08 Tom Tivnan <http://www.thebookseller.com/Tom-Tivnan> School librarians held a summit meeting with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) last week to air their concerns about the growing number of non-professional school librarians. The School Libraries Summit saw 20 librarians from across England and Wales meet with CILIP officials, following a 2007 Booktrust survey that found*just 42% * of secondary school libraries in -England were managed by full-time chartered librarians. Guy Daniels, CILIP director of policy and advocacy, said: "It's a clerical assistant type of model where we have a large number of librarians with no experience or training. The emphasis of the summit was to provide school librarians with the skills to influence employers and head teachers." The first step to combat the rise in non-professional school librarians is the launch of a microsite at www.cilip.org.uk/schoolsummit with information for school librarians. Jennie Scott-McKenzie Middle School ICT Teacher ATIS International School, Kuwait jennieteacher@gmail.com -- Michelle S. Ohnstad, MLIS michelle.ohnstad@gmail.com Head Librarian La Jolla Country Day School La Jolla, CA Web: http://www.ljcds.org Library Media Specialist Pacific Ridge School Carlsbad, CA Web: http://www.pacificridge.org Wiki: http://www.independentschoollibraries.wikispaces.com Blog: http://indy-school-librarian.blogspot.com/ SLA-SD Chapter Blog Administrator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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