As I sit in the underused high school library, I remember some of the comments I've
gotten:
If all you need to come upstairs for is to check your mail (the office is 2 floors
away from the library), someone can bring it to you. (Don't I need to collaborate
with other teachers, etc.?)
Teachers can't be bothered with discussing library materials selection to match
curriculum requirements.
Why do students need to come to you for help with AP and SAT exam preparation?
Perhaps some more active PR on my part is needed, especially as the
elementary/middle school library--where I have very supportive administrators--is
an extremely busy place!
“Librarians. . . have been my lifelong friends, guides and heroes.” Joseph Bruchac
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
Brooklyn, New York
basyak10@hotmail.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:57:36 +0000
> From: dervan@OPTONLINE.NET
> Subject: No Slap in the Face here....
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> I spent all but one of the 25+ years I worked in school libraries as a teacher
>covering preps for classroom teachers. When my students walked into the library,
>they knew they were in my classroom, I was the teacher and in charge for 45 mins.
>every week. The littlest ones often referred to me as "the liberry teacher".
>
> However it was always a surprise to see the kids coming in with gifts (Christmas
>and Hanukkah) every year. As I decorated my tree this year, I used several of the
>ornaments (some handmade and signed) given to me by students over they years.
>
> These are great memories that I take into my retirement from K-12 teaching.
>
> There were times when my administrators did not always treat the library as
>fairly as other areas but I prefer not to dwell on them and just remember the
>great things about working in the school library.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all,
>
>
> Josephine Dervan, MLS -Adjunct Instructor
> School of Communication and Information
> Rutgers University
> dervan at optonline.net
>
>
> He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero
>
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