Monday, June 22, 2009
Librarian lay-offs
I just read a horrible article on the Library Journal's webpage. It is about school districts in Washington state cutting out having a media specialist in the library and putting in aides. The slms, instead of being laid off are moving to classrooms because of the increase in students. There are other articles about lay-offs of librarians in California, Arizona, etc... It is worrisome in this time of economic hardship! Read the article at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6663004.html?rssid=190
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Mandy,
ReplyDeleteI was in our local public library today and one of the volunteers was telling me that her daughter is working on her LMS in Texas. She is frustrated because she just found out that some of the local districts there are doing this very same thing. I agree that it is very scary. Unfortunately, I think it goes back to the administration not knowing what the SLMS can do for their district/building. And of course, there are those SLMS out there that are not and have not moved forward in recent years to become what has been proven to be an asset to the students and teachers.