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When our school board did the same thing, our media specialists presented
detailed lists of the tasks that were performed by the positions to be cut
(they were assistant positions) and the time spent doing them. They then
outlined how their teaching activities would be curtailed without the
assistants. They saved 5 of 5 positions.

It's always a safe bet that people don't know what you do. Spell it out for
them, in terms of teaching, collaborating, innovation, and collection
maintenance and how much time you spend doing those things. Get your
teachers to speak up with stories of accomplishments their students
couldn't have achieved without you.

Good luck!!

Chris Wilson

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Librarians,
>
> I need your help.  My school district’s administration proposed on Monday
> the cutting of 7 of our 8 librarians for next year in order to save money.
> The one remaining librarian would serve as the District Librarian and would
> be stationed at the high school.  Their daily schedule (4 block) would be 1
> block in the library, 2 blocks teaching in a content area, and 1 block for
> prep.  Based on this schedule, the District Librarian would only have ¼ of
> their day to maintain the collection for the entire district.  The district
> is comprised of 4,500 students in 5 elementary schools, 2 junior highs, and
> 1 high school.  The other 7 school libraries will be staffed with aides who
> will be tasked to check in and out books to students and complete a yearly
> inventory.
>
> I am looking for anyone who is a District Librarian to share with me their
> current job description.  I am also looking for any data that you have
> concerning how only having 1 librarian for this size of a student
> population impacts reading ability, test scores, delivery of instruction,
> etc.  If you have any suggestions on what we can do to save our librarians,
> please share.  I would need this information by Friday as our board will be
> voting on the matter on Tuesday.  Please email me at
> jccampbell07 at gmail.com.  Thank you in advance for helping me on this
> matter.
>
>
>
> Jen Campbell
>
> Galesburg High School
>
> Galesburg CUSD #205
>
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'Who needs a librarian when you have Google? Well, who needs a doctor when
you have WebMD?'

Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian.com



Christine Wilson,  Media Assistant
Avon Center School
CCSD 46


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