[ISLMA-Share] District Librarian - show your support!

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Good Afternoon,
Thank you for the support and ideas you've shared with Jennifer regarding this horrible situation. ISLMA is sending a letter of support to the Galesburg Board of Education. EveryLibrary.org has a campaign on their website. Go to http://action.everylibrary.org/support_galesburg_school_librarians to show your support.
Thank you,

Patti Fleser
President, Illinois School Library Media Association
"...a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!" Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

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Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 10:09 PM
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Subject: [ISLMA-Share] District Librarian


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 1Z4 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<mailto: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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