[aisle] ADVOCATE FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES!

[Todd Freer]

Hear, Hear! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!



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Todd Freer

Library Media Specialist

East Elementary School
2913 Elim Avenue, Zion, IL, 60099

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Subject: Re: [aisle] ADVOCATE FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES!

Thank you for writing this powerful letter and thanks for sharing it!

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 10:29 AM Andrea Perrin via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Great letter!

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 8:19 AM Janine Asmus via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:

Good Morning!

Below is a letter sent to The Chicago Tribune, advocating for school librarians and school libraries. Your AISLE Board/Team are advocates! If you would like to write a letter, please do!

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Janine M. Asmus
Leyden High Schools District # 212
Librarian, West Campus
Alumni Wall of Fame Coordinator
2019 Illinois School Librarian of the Year
AISLE Board Member
1000 N. Wolf Road
Northlake, IL 60164
847.451.3140
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Dear Letter to the Editor:


Cutting certified school librarians is shortsighted and detrimental to students, yet it happens with shocking regularity across our country. ln several Illinois school districts, school administrators and school boards recently relegated their school librarians to budgetary fodder. School librarians know the importance and impact of independent reading, information, and media literacy. We know kids who read will score higher on standardized tests, and more importantly, will find joy, adventure, empowerment, and knowledge through reading. School librarians often change the educational trajectory of students who come to the library not knowing what to read or not wanting to read. Maybe that was once your student - the same student who now comes into the library asking with genuine excitement, “Do you have another book just like this one?!”


The school library isn't what it used to be, nor is the school librarian. The cliche'-ridden notions are no more. The old stereotype of a school library as a quiet place with a shushing, scolding librarian is the opposite of true in today’s school. It is still a place to read, but it is also that "third" space where students can tinker and explore.  Many school libraries have makerspaces where 3D printers and robotics are at the ready.  Here, students use their imaginations to create and iterate. For some students the school library is a respite. And in a world bombarded with information, learning how to discern credible information is imperative within a 21st Century educational paradigm. The school library and school librarian are at the very heart of this practice.


If you are a student or parent of a student and you value the gift of reading, research, and literacy, please contact your school district’s Board of Education to let these elected members know that closing school libraries and cutting certified school librarians is not what is best for students.


Happy School Library Month!


Janine M. Asmus, Board Member, Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE)

Gail Meyer, Board Member, Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE)

Andrea Perrin, License Renewal Manager (AISLE)

Robyn Whitlock, Membership Chair (AISLE)



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