<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Our
state is participating in a federally-funded IMLS research project called
SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation: Decline or Evolution? </span><a href="https://libslide.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://libslide.org</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> with Keith Curry Lance
and Deb Kachel, Antioch University Seattle. They are planning to interview 100
school administrators across the U.S. to better understand how staffing
positions are decided for libraries, learning resources, and technology. In
particular, they are gathering the factors, values, and priorities that key
school decision-makers consider when making staffing choices and whether
positions are combining or evolving to meet district needs. They are seeking
willing interviewees from districts in three categories:</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Gained</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
school librarians since 2015-16</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Lost some </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">librarians
since 2015-16</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Lost all </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">librarians
since 2015-16</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
one-hour interviews will be conducted via Zoom, be completely confidential, and
occur sometime convenient to the interviewee during this school year.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><font color="#0000ff">Do you
know of a school leader who makes or made staffing decisions who would be
willing to speak to one of our interviewers? (Retired administrators may also
participate if involved sometime since 2015-16.) If so, either:</font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Email
them this info and ask them to provide their contact info at this link </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P27WN38" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P27WN3</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, or</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Send
their names, emails, and position titles to <a href="mailto:dkachel@antioch.edu">dkachel@antioch.edu</a>. She will
contact them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">So
far six states are participating. Let’s be sure that our state is represented
in this national investigation. If you have questions, email Deb at </span><a href="mailto:dkachel@antioch.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">dkachel@antioch.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. Thanks so much! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Antioch University Seattle is conducting this nationwide study
called SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution? </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://libslide.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://libslide.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Antioch’s Debra E. Kachel is the Project
Director, and Keith Curry Lance of the RSL Research Group is the Principal
Investigator. This project’s goal is to better understand current
<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span>realities, not to advocate for any particular position or staffing model.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please email if your administrators are interested in being interviewed. So we can contact them </span><br></span></p>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mary Jo Matousek,</span><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>AISLE President 2021-22 </div><div><a href="mailto:president@aisled.info" target="_blank">president@aisled.info</a> </div><div>Ph: 630-254-7770</div></div><div><br></div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1uAiVWg6VLANBk8glj_o4qi9Kb4qGdE9E&export=download" width="200" height="135"><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>