<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Marie and all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">AISLE is well aware of the lack of statistical data for Illinois school libraries. This became very evident when the SLIDE study began and the researchers could find almost no accurate data for Illinois. RAILS is working on obtaining this data with assistance from AISLE and other library agencies but they are in the beginning stages. We all know the importance of accurate data and hopefully Illinois will have the information soon. You can contact me directly if you want more information. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Carolyn Kinsella</div><div>AISLE Executive Secretary</div><div>P.O. Box 110</div><div>Seneca, IL 61360</div><div>PH: 815-357-6023</div><div><br></div><div><img width="200" height="70" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xPxEazl9gIjVo0s6Kx-tzMh2KLxwMDAzyk4nQdcJF8lzTT5EQKSS033hoWr8Fe2jQWCVAbfEg"><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 9:15 AM Carolyn Kinsella <<a href="mailto:carolynkinsella76@gmail.com">carolynkinsella76@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Donovan, Marie via AISLE</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 10:42 AM<br>Subject: [aisle] Does anyone have the most current data on the number of school librarians in Illinois?<br>To: <a href="mailto:AISLE@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">AISLE@list.railslibraries.info</a> <<a href="mailto:AISLE@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">AISLE@list.railslibraries.info</a>><br>Cc: Donovan, Marie <<a href="mailto:MDONOVAN@depaul.edu" target="_blank">MDONOVAN@depaul.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Good morning, all—I hope you won’t mind helping me: I’m in the process of finalizing a column I write for the Illinois Reading Council journal with a librarian friend and colleague on the connections between
teachers/reading specialists and school librarians. For our upcoming column, we’re focused (yet again) on the loss of school librarians and libraries in our state. In researching the number of funded librarian/media specialist positions for this school year,
I’ve hit a wall in finding this out. I realize learning this for private schools probably isn’t possible but I thought I could for public schools—yet I’m stymied in locating a database or other entity that could give me a sense of where we stand.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Is this something AISLE would have or somewhere/someone else? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Again, I hope you don’t mind my asking. Thank you all in advance for whatever guidance or insights you can share.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sincerely, m<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Marie Ann Donovan, Ed.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">She/her/hers</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Associate Professor of Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Director, Program in Early Childhood Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Representative, IL Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Council<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Member at large, Faculty Council, College of Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">2247 N Halsted Street, #303<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">(773) 325-7591 [office; I’m in the office daily]<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I’m reading: Patrick Radden Keefe—<i>Say Nothing</i>. <i> </i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I’m listening to: Nahko and the Medicine People.
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