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My name is Joseph Panozzo. I am a current Dominican University MLIS student who is also performing Graduate Assistant duties for Dr. Don Hamerly, one of my professors. I am working on this project being discussed in these email streams. I am attempting to research
Illinois School Districts, Public Schools in each of the school districts, and the individual school's staff directory to determine if each public school has a certified librarian/media specialist serving each public school, if the librarian is serving multiple
schools in the school district, and if there is an aide/paraprofessional assisting the librarian with library duties. It is a herculean task because many schools do not have a certified librarian on staff; many schools do not list their information on their
websites; many schools and their personnel do not respond to my email messages requesting whether or not the listed school librarian/media specialist is a certified librarian and if a library aide exists; and there are thousands of school employees throughout
the state with a plethora of unusual job titles that squeeze out funding for a librarian at their respective schools. </div>
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When I started my MLIS journey, I thought a Graduate Level MLIS degree would help me obtain virtually any librarian job. Dominican University and Illinois-Champaign/Urbana are currently the only schools in the state with certified MLIS programs. Much to my
surprise, I see so many public schools with non-certified "librarians" educating our students, including parents and volunteers. A teacher's certificate is all that is required to serve as a school "librarian." No MLIS graduate level education degree is required.
This would be tantamount to nurses and assistants practicing medicine instead of doctors and paralegals and secretaries practicing law instead of attorneys. My expensive graduate level MLIS degree does not qualify me to serve as a librarian in schools, unless
I take additional expensive education classes, with many of them not directly related to librarianship studies. So, I feel all of your pain. Plus, when school budgets are cut, it is often that the school librarian position is on the chopping block. This is
despite the fact that students need certified librarians at their schools now more than ever to filter out mis(dis)information regarding research and to promote reading and literacy.</div>
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Dr. Hamerly is planning to present our findings at the upcoming AISLE Convention held on November 3-5 at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, Illinois. I am still working on this research, but my GA duties will not last forever even though much
more needs to be researched and discussed in many other regions and school districts throughout the state. I wish everybody well. I am willing to discuss my findings if anybody is interested.</div>
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Regards,</div>
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Joseph Panozzo</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 11, 2022 9:45 AM<br>
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District 31 in Glenview/Northbrook eliminated one full-time librarian position.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 9:29 AM Executive Secretary AISLE via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br>
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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>
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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>
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<p class="x_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="x_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="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sincerely, m<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Marie Ann Donovan, Ed.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Associate Professor of Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Director, Program in Early Childhood Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Representative, IL Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Council<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Member at large, Faculty Council, College of Education<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_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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