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Hello Karrie,</div>
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My name is joseph Panozzo. We met at the AISLE Convention. Remember, you came early and you attended Dr. Don Hamerly's presentation with me. I also presented with Dr. Don about the sole school librarian topic on the next day.</div>
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You are absolutely right about school districts shortchanging K-12 students with sole district librarians and less than qualified "librarians" serving schools.</div>
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Another issue that isn't spoken about much is the very low pay to part time employees in public libraries. Check out the RAILS library job postings on any given day.</div>
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If the state's minimum wage is $15 as touted by political commercials and the new right to work constitutional amendment about to become law, why are so many public libraries paying employees less than $15 an hour in today's society with inflation out of control?
I currently (for now) am working part-time in a public library at a pay rate much less than $15 an hour, mainly to obtain library experience since I never had a library job before as being a current MLIS graduate student. </div>
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I know I've been told that librarians don't do it for the money, which I get. But living expenses, utility bills, rent charges, petrol, and groceries require increased spending even though part-time library wages are nowhere near keeping up with the current
cost of living. I'd like to see more advocacy by all of the powers that be to address this ongoing issue that shouldn't be happening.</div>
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If anybody has ideas, please let me know.</div>
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Good luck to everyone with their curriculum and Happy Holidays!</div>
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Joseph Panozzo (He/Him/His)</div>
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A starving MLIS student</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:56 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [aisle] Librarian position - statement of support</font>
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I love that AISLE is doing this! Having lost my librarian position at a K-5 school and being replaced by a district librarian, I feel the pain of others whose position is being eliminated. I was fortunate to get the district librarian position a week before
school started. That being said, being sole librarian in a district is not equitable for our students. There are so many issues associated with eliminating librarian positions.</div>
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Thank you, AISLE for supporting librarians!</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:45 AM Advocacy AISLE via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">The AISLE Advocacy committee, at the request of a member, has sent a letter to Homewood-Flossmoor HS District 233, expressing our organization's disapproval of their decision not to replace a retired librarian and sharing some of the many losses
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If you know of a school or district that has eliminated a librarian position and would like AISLE to let their board of education and administration know of the downfalls of this decision, please email
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