Re: [LM_NET] GEN:How common are two librarian schools?

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>]

I've been in two private schools in Texas and both had 2 (or more)
librarians in one grade / level building.  Both schools had 1100
students (or less) enrolled and both schools had an elementary and
high school level library building / collection with at least two
librarians working in each building.

Although this is an example of a private school situation, I don't see
this much in the public school.  Perhaps the importance of the library
to education and the funding available are the primary factors.
Unfortunately, there are many public schools that could be MUCH more
successful if they offered better library programs with additional
library services; however, when those who hold the purse strings are
ill-equipped to make those executive decisions to place educational
excellence through libraries at the top of their priority lists, we
see the impact that it makes on many schools, their student
achievement, their library programs, and ultimately, their librarians.


~Shonda




On 5/26/07, Ron Wagner <ronald.wagner@comcast.net> wrote:
> I've seen several references to two librarian schools in my short month
> on the listserv (most recently in "Why don't teachers want to
> collaborate?").  I work in the Portland, OR, area, and I've never heard
> of a school with two in my area or in the state of Oregon.  I have been
> elementary my entire career, so maybe that is why.
>
> So, typically how big does a school need to be to have 2 librarians?
>
> Has the "era of the two librarian school library passed" as I read from
> an archive post (dated 4/2007)?
>
> Are they more common in certain states/ parts of the country?
>
> Thanks from a newbie making his first LM_net post!
>
> Ron Wagner
> Teacher-Librarian
> Felida Elementary School
> Vancouver, WA
>
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