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Antioch University Seattle School Library Endorsement Program: Librarian Losses & Gains

EDU 602 LIBM Program and Collection Management is a required course in the school library endorsement program of Antioch University Seattle

ISTE & EveryLibrary.org Advocacy Webinars

Session 2 of the ISTE School Librarians / EveryLibrary webinar designed to give you insights on what you can do to get started quickly on a campaign to safeguard your own position or budget, or to get organized across a district when cuts are threatened. Learn about the right way to engage parents and other stakeholders in the face of crisis, and get oriented to how SaveSchoolLibrarians.org can be put to work in support. If there is a threat to your position or budget, or to other school libraries or librarians across your district, know how to mobilize people to help you fight back. Presented by: John Chrastka, EveryLibrary, and Elissa Malespina, ISTE School Librarians Network Chair, April 26, 2018. Sponsored by Follett.

Largely adapted from the School Library Journal article published 4/3/18:

Fighting Cuts: How To Keep Librarians in Schools

State Reports

More Advice on Fighting Staffing Cuts

School Librarian Positions Cut

Iowa Report Losses

Efforts to Restore School Librarians in Tucson, Arizona

Read Judi Moreillon's School Librarian Leadership blog about the efforts to restore school librarians in Tucson, Arizona. 

 

National Research on School Librarian Positions

Keith Curry Lance
School Librarian, Where Art Thou?

Keith Curry Lance studies the evolving profession of school librarianship.
“Most everyone in our profession is aware that school librarian numbers have dipped, but we haven’t known the numbers or a time line for these losses. What has been happening?”

 

There’s Little National Data About School Librarians. What Happened?

“We’ve only had one source of information on school librarians since 2012. Two other much more detailed national efforts to collected data on school libraries and librarians ended that year.”
Debra Kachel
A Perfect Storm Impacts School Librarian Numbers

Debra Kachel is an affiliate faculty for Antioch University Seattle’s Library Media Endorsement program and an adjunct for McDaniel College in Westminster, MD.
“Several circumstances created a confluence of conditions that contributed to school librarian cuts. Here’s a look at likely issues at three levels—national, state, and local/school district.”
Sarah Butler Jessen
Charter Schools, Segregation, and School Library Access

Sarah Butler Jessen is a faculty member at the University of Southern Maine and the founder and executive director of the White Barn Center for Research.
“Research shows that choice reforms, such as charters, have perpetuated a deeply inequitable system where students are increasingly segregated by race and socioeconomic status. [These trends] inform the national trends in school libraries—but how?”

Standardized Testing

School District Strategies for Cutting Staff

Strategies That Saved Jobs

LIS Program Cuts & New Programs