VOTE for SKJ and Librarians in the news!
One of my favorite people, Sara Kelly Johns, is running for the presidency of the American Library Association. Please, when the time comes, take a moment and vote for her. Don't hold my endorsement against her.
AASL (school library media specialists) make up about 1/6th of the total ALA membership. But if we all voted as a block, we'd put Sara in office. School librarians have always been the red-headed stepchild of ALA, but Sara could help change that.
You can read more about Sara and that other candidate here. I know of no other school librarian (or any librarian) who works as hard as Sara does for the good of the profession.
Really, really.
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And in other news...
Long-time ALA Council Member, Terri Kirk, is featured in the most recent NEA Today newsletter. Check out "Beyond the Stacks: The School Librarian in the Digital Age." She is quoted as saying,
In the information age, who could be more important than a librarian? We specialize in information.
Pass this short and timely article on to your teachers and administrators.
I'd guess one article that is read by the general education population does more for our profession than 100 articles we only write for each other. NEA-member librarians, ideas for your professional publications?