[CASL-L] Fwd: [aaslforum] Wall Street Journal opinion piece: Let Parent Volunteers Replace School Librarians

[Palazzolo Wicks, Katrina]

Great thoughts. What about all of the electronic resources?

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:18 AM, BARLOW CHRIS <BARLOWC at stratfordk12.org>
wrote:

> And that is just looking at one aspect of our job,
> No only just choosing new titles, but being able to recommend other titles
> to read?
> What about teaching how to find books (especially non-fiction)?
> What about doing research? How to find sources to use and finding
> information within those sources?
> The list goes on...
>
> Chris Barlow
> Library Media Specialist
> Wooster Middle School
> barlowc at stratfordk12.org
> 150 Lincoln Street
> Stratford, CT 06614
> (203) 385-4275
>
> "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a
> fool forever."
> --Chinese Proverb
>
> ________________________________________
> From: CASL-L [casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] on behalf of Beecher, Louise [
> lbeecher at bridgeportedu.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 11:07 AM
> To: Kathleen Smith; Ava Biffer
> Cc: CASL GROUP LIST; Hansen, Eric A; Shelley Stedman;
> shannonmcclintockmiller at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Fwd: [aaslforum] Wall Street Journal opinion piece:
> Let Parent Volunteers Replace School Librarians
>
> We can't just write a letter defending ourselves and our credentials - It
> will be dismissed as the self-interested defending their interests.
>
> I used to be a newspaper reporter and I can tell you from experience that
> the way to win hearts and minds is not to tell readers that volunteers
> could not replace librarians, but to lay out the facts that make them
> conclude "OMG, I couldn't do that job. I did not realize there was so much
> to it.".
>
> Go ahead and write the letter defending the profession, but then arrange
> to send at least two others.
>
> 1. The Chicago mom envisioned school librarianship as checking out and
> shelving books.
>
> Solution: Have an elementary school teacher who have a fixed schedule of
> classes provide an hour-by-hour schedule of his/her day.
>
>
> 2. Chicago mom thinks volunteers would fill the gap.
>
> Write a letter detailing the kinds of responsibilities volunteers would
> have to take on.
>
> Who will set up the schedule and see that it is adhered to - example, will
> there be anyone to fill in when Mrs. G. calls in to say she will not be in
> because her daughter Amanda is sick at home? Or just does not who up at all?
>
> How do you vet volunteers? Not everyone, however well-meaning, has the
> temperament to work with students. What happens when Mrs. A tries to
> discipline the son of Mrs. B? How would volunteers go about trying to get
> all the books back by the end of the year?
>
> How many volunteers have the time and expertise to conduct an end-of-the
> year inventory?
>
> Book collections become old. What volunteer would have the responsibility
> of constantly keeping up with book reviews and seeing that "must buys" are
> obtained? Of replacing books that have gone missing (especially important
> for series - if the first book is gone, the rest is useless.)  Who does
> weeding?
>
> Donated books do not simply put themselves on the shelf. Do any of your
> volunteers know how to do copy cataloging? Who would order the barcodes?
> The plastic to cover paperbacks, the book jackets for the hardbacks? Who
> would print out the Call Numbers? Who would be in charge of teaching the
> volunteers what a Call Number is?
>
> 3. Chicago mom thinks volunteers would fill the gap.
>
> Volunteers available during the school day are either stay-at-home moms.
> Even in middle to upper class communities the stay-at-home-mom is a fast
> disappearing commodity. They are practically non-existent in lower-income
> communities.
>
> Saying "let volunteers do it" completely ignores this reality.
>
>
>
>
> I would be happy to put together/edit a letter or letters if you wish.
>
> Louise Beecher
> Librarian
>
> "A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry."
>
> Thomas Jefferson
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: CASL-L [casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] on behalf of Kathleen Smith [
> ksmith at ledyard.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:52 AM
> To: Ava Biffer
> Cc: CASL GROUP LIST; Hansen, Eric A; Shelley Stedman;
> shannonmcclintockmiller at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Fwd: [aaslforum] Wall Street Journal opinion piece:
> Let Parent Volunteers Replace School Librarians
>
> ​I also saw on FB in the School Librarian Workshop Group.
> I think a united letter that we all sign might be effective.  What would
> be the best tool?  A change.org<http://change.org> kind of a site???
> Ideas?  I would be happy to help with the response....someone want to work
> with me on a Google Doc??​
>
> Kathleen Currie Smith
> Library Media Specialist
> Ledyard High School & Ledyard Middle School
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> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Ava Biffer <ava.biffer at easthaddamschools.
> org<mailto:ava.biffer at easthaddamschools.org>> wrote:
>
> I think we should also use the power of social media in responding to
> this.  I've posted this in a facebook discussion on teaching, with a
> concise statement on the necessity of having credentialed teaching
> librarians in all school librarians.
>
>
>
>
>
> Ava M. Biffer
> Library Media Specialist
> Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School
> Moodus, CT 06469
> Voice: 860.873.5081 x129<tel:(860)%20873-5081>
> Email: ava.biffer at easthaddamschools.org<mailto:ava.biffer@
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> "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."  John
> Dewey
> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back
> the right one." Neil Gaiman
> ________________________________
> From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces at mylist.net<mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net>>
> on behalf of Hansen, Eric A <Eric.A.Hansen at ct.gov<mailto:E
> ric.A.Hansen at ct.gov>>
> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:34 AM
> To: 'Shelley Stedman'; CASL GROUP LIST
> Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Fwd: [aaslforum] Wall Street Journal opinion piece:
> Let Parent Volunteers Replace School Librarians
>
> In Connecticut you can access the full text of the article by way of the
> Wall Street Journal link in researchIT CT.  For instance:
>
> http://researchitct.org/classicschool/
>
> …select Wall Street Journal (1984-present)<http://search.proquest.com/
> wallstreetjournal?accountid=46995>
>
> …search for the article:  “library lockout” (without the quotation marks)
> is one approach.
>
> Eric
>
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> From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net<mailto:casl-l-bounces@
> mylist.net>] On Behalf Of Shelley Stedman
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 3:49 PM
> To: CASL GROUP LIST
> Subject: [CASL-L] FYI: Fwd: [aaslforum] Wall Street Journal opinion piece:
> Let Parent Volunteers Replace School Librarians
>
> Please act if you feel so inclined! WSJ won't let you read the whole
> article without subscribing - but my PL will have a copy! Jan. 8 commentary.
> Shelley
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Susan Polos <suz.polos at gmail.com<mailto:suz.polos at gmail.com>>
> Date: 1/7/17 6:57 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: aaslforum at lists.ala.org<mailto:aaslforum at lists.ala.org>
> Subject: [aaslforum] Wall Street Journal opinion piece: Let Parent
> Volunteers Replace School Librarians
>
> I am appalled by the way that so many community members seem to think
> school librarian cuts can be smoothed over by parent volunteers. Please
> read and consider responding. Thanks!
>
> http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-library-lockout-at-our-
> elementary-school-1483747233
>
> Susan Polos, School Librarian
> Fox Lane High School
> Katonah, NY 10536
> 914 262-4832<tel:(914)%20262-4832>
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