[CASL-L] Article (excellent and thorough) about CT libraries

[CASL President]

David Bilmes shared the following details with Jenny and me. Thank you,
David, for gifting the article to all of us. (Though I have access through
a home subscription, I tried the gifted article and that worked for me
tonight, too. Let us know if you have any issues.)

Before you read David's comments and the article, I'd also like to give a
shout out to the other certified library media specialists in the article:

   - Don Curtis
   - Renee Neiger
   - Marci Hilton

Finally, thank you to all LMSs and school library staff who work hard every
day to ensure our students have the freedom to read and receive instruction
in essential skills of library media programs: information literacy, media
literacy, digital literacy, and more.

Let's continue the momentum of educating the community about what we really
do all day!

Grateful to all,
~Val


*Valerie DiLorenzo*
CASL President






---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bilmes, David S. <bilmesd1 at southernct.edu>
Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Subject: Article about CT libraries
To: CASL President <president at ctcasl.org>, Jenny Lussier <
jlussier at ctcasl.org>


First of all, it was great seeing so many of you at the CASL Conference
over the weekend. Kudos to the hard-working conference committee for doing
such a great job.

This article
<https://www.nhregister.com/news/education/article/ct-schools-losing-librarians-budget-cuts-22452653.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmhyZWdpc3Rlci5jb20vbmV3cy9lZHVjYXRpb24vYXJ0aWNsZS9jdC1zY2hvb2xzLWxvc2luZy1saWJyYXJpYW5zLWJ1ZGdldC1jdXRzLTIyNDUyNjUzLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc5MzcxNDgxOTY2Mw%3D%3D&rid=MjA1NWE0OTItYWI4Yy00YzZlLTliY2QtMGMxYmVmY2VlNGI1&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D>
was
published online last week by the Hearst Newspapers, but as of this morning
hasn't appeared yet in its print edition. It's an in-depth look at school
libraries in our state. CASL president Val DiLorenzo is quoted in the
article, as are several other CASL members. It also includes a chart which
shows the ratio of students per school librarian in every district in the
state.

The good news is that Connecticut is still one of the better states for
school librarians. The bad news is that many of our low income districts
don't have school librarians, and the number of school librarians in our
state has been steadily decreasing.

The link to the article is a gift link, so you should be able to access it.




David

David Bilmes
Adjunct Professor
School Library Media Program
Department of Information and Library Science
Southern Connecticut State University
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mylist.net/archives/casl-l/attachments/20261104/ed643864/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/png
Size: 77361 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://mylist.net/archives/casl-l/attachments/20261104/ed643864/attachment-0001.png>