Comments on: ALA Promises Expanded School Library Advocacy in 2013–2014 http://www.slj.com/2013/06/schools/ala-promises-expanded-school-library-advocacy-in-2013-2014/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Heather Albee-Scott http://www.slj.com/2013/06/schools/ala-promises-expanded-school-library-advocacy-in-2013-2014/#comment-48908 Heather Albee-Scott Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:53 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=49307#comment-48908 This is very exciting! A group of concerned citizens has been working on revitalizing the school libraries here in our community in Michigan and this past year we were able to partner with our district library to bring a certified librarian back to the middle school. We have watched the students respond with enthusiasm! Teachers bring students to the library during class, but we also open the library during lunch and we had to cap how many students could come in because the response was overwhelming. Our librarian is very popular with students, staff and parents and he has become an invaluable team member at our school. Our school is a Title I school and now a priority school in Michigan, so a thriving library is of utmost importance. Students need to be guided in their research efforts and they need to be exposed to a variety of resources, but even more importantly they need a place where they can read for pleasure with a large collection of titles. We are on our way to providing these things for our students and now with the ALA's advocacy we can find more support. Thank you!! This is very exciting! A group of concerned citizens has been working on revitalizing the school libraries here in our community in Michigan and this past year we were able to partner with our district library to bring a certified librarian back to the middle school. We have watched the students respond with enthusiasm! Teachers bring students to the library during class, but we also open the library during lunch and we had to cap how many students could come in because the response was overwhelming. Our librarian is very popular with students, staff and parents and he has become an invaluable team member at our school.

Our school is a Title I school and now a priority school in Michigan, so a thriving library is of utmost importance. Students need to be guided in their research efforts and they need to be exposed to a variety of resources, but even more importantly they need a place where they can read for pleasure with a large collection of titles. We are on our way to providing these things for our students and now with the ALA’s advocacy we can find more support. Thank you!!

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