They Paved Paradise: School Librarians and School Libraries Are Disappearing and We Won't Know What We've Lost Until It's Gone. Issue 8 (17th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahlfeld, Kelly
• Is Part Of: Journal of library administration. Volume 59:Issue 8(2019)
• Page Start: 927
• Page End: 938
• Publication Date: 2019-11-17
• Subjects: quality standards -- crisis -- employment -- school librarians -- statistics -- library profession -- library media specialists -- shortage -- advocacy -- marketing -- literacy -- reading scores -- test scores -- promotion; Library administration -- Periodicals; 025.1
• DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2019.1661747
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-0826

Abstract

Abstract: Many schools in the U.S. have eliminated school librarian positions. This column explores how we got to this crisis point, details several successes in the fight for school libraries, and makes a few suggestions for what school librarians can do to preserve libraries for the sake of our students and teachers.