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I am a teacher-Librarian in a small school district. Because of funding issues, the district has cut our library program in half. In other words - doubled my responsibilities. I now have two schools, twice the number of students and staff, and twice the collection. I love my job, but these days I am having the added challenge of creating an information literacy curriculum for two schools in half the time. Help!


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  • Mike McQueen January 25, 2012 at 11:26pm

    Greetings Sue,

    I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight. If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!

    Sincerely,

    Mike McQueen

    Teacher Librarian at McLain HS

    Lakewood, CO

  • Jack October 10, 2009 at 8:26am
    Hi Sue

    I wanted to let you know that MIT is running a nationwide, online contest to get kids to teach other SAT/ACT vocabulary through the power of user-generated flashcards. The goal is to build a resource that is free and fun to use. There will be a cash prize at the end and iTunes giveaways along the way. The event is hosted at Brainyflix.com, and full details are here.

    If you know of any teachers/students who'd be interested, please let them know! Maybe the prize money could come in handy for the library. :)

    Thanks,
    Jack
  • Barb Odanaka September 7, 2009 at 7:12am
    Hi Sue,

    Sorry to hear of the budget cuts! So painful.
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