For our first class discussion, we were able to introduce ourselves and ask questions about the future of librarianship. While I think it's a scary time to be a school (or any kind of) librarian, I also think it's an incredible exciting time. Despite limited budgets, layoffs, and more and more standards, there are also new ideas, new people, new technologies, new energy.
To that end, what does being a school librarian mean? We went over the history of education and the school library's role in the past to the present. Certainly, a lot has changed over the years. The "stereotypical" idea of the school (or any) librarian has (unfortunately) stuck around, but the actual job responsibilities no longer reflect this. School librarians are tech-savvy, information literacy-teaching educators, but they aren't always appreciated for these skillsets--why??
I'm excited to learn more about all these things and more!
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