Category Archives: School Libraries

Advocacy Alert: Contact Your Senator, Secure Library Aid Increase

Posted on March 18, 2014 by

Greetings Library Advocates, The Governor, Senate and Assembly have now all released their proposed budgets and they will negotiate a final budget based on those documents over the next two weeks. A quick summary: • Governor Cuomo’s Executive Budget included … Continue reading →

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Pullman: ‘every school should have a good library’ | The Bookseller

Posted on March 11, 2014 by

Philip Pullman has spoken out in defence of school libraries, saying it is “very important that every school, secondary or primary, should have a properly staffed, and properly equipped and properly furnished library.” Speaking on Radio 4’s “Today” programme this … Continue reading →

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National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) | Advocacy, Legislation & Issues

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) | Advocacy, Legislation & Issues.

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Contact Your Elected Officials

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

Contact Your Elected Representatives NOW Restore Library Aid Funding in the FY14-15 Budget State library aid is now at 1997 levels, and $20M less than state Education Law mandates. Libraries are a core piece of our state’s educational system, yet … Continue reading →

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The User Is (Still) Not Broken There are disruptions everywhere—formats, distribution, and technology—but the one constant that gets forgotten is people By Bryan Kenney | Jan 27, 2014

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Back in 2006, Karen Schneider, now university librarian at Oakland, Calif.’s Holy Names University, published “The User Is Not Broken: A Meme Masquerading as a Manifesto” on her blog, the Free Range Librarian. The post, as radical as it was … Continue reading →

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Libraries More Visible at NBC’s 2013 Education Nation Summit By Rocco Staino

Posted on October 22, 2013 by

Members in the news: Rocco Staino and Danielle Lewis reposted from School Library Journal October 11, 2013 on October 10, 2013 Leave a Comment At NBC’s fourth annual Education Nation Summit this week, libraries were more visible than in the … Continue reading →

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