CO-School Organization
Smith, A. (2008). Touching the ground: the human dimension
of teacher librarianship. Access
(10300155), 22(4), 31-33.
In regards to putting a defining
value of the work of a librarian, school librarian Andrew Smith had this to say
about his profession at the end of his career: “The value of the library as a
central place within this school culture might be gauged by guessing where the social
and educational interactions which now occur here would be relocated if the
library did not exist. The reality is that the school would be impoverished by
such a loss. The value of the human thread in library as place is incalculable.
Although our policies point to the educational purpose and value-adding of
libraries and teacher librarians within schools our school libraries function
as complex social and cultural spaces. The contribution made by teacher
librarians in these spaces is irreplaceable. In their own unique ways, they add
a richness and depth to schools as they manage these spaces and the students
who occupy them.” (2008). This is what I need to remember as I go about the
daily task of being and evolving as a school librarian.
This article no matter how true it may be is not a valued argument when it come to the decisions made of closing libraries or laying off library workers.
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