Readings

=Professional Development - Readings=



Why we still need Libraries and Librarians from Jamie McKenzie. Given the literacy and comprehension challenges facing schools in this decade — especially those presented by the new information landscape — we need libraries and librarians now more than ever. Unfortunately, there are many leaders who are ill equipped to understand these challenges or the role librarians might play in helping teachers and schools to meet them. When this lack of understanding combines with budgetary woes, we are seeing drastic reduction in force across the continent. This amounts to intellectual disarmament. Read more of Jamie's articles here

=**Manifesto for 21st Century School Librarians**= Well into the 21st century, it is clear that the concept of //modern// teacher librarian practice is not clear. There is no textbook for what effective practice looks like in continually morphing information and communication landscapes. From Joyce Valenza : "You know you are a 21st Century School Librarian if . . . . Read more here