school libraries News

school libraries News From AOL News

Shhh! That's the Sound of Public Libraries Closing

LOS ANGELES (March 27) -- Massive budget cuts that have already led to furloughs for government workers and increased class sizes for public school teachers are claiming another victim: libraries. The Los Angeles Board of Library Commissioners this week ordered nine city libraries to close on Sundays, citing a city...

school libraries News From the Web

06/01/12 Administrator of the Year named Source: Farmington Sentinel - Farmington ME Foxcroft Academy's head of school Arnold Shorey was recently selected as Administrator of the Year by the executive board of the Maine Association of School Libraries.
04/20/12 New Brunswick MLA's reading to students on Canada Book... Source: Russel Metals Inc FREDERICTON, NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK--(Marketwire - April 20, 2012) - Over two dozen members of New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly will be visiting school libraries in their ridings on Monday, April 23, to read to students.
10/14/11 Atlantic City school official to advocate for... Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Pleasantville NJ Donna Haye, assistant superintendent for curriculum in the Atlantic City School District, will represent the district and the American Association of School Librarians at a congressional briefing Monday in Washington, D.C., to advocate for a bill that would support school libraries.
05/05/11 AASL President to visit Poland Community School Source: The Advertiser Democrat - Norway ME As part of her tour of school libraries nationwide, Nancy Everhart, president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), will visit Poland Community School on Monday, May 16 beginning at 8:30 a.m. State and local government officials and honored guests will take part in this daylong event.

Background on school libraries

A school library (or a school library media center) is a library within a school where students, staff, and often, parents of a public (state) or private (fee paying) school have access to a variety of resources.

more at wikipedia »