Feb 10 2009
Librarians should get out there … and start knocking on doors
Brilliant article about school librarians in TESS includes our very own Ian McCracken, Govan High who is a project partner and on our project advisory group. Article also includes quotes / case studies from other activists in the field: Duncan Wright, convener of the School Library Association (Scotland) and librarian at Stewart Melville’s College; Wendy Pieroni, learning resource co-ordinator at Blairgowrie High in Perth and Kinross; Mary Sherriffs, Pitlochry High’s librarian; and Ayr Academy librarian Heather Stewart.
Douglas Blane reports:
School libraries and the people who run them can play a central role in A Curriculum for Excellence, inspiring new initiatives and pulling various departments together.
I would certainly endorse that and have been saying so for quite some time. Advocacy at its best.
Read the full artilce ‘Librarians should get out there … and start knocking on doors’

Article with a similar theme from the New York Times on Sunday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/books/16libr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1