Voices of Decision-Makers about School Librarian Employment

 

Learn the priorities of school administrators in staffing school libraries based on confidential interviews conducted in the IMLS-funded SLIDE School Librarian Investigation-Decline or Evolution? project. That school librarians are declining nationally is not new but SLIDE uncovered data that spotlights the inequities to marginalized student groups and revealed staffing decisions to add, reduce, or eliminate librarians that goes beyond funding. Interactive data tools will also be shared.