Della Curtis writes
\”Baltimore County Public Schools, the 24th largest school
district in the nation, is addressing the problem of aging
secondary school library collections.
This is a problem
across the nation. Superintendent Anthony Marchione has
proposed spending 10 million over a 3-year period that will
outfit libraries with new books to support student research
and reading.
The budget proposal was approved by the
Board of Education, and is now before the Baltimore County
Council.
Cella Curtis, Coordinator of the Office of Library
Information Services, has prepared a website that gives
insight as to the scope of the collection problem, the
process used to evaluate the collections in 165 schools, how
libraries contributed to academic achievement of students,
comments from students, staff, and parents, and links to
news articles in the Baltimore SunPapers and the Washington
Post.
The overall intent of the website is to inform
the community and advocate school libraries and the
re-building of their library collections. The web address
is
http://www.
bcpl.net/~dcurtis/libraryfacts
Other school libraries who face the same problem may find
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