LISNews: Librarian News

From The News Gazette (Champaign, IL), Diane Haag writes...
\"Mahomet-Seymour Superintendent John Alumbaugh counts himself lucky to have been able to fill the two school librarian positions he had open for next year ... It turns out the stereotype of the gray-haired keeper of books has some truth to it. In 1998-99, 60 percent of Illinois librarians were 50 or older, meaning they will all soon be eligible for retirement ... At the same time, the state\'s only two ALA accredited schools have a total of about 175 students enrolled – all they were meant to have. That\'s the problem, it\'s difficult to get the degree.\" [more...]