School libraries cut hours as staff shelved

Collen Kelly sent in This One on big troubles at school libraries in Ontario. One-third of elementary school libraries in Ontario now report being open only part-time hours! They go so far as to say \”The cuts have also left teacher-librarians wondering if they\’re a dying breed.\”

“Unless the public is made aware of what we do, what the role of a teacher-librarian is and how desperately important it is to have teacher-librarians to work with other teachers, I\’m afraid we are going to become like dinosaurs and disappear.\’\’