Librarian Posts Not Easy to Fill

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…]

July 9, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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