School libraries in ‘miserable’ state: national librarian

\”Canada\’s youth risk falling behind unless school libraries get more resources, says Canada\’s national librarian, with the support of a new study called The Crisis in Canada\’s School Libraries.\”

\”In many places the state of school libraries is just miserable,\” Roch Carrier told the International Forum of Canadian Children\’s Literature on Thursday.\”

\”In this rich Canada, I saw libraries in schools where they could not buy books for the last 10 years.\” (from CBC Ottawa)