Funding

• Media Specialists Play Key Role as Holocaust Ed Budgets Shrink
  By Lauren Barack - 09/16/2009
  School librarians can play a vital role in helping to support lessons on the Holocaust and genocide, say many of the country’s Holocaust educational groups, which are watching budgets shrink as state’s cut their funding. More
• California School District Closes All 28 Libraries
  By Rocco Staino - 08/31/2009
  First California’s Folsom Cordova Unified Schools got rid of all its certified media specialists—and now it’s axing its support staff and closing its doors. As of today, all 28 K-12 libraries in California’s will shutter, leaving 19,000 students with limited access to their media centers. More
• Cuyahoga Saves Children/YA Librarians—For Now
  By SLJ Staff - 08/13/2009
  They’re safe for now. None of the 41 positions recently eliminated by Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Public Library  includes children’s or young adult librarians. More
• Ohio School Libraries May Net More Funding
  By Lauren Barack - 07/15/2009
  Although Ohio’s public library system faces deep financial cuts, its school libraries may actually get a boost if Governor Ted Strickland signs the current budget bill. More
• Alan Gibbons, Philip Pullman Urge British Government to Mandate School Libraries
  By Rocco Staino - 07/06/2009
  Alan Gibbons, the two time Carnegie Medal nominee, is urging the British government to give kids the same rights as prison inmates—the right to have a library in schools. More
• Ohio’s Library Cuts to Devastate Children's/YA Services
  By Lauren Barack - 06/29/2009
  Looming cuts to Ohio’s state budget threaten an already hobbled public library system, especially its teen and children’s services. More
• Supporters Rally Across Connecticut to Save Libraries
  By Lauren Barack - 06/29/2009
  Librarians and Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut have spent the last two weeks rallying across the state to get Governor M. Jodi Rell to reverse her decision to cut more than $5.1 million in school, public, and university library funds annually for the next two years. More
• DOE Awards 57 School Library Grants
  By Rocco Staino - 06/15/2009
  Three hundred students at the Yukon Flats School District in rural Alaska, 11,000 students in 15 urban Chicago elementary schools, and 9,000 students in Waterbury, CT, are among the 57 low-income school districts across the country that’ll benefit from $18.5 million in federal grants. More
• Washington School District Eliminates Middle, High School Librarians
  By Debra Lau Whelan - 06/08/2009
  The Bellevue School District in Medina, WA—home to Bill Gates and other affluent families—is saying good-bye to all middle and high school librarians, yet another result of the ongoing recession. More
• You Are There: No budget for travel? Try video chat.
  By Eric Langhorst - 06/01/2009
  It was the sort of exchange that could only happen on a field trip. One of my students, noticing the unusual bow attached to Alexander Hamilton’s ponytail, asked our guide about the odd accessory. “That’s a bag wig,” replied Eli Lesser, director of education at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. More
• Kids In Need Wants Your Vote
  By Lauren Barack - 05/22/2009
  Kids In Need, a charity that helps teachers and librarians with school supplies, has a little need of its own—and it’s hoping educators will vote to give it a big slice of a $3 million prize. More
• Chicago Schools Trade Librarians for Other Staff
  By Lauren Barack - 05/18/2009
  School librarians fail to make the cut in some Chicago Public Schools, leaving classroom teachers left to fill the staffing gaps by building classroom-reading rooms. More
• President Obama Freezes School Library Funding in 2010
  By Debra Lau Whelan - 05/12/2009
  President Obama may talk about the importance of libraries, but now that his budget is out, librarians are wondering, where’s the love? More
• WA High School Walkathon Helps Stack Library Shelves
  By Lauren Barack - 05/08/2009
  Students in Washington are hoping to stack the shelves at Liberty High School one step at a time at their 2nd annual walkathon. Their goal? To raise $5,000 and add more international titles to their school library. More
• Tech Firms Help Get Stimulus Funds
  By Lauren Barack - 05/01/2009
  Anthony Salcito understands the economic challenges K–12 schools face today. That’s why the general manager of U.S. education for Microsoft says the $115 billion in federal stimulus money earmarked for education has spurred the tech giant into action. “We’re focused on how we can partner with schools on using these funds,” says Salcito. More
• School Librarians: Getting a Piece of the Stimulus Pie
  By Debra Lau Whelan - 04/20/2009
  Chances are you’ve heard about the recently passed stimulus funds—but you’re also probably wondering how you can get your hands on it. More
• Washington Makes School Library History
  By Debra Lau Whelan - 04/20/2009
  The Washington Moms have helped make history again. For the first time, media specialists and library materials are now officially part of the state’s definition of basic education for prototypical schools. More
• School Library Journal’s Spending Survey
  By Lesley Farmer and Marilyn Shontz - 04/01/2009
  It’s been a Dickens of a year for school librarians—the best of times and the worst of times. Although our nation’s economy has gone down in flames, we’re hoping that the new administration will turn things around. School Library Journal’s (SLJ) survey of school expenditures and collections arrives at a time when many media specialists are thinking about ways to im... More
• Libraries for the Future Closes After 17 Years
  By Norman Oder - 03/19/2009
  Story from Library Journal: The economic downturn has claimed an influential nonprofit organization, Libraries for the Future (LFF), which is closing its doors after 17 years. More
• Wealthy School Libraries Feel the Pain
  By Rocco Staino - 03/09/2009
  School libraries nationwide are feeling the economic crunch—even those districts in affluent neighborhoods with stellar library programs. More
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