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Our Mission
Every Houston ISD student deserves a full-time certified school librarian and a fully-stocked library. SNL consistently advocates on behalf of school libraries to the Elected Trustees, Board of Managers, elected officials, administration, library staff, and you, their community of stakeholders.
View the digital picture book The Day the Librarians Disappeared to understand all that a school librarian does for students. You can also download a PDF. We thank the Genesee Valley (NY) BOCES School Library District, and funded by an IMLA grant in 2022-23.
https://media.gapingvoid.com/imls-ebook/full-view.html
The image is also a live link.
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"Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. The absence of access is one symptom of information poverty.”
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The videos below illustrate the many facets of strong school libraries as stated by principals and other school administrators, teachers, and even HISD students.
Both the 1 minute trailer and the full film are available. Many thanks to School Librarians of Rhode Island, a section of the Rhode Island Library Association for sharing this under a Creative Commons public license 4.0.
From Jigsaw with a Missing Piece: "“A teacher librarian isn’t just for childhood. It’s for life.”" StudentsNeedLibraries/Australia, October 2018. These folks have a StudentsNeedLibraries channel.
Published on Apr 4, 2014
Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School was crowdsourced by Dr. Judi Moreillon and Dr. Teresa Starrett using funds provided by the Texas Library Association, Demco, and the Dean's Research Funds (College of Professional Education, Texas Woman's University). Made in 2013 in Australia.
This video from the Washington Library Association was published in early 2013. HISD school libraries could and should look like these! Funding is not stronger in Washington state, but priorities are different.
This video inclides HISD librarians. Thanks, Capstone.
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"What Do We Need Libraries for in This Day and Age?" YouTube, uploaded by Tappe Architects, 6 Mar. 2019.
HISD East Early College
offers this student statement of their Right to a Library. School Libraries: Welcome to the 21st Century Classroom, a video about why school libraries matter by New Jersey Association of School Librarians (2015)PLA (Public Library Association). Libraries Transform. (YouTube, May 5, 2015)
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