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Richard Beaudry's Blog – May 2009 Archive (4)

Cuts don't reflect words

We just had a provincial election in BC and, one of the issues that was front and centre, was funding cuts to school districts. While cutbacks in my own district were not as drastic as in Bellevue, Washington, they are serious for our school libraries. Starting next fall, there will be no full time teacher librarians in any of the elementary or middle schools in the district and we are losing our district librarian. I wrote a letter to the editor of a local paper in response to a statement of… Continue

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 20, 2009 at 2:33pm — 1 Comment

School district criticized for reassigning librarians

This article resonates home with me. This is a process that we have often seen in school districts across Canada. Bellevue District is a suburb of Seattle, Washington. It is regrettable that such drastic cuts are finding there way in Washington State.

School district criticized for reassigning librarians
By LINDSAY LARIN
Bellevue Reporter Staff Writer
May 19 2009, 11:14 AM
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/45412547.html

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 20, 2009 at 2:17pm — 1 Comment

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

For those us doing research comes the following source:

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. is up to version 75 - Posted May 12th, 2009.

From the website: The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published between 1990… Continue

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 20, 2009 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)

Article in Information Today, Inc. - Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)
by Sarah Milstein
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/Milstein.shtml

Added by Richard Beaudry on May 5, 2009 at 8:08pm — No Comments

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