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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2007
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ776623 |
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- Recruiting the Next Generation of School Librarians Bishop, Kay Janczak, Sue Student Recruitment Librarians Library Schools School Libraries Career Choice Majors (Students) Library Education Library Role In 2003 at the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 11th National Conference in Kansas City, the AASL Task Force on Recruitment for the Profession noted that 68 percent of school librarians will retire by the year 2015. They also reported extremely severe shortages of school librarians in ten states and severe shortages in 30 states plus the District of Columbia. In this article, the authors discuss why it is difficult to attract candidates to school librarianship. The authors also discuss the efforts made by various library schools in overcoming recruitment difficulties. Lastly, the authors present simple strategies on how school librarians can help in promoting careers in school librarianship.