The Demise of School Libraries

The demise of school libraries is a problem facing schools today.  Budgets are shrinking and schools are eliminating an important part of learning. There has been a shift in elementary schools to focus on English and math, leaving other parts of a well rounded education to either be eliminated or reduced to almost nonexistent amounts of time during the educational year.

Students need access to books and libraries. We need to explore every option to continue to keep school libraries open so that students can access them for classes and research projects.

Some students don't take library time seriously. One idea I read about was to treat library time as a class- and have it be graded. I think that would instill the importance of the library to students, teachers, staff and faculty.

We need to add as many programs that allow school libraries and their programs to flourish. We need to be flexible to the needs of students so school libraries are beneficial to everyone.