News and Advice on grants, budgets, school funding, and more from School Library Journal en-us http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/community/Funding/47064.html?nid=3254 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/info/260304.html Terms of Use. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:03:01 MST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6703705.html?nid=3254 I fought for the retention of our elementary librarians this past year. I did everything I knew how to do and still 100 percent of the positions were cut (10 librarians covering 18 schools). We now have volunteers that are “running” the show. When I found out cuts were in the air, I contacted [author] Ann Martin, she wrote letters to our superintendent, commissioner of education, an... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6703706.html?nid=3254 ALA Grants & Fellowships bit.ly/1lNIAb The American Library Association (ALA) has created numerous grants and awards to help support programs and provide funds to individuals wanting to attend professional meetings. This handy page provides links to not only ALA grants, but also awards sponsored by the various divisions, including PLA (Public Library Association), YALSA (Young Adult Library... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6703861.html?nid=3254 California’s budget crisis has come home to roost as the 2009 Nation’s Report Card puts the state lower than the nation’s average for fourth graders and eighth graders on the biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6702010.html?nid=3254 A piece of Andrew Carnegie’s legacy could fall into jeopardy if the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh follows through with closing four branches, and potentially curtailing children and teen services for local communities as well. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:05:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6700779.html?nid=3254 U.K. author Alan Gibbons is taking his fight for school libraries on the road. After launching a petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown to make libraries mandatory in U.K. schools, the children’s book author knows he still needs to expand his cause. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6699594.html?nid=3254 If Pennsylvania lawmakers approve proposed cuts in the state budget, many K–12 students may lose access to valuable research databases at their public libraries. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:05:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6698106.html?nid=3254 Thousands of underserved elementary children across the country are returning to their schools this fall to find fully equipped and renovated eco-friendly media centers, thanks to the Target Volunteers School Library Makeover program. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6695219.html?nid=3254 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. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6686591.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6675777.html?nid=3254 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. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6671133.html?nid=3254 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. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:22:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6668968.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6667997.html?nid=3254 Looming cuts to Ohio’s state budget threaten an already hobbled public library system, especially its teen and children’s services. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6667404.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6665515.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:51:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6663004.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:05:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6660875.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6660019.html?nid=3254 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. Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6658599.html?nid=3254 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. Mon, 18 May 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6657608.html?nid=3254 President Obama may talk about the importance of libraries, but now that his budget is out, librarians are wondering, where’s the love? Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 EST