When the Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Education failed to recognize the importance of having a library in their standards of accreditation several years ago, AJLSC wrote letters to all the Board members citing the research on the importance of libraries vis-a-vis school achievement. We were told that they recognized the importance of libraries, but budget didn't allow some schools to have one professionally staffed. We compromised with wording that said the school needed to have access to a library. Not exactly the same. I am still unhappy about it.
At the AJL Council we agreed that AJL should take a stand in promoting the importance of libraries. Now we need to come up with an action plan! Any volunteers to help work on this? Susan Dubin Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
