Michigan State Librarian Nancy Robertson Fights for School Libraries
“Around the country—in California, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania, for example—school librarians are repeatedly finding themselves on the chopping blocks, or their roles inside school buildings stretched as budgets have carved holes into their line-items. Michigan does not mandate certified school librarians in their schools except at high school level—and even there, that requirement is difficult to enforce, says Robertson.”
