[Libs-Or] History of School Library Staffing in Oregon: 1980 to 2013

[Garnetta Wilker]

As a retired school librarian/ teacher librarian, I thank you for the
support.  Voices from the community and from our fellow professionals in
academic and public libraries are essential.

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Garnetta Wilker
Co-chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee, Oregon Library Association
K-12 Representative, Oregon Statewide Database Licensing Advisory Committee

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Jane Corry <janec at multcolib.org> wrote:

> Good reason to talk to your legislator on April 29. Right?
>
> Jane
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Jennifer Maurer <
> jennifer.maurer at state.or.us> wrote:
>
>>  *Please pardon the cross-postings.*
>>
>>
>>
>> The State Librarian has tracked the number of full-time equivalent (FTE)
>> licensed school librarians employed in Oregon public schools since the
>> 1980-81 school year. Recently we also started tracking the number of FTE
>> school library support staff. For figures and a chart related to the
>> 33-year span, see the attached PDF. Here is brief snapshot:
>>
>>
>>
>> *School Year *
>>
>> *No. of Schools*
>>
>> *Library Support Staff (FTE)*
>>
>> *Licensed Librarians (FTE)*
>>
>> *No. of Students Per Licensed Librarian*
>>
>> 1980-81
>>
>> 1,284
>>
>> n/a
>>
>> 818
>>
>> 547
>>
>> 2011-12
>>
>> 1,253
>>
>> 697
>>
>> 203
>>
>> 2,763
>>
>> 2012-13
>>
>> 1,246
>>
>> 681
>>
>> 144
>>
>> 3,915
>>
>> 2013-14
>>
>> 1,239
>>
>> 688
>>
>> 129
>>
>> 4,396
>>
>> *Percent Change from 1980 to 2013*
>>
>> - 84.23%
>>
>> +703.66%
>>
>>
>>
>> The data comes from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). As of the
>> last few years, some of the figures were pulled from the Oregon
>> Statewide Annual Report Card
>> <http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821>. Note that the
>> staffing chart on PDF page 8 of the 2013-14 report card
>> <http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/annreportcard/rptcard2014.pdf>, and for
>> some previous years, combines figures for school library licensed and
>> support staff. When we pointed out that this could be confusing since there
>> is a separate row for general support staff, ODE added a note to the bottom
>> of the chart. ODE staff supplied me with the separate figures for licensed
>> versus support staff.
>>
>> This information could be helpful for anyone involved in school library
>> advocacy efforts.
>>
>> For a spot of good news, I’m hearing increased reports about school
>> districts hiring library staff, including licensed librarians.
>>
>>
>>
>> Questions? Please ask.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jen
>>
>>
>>
>> *Links*
>>
>> Oregon Statewide Annual Report Card:
>> http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821
>>
>> 2013-14 Report Card:
>> http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/annreportcard/rptcard2014.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer Maurer
>>
>> School Library Consultant
>>
>> Oregon State Library
>>
>> 250 Winter Street NE
>>
>> Salem, OR 97301
>>
>> 503.378.5011
>>
>> *jennifer.maurer at state.or.us <jennifer.maurer at state.or.us>*
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Jane Corry
> Youth Librarian-Belmont Neighborhood Library
> Multnomah County Library
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>
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