ISCI 754: Discussion Post 4 - Collaboration, Diversity, Readers Advisory, and Censorship
So many of the past two week's reading/viewings spoke to me as an aspiring school librarian. I love the idea of collaboration between public and school libraries, diversity in programming and materials, reader's advisory that is guided by the reader's needs, and a world where the Library Bill of Rights applies to all libraries. As an idealist, this library world sounds like heaven. As a realist who has worked in public school for 17 years, I realize that my ideal library job doesn't exist. In public school, where I intend to work, collaboration, diversity, and censorship are often impacted by school board members, parents, and the surrounding community. I believe public school librarians are playing a vastly different sport than other librarians. I don't agree with that but I know from experience that it is true. In the article "Developing a Curriculum in Intellectual Freedom: What Our Students Need to Know (2015)," Serof...