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[quote=Anonymous]My mom was a school librarian for 30+ years.

1. Librarians typically teach a curriculum similar to the music, PE, and art teachers. How to locate books in a library, how to use reference books. As kids get older they learn about evaluating and citing sources for research. As things moved online, my mom’s curriculum shifted from how to use online databases to how to determine if a source is trustworthy and online privacy and safety.

2. Many kids don’t have access to local libraries because their parents do not speak English or do not know how to use the library. I am constantly amazed at the rich white peoples in my neighborhood who don’t know how to use the library and just buy books on Amazon. Kids will use the local libraries in Jr high and HS if they learn how in elementary.

3. No teacher needs to be saddled with checking out books and getting them back. Do you know how many other things teachers have to do besides teach? You know that the books in each classroom come out of a teacher’s personal money right? My BuyNothing group is full of teachers asking for books for their classrooms. 
4. The more parents who complain about books in libraries, the fewer reading nooks you will see in elementary classrooms. No teacher is going to risk their job and teaching license over the chance that some right wing nut job is going to lose their mind because a picture book has 2 dads holding hands in the background of a scene of people. [/quote]

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