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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's desperately depresssing.  The contrast to Priscille Dando is so stark.  Priscille was such a passionate, outstanding advocate for freedom to read, for the transformative power of libraries, and for access to libraries and diverse books.  Since she left, it feels just...rudderless.  We get a "newsletter" with reposted announcements from other departments and always-useful and informative info from LIS tech team (for which she can take no credit since that team thankfully has not left after Priscille.)  It's like an empty suit is in her place.  Meanwhile, for my program anyway, teachers are being told they can't use any instructional time to come to the library.  And when I reached out about that...*crickets*.  Because NL is not going to push back against n principals or remind them of regulations or, god forbid, advocate that a change in regs that increased fixed library time in elementary master schedules by 50% (!!!) has had a deleterious effect on library programming or ability of librarians to collaborate with classroom teachers...there's no communication about anything like that.  Just regular newsletters.[/quote]

Hit the nail on the head. This was the same conversation I was having with my co-librarian. I think it’s hard for someone to advocate for the profession, for reading, and for the power of libraries when that person has so little experience in the role.

Then we remembered that she isn’t here because of merit, passion, commitment, or because she wants to get truly involved with positive change. She is there because she was a horrendous, disorganized principal who Dr Reid had to get out of her building, and quick.

The library program is eroding, and she is sitting on the sidelines watching the waves rolling in, laying on a beach chair and prob wondering whose job it is to step in and do something.  [/quote]

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