[Biblist] The number of school librarian FTEs dropped by 10, 266 (19.5%)

Klipp ur forskningsrapporten School Librarian Investigation: Decline or Evolution? (SLIDE) How many school librarians are there in U.S. public schools, and how have their numbers changed over time? As of 2018-19 (the latest data available), there were 42,279 full-time equivalent (FTE) librarians. In 2009-10 there were 52,545. Thus, the number of school librarian FTEs dropped by 10,266 (19.5%) over that interval. This loss cannot be attributed to declining enrollment. In 2018-19, there were 50.4 million students in U.S. public schools compared with 49.2 million in 2009-10 —an increase of 1.2 million (2.4%). https://libslide.org/publications/perspectives/ En artikel i New Jersey Herald om dom krympande skolbiblioteken som försvinner av kostnadsskäl https://eu.njherald.com/story/news/2021/08/11/school-libraries-transition-m… Jan -- Jan Szczepański F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora, vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63 at gmail.com