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Debra Kachel is an Affiliate Faculty for Antioch University Seattle’s K-12 Library Media Endorsement program and Project Director of SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution? https://libslide.org She serves as the Co-Chairperson of the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association’s Advocacy Committee and received the 2014 AASL Distinguished Service Award. Her email is dkachel@antioch.edu. Twitter: @SchLibAdvocate and @lib_SLIDE.
Keith Curry Lance Keith Curry Lance, Ph.D., consults with the RSL Research Group as well as independently. He was the principal investigator for several statewide school library impact studies, earning him the 2013 AASL Distinguished Service Award. He and Debra Kachel collaborate regularly on research and writing about the changing status of school librarianship as a profession. His email is keithlance@comcast.net and his consulting website is KeithCurryLance.com.
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What’s Behind the SLIDE? Findings from a Study of School Librarian Employment
Most of us know there have been large losses of school librarians over the past two decades. What is less well known—and begs for attention—is that these losses pose a major educational equity issue. In our new study (Lance and… Read More ›