The document discusses the historical relationship between public libraries and school libraries, barriers to cooperation between the two, and initiatives to strengthen partnerships in the 1990s and 2000s. It outlines turf battles due to lack of coordination and funding, different roles of public and school librarians, and how responsibilities for children's library services were debated. Examples of successful school-library partnerships and resources for collaboration are also provided.
Public librarians. School librarians. We go through Simmons together. We sit in a lot of the same classes. We hear each others podcasts. We are all over the YA literature.. We see each other screencasts and webquests. We have common interests: Kids and reading. Kids and libraries. Kids and homework. Kids and information. Kids and technology. But Then we graduate, go get jobs, and when we go to workshops we hear about the great and perplexing divide between school libraries and public libraries. Why is that? And how can we change it?
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