Ravaged by cuts, school libraries fight to stay alive

03-22-2010

By Rob Rogers/Contra Costa Times

Almost every afternoon, librarian Linda Kenton helps students from San Rafael's Bahia Vista Elementary School find the books, Web pages and other materials they need to complete their assignments. "They come after school and use the library for homework help," Kenton said. "They use it for doing projects on our computers, and for our reading material." There's just one problem: Kenton, who works at the Pickleweed branch of the San Rafael Public Library, isn't a school librarian. And while she's willing to go to almost any length to help the children who visit her library, Kenton isn't a credentialed teacher, and her library wasn't designed with an elementary school curriculum in mind. (more...)

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