Comments on: Librarians Interrogated, Under Attack http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2011/05/14/librarians-interrogated-under-attack/ A School Library Journal Blog Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: susan norwood http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2011/05/14/librarians-interrogated-under-attack/#comment-32276 susan norwood Sun, 15 May 2011 02:31:18 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/?p=1933#comment-32276 I have talked to other teachers in our building and no one understands why you have been removed as our librarian. I have shared the battle against banning and censorship with you. I cannot understand why an educator would want to prohibit intellectual freedom. I have just read a stack of papers from students about the library. Many question why they weren't allowed to go as frequently as they wished. They just don't understand why they couldn't go to the library. I told them that it wasn't Ms. Chen's decision. Why would anyone want to limit a student's use of the library? I have not been in our computer lab even once this year. The library was the only place that my kids actually got to use technology, and then their access was cut. Go figure. How does limiting access to the library and to relevant materials promote learning? The cycle of inequality and limited access to information continues-- and it hurts the kids who need information the most. I have talked to other teachers in our building and no one understands why you have been removed as our librarian. I have shared the battle against banning and censorship with you. I cannot understand why an educator would want to prohibit intellectual freedom.

I have just read a stack of papers from students about the library. Many question why they weren’t allowed to go as frequently as they wished. They just don’t understand why they couldn’t go to the library. I told them that it wasn’t Ms. Chen’s decision.

Why would anyone want to limit a student’s use of the library? I have not been in our computer lab even once this year. The library was the only place that my kids actually got to use technology, and then their access was cut. Go figure. How does limiting access to the library and to relevant materials promote learning? The cycle of inequality and limited access to information continues– and it hurts the kids who need information the most.

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