New ISKL Librarians

One of the highlights of work at ISKL this year is having new colleagues in library land. I hosted a librarian gathering and it was fun to get better acquainted. There are now four ISKL librarian's. Picture below L to R: Jason, new Middle School Librarian, from PA, USA; me from OR, USA; Stefania, new half-time elementary librarian from Canada; Jane, new full-time elementary librarian from Auckland, New Zealand. I think we are a strong team and I'm learning lots from them.

The librarian gathering included other families and librarians who are not currently working at ISKL. We figured that between the seven of us pictured below we had over 140 years of combined experience of working in libraries. Front row L-R: Beth, new in KL, worked in Vermont, Bangladesh and Egypt; Betsy, worked in Minnesota, Egypt and Singapore; Jane worked in New Zealand, Beijing and now ISKL. Back row L-R, Jason, taught in Maryland, librarian in Doha, Qatar and now librarian at ISKL; me, librarian in OR, Nairobi, Kenya and now ISKL; Tracy, taught in Indiana, China, Amman, Jordan, now teaches at ISKL and has her Masters in Library Science (MLS); Stefania, taught in Turkey, Canada and now is elementary librarian at ISKL. We say, "Yea, for librarians!"

It is so great to be working in a school where librarians are valued. This is especially true when the Salem-Keizer School District cut all 48 middle school and elementary school library positions this year. Then they wonder why reading scores aren't higher. -Nancy