Let's keep the momentum bolstered at the conference by Senator Jake Oliviera's eloquent address regarding book bans, ebooks and school library standards. If you haven't already, please contact your legislators regarding the very important library bills that have been filed. Each of these bills impacts our students.  Feel free to copy the following language into an email to your state representative and senator.

The School Library Standards BillsHD.4488 &S.428 compel DESE to adopt the AASL School Library Standards and to gather accurate licensed school librarian data. Currently, there are no school library standards in the commonwealth. The eBook Bills,H.3595 and S.2330,call for a study of actual eBook costs and will bring together publishers, legislators and librarians to determine fair pricing. The Freedom to Read Bills,H.3594 and S.2328, provide equitable access to collections, a civil right for all citizens, and protections for school and public librarians against personal attack. 

To see whether or not your representative or senator has co-signed, click the bill link and then the tab  that says petitioner.  We need many more co-signers for all of them.

The time taken to do this truly makes a difference.

Thank you, 

Debbie

Deborah Lang Froggatt

MSLA Outreach Director
Former Boston Public School Director of Library Services