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<font color="0000FF" size="1">Please pardon the cross-posting.</font><br>
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Verdana; color:#0000FF; font-size:10pt">Here's some good news for our neighbors to the north. This is from a 1/9/14
<i>School Library Journal</i> article, <a href="http://www.slj.com/2014/01/schools/bellevue-wa-to-rehire-school-librarians" target="_blank">
http://www.slj.com/2014/01/schools/bellevue-wa-to-rehire-school-librarians</a>:<br>
<blockquote>Washington State’s Bellevue School District (BSD) is seeking to hire two certified media specialists, to be known as Research Technology Specialists, by this spring in order to lead the libraries in two of its secondary schools, and hopes to fully
staff at least some of its remaining secondary schools soon, District Superintendent Dr. Tim Mills confirms. Depending on what funds can be made available, up to 11 positions in total could be filled for the 2015–2016 school year, he says. In addition to direct
instruction, the two new hires also will begin working with the district to create a K–12 information literacy and technology curriculum in line with the Common Core State Standards...<br>
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Advocacy efforts by parents, educators, and the Washington Library Media Association are credited as a big factor in this decision.
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Jennifer Maurer</span><br style="font-family:Times New Roman">
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<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">Oregon State Library</span><br style="font-family:Times New Roman">
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<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">503.378.5011</span><br style="font-family:Times New Roman">
<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us<br>
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