Book description
In New on the Job, experts Ruth Toor and Hilda K. Weisburg helped
newbies make the transition to real-world school librarianship. Being
Indispensable is all about staying one: without a proactive approach,
school librarians, facing a severe economic downturn and budget cuts,
run the risk of becoming an endangered species. In clear, simple, and
practical language, this book empowers school librarians by helping them
Understand what other stakeholders in a school need and want Demonstrate
their importance to administrators, teachers, and parents Plan
strategically in both their personal and professional lives Master
important tools like advocacy and marketing Making the case for the
vital role school librarians play in learning, this book gives readers
all the strategies they need to become the kind of leader their school
can't do without. Virginia A. Walter holds a BA in world literature,
an MLIS from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in public
administration from the University of Southern California. Before
joining the faculty in what is now the Information Studies Department at
UCLA in 1990, she had worked for more than twenty years in public
libraries, most recently as children's services coordinator at Los
Angeles Public Library. She retired in June 2008 with the rank of
professor emerita. She is the author of two books for young people, nine
monographs, and more than thirty-five articles in scholarly and
professional journals. Hilda Weisburg retired as library media
specialist at Morristown High School in Morristown, N. J. in 2004. She
has taught graduate courses at William Paterson University and Rutgers
University. A past president of the New Jersey Association of School
Librarians (NJASL), she is the association's delegate to AASL's
Affiliate Assembly, on which she has served as chair and Region II
director. Currently, she is a member of the ALA Literacy Committee and
the ALA/CBC (Children's Book Council) Joint Committee. She is the chair
of the 2010 National Institute (Fall Forum). She has given presentations
at AASL and state library media conferences and given staff development
workshops for many school districts. In addition, she has been a library
consultant for several New Jersey districts. With Ruth Toor, she has
written thirteen books for librarians, the most recent being New on the
Job: A School Library Media Specialist's Guide to Success. The duo has
been writing and editing the School Librarian's Workshop since 1980.
