Philadelphia May See the Return of School Librarian Positions

For years, Philadelphia school librarians have not seen much affection from the City of Brotherly Love.

Massive budget cuts have decimated the ranks of school librarians, from 176 in 1991 to only four today. That leaves most of Philadelphia’s 216 schools and more than 116,000 students without access to a library, let alone a librarian.

Finally, though, there’s hope. This spring, a job posting appeared for the role of a district director of library science, whose responsibilities will include overseeing all library and digital library programs and services.

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