Are school librarians an endangered species?

Whilst viewing each of the podcast videos of 5 library leaders and their thoughts on teacher librarians  as endangered species, I realised that each of the speakers were doing exactly the same thing... Defending their profession. Although they strongly believe that teacher librarians are definitely not an endangered species in which they proceeded to educate us on why, they know (or more so, WE know) that we must constantly prove the worth of our work and our expertise if we want to continue to exist in a world where almost anything can be replaced.

For me the take home message is that we should never feel complacent in our role. We should always be fighting for our (soon-to-be) profession and consistently working to improve upon our development as an information specialist and adapt to the ever changing times.

American Association of School Libraries (2012). 30 Second Thought Leadership. Insights from leaders in the school library community. Retrieved on Thursday 21st March, 2013 from http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/aboutkq/30second_JanFeb12