OLA: October 18, 2007
Now that the Liberals have been returned to government, the Ontario School Library Association will revive discussions that were held with government officials during the campaign about the campaign promise to dedicate $120 million to school library collections and staff over the next four years. Government, OLA organizations and private interests all wish the promise of this campaign announcement to achieve its intent, to see the money get into the hands of school library staff and to see the positive impact on student research, classroom achievement and literacy that we all know can be achieved.
At the OLA Board meeting on Friday, two resolutions were passed. The Board explicitly supported OSLA in its negotiations with the government to address the pedagogical and accountability issues at the heart of the McGuinty initiative supporting school libraries. It also stated that the Association will work with OLA's associate members to ensure that the government's good intent results in the least disruption to the book publishing and distribution industry.
