BER library-building spree exposes teacher shortage
June 16, 2010
THE rush by schools to use Building the Education Revolution funds to build or upgrade libraries has highlighted an estimated shortage of teacher librarians of between 2500 and 3000, according to the Australian School Library Association.
And Charles Sturt University, which trains most of the teacher librarians in the country, is calling for training, funding and policy initiatives to redress the imbalance.
