On May 15, 2025 Canadian School Libraries sent an open letter to the New Brunswick Ministry of Education to address our concern with the cutbacks to library staff in Anglophone West. For several years school libraries in New Brunswick have been running on a shoestring staff and this cut effectively removes the last humans operating and maintaining the space.
The essence of Leading Learning is a participatory space where the school library professional helps guide student learning. Without staffing there’s no one to guide or set up participatory learning, and the collection cannot be a reflection of the school population.
We urge all provinces to read CFLA-FCAB’s Position Statement on the Status of School Libraries and we renew our call for a nationwide base line of funding for school libraries, staffed by school library professionals.