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= Overview & Goals =

**Advantages of each library system**

 * Public library is availability throughout one's life.
 * School library is proximity and curriculum support.

Library Profession History
Late 1800's to early 1900's -- the Roots--core values--standards of youth librarians were established.

Anne Carroll Moore--Public (Folk & Fairy Tales) Lucy Sprague Mitchell--School (Children's Lived Experiences)
 * Fairy Tale Wars: ** Discussed in 1930's journals...

The Depression caused funding issues and competition. Separate Division for School Librarians was established in 1951 AASL.
 * 1940's to 1960's School & public librarians went separate ways. **

D51 & MCPLD History
Early 1980's there were no school libraries in D51. Mesa County Libraries had a room with materials just for circulation to schools.

Orchard Mesa & DeBeque

Competition is no longer a luxury. Recession is creating the need for collaboration.

What can we each do? Consider this--
How do our missions overlap? In what ways do we compete? Who are our beneficiaries?
 * // We have different strengths and common goals... //**