UHCL: “Facing Our Challenges in Positive Ways—Even When Our Jobs Are On The Line”

HOUSTON – More than 60 area school librarians convened at the University of Houston-Clear Lake for the “Facing Our Challenges in Positive Ways—Even When Our Jobs Are On The Line” professional development seminar.

The all-day workshop led by Doug Johnson, director of Media and Technology for the Mankato, Minnesota Public Schools and adjunct faculty member at Minnesota State University, presented positive approaches school librarians can take when facing the challenges of today’s difficult budgetary times.

Pausing briefly for a photograph during the seminar are (l to r) Clear Creek ISD Director of Library & Media Services Ty Burns; seminar leader, Doug Johnson; and UH-Clear Lake School of Education’s School Library & Information Sciences Assistant Professor Jane Claes, Professor Emerita Maureen White, and Assistant Professor Paula Griffith.