School libraries aren't what they once were given changes in technology and funding cuts. One campus has found a way to continue to draw teens into the space.
Bill Finley Special to the Arizona Daily Star It is safe to say the great old library at Amphitheater High School ain’t what it used to be.
All 21 Amphitheater schools have libraries and librarians. Amphi High has perhaps one of the largest library spaces of any school in Pima County, a library staff of three, and a collection of 20,000 books. As a teacher, Burlison said, she felt more like a mommy. “Now I’m the auntie. I think I’m better at that.”
“Right here in my office, I see two books with people of color on the cover — both female. There’s a ‘Black Panther’ novel. An adventure sci-fi. Kids go mad over graphic novels and manga. There is a lot out there now for young people to read. No matter what a young person looks like or what they like to do, there are books that speak to them — featuring young people just like themselves.”“I’m about to learn something about them that not everyone knows,” she said.
At last count, Amphi librarians had given away more than 3,500 books in the last five years. Students learning English as a second or third language are often her best customers.
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