Talk:School library

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I want to comment on a previous edit made by Londonr20 on Feb. 20, 2008. This was a major addition to the original school library article. I helped to work on this revision while enrolled in a university library course. This revision introduces some of the major concepts and ideas that are now informing the field of school librarianship. This addition is not plagiarized from another source, but represents the original writing of the students in the library class. However, it is informed by the research, as we had to conduct an extensive research review during the semester. We worked on compiling the article using a class wiki, which explains some of the formatting marks left over in the Wikipedia article.

One thing that might be helpful are more extensive footnotes throughout this article. However, I would like to say that this information is highly valuable, and footnotes can be readily obtained to document various thinkers who have investigated the ideas.

Nobody disagrees with any of your points. The problems are, your additions read like a scholarly paper or magazine article, not an encyclopedia. For instance, you cannot address readers in the second person, or assume that all your readers are involved in the American school system. You also need to back up your facts with footnotes and wikilinks. I have no truck with your article, but you need to read through the wikipedia rules of style before submitting. I hope this does not discourage you, as you really have done some fine research. Czolgolz (talk) 01:07, 25 February 2008 (UTC) (school librarian)