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Teaching Librarian 15.indd 32 Ontario School Library Association Predictably, there is evidence of boards saving money by hiring library technicians instead of expensive teacher-librarians. In the elementary panel for instance, out of 44 boards that do not use teacher-librarians, 29 of them do hire library technicians. However, there are significant numbers of boards that either employ both teacher-librarians and technicians (15 out of 44), or employ neither (11 out of 28). This suggests that it is not simply a question of money. Some boards are committed to school libraries, and some are not. Table 5 School library staffing policies, by board Board te ac he r- lib ra ri an p o si ti o ns in el em en ta ry p an el S ta tu s o f el em en ta ry te ac he r- lib ra ri an s te ac he r- lib ra ri an p o si ti o ns in se co nd ar y p an el S ta tu s o f se co nd ar y te ac he r- lib ra ri an s S ta tu s o f el em en ta ry lib ra ry t ec hn ic ia ns S ta tu s o f se co nd ar y lib ra ry t ec hn ic ia ns Algoma 0 N/A 8 Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic 0 N/A 7 N/A Avon Maitland 0 N/A 6 Bluewater 0 N/A 11 N/A N/A Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic 0 N/A 3 Bruce-Grey Catholic 0 N/A 1 Catholic Eastern Ontario 0 N/A 10 N/A Catholique Centre-Sud 0 N/A 0 N/A Catholique de l'Est 0 N/A 7 N/A Catholique des Aurores boréales 0 N/A 0 N/A Catholique des Grandes Rivières 0 N/A 0 N/A Catholique du Centre-Est 0 N/A 6 Catholique du Nouvel-Ontario 0 N/A 1 N/A Catholique du Sud-Ouest 0 N/A 0 N/A Catholique Franco-Nord 0 N/A 0 N/A N/A Centre-Sud-Ouest 0 N/A 0 N/A Dufferin-Peel Catholic 80 23 Durham 105 23 N/A N/A Durham Catholic 44 7 N/A N/A Ecoles publiques de l'Est 0 N/A 0 N/A Grand Erie 67 15 N/A Grand Nord 0 N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A Greater Essex County 64 15 N/A N/A Halton 76 15 Halton Catholic 0 N/A 0 N/A N/A Hamilton-Wentworth 100 18 N/A Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic 37 7 N/A N/A Hastings and Prince Edward 5 8 Huron-Perth Catholic 0 N/A 2 N/A Huron-Superior Catholic 0 N/A 0 N/A Kawartha Pine Ridge 81 16 Keewatin-Patricia 0 N/A 0 N/A Kenora Catholic 0 N/A 0 N/A Lakehead 0 N/A 4 Lambton Kent 55 7 N/A N/A Limestone 0 N/A 11 N/A full-time mix of part- and full-time part-time