Elementary school libraries are vital. But keeping them stocked with books and other resources can be challenging, especially in times when budgets are tight.
Wesley Korpela, a master’s degree student in UWM’s School of Information Studies, is working to make sure the students at four elementary schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools system are supplied with books, quality headphones, furnishings and even a new book drop.
Korpela, who heads the libraries at Holmes, Trowbridge, Thoreau and Burbank schools, received a $5,000 award from the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries for Trowbridge School.