Following up on last week’s post about books in libraries… the NYTimes Room for Debate blog posted some of the comments from students. Most didn’t say much new, but here are a couple of thoughts I liked:
One signed just “a thought”:
Also, books (or any other printed material) cannot be changed by any means without [...]
Note: Even more than usual, note the disclaimer. I am speaking my own mind, not that of my Library Director (quoted in this article) or my school.
Today’s New York Times includes an online Room for Debate feature: Do School Libraries Need Books? The debaters include James Tracy, Head of the now infamous in [...]
The kids are always horrified by this, but sometimes we get rid of books. Usually there’s a good reason. Sometimes there’s a very, very good reason. I want to share with you some of the best that cross my desk on their way to the “free books” cart…
Crosbie, John S. Crosbie’s Dictionary [...]
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ETA: This seems to be confusing people, so I’ll make it extra-clear: this is not my school! Just another independent school in MA.
Our li’l MA independent school library world is national news: the headmaster of Cushing Academy was interviewed on Here and Now today (listen to “Technology in the Classroom”).
What’s the deal? [...]
Given their “rather fluffy skeletal structure,” Peeps have some special difficulties using the library… but in their research and printing practices, it turns out that they are much like college students.
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Or at least, a cake pan:
Check out a cake pan from your library
Apparently they have Spiderman and enchanted castles!
Because I’m a librarian, my first thoughts were: a) that must be expensive to send through interlibrary loan, and b) which low-level employee gets stuck with scrubbing the poorly cleaned cake pans? I know, I’m such [...]
My friend, a public librarian, found this in her library’s attic:
Behold, fabulously 80s library poster!
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