Re: HAWAII SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

[Laurel L Indalecio <laindale@LEAHI.KCC.HAWAII.EDU>]

On November 16, 1996 Cathleen Moore wrote:


How does all this affect the school library collections in Hawaii?
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Dear Cathy and LM_NETers

The situation in Hawaii only affects the public libraries directly.
The public libraries and the schools are both under the Hawaii Department
of Education (DOE)  but they are run separtely.  However, there is a huge
indirect affect to the school libraries:
        1)  Some of the public libraries double as both public and school
                libraries.  These are the smaller libraries in rural
                areas.  Here there is a direct affect.
        2)  The public libraries become backup libraries when the school
                libraries are closed for one reason or another.  This
                summer a neighboring school library was closed to automate
                its collection.  Our library was flooded with summer
                school classes. Sometimes up to 5 classes at a time!!!
        3)   Many teachers visit the public library to augment what they
                get at their school library. School libraries often have
                much smaller budgets, therefore less books.
        4)   Previously, when the state libraries were receiving books
                in a timely matter, school librarians had a larger
                source to tap into to review books they might want to
                add to their own collection.
        5)    This whole situation also presents itself as a case study
                of what NOT TO DO.  So when a school administrator
                decides that outsourcing may be an option, there is
                a sufficient paper trail (via all the e-mail) to
                allow an educated decision to be made.

These are some of the ways that the Hawaii outsourcing deal affects
school libraries.  Perhaps, the ones who could answer this question
best are the Hawaii school librarians.  Would anyone like to respond?

Laurel Indalecio
Former Children's Librarian
Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library

On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Cathleen Moore wrote:

> Laurel,
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> How does all of this affect school library collections in Hawaii?
>
> Cathy
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> Cathy Moore
> USouth Carolina, May 97, MLIS
> cmoore@clinic.net
> Topsham, ME 04086
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