Dear Colleagues,
our headmaster has decided to remove the walls between
the existing computer lab, check-out and periodicals
and the large reading area in our high school library.
These areas are partitioned by glass walls and doors
anyway.
We provide library program for approx. 850 high school
students (Grade 5-12), faculty and parent community.
Daily,we often have 3 or 4 different groups of
students working simultaneously in addition to
indivudual students or tutorial language instruction
in our media centre. Our (2 library media specialists
and an aide)arguments to consider the function of
existing spaces and the need for a relatively quiet
area for research and study have not been considered.
His argument is, "libraries are no longer quiet" and
"we do not want a media centre but an information
centre" and, "supervision of all monitors will be
possible".
There is a photocopier in the check-out area and a 3M
security system. There are also 10 computers in the
reading area.
I will be very grateful for your response, based on
your experience with open planning in high school
libraries.
I thank you with all my heart for sharing your
opinion.
Marija Oblak
Librarian
Vienna International School
Vienna, Austria
email: podjuna2002@yahoo.com
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