Hi,
I am posting this for someone who could really use some advice. Please
reply to her directly (zoeholbr@DRIZZLE.COM) because she is not on LM_Net.
Thanks,
Jan
>From: Zoe Holbrooks <zoeholbr@DRIZZLE.COM>
>Subject: [AILA-L] seeking suggestions ...
>
>Hi,
>
>Here in Seattle, every time the school year ends, our school (American
>Indian Heritage) gets some sort of mess dropped on us. Usually, we're
>informed that we're being relocated before the start of the coming school
>year. For the past couple of years, the library has been moved -- from
>being on a completely separate site than our students to this year's
>announcement that we have to vacate our current location.
>
>Our current location is the storage room for an "industrial arts" (wood
>shop/metal shop). We managed to move into it, get our books out and
>organized, and in use (again!).
>
>We're now informed that we have to move out of this space, too. We've been
>told we can store anything we (the school) wants in the girl's locker
>room (also no longer used). Including our library.
>
>Well, of course we're not interested in packing up the books (again!) and
>STORING them. We want to ensure the students and teachers have ACCESS to
>them in a useful way. We have materials that are specifically supportive
>of our Native cultures -- from language materials to Native scholarship
>and histories that include Natives (and others).
>
>So, we've been brainstorming. So far we've come up with:
>
>* Obtain some locking Steelcase cabinets and position them in the (wide)
>hallways outside our classrooms at the community college site we now live
>at (2 years in a row!). We figure this would get the books closest to
>their users, and have the serendipitous benefit of being easier to move
>the next time the District decides it wants our current space. (There's
>no classroom space -- the director's suggestion.)
>
>* A bookmobile: Retrofit a van to hold the collection. Park it in the
>secure parking area and keep it locked when not in actual use. Benefit is
>having it all together and really easily movable. Serendipity: We could
>take the collection to local schools with Native students, as well as
>community events. (Over half our collection is donations from community
>members and interested others, and it would be great for them to see what
>they're creating with their ongoing support and encouragement.) Of course,
>the whole vehicle issue is huge -- $$$, permits, etc., so I don't think
>it's an immediate fix.
>
>* Rent a space someplace. Major issues: $$$, location. The area that the
>school holds classes doesn't really have any useful spaces we could
>convert to library use. (Largely residential area, no small shops, etc.)
>
>Alas, that's ALL we've come up with.
>
>Anybody got any ideas they're willing to share? We're going to have to
>start packing in a couple of weeks and I would just like to have a glimmer
>of a plan.
>
>Thanks for listening,
>
>Zoe
>AIH: The only Native urban high school in the U.S.?
>
>American Indian Library Association - Working for improvement in Library and
> Information access for and to American Indian people.
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Jan Hylen
Assistant Professor/Education Librarian
University Library, MSC 3475
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30006
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006
(505) 646-6927 fax: (505) 646-3390
jhylen@lib.nmsu.edu
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