Although this sounds like a wonderfully motivating and attractive idea,
I would check with your local fire department about regulations. We are
not allowed to have any flammable materials on doors or windows (exit
routes) and only a small percentage of wall space can be covered with
paper or any flammable material.
Jackie
On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 02:35 PM, Betty Winslow wrote:
> How about gluing old book jackets to the walls and varnishing over
> them? We
> have TONS we could spare (until recently, we dealt with a vendor that
> included them and we don't use plasic jackets, since they're too
> labor-intensive for the amount of manhours we can give to book
> processing)
> and I'd be happy to send you an assortment for 10 cents a jacket plus
> cost
> of postage. You can even ask for certain authors or titles! If you're
> interested, e-mail me off-list...
>
> Yeah, I could be even nicer and offer them for free, but this is a tight
> budget year, so I can't afford to ship them; as it is, my principal is
> begging me to do whatever I can to pull in more $$ for library... I
> have NO
> budget for supplies this year, for example. This is an unusual thing
> for us
> (I usually have a decent amount), but enrollment is down by ten students
> this year and salaries and dept. budget $$ come from tuition.
>
> Anyway, I think a wall done in book jackets would be gorgeous. I used to
> cover the library door with them, when we were downstairs. I still use
> a few
> on a small bulletin board over the picture book area, but I have boxes
> and
> boxes of jackets I'll never use again.
>
> And I typo'd how much a Kapco jacket is from Mackin... I meant $1.79,
> not
> .79! One of the customer service people from there called me this
> morning to
> thank me for my nice words and correct me. (Did you know that vendors
> are
> lurking out there on the list fringe? I didn't... so, speak up, I
> guess, if
> there's something you want them to know!) I really do like working with
> them, they bend over backwards to make sure you're happy with their
> service.
> (Thanks, Peggy! <wink>)
>
> Betty Winslow, Media Center Director
> BGCA, Bowling Green, OH
> freelancer@wcnet.org
>
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