Alan's school is also a Catholic High School but even so, it has been widely
discussed that the public of any stripe does not react well to seeing what
they perceive as "still good books" discarded or gotten rid of in any way. I
think this is a very risky idea not worth the probably bad PR. I have been
the librarian in four different libraries over my career and in every one,
the most common complaint against the past librarian was "getting rid of
perfectly good books." For that reason, I do it as quietly and discreetly as
possible. The complaints come from staff, by the way, who ought to be more
cognizant of kids getting outdated information. So you can imagine the
probable public reaction.
Rebecca Endlich
Librarian
Edmonds-Woodway High School
7600-212th SW
Edmonds WA 98026
endlichr@edmonds.wednet.edu
425-670-7311 ext. 6127 fax ext. 7922
http://staff.edmonds.wednet.edu/users/endlichr/default.htm
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From: Katie Voss [mailto:kvoss@STBENEDICT.COM]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:56 AM
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worthwhile?
To clarify, I do work for a Catholic high school, so I don't think this
would be an issue.
Thanks,
Katie
>I was about to compose a note to you when I read Allan's. As
>a public school, we cannot sell books that were bought with
>public funds -- even if these books would be discarded
>anyway, and even if the money would e recycled right back
>into the school and/or library. Sounds crazy, but it's true.
>Perhaps you wouldn't have any problems if you strictly sold
>donated books.
>Colette Lageoles
>NYC
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> "Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo" <library@BKHS.ORG>
> Date:
> Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:22:58 -0500
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>When I was in the public schools we had a disastrous book sale. We sold
>discarded books and some gift books - and it all blew up in our face. We
had
>many complaints that we were selling public property (even though the money
>was going back to the school). Even worse were the comments that if we
could
>afford to sell old books - we certainly didn't need any budget for new
>books.
>
>Allan
>
>Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
>Bishop Kearney High School Library
>125 Kings Highway South
>Rochester, New York 14617
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>>Hi all,
>>
>>I've been weeding like crazy over the past two months, and my principal
>>has asked me to find out the profitability of having a book sale. We
>>are a small high school of 300 with a very small budget, so it would be
>>great if we could raise some money for the library. Has anybody had a
>>very successful book sale? Can you share the perks and pitfalls of
>>these sales?
>>
>>As always, thank you very much,
>>Katie Voss
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