At 10:33 PM -0600 12/28/04, Tim and Carol Nanney wrote:
>I will be taking over as librarian at our elementary school at the
>beginning of the year and I am in the process of weeding the library
>(something that has not been done in YEARS). We have National
>Geographic magazines dating back to the 60's in storage which are
>NEVER touched. Any suggestions of what to do with them?
>How long do most of you keep other magazines in archives?
>Thanks for your help.
>Carol Nanney
>McKenzie Elementary School
Put the word out to your teachers that your library, being a school
library and not an archival one, has no space that justifies keeping
40 years of magazines that are never used. Let them know that they
will be disposed of by X date and if they want them, come and get
them. It is unlikely that any library or other institution that wants
them doesn't already have its own set. It would be a good idea to run
that communication past your principal, too, not "should I do this"
but "this needs to be done and I wanted to keep you informed." You
never know what ill-informed petty person might go running off to
him/her complaining about you and principals hate being the last to
know... sound like I've been there? Yep.
Good luck in your new library,
Barbara
--
Barbara Adams Currier
K-6 Library Media Teacher
Kirschen/Shackelford Elementary Schools
Modesto City Schools
Modesto, CA, USA
http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/kirschen
bacurrier@charter.net
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