On Friday, September 24, 2004, at 07:08 PM, Deborah Hendrickson wrote:
>
>
> Restricting circulation and places to look for books in the library, by
> grade level, is just something that is part of elementary school life
> due to the time limits unless one has some help both for circulation
> and for shelving each week.
Oh my goodness I have to respectfully disagree. I was in elementary for
6 years and I can't imagine restricting access or number of books. If
there is ever a time to have a positive impact on children's interest
in books it is when they are young and impressionable. I asked the kids
"how many books can you carry?" (not original, it came from David
Loertscher) and let them take what they wanted. If a 5 year old wanted
the giant Goepfert storybook she had my blessing, though of course it
had an impact on the above question! It's all about getting books into
kids' hands, not about getting them back onto the shelves. Not freedom
to read as in no censorship, but freedom as in "read whatever and as
many as you want."
Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, MLIS
Head Librarian, Menlo School
Atherton, CA
crettberg@menloschool.org
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