Oh yes, I'll jump in.
When I first came to a high school, the reference collection wasn't
used at all. It was also extremely outdated, crowded onto the shelves
and physically located in a corner of the facility. First, we heavily
weeded, then we moved the stacks to be right in front of the entrance,
and finally dedicated a significant amount of money to reference
materials. We then heavily marketed the resources to teachers and
students. The reaction from staff and students: Wow... look at all
the new books! It became one of the most heavily used areas of the
library!
My suggestion to anyone who believes print is going by the wayside...
try what I did, and you might be surprised at what your students and
faculty will use.
Just my .02
(let the games begin!)
Ellen
C. Ellen Wickham
Library Media Specialist
Bridger 8th Grade Center
Independence, MO 64057
816-796-4800
ewickham@indep.k12.mo.us
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. Goethe
On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, at 02:00 AM, Automatic digest processor
wrote:
>
> From: Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:57:04 PM US/Central
> Subject: Re: AASL on National Education Technology Plan
>
>
> Ah -- the debate begins -- Intersting point of view ---
> Any other high school folks care to jump in --
> Paula
>
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