[LM_NET] GEN: MID/HS: Reorganizing fiction by genre

[Elizabeth Poole Dumas <dumas@OPSB.NET>]

I just love lm_net and the wonderful opportunity it provides in sharing our 
thoughts and ideas on topics in this great field of school librarianship! 
Since the article I wrote for the October issue of Library Media Connection 
"Give 'Em What They Want: Reorganizing Your Fiction Collection by Genre," has 
been mentioned during this thread, I just wanted to make a few comments.  No 
system is perfect, every school's student population is 
different...reorganizing did take a lot of time.  Bottom line: My middle 
schoolers are loving the new arrangement and they are reading more (our circ 
statistics have definitely gone up) Was it worth the time and effort to 
reorganize? Was our goal of getting more students to read for pleasure met?  
YES!!!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth P. Dumas, LMS
Good Hope Middle School
400 Good Hope Road
West Monroe, LA  71291
Phone: 318 396-9693 FAX: 318 397-5110
Email:  dumas@opsb.net
Web: www.ghms.net

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