I'm working in a high school that was built in the early 1950's. The
library (as it was designed in the '50's) has virtually it's own wing.
It is the first thing you see when you walk in the front door. It had a
separtate, large room just to house the periodicals and reference
materials. It really has some wonderful books, although most of them are
outdated now. The students hardly ever use it--mostly it is used to hold
medium size meetings as there are no conference rooms in our entire
school. I am working hard to whittle down the materials here (I don't
think anyone will be using the car repair guidelines from the 1960's any
time soon) and thinking of better ways to use the "reference" room. Of
course, there are many items that I think are imperative to keep, but
with databases at our fingertips--literally--I don't think the reference
room will ever relive its glory days. I think it would better accomodate
professional materials or possibly more computers.
Krystina Kelley
LIS, Cahokia H.S.
Cahokia, IL
krystina@charter.net
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