[LM_NET] Follow-up to "No one reads (uses books) anymore"

[Lyn Grund <lcgrund@GMAIL.COM>]

While there has been a lot of reaction to my original request and several
requests for a HIT, I haven't been able to come up with any
facts/figures/studies yet to support my request.

Here in my library, as I said before, I have not given up. I do pull books
for every assignment - this is sure to attract students who otherwise would
not even look for books. I have had a good budget so my collection is
current, relevant, and appealing. I get a lot of satisfaction when a student
picks up a book and says "this book has exactly what I was looking for!"
This is usually said with a certain amount of surprise. I am not
anti-technology, but it almost seems like you have to come across that way
sometimes to keep a balance.

What I'd like to try to address here in my school is the prevailing
attitude that the teachers have, thus my subject heading. I wanted some hard
facts and statistics. I'd like to have them behind me too and somehow I
can't get my message through. Sometimes I think that at least a small part
of it is that they themselves are uncomfortable finding materials and
reluctant to admit that so they feel safe turning kids loose on the
computers.

And don't even ask about using the database subscriptions - that's a rant
for another day.

If I should come across anything to support my original post, I will pass it
along. Thanks to all who took the time to reply.

Lyn Grund, Librarian
Middlesex High School
Middlesex, NJ  lcgrund@gmail.com

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