I un-cataloged all my professional library and put the materials on a
bookshelf in the staff room with an "honor" sticker on it - "borrow
it and return it". I felt like all those great books were just
growing old on the library shelves - no one ever came to see them,
even after I book talked them and circulated them within departments.
This seems to work well - I notice that some are gone for awhile...so
maybe it's working!
Connie
Connie Hamner Williams
Teacher Librarian / National Board Certified
Kenilworth Junior High
800 Riesling Road
Petaluma, CA 94954
707-778-4719 / 707-778-4710
chwms@mac.com / www.kenilworthjhs.org
On Nov 11, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Lyn Anderson wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice to walk in on a teacher reading? From what I can
tell,
our teachers do not read much. Most Language Arts teachers do not
know YA
lit.
Plus, I love to see more reading of the professional literature we
have in
the library. Teachers don't check out professional books unless the
principal specifically tells them to read a certain book after an
observation.
Lyn Anderson
Librarian and Yearbook Sponsor
Brentwood Middle School
Brentwood, TN
AndersonLyn@comcast.net
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of John Grainger
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:50 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Librarian reading in the library
The only way someone can be effective in a school setting is to know the
collection. The only way to know the collection is to read some of
it. like
Allen, I read 1-2 hours a day, and to the teachers and others who
make rude
comments, when I see them during their prep period doing something
personal
on the library computers, I offer them a job previewing some books
for their
next projects.
John
John Grainger
Librarian
Hinsdale High School
Hinsdale NH 03451
jgrainger@webryders.net
"The Best is yet to come"
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