I am noticing a decline in the number of new non-fiction and reference
books available for purchase. I was aware that this is a trend - but
right now I am weeding our 300s and looking for updates. I am surprised
at how few replacement titles are available. In many cases, the books I
am weeding were series books published 1998 and earlier. When I go to
the publisher to see if an update has been published - more often than
not, no update has been published. Interesting....
I have already interfiled my reference and non-fiction sections and
expanded my fiction and recreational non-fiction etc. But in a few
years, I can foresee taking out books cases to make more space for
computers.
No real question here I guess. Just an observation. Interestingly,
many of the books I am considering for weeding have actually been
heavily used. When I can't find an update, I feel a bit like
Shakespeare (To toss or not to toss. That is the question.) I feel
like I am creating holes in my collection that I will be unable to fill.
I am glad that I've been adding to my ebook reference collection.
Jacquie
"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
employing wild animals as librarians...." (Monty Python)
"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
way." ~ The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
“Education is not about filling a pail, it’s about lighting a fire." ~
William Butler Yeats
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY 14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org
Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/
Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/
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http://wanderings.edublogs.org/
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