Oh. Wow. That is just horrible. My teachers would be in an uproar, so you
should find some allies quickly in your own ranks. We spotlight print in every
research project that comes to the Library in science, language, history and
English.
We are a high school of only 320 and I have over 12,000 items in my collection,
most of them fiction and non-fiction hardback and paperback books. There are
also very large collections of scripts and DVDs that are heavily used.
Lori Deibel, Librarian
The Branson School
(415) 455-7133
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Date: Monday, October 12, 2015 at 2:02 PM
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Subject: [baisl] Collection Size / Going Bookless
Will anyone please share the total number of books in their collection, and if
possible their total number of enrolled students?
I am facing an administration-instigated overhaul of the library into a
learning commons/makerspace, and the initial renderings have us going bookless.
I need to make the case for keeping a robust and healthy print collection, not
just a few token books for themed displays (the designers' actual suggestion);
I'm hoping to use the size of your collections to support my case.
We are meeting on this tomorrow morning, so your data is needed ASAP!
Thank you in advance for helping me fight for our print collection!
Laura Mauler, MLIS
Librarian
Drew School
2901 California Street
San Francisco CA 94115
415.430.3718 (direct)
