I apologize, my question wasn't terribly clear.
I don't buy textbooks for students. I am generally happy to purchase desk
copies for teachers, as well as books for professional development or books
that they use as background reading for themselves in preparation for
particular classroom content.
In the past, I've considered this to be a goodwill gesture, supporting of
the curriculum and the teaching faculty, and a way of promoting the library
as an integral part of our program. Sometimes those books make it back into
the general collection, and sometimes they live in the classrooms to serve
as continuing resources for the teacher/students.
There is one teacher who is causing me to rethink whether this is a good
idea, and I think it's time for me to implement an agreement with his
department chair.
I appreciate all of your feedback. Thank you!
*Michele Martin*
*Director of Information Science (Librarian)Sonoma Academy2500 Farmers
LaneSanta Rosa, CA 95404707.545.1770*
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:28 AM Christine Jensen <christine.jensen@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Michele,
We have a Professional Development section in our budget for teacher
specific resources (like philosophy of teaching books). For this school
year, I've allocated 5% of our book budget for this.
Many of our teacher requests are for CDs, audiobooks, etc. That comes out
of a separate part of the budget.
Most of my non-fiction purchases relate to research projects teachers
assign. Teachers will rarely request particular titles but they will give
me lists of what topics students are researching and I will purchase
additional titles related to the topics.
Hope this helps,
Christine
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:17 AM Lemon, Katy <klemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I buy copies of the textbooks for students to use in the library (they
can be borrowed and taken out for a class period in an "emergency") and
also a copy or two of the books assigned for English classes that can be
checked out.
Once in a great while a teacher will ask me to purchase a particular
book, but it is almost always one that will be used for the class and can
be circulated. Very rarely a teacher will ask me to buy a book when her
department's budget can't afford it, if I can help out, I will. I'm always
willing to purchase a novel. Anything to get people to read more.
Katy
Katy Lemon
Librarian
klemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Presentation High School
2281 Plummer Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
408-264-1664 ex. 2433
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:02 AM Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean here. If you mean textbooks for the students
to use, I don't do that. If an English class is reading a book that I think
would be a valuable addition I will buy it but then we keep it behind the
desk for use in the library while that class is taught, other wise they
sometimes walk away. Sometimes we can get desk copies from vendors that we
keep at the library desk.
If a teacher wants a book that is then going to live in that teacher's
classroom I suggest using department funds. If a teacher asks for a large
number of books (that's a subjective term!) to be bought and held at the
library desk for student use, I negotiate. We have a teacher now who has
asked for a lot of books/videos over the past three years and I've been
more selective this year about what I actually buy for him (he also tends
to keep them in his room after saying he won't do that which is annoying).
But mostly it depends on whether the book will be of general interest or
us, or if just it's something that teacher doesn't want to pay for. I also
prioritize teachers who don't often ask for books - if a math teacher I
rarely see asks for a $12 novel I usually buy it as a goodwill measure.
Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
What I'm reading now:
*There There*/Orange
*I'm a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music & Madness*/Dolenz
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:57 AM Michele Martin <
michele.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Does anyone have general guidelines as to how much/what percentage of
your book budget is allocated to buying books for teachers? Does anyone do
a breakdown by department or by individual?
I'm happy to support the curriculum by providing this service, but
wondering if I need to apply more structure to the process.
Thank you!
*Michele Martin*
*Director of Information Science (Librarian)Sonoma Academy2500 Farmers
LaneSanta Rosa, CA 95404707.545.1770*
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Katy Lemon
Librarian
klemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Presentation High School
2281 Plummer Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
408-264-1664 ex. 2433
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Mrs. Christine Jensen
*Librarian*
*The King's Academy*
562 N. Britton Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085-3841
Tel: (408) 481.9900 x4233
christine.jensen@xxxxxxx
*www.tka.org <http://www.tka.org/>*
