A library update...
Library Collection Development Work Week
To achieve collection transformation at a faster pace...
Last week, we hosted a Library Collection Development Work Week. Thank you for your flexibility and encouragement! Take a peek at what I found, with the amazing help of Beth and parent volunteers.
We weeded books that didn't reflect our philosophies...
Click the image above to read part 1 of a poem about international mindedness (published in 1905).
poem part 2
image for poem
Verdict: this book is no longer available in the Whitby Library collection
We "weeded" well loved books...
Verdict: this copy is no longer available in the Whitby Library collection, though we have an alternative copy
We "weeded" books that (students thought) needed captions...
Verdict: this copy is no longer available in the Whitby Library collection
We weeded stained, dirty books...
Verdict: this copy is no longer available in the Whitby Library collection