[ISLMA-Share] Guinness World Record books

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On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Our building is for grades 6-12.  It's mainly the Jr high students who
> read GWR, though. I keep them through the yrs, unless they fall apart, of
> course, on a "fun stuff" shelf rather than shelving them by Dewey #. I also
> keep any Ripleys, magic eye, Scholastic fun facts, etc there too, as well
> as past issues of magazines and old comic books (Calvin and Hobbes,
> Peanuts, Pearl's Before Swine).
> This shelving unit is adjacent to our graphic novels section. I figure we
> all need a break from serious reading sometimes! Teachers love the fun
> stuff shelves too - esp with its old SI mags! They also feel free to
> restrict their students' "fun" check-outs.
> :) Kathy
>
> On Sep 2, 2016 1:20 PM, "Email list for the Illinois School Library Media
> Association" <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I try to encourage them as donations, as I hate spending money on them.
>> When one is beyond repair, I replace it with the current edition. We let
>> anyone K-4 check them out.
>>
>> Chris Wilson
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I stopped getting them 4 years ago as I found that they bindings didn’t
>>> last, they were expensive, and the kids only really seemed interesting in
>>> the “freak” pictures.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Betty Klein
>>>
>>> Librarian
>>>
>>> Avery Coonley School
>>>
>>> Downers Grove, IL  60515
>>>
>>> kleibet at averycoonley.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Guinness World Record books
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>>>
>>>
>>> I am in a PreK-8 school and just wondering what you do in your library
>>> about the GWR books.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How far back in years do you keep the GWR books in your library?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When editions are damaged beyond repair, do you replace older versions,
>>> i.e., 2004 with a newer copy?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What grade do children in your elementary schools start checking them
>>> out?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for filling me in!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Happily Ever After,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Karrie Fisher*
>>>
>>> Library Director &
>>>
>>> Photography Teacher
>>>
>>>
>>> *"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks
>>> about education."  -- Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Baker Demonstration School*
>>>
>>> 201 Sheridan Road | Wilmette, Illinois 60091
>>>
>>> t: 847-425-5800 | f: 847-425-5801
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Love to Learn, Cherish the Journey, Serve the World*
>>> * <http://bakerdemschool.org>
>>> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baker-Demonstration-School/92910953966>
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>>>
>>>
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