[ISLMA-Share] Inspirational Section in libraries?

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Very informative. Thank you for posting that link.

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> This may help:
>
> http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/
> interpretations/meetingrooms/religion-q-a
>
> Lauren Collen, MLIS
>
> Librarian
>
> Machesney Elementary
>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering if anyone has a particular section dedicated to
> Inspirational stories, both non-fiction and fiction? We have some area
> churches interested in possibly giving a monetary donation  towards
> purchasing some titles that would fall under this category. As well as
> donating already purchased titles.
>
> If you do, did you make a specific section for them? (My fiction section
> is already genre-fied), did you put a special "tag" in the record so
> students could search titles that would fall into this category.
>
> My idea initially was to possibly for example, denote a realistic fiction
> title  with an additional color coded spine label that would signify it is
> an inspirational title, while also dedicating/creating a separate, special
> non-fiction inspirational section on its own, which would include
> inspirational titles, self-help, successful habits, etc. Would that work?
>
> We are a public school, but I would assume while these titles are
> inspirational, they may also contain some religious components as well. Not
> all, but some.
>
> We are a small community, and I like the idea of possibly finding a way to
> denote titles for students who themselves and/or whose parents want to make
> sure they aren't checking out titles that conflict with their own values or
> might push the envelope a bit, especially with YA.
>
> I am pretty selective with my section that I try to have something for
> everybody, which does include some titles that do push it the envelope, so
> I don't think it's bad to have titles on the other end of the spectrum as
> well (I already have quite a few), but this would be a significant
> expansion possibly.
>
> Anyway, I hope this email makes sense of what I'm trying to get at and
> appreciate any ideas/feedback that could be provided, as I navigate this
> potential opportunity to add more books through monetary donation.
>
> I understand its a fine line really, and am not interested in responses to
> debate anything. So if you have an ideas or have something done something
> similar, please feel free to email me privately at
> ThompsonS at winnebagoschools.org.
>
> While I am at the HS, possibly adding these sections would happen in all
> our school libraries.
>
> Thanks!
>
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