[ISLMA-Share] Creative names for new library

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Library Learning Commons?

Our district is in a huge push to name everything Learning Commons but I
think keeping the word Library in there somewhere is good.

On 13 March 2017 at 12:26, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media
Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I'm absolutely a library/librarian person.  I've never really understood
> why schools feel a compelling need to call the library something else (and
> so many variations in the name have come and gone!).  Public libraries are
> still libraries even though they look nothing like libraries in the past.
>
> And an interesting note--we tried for a referendum (didn't pass) which
> included a new "media "center" (I argued against that choice but got shot
> down).  We're trying again--but I see in the revised plans that the space
> is now labeled "library."  My guess--they got feedback from people who
> didn't have a clue what a new "media center" even was.
>
> Deb Bachfischer
> Metamora High School
>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hello! We are getting a completely new overhaul of our high school
>> library. We are trying to come up with a new name..our new library will
>> include books, great seating, and three classrooms with innovative
>> technology. Does anyone have new names for their libraries are a remodel,
>> if so can you please share? Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Cynthia Hinderliter
>> Dept. Chair of Instructional Technology/Information Specialist
>> Pekin Community High School
>>
>>
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-- 
*Kari Stevenson*, *MLIS*
Teacher-Librarian / Castle View HS
Douglas County Public Schools
303.387.9100
klstevenson at dcsdk12.org
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