[ISLMA-Share] books in foreign languages

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Interestingly, my World Languages department just asked me to make a
collection of fiction in French or Spanish for their AP students. Currently
they are requesting newer fiction. I will inquire about older books. Are we
talking about classics of literature or just old stuff?

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Mine were weeded last year.  The foreign language department kept what
> they thought they might want but the rest were donated to the recycle bin
> :)  The only thing I have left is the dictionaries.
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:41 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I'm weeding the 400s in my high school library, and I'm a little at a
>> loss at what to do with a large-ish collection of books in foreign
>> languages. Obviously we will keep the dictionaries, and I do keep a current
>> collection of modern young adult novels in Spanish for our Spanish-speaking
>> students. I'm talking about old books (I don't honestly even know what most
>> of them are about) in German, French, and Spanish. When I weeded that
>> section a while back, we made the decision to delete the books from our
>> system, but keep them on the shelves in case any of the foreign language
>> teachers wanted to use them. (Basically, I just passed the buck to myself
>> six years in the future).
>> Do any of you in high school libraries keep books such as these, or is
>> there a place for them anymore in a collection? They literally have not
>> moved in the ten years I've been here.
>> Thanks! :)
>>
>> --
>> Caroline Fox Anvick
>> School Librarian
>> Normal Community High School
>>
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Carolyn Mesick
Library Media Specialist,
Moline Sr. High School
District Coordinator of Library Services,
Moline District 40
309.743.8902

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