[ISLMA-Share] books in foreign languages

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Thu Feb 22 08:21:50 CST 2018


When I started my World Languages collection, I solicited from the WL
teachers titles of classics in their language.
Never left the shelf.

Now collection is mostly translations of popular YA titles.
Circulates great!

I say weed them.


*~Monica TolvaLibrary media specialistGoogle Educator Vernon Hills High
School847-932-2039 <847-932-2039> monica.tolva at d128.org
<monica.tolva at d128.org> *
Currently reading* Far From the Tree
<http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1206365&isbn=9780062330628&appid=4>
*by Robin Benway
Currently listening to *Birds of a Feather
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83083.Birds_of_a_Feather?ac=1&from_search=true>*(sequel
to *Maisie Dobbs)* by Jacqueline Winspear

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! :)
>
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> Caroline Fox Anvick
> School Librarian
> Normal Community High School
>
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