[aisle] Where do you put books in other languages?

[Leah Krippner]

We have a "World" section. It includes travel books, world recipes, and
books in languages other than English. I've found that kids who are looking
for books (usually in Spanish) like to see the universe of their options
all in one place as we don't own a ton. They don't get a ton of circulation
(and I'm not sure that interfiling them with English will change
this...other than perhaps the accidental checkout by the kid who misses
your stickering system...)



--
Leah Krippner
Pronouns: she/her
Librarian, Harlem High School
Currently Reading: *Ready Player Two* by Ernest Cline
Library Website
<https://sites.google.com/harlem122.org/hhs/Harlem-High-School/IMC?authuser=0>


On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:31 PM Karen Doyle via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We are getting a brand new library in my school in a few years and are in
> the planning process now.  (Yay!)  I'm wondering where people shelve their
> foreign language books.
>
> Right now we have them in a separate section and they never check out.  I
> was at a workshop last year and the presenter suggested intermixing them
> with the English books of whatever section they would normally fall in
> (fiction, bio, etc).  I think that makes sense, but will it be confusing
> for kids looking for books?  Should I mark them so they are more easily
> identified as being in Spanish or Vietnamese?
>
> My inclination is to intermix them with a label on the front stating the
> language the book is written in.  I would then also add a colored spine
> label cover as an indicator to myself.  Thoughts?
>
> Karen Doyle
> Library Media Specialist
>
> Komarek School
> 8940 W. 24th St
> North Riverside, IL 60546
> 708-447-8030
> www.komarekschool.org
>
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
> _______________________________________________
> AISLE mailing list
> AISLE at list.railslibraries.info
>
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aisle
>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> aisle-leave at list.railslibraries.info
>
> https://www.aisled.org/

-- 

*This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is 
privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law.  
If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are 
notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or 
communication of this message is strictly prohibited.  If you have received 
this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return 
e-mail and delete the message and any attachments.  Thank you.*

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.railslibraries.info/pipermail/aisle/attachments/20210318/0edea389/attachment.html>