<div dir="ltr">I hear you- I felt uneasy about classroom libraries when I was starting in the library, too. My old district gave new teachers a couple hundred bucks to help build their classroom libraries, even. But, just as libraries help drive book sales, classroom libraries end up helping circulation in the long run. Any time teachers can build readers, that's going to help us in the long run. There's no way classroom libraries can cater to every reader, whereas we can and do. We just have to make sure we sell that. :) The teachers with the massive classroom libraries ended up being my best customers for book talks. <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 3:46 PM Renee Brown via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Lately, I have been bothered (threatened?) by the number of books our classroom teachers buy and collect and catalog in their classrooms. I don't understand why they spend so much of their personal money to build classroom collections when we have libraries in the schools to accommodate reading. I would really feel jilted if my school was subsidizing their classroom collections, but as far as I know, this is not happening. I had a classroom teacher come to me to ask for help on how to catalog her classroom collection using <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fclassroom.booksource.com&c=E,1,rcQCIsjl1BXW6GulgLhAEogaFtJgC2FZbW0yTy0cfjgQiGvsiScJN5mfZpfN5mu36dzaR6lHab518jwYEJtUNpuS1Woby92DVs6BUb-uiHcT&typo=1" target="_blank">classroom.booksource.com</a>. Their classroom collections are fabulous and full of current, popular titles. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Why does this make me feel uneasy? I am glad they have so many books for their students to choose from, I just don't understand why they feel the need to build such massive collections. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I know libraries offer more selections and are more organized and are more diversified. I know we offer more than just books. I know we are a resource to students and teachers. I know we provide programming and instruction. Even though I know our worth, any words of comfort would help me feel better about seeing all the shelves of really cool books in the classrooms. (Which is actually a good thing. Right?) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Renee Brown<br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i>District Librarian</i></div><div><i>Computer Teacher</i><br></div><div><i>Learn and Serve Team Coordinator</i></div><div>Arthur CUSD #305</div><div>217-578-2229<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2f2017.code4lib.org%2fassets%2fimg%2fsponsors%2fiSchoolwordmark_Imark.png&c=E,1,wi0UGh5tTV0cbFtSXA5Gkqiu88nCuajHrnP2wQnzzgzhXGjkZGboPqbHSbXmWmp54rvuehuV0Mp-ZD6xGpjnZR_9gvoWEH86PaG0UMAkfuR6CZBemC6oAdGnYWs,&typo=1" alt="See the source image" width="200" height="43"><br></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b> (Class of 2011)</b></div><div><b><br></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1czoclsvGwJhm8fkjjQ_v7kmJvWwazUYz&export=download"><br></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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