[CASL-L] Paperbacks in the library

[Elaine Shapiro]

I'm in a preK-4 school and inherited a lot of paperbacks.  As chapter books, they are fine on the shelves.  If I buy new, I buy the Kapco covers, which makes them sturdier. I also group series in plastic tubs, to save shelf space.  I don't like PB picture books, because the spine is too narrow to see the call number.  So those I have in baskets, alphabetically by author, with a large letter on the front for the author's last name.  As for non fiction, it depends.  I don't use them if they are too narrow to see the call number.  Up until now I have had a full time aide, and she covers paperbacks with laminate.  I'd never have time for that myself. 

Elaine Shapiro
Broad Brook School
Broad Brook, CT
On May 8, 2014, at 1:05 PM, DOREEN LOPEZ wrote:

I work in a 2 year old pre-K - 8 school that did not come from an existing school. My library is huge and severely under-stocked. My budget is so limited that I had to purchase paperback books at the beginning of the year. I have also accepted many donations (which will fall apart very quickly).



My shelves are not full, the books fall over and the paperbacks get lost in the shelving. I am thinking of making an entire section of the library "paperbacks only". Does anyone else have paperbacks in the library? Any and all ideas / suggestions are welcome!



Doreen Lopez
Library Media Specialist
Reed Elementary School - 33 Griggs St. - Waterbury, CT 06704
dlopez at waterbury.k12.ct.us<mailto:dlopez at waterbury.k12.ct.us>
203-574-8180    FAX - 203-574-6884

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