[CASL-L] reference collections

[Teri Padua]

I have one section of reference (4 shelves) still separate from the general
collection, with almanacs, dictionaries, the PDR and other misc. ref on
it.  Everything else is incorporated into the general collection,
designated Circulating Reference, and checks out for one week instead of
three.  Getting students to look in two separate sections of the library
wasn't working, and the CR materials are actually used now.  It also opened
up a section of the library large enough to put in 24 computers!  Win-win.

Teri

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Tracy Earnshaw <tearnshaw at rsd13.org> wrote:

>
> ​This is my Reference Room.  It's beautiful and my only classroom space.
> It is also used for meetings.  If I toss the books, I'll probably lose the
> space.  Not sure what else to put on those shelves.  Anyone else in a
> similar position?  I don't really need those fifteen-year-old encyclopedias
> in the back!  It's too small for the fiction or non-fiction.  I'd have to
> just put some of the non-fiction in there, but it would be harder to
> justify holding on to the room.  A makerspace would never fly.  It would
> become an AD's office or a career center.
>
> Tracy Earnshaw
> Coginchaug Regional High School
> Durham, CT
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Todd Gorski <TGorski at ctreg14.org> wrote:
>
>> Good morning.
>>
>> I am wondering how many high school libraries still keep a printed
>> reference section.  If so, what types of books does it feature?  We are
>> substantially weeding our reference section and I was curious to see how
>> many schools have eliminated it entirely.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> TG
>> ---------------------------------
>> Todd Gorski
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Nonnewaug High School
>> 5 Minortown Road
>> Woodbury, CT  06798
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Teri Padua, Media Director
Northwestern Regional HS/MS
100 Battistoni Dr.
Winsted, CT  06098
860-379-8525 x2601
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