[CASL-L] weeded books - what do you do with them?

[Zieger, Gillian]

For a larger weed, I had good luck with Heartsprings.org last year.


On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 1:06 PM Michele Eligio <
meligio at northbranfordschools.org> wrote:

> I second using them for Makerspace projects (see pics - one is shown with
> magazines but certain books have worked). I also let the classroom teachers
> take discarded books. Lastly, I do donate books that are salvageable to
> public libraries for book sales.
>
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> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 12:09 PM Melissa Thom via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Nicole!
>>
>> One way I use weeded books is for makerspace projects--one of my beliefs
>> is that if a book is non-fiction and outdated, or old and worn out, it
>> should just be recycled in some way--not sent to another school or
>> country.
>>
>> Also, I keep the titles that may still be of interest and let classroom
>> teachers look through them to see if there are any they want to add to
>> their classroom libraries!  Lastly, I keep high interest titles to put out
>> for the book swap I organize:)
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>> Melissa
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM Nicole Herget <
>> nherget at branfordschools.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello CASL!
>>>
>>> I am hoping you can assist.  I am in the process of weeding my
>>> nonfiction collection.  Our district is wondering what others do with their
>>> weeded books.  If you recycle/donate what organization(s) do you work with?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Nicole
>>>
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