I have a super small reference section at Rumsey (PreK - 9th). We have a very old set of encyclopedias really just for the visual. Helps to explain what a database is. I sometimes have my 2nd grade use a physical atlas and then use Google Earth on the iPads. I always love hearing them compare the two and why they prefer one over the other. I also have them use physical dictionaries. 

Coincidentally, an Upper School teacher came in last week looking for two dictionaries (exactly the same). Had them! He used them for a color game contest during Morning Meeting. Very entertaining watching middle school kids try to find words in a dictionary for color points!

~Val DiLorenzo
Vice President
CT Association of School Librarians

Connecticut Association of School Librarians' Organization Address:

4 Wotton Lane

Burlington, CT 06013



On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 3:52 PM Sharon Rodko via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
We are a Pre-K-2 school. The picture shows our reference section. It's mostly used after students check out when they're waiting for their class to finish. It's also a place to put student authored books and a few pop-up books and books with music that don't circulate home. They seem to love  "the big books." I had the space so I kept an old World Book Encyclopedia set that they are enthralled with and ask to borrow the volumes. 

Sharon Rodko, Librarian
Hurlbutt Elementary School
9 School Road
Weston, CT 06883
203-221-6310

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 9:02 AM Christine Smey Zeiser <christine.smey@gmail.com> wrote:
I would love to hear about the reference section in your library! What does your elementary reference section look like? Do you have one at all? Just dictionaries and thesaurus? Special subject books for teacher use? Mine is a mess and I’m trying to decide what to do with it!

Thanks everyone!
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