Karen, As you may guess every librarian struggles with this question. If you have space keep them pease do because, as you noted, they are centra to our identity as Jews. I think that day schools are not yet ready for digital books only. I'm looking forward to an interesting discussion. Amalia
Sent from my iPad > On May 26, 2015, at 4:00 PM, "Ulric, Karen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So – my library (grades 6-12 school library of approximately 12K volumes) is > getting a major renovation this summer – all new furniture (first time in > over 20 years), paint, carpet, possibly reopening my boarded over skylight, > electrical work, etc. > > In anticipation of not wanting to box up things I don’t want any more I’ve > started some significant weeding, and need some advice in my fiction section. > > I’ve noted everything with a zero circ since I started using OPALS. Which is > highly depressing, actually, but that’s a whole ‘nother story. > I just don’t know what to do with my collections of authors like Agnon and > Oz, most of which has never circulated, many of which are old tired looking > editions. And yet they are central to our identity as a Jewish library. > Knowing our students and our curriculum I do not think replacing them with > fresher editions will make much difference (although it might help a little). > They aren’t pleasure reading for my students, my teachers likely have read > them already, or own them, and they aren’t being assigned as part of the > curriculum. I have the same issue with authors like Twain ,and Henry James. > Unless it is an assigned title they aren’t circulating, but it feels wrong to > weed them despite needing the space and their lack of use. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Karen Ulric > Upper School Librarian > Golda Och Academy > 1418 Pleasant Valley Way > West Orange, NJ 07052 > 973-602-3653 > <image001.jpg> > www.GoldaOchAcademy.org > <image002.png> <image003.png> <image004.png> > Growing Minds. Nurturing Hearts. Strengthening Tradition. > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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