I hope students, faculty, staff, and visitors will enjoy the new look of our 25 year old circulation desk. The brown front was painted black. Letters for inspiring words were made with cardstock...

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I have done self-checkout in my library since the big budget cuts in Texas education happened many years ago. I was in an elementary library with about 850 students. I knew I was losing my assistant...

With the success of the recent White House petition on school libraries, the American public has asserted its support for this vital aspect of childhood education. The following schools have demonstrated their understanding of the centrality of their libraries by creating spaces that support 21st-century learning. Monroe High School Campus Library, New York City Monroe … Continue reading Library Design Showcase 2012: Super Schools →

When you are working with an old building.... and I mean super old building, you are constantly "just makin' it work!" I am always trying to pull every amount of creativity to make my space fun and "new" for the kids each year. One hurdle is trying to cover up this....ugly whatever this is on the counter. I usually do a fun quote to go with whatever theme I have picked for the year but let's be honest... kids like to kick and pick and jump and the posters I put so much thought and time into…

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Stowe has been a magnet for tourists since before the Civil War. In fact, the Stowe Free Library was founded with a donation of 51 books from a group of summer hotel guests who used proceeds from an art sale to fund the purchase of this founding collection. It was supplemented by a town appropriation of $100, making Stowe the first town in Vermont to appropriate a sum of money for library purposes under the state law of 1865. The classic Greek Revival building where the library is now…

Circulation Desk

Throughout my 15 years as a high-school librarian, currently at Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, I have been systematically storing away tidbits I wish someone taught me in library sch…