In a recent post, I mentioned that we were continually looking for ways to enhance our spaces in the library. One obvious solution has been to attack the reference section and intershelve some parts of it. Kids did not seem to be aware of it and had to be forced to use the World Books [...]
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We need space, as well as heaps of money! But mainly space at the moment. There are so many demands on our spaces that it is getting hard to accommodate everyone.
Teachers and classes want teaching spaces, as well as access to computers. I want a space where I can have a class reading in comfortable [...]
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We all have them in our libraries. But…What are they good for? What do they tend to be used for? Can their uses be justified?
The collection of computers in our library (I refuse to call it a lab!) numbers about 19 or 20. Most staff tend to treat it as a de facto computer lab. [...]
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Today, I was at an ICT conference in Maryborough but one of the highlights was listening to Sean Tierney discuss his current project/role in EQ, ie working with schools to develop elearning spaces in schools. One of his focus areas in the seminar was libraries, though, and it was totally inspiring.
A lot of what he [...]
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The challenges of finding room for things and promoting certain resources continues. A reorganisation of the newspapers and magazine area was the start and yesterday I moved the Big Books and changed the storage options for the mags.
I guess there was not much new to be done here but if it makes it a bit [...]
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I moved these two pieces of furniture around this morning. Why? To try and promote the papers, mainly. They have tended to be tucked around the corner out of the way and people probably didn’t even know they were there.
The location of the magazines continues to be a nightmare. While I like where they are, [...]
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