One common complaint a school librarian hears from parents is, “We didn’t know the book was overdue.” This is most commonly heard, of course, at the end of the school year, when the school office informs the student that he or she will not be receiving a yearbook until all unpaid school fees and fines [...]

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Lunch is often the busiest time in a school library. Students come in to finish assignments, check email, and just “hang out.” Typically, the computers are very busy, but I may actually check out one or two books to someone. Yesterday, during second lunch, an amazing thing happened. I counted seven people sitting quietly and [...]

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If, like me, you own more books than you can count, or have more books than shelf space, or ever buy an interesting book only to get home and find you already own it, you really need to check out a new web service. It’s called LibraryThing and it allows you to catalog your personal [...]

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Last Thursday I finally caught the “Weeding Fever.” As I approach the end of my 6th year as a school librarian, I realized I have never really gone through my library stacks and removed old, worn, dated books in any comprehensive way. The only books that I have consistantly thrown away are those that were [...]

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