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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"All of the above" is a wonderful policy but sometimes you have to think of the (financial and budgetary) tradeoffs. If we focus on 'books in shelves' as a goal, then we must have full-time librarians to code, classify, sort, record them, check them out, back in and put them books back on the shelves. Not to mention you have to invest in renovating those spaces, adding shelves, and sometimes quite literally structural reinforcements to support books.

What if we could use those resources more effectively, spread them more widely, and give more kids access to more books and other information by a completely different model? Not all, but many librarians are vehemently opposed to thinking outside the (library) box. To their credit, they know that outside that box are often not certified and fully qualified subject librarians.[/quote]

One thing to consideR. Let's say you have 500 dollars to spend on either buying books for students OR to build up classroom libraries OR to build up a school's library. (Obviously there are other solutions but let's pretend those are your three choices)

The the students and the teachers will both leave the school eventually taking the books with them but the money invested to library stays with the school[/quote]

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