Re: Filmstrips

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

We all 'packrat' to some extent for varying reasons; that favorite =
series,
books everyone 'should' read, maybe a kid will really ask for 'something
else by George Elliot', etc.=20

But I wonder if a certain amount of the 'don't throw away that video'
syndrome might not come from material being a tool in a teacher's too =
small
of a toolbox. Perhaps, instead of just tossing the material (with =
legitimate
reasons), we should help the staff get some new tools; arrange for =
whatever
central media library is available to show new materials (or even how to
access catalog, etc), get media on preview, locate web resources, =
develop
pathfinders for what we have available, show interlibrary capabilities,
advertise the newer stuff already in the library, ask for assistance in
choosing new materials, etc.

Robert Eiffert, Media Specialist
Pacific Middle School
Evergreen SD, Vancouver Washington
beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
robert@crypticmachinery.net

Re Hit on Filmstrips:

.....It seems like a problem many new librarians encounter.  Suggestions
ranged from removing the filmstrips during the cover of night to =
checking
the circulation statistics and using that criteria to remove them.  =
Often
people mentioned that it was just a few teachers and when they retired, =
the
need was gone. .....I will need to keep them for a year and then I will =
have
a record of what is used.  ....

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