Hi,
No specific info, but if you are on Twitter it might be worth tweeting
about this as there are a lot of school librarians on there who might help?
Best wishes
Steph
On 29/06/2012 13:50, Ian Clark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry, can't help with the specific query (although with my Voices for the Library hat on it has got me thinking!)...might also be worth pointing your teacher to Heart of the School:
>
> http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/
>
> Lots of useful/interesting stuff there.
>
> Ian Clark
> Library Systems Officer,
> Augustine House,
> Canterbury Christ Church University
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Tel. 01227 767700 ext 3141
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Budden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 29 June 2012 13:27
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> Subject: School Libraries
>
> A teacher friend of mine texts that her head teacher is claiming the School Library is no longer necessary because everything's available free gratis and for nothing on line; yes, that old chestnut.
>
> I've referred her to the Cilip School Library website, and I can go through all the standard arguments with her, but does anyone, off the top of their heads, know of a source of figures to show that a lot of things published in book form are original and not just scattered around the Web? We're all sure it’s true, of course, but it’s rather difficult to quantify.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ian Budden
> Acting Head of Acquisitions/Cataloguing Coordinator BLDS (British Library for Development Studies) Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
>
> Tel: +44 (0)1273 915651
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Website: www.blds.ids.ac.uk
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