Libraries for primary and secondary school students, which function to introduce students to library etiquette and research techniques
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Best Starting Point for a Uncatalogued Library
I have recently been put in charge of developing a school library. Until this point, the school has not had a library, nor do they have much funding for resources etc. I am not a librarian so have ...
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What classification system would be a optimal choice for a school library?
What would be the most effective classification to shelf books in a small library of a school? I think LCC and Dewey Decimal would be "overkill" for just textbooks for grades.
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Relation between different edtions of a book
I am a software developer and trying to make a small software for library management. Here is a particular requirement that my client wants to add to it. When user(client) is viewing a book, the ...
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Reading for fun and not research
What are some proven methods that librarians can use to encourage students to read not just for their coursework, but for fun?
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How to uniquely identify multiple copies of same book in a library
Basically, my question is how to uniquely identify multiple copies of same book in a library.
Call numbers are not unique to particular copy of the book unless we append 'copy 1','copy 2' and so on ...
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How to generate a cutter number for a book
I am new to Library of Congress Classification system and trying to understand how would I create a cutter number for a particular book manually. In fact, I am trying to build a software for library ...
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School Library Summer Loans
What kind of policies do your school libraries have regarding loaning books over summer vacation?
My school does not have a summer library loan policy, but I'm considering implementing one next ...
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What's a good way to increase classroom–library collaboration in grades 6–8?
What does the library have that this age group in particular needs, and how can that be delivered to them? Even if that's not through the classroom, what's going on in the classroom that can get those ...
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What are the most commonly used cataloging systems in middle school libraries?
I work in a decent sized middle school library (~10,000 books, I would guesstimate) that's looking for a cataloging system. I've heard Unison and Alexandria mentioned, and would be curious to see what ...
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Are there middle school library management systems with a self check-out feature?
I volunteer a few hours weekly a middle school library that doesn't have a librarian or cataloging system. "Checking out" books consists of leaving me notes.
The school is looking to get a ...
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How can you get non-library trained people to trust in your weeding?
There are two primary contexts in which this might come up:
A public or school librarian has to earn the trust of a public official, who may be a bureaucrat or politician but has some power over the ...
