Elisabeth Abarbanel wrote a great post about what they do with books they weed at her library. Many of them are donated to Better World Books. Read her post for details. This could be a great volunteer project for kids and adults.
(Thanks to Buffy Hamilton for noting this on Facebook)
Posts Tagged ‘Books’
Your weeded books can do some good
7 Ways Your Public Library Can Help You During A Bad Economy
7 Ways Your Public Library Can Help You During A Bad Economy: Handy short article on the ways library services and resources can help people at ANY time, not just during a bad economy.
1. You can get pretty much any book at the library
2. Yes, we have movies
3. Kids Activities
4. Save Money and maybe your [...]
Interpreting the Evolution of English
My nephew is writing some wonderful stuff!
Interpreting the Evolution of English – Accents, dialects, slang and how we got from King James to hip-hop swagger.
Reviews of: The Prodigal Tongue, by Mark Abley and By Hook or by Crook, by David Crystal.
By Timothy Farrington, editorial staff of the New Yorker.
Wall Street Journal, June [...]
Fun stuff from Connecticut Libraries
One of the things I love about traveling all over to teach is hearing about new projects and ideas from the library staff in my classes. I always come back with a bunch of scribbled notes on pieces of paper that eventually sift out of my notebooks, folders, pocketbook and who knows where in my [...]
