[CALIBK12] "Library" is now "Learning Center" - What do youthink?

[Susan Pennell]

Becca and CaLib Community,

I agree 100% with Becca! The word "library" is a perfect and wonderful
word. Schools have changed drastically over the past 100 years, but we
still call them schools. Change in how we do things is important and
necessary, but it is not necessary to change the word "library" to
"learning center". 

Respectfully submitted,
Susan


Susan Pennell, Manager
Library Media Services
Madera County Office of Education
(559) 673.6051 x263

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youthink?

I am one of those who loves all sorts of flowers but I still think a
rose
is not a tulip and calling it one is disrespectful of the rose. I love
the
word and the mission and the dignity of LIBRARY. The libraries I know
are
are bustling with energy, activity, LEARNING (even without being called
a
Learning Center! how'd that happen?) and that most surprising of
activities, READING. 

Good luck!

Becca Todd, District Library Coordinator
Berkeley Unified School District
1720 Oregon St. Room 9
Berkeley, CA 94703
(ph) 510.644.4895
(f) 510.644.8933
Becca_Todd at berkeley.k12.ca.us 

jeweli annah <jeweliannah at hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
>Hello Colleagues!
>
>Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,
however,
>that being said, our school has decided to change the name of our
>"Library" to "Learning Center".  The goal is to reflect the fact that
we
>now host an after-school tutoring program and are working to put a
>computer lab in our facility.  My tried and true customers (students
who
>have used the library frequently ever since elementary school) are
>perplexed.  The few adults I have spoken to acknowledge the benefit of
>distancing ourselves from the connotations of a word that conjures up
>dusty facilities from days of yore.  
>
>I welcome this opportunity to advertise ourselves, yet wonder if we
have
>to kill the "library" in order to showcase our modern usefulness.   
>
>As someone very new to the profession (and as the daughter of a Library
>Media Teacher), I feel that PR work is our most critical area of need
as
>an organization of professionals.  We don't necessarily have the time
nor
>the staff engage in full-blown community outreach or education, and
yet,
>if we don't prioritize PR work we face budget and staff cuts which
>endanger ourselves and our customers, the next generation of students
we
>are trying so very hard to reach.  
>
>Is renaming ourselves and our facilities the answer?  Where should our
>focus be?  What has worked for you and your community?  
>
>I welcome your thoughts, opinions, and musings on the topic!
>
>
>Julia Hedstrom
>Library Media Teacher  a.k.a. Teacher Librarian
>Granite Bay High School
>Granite Bay, CA 95746
>jhedstrom at rjuhsd.us
>
>
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