[CALIBK12] Handling donations

[Orange County Department of Education]

Hi Doug,
I would view this as a learning opportunity.
This is what I suggest talk with your principal about this.  Make sure your
principal is aware of the libraries policies. Make it very clear to him/her
why you have them.  Don¹t assume unless you have had this conversation with
them that they know or appreciate the import of these policies.  This will
lay the ground work for discussing with them why you don¹t want the same
thing to happen with the book drive next year.

Next go to the business and give them your list and make it very explicit
that you want these books and only these books because of the school¹s
library policies.  Make sure they understand that you really really
appreciate their efforts and you want to do it again but within the outlined
objects.  Tell them that quality current books set a tone that says
³learning, schools and libraries  are a top priority.²  Used, and old books
set a negative tone and can in fact get the school in trouble if the
information is incorrect or not appropriate.

Hopefully they will understand and appreciate that you are making your
students, your library and your schools needs clear.

Sarah Passonneau

On 12/21/07 8:42 AM, "Douglas Dilts" <ddilts at ltusd.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> I¹ve learned a lesson recently about accepting donations. I¹ve always tried to
> be careful when accepting donations to make it clear to the donor that we only
> accept books that meet our selection criteria and only those that meet our
> needs. Recently a local business (actually part of a large multi-national
> chain; maybe there doing this everywhere?) initiated a book drive. They
> requested a ³wish list,² which I submitted to them. I naively assumed that we
> would get what was on the list. Since everything on that list met our
> criteria, I didn¹t¹ really spell out that we didn¹t want anything that wasn¹t
> on the list. What we actually got at the end of the drive, however, was mostly
> garage sale stuff that I will be giving away to our local used book store. I
> don¹t¹ think we got a single title that was on the list.
> The business is interested in doing this again next year. I am trying to think
> of a way to spell out our criteria without sounding ungrateful.
> Anyone have a similar experience?
>  
> Doug Dilts
> 
> Library Media Teacher
> 
> South Tahoe High School
> 
> 530-541-4111 x240
> 
> http://www.ltusd.org/sths/library
> 
>  
> 
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