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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:29:52 -0500
It's time to move on from our middle-grade fiction discussion to our CCBC-Net topic for the second half of July:
*Back in Print? *We all have them: favorites that were gone too soon. At some point, they went out of print; perhaps were even weeded from every library collection you know of, fading into obscurity in everything but your own memory. During the second half of July on CCBC-Net, we invite you to talk about books you wish were back in print and back on the shelves so today's readers could discover them.
The idea for this topic grew out of the collection management work we are doing here at the CCBC this summer. As we weed our Basic (core) collection we find ourselves bidding farewell to some books that are hard to part with, even if they are no longer fitting for a contemporary library collection. This led to a discussion among our staff of children's books we loved that are out of print (thank goodness for o.p. booksellers) and/or are not typically found on library shelves today. In our hearts, we believe there are readers today who would see beyond the dated aspects of many of these works and appreciate the stories and characters that we love.
So what are your wishes for books that you'd like to se "Back in Prin,t" or "Back on the Shelf" in your dream library?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 17 Jul 2012 01:29:52 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:29:52 -0500
It's time to move on from our middle-grade fiction discussion to our CCBC-Net topic for the second half of July:
*Back in Print? *We all have them: favorites that were gone too soon. At some point, they went out of print; perhaps were even weeded from every library collection you know of, fading into obscurity in everything but your own memory. During the second half of July on CCBC-Net, we invite you to talk about books you wish were back in print and back on the shelves so today's readers could discover them.
The idea for this topic grew out of the collection management work we are doing here at the CCBC this summer. As we weed our Basic (core) collection we find ourselves bidding farewell to some books that are hard to part with, even if they are no longer fitting for a contemporary library collection. This led to a discussion among our staff of children's books we loved that are out of print (thank goodness for o.p. booksellers) and/or are not typically found on library shelves today. In our hearts, we believe there are readers today who would see beyond the dated aspects of many of these works and appreciate the stories and characters that we love.
So what are your wishes for books that you'd like to se "Back in Prin,t" or "Back on the Shelf" in your dream library?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 17 Jul 2012 01:29:52 PM CDT
