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From: Edith Campbell <Edith.Campbell_at_indstate.edu>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:21:47 -0500
Good morning!
As a former History teacher, I'm used to viewing events as history if every one relating to the event has past away. If participants are still alive, i t's a current event. Granted, this perspective is difficult to maintain tod ay, however records and documents relating to events are not immediately av aiable and with the passage of time, we're able to research events in a muc h more comprehensive manner as events become more a part of history.
Edith Campbell Reference and Instruction Librarian Education Liaison Cunningham Memorial Library o-leafsm_bigger.jpg] Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Indiana's USBBY Ambassador CYBILS Judge 2012, non-fiction
"Wherever you go, there you are." ~Dr. Suess
From: Lora Koehler
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012 2:33 PM To: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu "
Subject:
when is the past historical?
I would offer that a book could be considered historical when it's time per iod occurs before the birth of the children who are the book's intended aud ience.
I remember helping a child find a country book in a school library. The cop yright date, while not current, was within reason, and I told the child tha t "this book was published in ____, but I think you'll find the information
for this country still good."
She looked at me, shocked. "That was before I was born!"
"Hmm, you have a point there," I thought. Time is relative, isn't it?
-Lora Koehler
Children's Librarian
Millcreek Center Library
Salt Lake County Library System
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:21:47 -0500
Good morning!
As a former History teacher, I'm used to viewing events as history if every one relating to the event has past away. If participants are still alive, i t's a current event. Granted, this perspective is difficult to maintain tod ay, however records and documents relating to events are not immediately av aiable and with the passage of time, we're able to research events in a muc h more comprehensive manner as events become more a part of history.
Edith Campbell Reference and Instruction Librarian Education Liaison Cunningham Memorial Library o-leafsm_bigger.jpg] Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Indiana's USBBY Ambassador CYBILS Judge 2012, non-fiction
"Wherever you go, there you are." ~Dr. Suess
From: Lora Koehler
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012 2:33 PM To: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu "
Subject:
when is the past historical?
I would offer that a book could be considered historical when it's time per iod occurs before the birth of the children who are the book's intended aud ience.
I remember helping a child find a country book in a school library. The cop yright date, while not current, was within reason, and I told the child tha t "this book was published in ____, but I think you'll find the information
for this country still good."
She looked at me, shocked. "That was before I was born!"
"Hmm, you have a point there," I thought. Time is relative, isn't it?
-Lora Koehler
Children's Librarian
Millcreek Center Library
Salt Lake County Library System
---Received on Mon 05 Nov 2012 09:21:47 AM CST
