Throw-It Thursday - Where Do the Books Go?

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Ashley Borman, Technical Services Librarian at the Clintonville (WI) Public Library, is back with another weeding tips column. 

Some people wonder why libraries discard books. Why we can’t just keep everything we buy. Why we need to buy new things all the time. They also want to know what we do with books that we remove from the library. This wonderful post from everylibrary.org was forwarded to me by a friend. It puts into words (better than I could do) the reasons why we discard books and why not everything gets redistributed: “Where do the Books Go After the Library?”

Another great post I found on Medium.com goes into a bit more detail: “What Happens to Old Library Books?” . This article tells a bit more about how circulation can affect the library life of a book. He also talks a bit about how extreme weeding can sometimes cause unwanted media attention. Some good food for thought can be found in this article as well.

If you work in a library and have ever struggled to put into words how we discard items to a non-library person, these articles have some great points to help you out. If you are just a library or book lover and were curious about what we do with the books when they leave our shelves, now you know.

Great Stories Club Grants

The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is currently accepting applications for the Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation. The theme is "Growing Up Brave on the Margins."

Applications will be accepted from May 15 to July 15, 2019.

The ALA Great Stories Club is a thematic reading and discussion program that engages teens who are facing difficult challenges through literature-based library outreach programs. An expansion of ALA's long-standing Great Stories Club program model, the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) series will feature books that explore questions of race, equity, identity, and history, and support racial healing sessions with participating libraries, their community partners, and their teen readers. This TRHT series — "Growing Up Brave: Courage and Coming of Age" — is supported by grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Participating libraries will work with small groups of approximately 10 teens; provide up to four theme-related books for each participant to keep as their own; convene opportunities for exploration and discussion of relevant humanities content among peers; and offer sessions for program conveners and participants led by a racial healing practitioner(s). Book discussions will be led by an experienced programming librarian, often in cooperation with staff from a partner organization or department, such as teachers and counselors.

• Read the project guidelines
• Read the FAQs
• Learn more about the theme, "Growing Up Brave on the Margins: Courage and Coming of Age"
• Apply online

To be notified about upcoming Great Stories Club offerings, sign up for ALA's Programming Librarian e-newsletter.

All libraries are encouraged to use reading lists, discussion questions, and other resources from previous Great Stories Club themes. All materials are free. To view them, visit our Resources page.

Questions? Contact ALA's Public Programs Office at publicprograms@ala.org.

1000 Books by Authors of Color Book Drive for Milwaukee Schools

WI blogger and author Kelly Jensen writes at the national Book Riot blog about a book drive spearheaded by Milwaukee journalist, Nyesha Stone.  Realizing the importance of children of color seeing themselves in their books, Stone, a former Milwaukee Public Schools student, wants to share that experience with Milwaukee Public School kids.

The book drive runs through June 1. You can donate through Amazon or by contacting Nyesha Stone directly. For all the deets, plus more information, click here.

Scholastic Warehouse Booksales Coming to WI

Scholastic's deeply discounted warehouse book sales from their book fairs are coming up soon in the Hudson (May 29-30), Milwaukee (May 10-23), Madison area ( May 7-9) and Green Bay (May 14-15).  Stock up on discounted books for kids at their BOGO sale!

When you hit the link, choose WI and find all the sales!

Scholastic Book Fair Time Again

It's booksale time at Scholastic Warehouses and they have great deals and inventory at some WI locations:
November 28-29      OSHKOSH   
1pm - 7pm (except Thu: 10 am - 7pm) Oshkosh Convention Center, 2 N, Main St

December 8-19     MILWAUKEE
10am-7pm weekdays; Sat: 8am -4pm; closed Sundays  Scholastic Warehouse, 7501 N. 81st St

December 11-13     DEFOREST
2pm - 8pm except Wed & Thurs 10am-7pm    Comfort Inn and Suites, 5025 Cty Rd V, DeForest

It's a great way to pick up books for the kiddos to use as prizes! For more details stop by their registration page and put in your zipcode (or one near Madison, Milwaukee or Oshkosh to show all three sales). When you pre-register you can get a $10 off coupon!

From their website:
This holiday - for a limited time only - you can buy one, get one free on hundreds of books, gifts, schools supplies - and even Build-a-Box!* Refresh your school, home, and classroom libraries, and stock up on gifts for everyone. 

Exclusively for librarians, teachers, district/school employees and volunteers, Book Fair chairpeople, and homeschool teachers. 

• For every item you buy, choose an item of equal or lesser value for FREE
• Shop from a large assortment of already reduced items
• No limits on how many items you can buy
• Build-a-Box is included with the BOGO offer (at participating locations)*
• Perfect way to maximize purchase orders, grants, and Title 1 funds

Tips & Additional Information

*Buy one item at full price, get the second of equal or lesser value for free (includes Build-a-Box). Limited exceptions may apply. Fill a Build-a-Box with books of your choice from a specially selected collection of clearance items. Only valid at participating warehouse locations and while supplies last. Selection may vary by sale location.

What to Expect
Many of our sales are located in fully functioning, working warehouses, which is not an ideal environment for children. If you plan to bring children, please keep them with you at all times. Like most warehouses, ours do not have extensive climate-control systems, so be sure to dress accordingly for the current season and note that some areas will not be accessible to shoppers.

What to Bring
Bring your SUPER SAVINGS PASS with you to the sale or let the cashier scan your pass from your mobile device or tablet. The SUPER SAVINGS PASS provides an additional savings of $10 off your purchase of $100 or more.

Preferred Methods of Payment
Credit cards, checks, purchase orders, and Scholastic Dollars™. Title I and grants are welcome! If using a Purchase Order, bring a copy of it with you. PO terms are net 45.  Tax-exempt schools must bring a copy of tax-exempt documentation. 

Stranger Things are Heading Your Way...

If your Tuesday isn't going the way you'd like--and/or you are a Stranger Things fan like me--get ready to turn your frown Upside Down. (See what I did there? *eyebrow waggle*)

Just a few days ago, I read an article on Book Riot about a partnership that was announced between Netflix and Penguin Random House.  The plan?  To publish an assortment of books set in the Stranger Things universe.  (But which one?! 😱 Meep!)

The first few books (due out in November of this year) will be behind-the-scenes companions and gift books.  As the partnership continues into 2019, however, novels for both adults and young readers will be added to the selection, including a prequel novel about Eleven's mother, written by the fabulous Gwenda Bond.

Is anyone else as excited about this as I am?!?!

Scholastic Book Fair Warehouse Sales in WI

Scholastic's deeply discounted warehouse book sales from their book fairs are coming up soon in the La Crosse area, Hudson, Milwaukee, Madison area and Green Bay with dates beginning April 25 until the end of May. Stock up on discounted books for kids!

When you hit the link, choose WI and find all the sales!

Holiday Gift Ideas

Over at Nerdy Book Club, there is a post detailing some cool book box subscriptions and "one-time-onlys" for the young readers in your life. Check out the post here.

And for all you library staffers out there, if you're tired of receiving heart-felt but sometimes useless things from the people you love during holiday or gift-giving, why don't you see if family members would give you a gift of membership to the Wisconsin Library Association or other professional organization you love but pinch pennies to join! WLA costs $50/year plus $3 for every additional $1000 of salary. My mom used to do that for me and I loved her for it! No more bread-making machines or card tables!!

Scholastic Warehouse Sets WI May Sale Dates

Many youth librarians use Scholastic book sales to add to their collection of books to give away to kids as incentives, prizes and "You've-done-good!"s. They offer stock they are cycling out of their book fairs in May and December.

This year there are May sales in Green Bay, Milwaukee, DeForest, Oshkosh and Hudson. The sales are free but you are asked to register (which gets you a coupon!). Be sure to bring your tax-exempt number card (or letter from your municipality) and your credit card or check. They'll provide the books (and boxes) to tote home to your community.

Get all the details here.

Friends of CCBC Spring Booksale - Mark Your Calendars

Twice a year, in the fall and spring, the Friends of the CCBC hold book sales. Gently used books withdrawn from the CCBC's Current Collection , and older titles that have been weeded from other CCBC collections, are sold. All proceeds support the work of the CCBC and related activities.

Friends of the CCBC Fabulous Spring Book Sale

Saturday, April 1, 2017

8 a.m. - 9 a.m.: Friends of the CCBC members only (anyone can join/renew at door)

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Everyone welcome!

Room 401 Teacher Education Building (CCBC Conference Room)
225 N. Mills Street on the UW-Madison Campus ( Map and parking information)

This sale will feature hundreds of new and gently used children's and young adult books, as well as some older books. The sale will include hardcover trade, formula nonfiction, paperback reprints, and more.

Prices:

$4 hardcover picture books and non-fiction ($3 Friends’ members)
$2 paperbacks  ($1 Friends’ members)
$2 for hardcover fiction and board books (everyone)
$3 / bag for all books published in 2010 or earlier       
         (everyone)

Noon - 1 p.m.: All newer books (c2012 and later) $1!

All proceeds benefit the Friends of the CCBC, Inc., which supports the work of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, a library serving pre-service and practicing librarians and teachers across Wisconsin.

What payment methods are accepted?

Cash, check, or institutional purchase order (you must have your institution or district’s tax exempt number, if applicable. Your institution will then be billed).

*PREVIEW SALE FOR FRIENDS OF THE CCBC MEMBERS:

Anyone is welcome to shop at the sale on Saturday from 9 -1. Members of the Friends of the CCBC can arrive and start shopping at 8 a.m.!

Not a Friends of the CCBC member? You can join—or renew—at the door!

(We will be restocking the sale at least once on Saturday, so don't worry if you can't get there right away!)

We're The People 2016 Summer Reading List

The We're The People blog began in early 2015 when Edith Campbell invited a handful of colleagues who share a passion for children, literacy, and diversity to work with her on a Summer Reading list. Books recommended on the blog are ones written or illustrated by Native Americans or writers/illustrators of color that have withstood a critical review.

Their 2016 Summer Reading List is a great resource for creating your own summer reading book lists, or as a stand-alone resource to share with families at your library!

Read On Wisconsin 2016 - 2017 Titles Annouced!

Read On Wisconsin (ROW) is a state-wide literacy program, administered by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, that promotes high-quality books for children and teens. Each month features one or more Read On Wisconsin titles for children and teens in five different age-level groups.  And the 2016 - 2017 titles have just been released!  Check out the titles HERE.

 

Naturalists, Artists, Dreamers: ROW May 2016

Check out the May titles from Read On Wisconsin!

 The Story of Owen: The Dragon Slayer of Trondheim is one of my favorites from this month's ROW list, with dragons placed in a modern setting and an intriguing discussion of bards as chroniclers.

SummerTeen with SLJ

Looking for ways to freshen up your teen programming and YA collections? School Library Journal is hosting a day-long web conference featuring sessions on teen services and programming, talks from publishers on great new books for teens, and panels with information on tackling tough teen issues. They'll even have speakers like M.T. Anderson and Jason Reynolds.

The conference is coming up in just a couple days on August 13th, and you can register here: http://www.slj.com/summerteen/

Books IRL

A few book-to-life tidbits to ponder:

• A real life The Other Half of My Heart (by Wisconsin author Sundee T. Frazier): black and white twins!
• Think the MUTHR of The Secret of WondLa (by Tony DiTerlizzi) is way in the future? Think again: robot mothers help out in war torn countries.
• Labeled as the Disney Up house, it also reminds me of Virginia Burton's The Little House.

What other 'real life' things have you come across that relate to a book you've read?

Librarian Gifts 2014

The season of gift giving is upon us! What do you get your favorite librarian? What have you put on your wishlist for Santa?

Here are a few suggestions:

• A list of 35 items related to books
• Shopping on Etsy: book lover gifts
• 12 Gifts for Readers
• Pinterest Board for Writers and Readers

Now get shopping!

Books & Literature

In this week’s 20 minute BadgerBrunch, learn about book recommendation resources NoveList and NoveList K-8. Click to Join.

NoveList and NoveList K-8 are fiction databases, providing access to information on fiction titles as well as feature content including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.

These sessions will be recorded and archived. The archive of previous sessions is found at http://badgerlink.net/help/training.

There is no registration but you can sign up for email reminders.

Kara Ripley
Reference and BadgerLink Training Librarian
Department of Public Instruction

tidbits around the web

• On Pinterest? Be sure to check out all the boards devoted to SRP 2014!
• This series of picture reminded me of Miss Peregrine...
• An interesting look at corporate children's writing from Gary Soto.
• Dream of having a home library? Check out this one!
• Daniel Radcliffe was interviewed on Fresh Air recently.

Yarn Bombing with Preschoolers!

Check out the cool blog post on Library As Incubator about yarn-bombing with preschoolers!

As an extension of Extra Yarn (Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen's Caldecott-Honor book), Rebecca Dunn recommends having kids create yarn magic wands out of sticks (from the ground) and yarn (from your basket of extra yarn you have hanging around).  The results are wonderful! 

Teen Top Ten Voting Open!

Teen readers between the ages of 12 and 18 can vote online for their favorites from this year’s list of nominated titles from now through September 15th. The books nominated for the list were selected by teen book groups from around the country (this is something your teen book group could do, too!)  The resulting Teens' Top Ten will be announced during Teen Read Week, the third week in October. You can find an annotated list and a book trailer of the nominees as well as tips for promoting the Teens’ Top Ten to teen readers here.

I am seeing book displays, promotions, book group discussions, challenges to read all the titles nominated...Lots of places to go with this!