http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TvQyM_XTpo

Library Redevelopment: Stage 1

The beginning

• Consultation with children• Small working group: BOT

Chair and two parents• Inspiration for use of space

and design• Meetings with Maxine

Ramsey from School Library Services

• Collection weeding• Consultation with School

Community at School Fair

Consultation

• Children were asked their opinions about the Library by BOT Chair

• Children were invited to take part in a “Dream Library” competition as part of the School Fair

• Community invited to share their ideas at the School Fair

By Hannah Botting

School Fair: a chance to share ideas & see the Dream Library art competition

Childrens’ opinions

It would be nice to be able to have a table or something where you could write down things from the books, and also a chair for if you are going to be there a long time.

I want our library to be bright, and have lots of colour.

Visiting our library should take longer. I would like it to take a long time. 

I would like the library to be warm. And cosy. And welcoming. And smell good.

I would like a computer in our library, to find out things that the books we have in there can't tell me.

I want to be able to reach all the books, because maybe they are good ones at the top. 

It would be great to have more books and new ones.

What I want most is places to sit and read in the library. Maybe cushions but best would be chairs, but they cost lots of money. 

School Fair: a chance to share ideas & see the Dream Library art competition

Inspiration for use

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveandsarah/galleries/72157633152228051/

Inspiration for design

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveandsarah/galleries/72157633151921661

Consultation

• Read outside• Open afternoon for

children and parents to come to the library together

• Self checkout• Beanbags (inside

/outside)• Comfy couches

Consultation

• Cosy places for reading• Times for quiet reading• Geography of myths

and legends• Colourful with

beanbags• Posters• New display

Consultation

• Check out own books• Get cosy• Read• Study• Research

Budget

Incoming (received)• $8000 (Fair)• $2000 (Bequest)• $360 (Donation)• $750 (Carpark fundraiser #1)

Fundraising in planning• Carpark fundraiser #2• Chocolate Santas• Funding sources for books

Outgoing• Furniture (4 x bean bags,

book boxes, computer table, 3 X tables, 9 x chairs, computer cupboard, returns box)

• = $5043.75

Stage 1 - what we have achieved• A cosy, colourful library• Chairs AND beanbags• Tables to write and read at• Computer space & evaluated

online resources• Lowered shelving• Weeded out old books• Continuing collection

development• Library webpage & resources

for teaching & learning

New furniture!

• Space creation• Beanbags• Tables and chairs• Computer table• Browsing boxes• Admin cupboard• Returns box

Online Resources!

• Webpage developed http://wwwsacredheartdn.school.nz/library • Library blog• Recommend a book• Online resources

Stage 2 – things to achieve

• New shelving• New books• Computers in the library• Self issuing• Student librarians• Cultural / spiritual presence

What other ideas do you have to help us create a great school library?