April 5th, 2013
The Malindza High School Library is officially complete…well
as complete as far as my participation goes. All 1000 donated books are out of their boxes and labeled
and shelved with the existing books.
If I had to guess I would say we labeled around 5000 books total. Each book got categorized with a color
by topic and have been placed in numerical order according to their subject
number. The library looks so
beautiful now and useable!
The system isn’t quite sticking with the students yet, I
find pinks in the blues, and greens in the reds, but the point is there is a
system. The students are already
really enjoying the new selection of fiction books that came in the donation
boxes, and there are desks now for the students to work on. Its just amazing to look back at what
it was before, a disorganized mess.
Granted there are still about 2000 books that need to be labeled, and
some shelves still need fixing, and the teachers resource room needs to be
finished, but there are plans for these and that’s all I can ask for. The technology and design class is
helping every Friday to fix up the teachers resource room, which will also
serve as the check-in/out desk.
It’s a slow process, and for a while I wasn’t sure we would see the end,
but I am glad I was able to witness the progress to the point we are at. I look forward to the day when I can
return and see the library even more functional!
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| The Library Before |
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| Library After |
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| With the Librarian David |
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