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Month: May 2021

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Yep. It’s Construction SNAFU Time

12 May 202112 May 2021 lpearle

This is my fifth school and my fourth library construction project. Granted, the first school/project was mostly over when I started, but I did reap the aftermath of having had everything rewired (essentially ripping out the job we'd paid for and used without a hitch for a few years, turning the system into something that… Continue reading Yep. It’s Construction SNAFU Time

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School Libraries, Work Stuff

Up from the ashes (part eight)

12 May 202112 May 2021 lpearle

As I've been going through the process of rebuilding the collection and the facility (neat pictures of our "permanent" temporary space to come next week), attending meetings and so forth, one question keeps coming up: what does a 21st-century library look like? How do we plan for what students are doing today and think ahead… Continue reading Up from the ashes (part eight)

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Up from the ashes (part ten)

12 May 202112 May 2021 lpearle

(parts one through nine here) One of my Spring Break chores is to finish the insurance claim. If I haven't mentioned it before, MPOW has a full replacement value insurance policy. This means that assigning value to the items lost is critical: it's not enough to just print out a list of the catalog and… Continue reading Up from the ashes (part ten)

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School Libraries

Up from the ashes (part seven)

12 May 2021 lpearle

Ok, I'll admit it, I have a thin skin. In addition to rebuilding the collection and providing library service at MPOW, I've also been participating in a series of meetings designed to elicit parent/alumni opinion regarding the rebuilding of the physical space. There were questions about whether the library should go back into the space… Continue reading Up from the ashes (part seven)

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School Libraries, Techno Geekiness

Rising from the ashes (part six)

12 May 2021 lpearle

I've spent the better part of the past week ordering books and checking in new books. In between that, and since the fire, I've been thinking about the way forward (or, as Chris says, not standing still).In the midst of all this came the whole Cult of 2.0 controversy. Annoyed Librarian said, among many other… Continue reading Rising from the ashes (part six)

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Work Stuff

Up from the ashes (part two)

12 May 2021 lpearle

Very Important Idea: 100% replacement valueSeriously, if you don't have 100% replacement value as part of your insurance policy get it now. We have it and it's going to help us with our rebuilding. What does this mean in practical terms? It means that I have until I leave work tomorrow to re-create POs for… Continue reading Up from the ashes (part two)

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Work Stuff

Up from the ashes (part one)

12 May 2021 lpearle

This is the first in what will be a long series of posts on how we rebuilt MPOW. Here's what the building looked like from 1905 through August 3, 2007:And here's what it looked like on August 4, 2007:

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