[SEO-Members] Reference material

[Laura Lee Wilson]

Kelli,
It will be okay.  We reduced our reference collection by at least 80%.  We
mostly kept local history and genealogy materials for inhouse use.  The
rest were either placed in our circulating collection or were withdrawn.
Some of the reference titles that we had were for specific assignments
(science, literature, etc) at our local middle and high school, those items
circulate well when the assignments are given.  In fact, they may be used
more as students share in class or during study hall.

We have made an effort to digitize as many yearbooks as possible.  We use
Advantage to digitize our newspapers.

Take a deep breath.  Your patrons will surprise you in their tenacity to
learn new ways to get the information they want.  ~LLW



Laura Lee Wilson, MLIS, CPL
Library Director

6 West Emerald Street
Willard, OH 44890
PH: 419-933-2544
FX: 419-933-4783
llwilson at huroncolib.org



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On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 9:33 AM Kelli Foster <kfoster at seolibraries.org>
wrote:

> Hi.
>
> We sadly, are about to embark in dismantling most of our Reference
> Department...we have a large Reference Department for those who have never
> been in our Library.
>
> 1.) Did you find any Reference Books useful by making them Circulating?
> We have tons of Biography, Literature, Science and History Reference books
> 2.) Did you find any University Library or organization who would gladly
> take Reference titles?
>
> Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  This just kills the
> Librarian in me.
>
> thanks,
> Kelli
>
>
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