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Library Manual How to Set Up and Run a Small Library in Africa African Library Project Adapted from Setting Up and Running a School Library by Nicola Baird and VSO © 2020 African Library Project. You are free to share these resources— to copy, distribute and transmit the manual as long as you credit African Library Project (ALP). It is prohibited to sell or distribute these files in any format for profit without prior written consent from ALP African Library Project 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 www.africanlibraryproject.org This edition: © African Library Project 2020 Material from SETTING UP AND RUNNING A SCHOOL LIBRARY © VSO 1994 This adaptation of SETTING UP AND RUNNING A SCHOOL LIBRARY is published by arrangement with Pearson Education Limited. Cover design by Leslie Doyle The African Library Project is grateful to the following for permission to reproduce their photos: Chris Bradshaw: 1.2, 3.9, 4.4, 6.4, 7.1, 10.4, 12.1, 12.3, 14.1, 14.7, 16.3, 18.3 Carolyn Gannon: 0.1, 0.2, 2.1, 6.2, 9.2, 9.3, 9.5, 10.1, 11.5, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.5, 19.1, 19.2 Michelle Green: E.1 Lesley Louden:1.1, 3.10, 4.6, 11.2, 14.2, 14.6, 15.1, front cover Steve Levin: 14.4 Deborah Lustig: E.2 Toby Lustig: 5.2 Project Humanity: 16.1, 16.2 Greg Scieszka, Jr.: 5.1 Alyssa Souza: 3.2, 3.3, back cover enjuba: Table of Contents Firm Foundation Education Trust: page 206 ISBN 978-0-615-66454-5 Printed in the United States by Giant Horse Printing, Inc. © 2020 African Library Project. You are free to share these resources— to copy, distribute and transmit the manual as long as you credit African Library Project (ALP). It is prohibited to sell or distribute these files in any format for profit without prior written consent from ALP Contents Foreword .....................................................................vi Editor’s Note ...............................................................vii Introduction ................................................................1 What is this book about? ................................................................ 1 Why do you need to use this book? ............................................ 1 How to use this book ....................................................................... 2 1. What Is a Library? ....................................................6 What is a library? ............................................................................... 6 Why does a school need a library? .............................................. 6 Different types of school library .................................................. 8 Why does a community need a library?...................................12 2. Preparing to Set Up Your Library ........................ 13 What you need to do first .............................................................13 Why you need to do this ...............................................................14 How much time will it take? .........................................................14 How to start – the library committee ......................................15 What the library committee does .............................................17 How to involve others ...................................................................18 3. Preparing the Library Room ............................... 21 What are your library room needs? ..........................................21 How to make your library secure ..............................................22 What furniture does the library need? ....................................25 What equipment does the library need? ................................30 What stationery does the library need? ..................................31 4. Getting to Know Your Library Stock ................... 34 What stock is in your library? ......................................................34 Sometimes a single book can change a life ...........................35 More about books ...........................................................................36 How to help readers learn about the parts of a book ........36 The parts of a book .........................................................................37 How to help readers keep books in good condition ..........41 More about other types of stock ...............................................41 5. Choosing Stock for the Library ........................... 48 What stock does the library need? ...........................................48 What makes an information book suitable for the library? ..................................................................................48 What makes a fiction book suitable for the library? ...........49 Why remove some books from the library? ..........................50 © 2020 African Library Project. You are free to share these resources— to copy, distribute and transmit the manual as long as you credit African Library Project (ALP). It is prohibited to sell or distribute these files in any format for profit without prior written consent from ALP How do you decide which books to remove? ......................51 What else is useful for a library? .................................................52 6. Making an Accession Register ............................ 54 What is an accession register? ....................................................54 Why have an accession register? ...............................................54 How do you make an accession register? ..............................54 Nameplates with return date labels .........................................57 Which books need a return date label? ..................................57 How do you make a nameplate and return date label with a pocket? .......................................................................58 7. Organising Information Books – Classification . 60 What is classification? ....................................................................60 Why do information books need to be classified? ..............60 What stock is not classified? ........................................................60 How do you decide which subject area each book belongs in? ........................................................................................61 What is a subject? ............................................................................61 How to classify your books ...........................................................63 How to make spine labels ............................................................66 What do you do when you have finished classification? ..67 8. Making Library Catalogues ................................. 68 What is a library catalogue? ........................................................68 Why make catalogues? .................................................................68 Different types of catalogue .......................................................68 How do you make a title catalogue? ........................................69 How do you make a subject index? ..........................................72 How do you make a shelf list? ....................................................72 How to solve some cataloguing problems ............................74 What is stocktaking? ......................................................................75 9. Organising Fiction and Alphabetical Filing ....... 76 What is filed alphabetically in the library? .............................76 How do you file alphabetically? .................................................76 Putting fiction books in alphabetical order ...........................76 Other methods of organising fiction books ...........................78 Filing other items alphabetically ...............................................79 How do you avoid problems with alphabetical filing? ......79 10. Putting Books on Shelves ................................. 83 What needs to be checked? ........................................................83 How do you use bookshelves? ...................................................83 How to help readers use bookshelves the right way .........85 What is a shelf guide? ....................................................................86 Making shelf guides .......................................................................87 © 2020 African Library Project. You are free to share these resources— to copy, distribute and transmit the manual as long as you credit African Library Project (ALP). It is prohibited to sell or distribute these files in any format for profit without prior written consent from ALP 11. Lending Books ................................................... 88 What does lending books mean? ..............................................88 Why lend books? .............................................................................89 How do you decide borrowing rules? .....................................90 Decide how many books each reader can borrow .............90 Decide how long a reader can keep a borrowed book .....90 Decide whether to charge fines .................................................90 Decide whom to lend to ................................................................92 Decide what to do about lost or damaged books ..............92 How do you register borrowers at a community library? ..93 How do you record books lent by the library? .....................93 Weekly routine .................................................................................97 12. Keeping Books in Good Condition ................... 99 Why keep books in good condition? .......................................99
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