Siddhartha School Library Part III
Faculty Room & Around The School
Lower Kindergarten Students
Parents Helping
Stenzin and his Mother & Sister:
I am his Sponsor.
I have been working exceptionally hard to pull the library together. So far money has not arrived for me to send in the book order so I am working on the books already in the library, the ones I brought with me and some that I bought here. On July 10th I received a package, thanks to Kris Wheelock & Ann Davis, which contained a Sear’s List of Subject Headings and an Abridged Dewey Decimal System. So I have spent three long days happily cataloging books and even skipped morning tea break to make the most of my time. I also met with the carpenter (finally) and am having him build a librarian’s/check-out desk with locked drawers for rubber stamps, supplies & such. In addition he will be building a magazine rack, newspaper stand, book display stands, two traditional Ladaki/Tibetan benches and spacers for the shelving. I have purchased two handmade Tibetan carpets (imported from McLeod Ganj Handicraft Centre) that go on the benches – one has tigers on it with traditional patterns and the other has dragons on it. I’m accepting donations to help me defray the cost. I’ve also purchased some paint for accenting the walls close to where the benches with carpets will reside.
A printing order for Reader’s Cards has been turned in so the children and staff can sign out books and we can have a record of the sign-outs. They are in three colors Blue = boys, Green = girls, and Yellow = staff.
I bought plant pots and brought them into the school – staff and students are taking them home and filling them with plants for the library. I also made various signs for labeling the shelves and for how to care for books, the Dewey Decimal System, and a few Misc. things. The kids flock into the library every chance they can which in previous years they hadn’t been (of course the room was basically a storage area with no arrangement of resources). Creating the atmosphere, reading to them and having them see me working so hard (with the help of several students) has really stimulated their interest in the library, books, and reading. The boys particularly love to look at magazines such as National Geographic and India Today. The girls and the younger students like the story books and picture books. I also purchased books for adults and the teachers have started to check them out – they are very pleased to have something to read as books are expensive here and there are no public libraries. Right after exams which go on for a week I will start bringing classes in, with the teachers, to give a formal presentation on how to use the library, how to put books back on the shel
f, behavior, etc.
A printing order for Reader’s Cards has been turned in so the children and staff can sign out books and we can have a record of the sign-outs. They are in three colors Blue = boys, Green = girls, and Yellow = staff.
I bought plant pots and brought them into the school – staff and students are taking them home and filling them with plants for the library. I also made various signs for labeling the shelves and for how to care for books, the Dewey Decimal System, and a few Misc. things. The kids flock into the library every chance they can which in previous years they hadn’t been (of course the room was basically a storage area with no arrangement of resources). Creating the atmosphere, reading to them and having them see me working so hard (with the help of several students) has really stimulated their interest in the library, books, and reading. The boys particularly love to look at magazines such as National Geographic and India Today. The girls and the younger students like the story books and picture books. I also purchased books for adults and the teachers have started to check them out – they are very pleased to have something to read as books are expensive here and there are no public libraries. Right after exams which go on for a week I will start bringing classes in, with the teachers, to give a formal presentation on how to use the library, how to put books back on the shel
f, behavior, etc. Daily School Bus Ride
Lower Kindergarten Students
Parents Helping
Stenzin and his Mother & Sister:
I am his Sponsor.
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