Library Update 3

Some books have finally started arriving! Les returned to Tactic a couple weeks ago and brought with him 14 books that I had ordered and sent to Kamloops. There is a suitcase full in Kamloops that will be brought down in August with a group. For now, the ones that have arrived have now been catalogued and are in the school library at Chamche waiting to be lent out.

The problem is, these teachers are not used to having a library, not used to taking books out, and not used to using books in their classrooms. The library is also only at 1 of 5 campuses. So this Tuesday, at the all-teachers meeting, I am giving a presentation to about 90 teachers, secretaries, and prinicipals, to motivate them to use the books that are in the library and that will be coming over the next few months. I am hoping to spark ideas and heighten awareness of the importance of reading and using books in the classroom.

I'm excited. This is actually happening! I'm nervous for Tuesday too, though. It's not every day I give a presentation in Spanish in front of 90 of my colleagues. So the next step for the library is to make class sets of some of the books, as well as continue to order more books. Here are the books that have arrived so far.