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How unusual is it for a school to have a library now?

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TunipTheUnconquerable · 02/12/2013 11:26

The comprehensive my dcs will go to in a few years recently got rid of its library. It didn't just rename the room (which is what I assumed when I first heard it), it actually got rid of the books.

How normal is this? Are school libraries basically a thing of the past apart from in private schools and grammars?

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enderwoman · 02/12/2013 12:17

Our local schools have libraries.

friday16 · 02/12/2013 12:16

it actually got rid of the books.

Sounds like a pretty shit school.

It's the sort of "hey, we're all down with kids and technology!" stuff that goes on for a few years before it goes into special measures.

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TunipTheUnconquerable · 02/12/2013 11:46
Sad

Do you think that's the norm now, then?
Aren't kids expected to borrow fiction books any more?

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starfishmummy · 02/12/2013 11:31

Ds's school has a small library - basically just a room with books. I presume someone does "look after" it but no librarian.
And some of the books are well out of date - Ds brought one home about computers, it was written in 1998!!

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