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When timeless literature takes a beating
Building a collection
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elieve it or not, every week
the collection at your local
library changes. Every week
new books arrive and are put in the
collection while yucky, damaged,
or falling apart books are removed
from our collection. Here at the
Seaside Public Library we use the
“just in time” philosophy of library
collection development.
If you haven’t heard, Salem
Public Library is in the news right
now because of the change to their
collection that they are proposing.
While what they are doing may
seem to be a very drastic change
to their collection, weeding a col-
lection is actually very common
in libraries and most libraries do
it weekly if not monthly. I love
the quote from awfullibrarybooks.
net speaking to other librarians
about library collections: Remem-
ber — unless your library exists to
archive and preserve materials for
the ages, we are not in the business
of collecting physical things. We
collect information and provide
access to information. We love
books as much as anyone else, and
BETWEEN
THE COVERS
ESTHER MOBERG
sometimes hard decisions have to
be made. How many times have
you said, “But I just bought that!”
and then realized it was 10 years
ago?
Libraries often remove books
from the library when they are
worn out, moldy, chewed on, or
water-damaged.
We know that people don’t
want to go to a library shelf and
pull out a book that is sticky with
half the pages missing and what
is still in the book is about some
country that doesn’t even exist
anymore (the Soviet Union comes
to mind).
Nobody would want to look
for books at the library ever again.
When people think of librar-
ies, they think of pristine rows of
like-new books both classics and
new popular fi ction that are in
embossed shiny new covers that
just beg to be read and have the
latest, most up-to-date information.
The reality is, if libraries are doing
their job, books are being used.
They are taken outside, they are
loved, read, sat on, and worse. So
part of our library budget is spent
replacing or repairing the well-
loved books so each experience
you have at the library continues
to be great. A lot of work goes on
behind the scenes to keep our col-
lection looking the way it does.
We have a book repairer and
a volunteer who help our library
collection managers fi nd the
yucky books and fi x the ones we
can.
There are actually many differ-
ent ways that libraries create and
build library collections. Two of
the main schools of thought are
the “just in case” or “just in time”
library collections. The “just in
case” collection keeps just about
every book possible, just in case it
is ever needed.
This type of library collection
was the most popular from the
early 1900s to about 1980s. Inter-
estingly enough, around the time
technology really started taking
off for computers and cell phones
is when the shift in schools of
thought in library collections took
place. As the world started to be a
place where change was the con-
stant, libraries took a hard look at
their library collections and real-
ized that many of the books on
the shelf that they kept just in case
were never used. Ever.
Instead, what people really
wanted in addition to the clas-
sic books like “Little Women” or
“Lord of the Flies,” was a collec-
tion that seemed fresh and new
every time they walked in the
door.
Libraries all started to take a
closer look at their collections and
in the 1990s up to today started to
think about anticipating requests
to be “just in time” for what folks
needed or wanted.
Interlibrary loaning of mate-
rials from other libraries became
more important because libraries
could now say, we may not have
it, but we can get it very soon.
Seaside can request books from
all over the United States this way.
We even requested a book from
the library at the CIA in Lang-
ley, Virginia, once. With the addi-
Laundry Love returns to Seaside
Service for those
seeking assistance
By RITA GOLDFARB
Seaside Signal
A program to assist
families struggling with
the cost of doing laundry
returned to Seaside this
month.
Laundry Love partners
with local laundromats
in cleaning the clothes of
those living in shelters,
motels, cars, garages and
on the streets.
Locally Laundry love is
the second Saturday of the
month at Seaside Laundry,
now under the ownership
of Juana Molina and Jose
Luis Ponce.
Laundry Love is hosted
by “At The Water’s Gate,”
a local nonprofi t, and
funded by donations.
The Laundry Love ini-
tiative consists of regu-
lar opportunities to help
people who are struggling
fi nancially by assisting
them with doing their laun-
dry. For those living below
the poverty line, wash-
ing clothes presents both
a logistical problem and a
fi nancial hardship.
This project is main-
tained by a local non-
profi t, depending entirely
on donations to provide
services, hygiene products
and other physical helps.
Contact Shirley Yates
for
more
information
541-580-6738.
Rita Goldfarb
Volunteers Mary Launsby, Gladys Klingerman and Shirley
Yates at the return of Laundry Love to Seaside, Jan. 12.
tion of digital ebooks and audio-
books in the 2000s another option
for books opened up and many
people thought paper books would
go away completely. Instead, the
demand was for both. People want
all the formats and they want them
easily and quickly available. Many
people have a preference for either
screen or paper form of books.
Digital books have defi nitely
helped the Seaside Public Library
in providing books exactly when
folks need them. The Seaside Pub-
lic Library prides itself on our col-
lection. We have so many books
on all kinds of topics and interests
here at the Seaside Public Library.
Including our Library2Go
ebook collection, we have access
to over 80,000 items and that
doesn’t include interlibrary loan.
We have great collection devel-
opers at the Seaside Library and
a good healthy budget for getting
new books for you just in time.
So next time you pull a book
off the shelf, let us know if it
needs repair or take a moment
to think about all the behind the
scenes work that goes into our
beautiful library.
HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF
Annual WINGS
conference
Seaside’s branch of the
American Association of
University Women will be
joining the Astoria AAUW
to present its 17th annual
WINGS conference at
Clatsop Community Col-
lege on Feb. 9.
The day-long confer-
ence is free to women inter-
ested in returning to school
to complete their GEDs,
start or fi nish certifi cates
or degrees or develop or
update job skills.
Seaside AAUW is part
of a more than 130-year
old national organization
that seeks to empower
women and children.
Workshops help women
meet their educational or
career goals. Contact clat-
sopcc.edu or call 503-717-
1852 for information on
the conference.
Bingo Night at
Chisholm Center
Seaside Museum and Historical Society
History and Hops presents a lecture on pioneer shipbuilders of Clatsop County.
Shipbuilders of the 19th century
Seaside Signal
Shipbuilding is not an
industry that springs to mind
when considering the work
of Clatsop County’s early
pioneers.
Having been one of the
earliest History and Hops
presenters when he shared
the story of a gristmill in
Seaside, Jerry Sutherland
returns on Thursday, Jan.
31, at 6 p.m., at the Seaside
Brewing
Co.to share
the story of
shipbuilding
on the Clat-
sop Plains.
While
Author and
d o i n g
research for historian Jerry
Sutherland.
“Calvin Tib-
bets: Ore-
gon’s First Pioneer,” Suther-
land learned about pioneers
building ships at Skipanon
Landing as early as 1849.
Sutherland will share his-
torical maps, drawings, and
manuscripts as he makes
shipbuilding in early Clat-
sop County come to life.
History and Hops is a
series of local history discus-
sions hosted by the Seaside
Museum on the last Thurs-
day of each month, Septem-
ber through May, at Seaside
Brewing Co., 861 Broadway.
Preserving Seaside’s His-
tory since 1974, the Sea-
side Museum and Histor-
ical Society is a nonprofi t
educational institution with
the mission to collect, pre-
serve and interpret materi-
als illustrative of the history
of Seaside and the surround-
ing area.
The museum is located
at 570 Necanicum Drive,
Seaside and is open Mon-
day through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More
information can be found at
www.seasideoregonuseum.
com.
AAUW receives scholarship donation
Seaside Signal
Front row: Jane McGeehan, chairwoman; Pam Ackley, from
Windermere Foundation; and Pat Johns, board member. Back
row, Joanne McIntyre, secretary; Tricia Howell, board member.
The Seaside AAUW
Scholarship
Foundation
received a donation of
$1,000 from the Winder-
mere Foundation.
All members of Sea-
side AAUW are members
of Seaside AAUW Scholar-
ship Foundation, which has
a separate board focusing
on fundraising and award-
ing scholarships to girls
and women of our local
communities.
Seaside local AAUW
branch began modestly
with a scholarship of $300
in 1990 and was granted
501©3 status in 2005.
The 4-H Leaders Asso-
ciation is holding a Fam-
ily Bingo Night fund-
raiser on Jan. 19. Doors
will open at 6 and bingo
will begin at 6:30 p.m. at
the Bob Chisholm Cen-
ter in Seaside, 1225 Ave-
nue A. Friends, supporters,
and the public are invited
to attend.
Proceeds help fund the
general 4-H program. For
more information, call
503-325-8573.
4-H is an OSU program
that offers its programs
equally to all people ages
5 to 19. For more informa-
tion about 4-H member-
ship or 4-H leadership, call
503-325-8573.
Filmmaker comes
to library
The Friends of the Sea-
side Library will host doc-
umentary fi lmmaker Ron
Walker as he presents his
fi lm series “Seattle by
Trolleybus” and “Chris-
tian and His Seaplanes.”
The event will take place
in the Community Room
at 1 p.m., Saturday Jan. 26.
Walker is a fi lmmaker,
musician, and artist. He
learned the craft of fi lm-
making when he worked
as the resident music com-
Ron Walker
poser for the Film Loft
in Portland in the 1980s.
During this period, he
composed the music for
the Mount St. Helens fi lm
“This Place in Time” which
is shown at the Mount St.
Helens Interpretive cen-
ter. Walker shoots, edits
and composes the music
for the fi lms he produces.
His fi lms are about people,
their hobbies and passions
and often feature histori-
cal themes centered on the
North Coast.The Seaside
Public Library is located at
1131 Broadway.
For more information
call 503-738-6742 or visit
at www.seasidelibrary.org.
Local students on
OSU honor roll
Oregon State University
announced its fall honor
roll.
Students on the honor
roll from Seaside with a 3.5
average or better include
Dawson L. Blanchard,
freshman, a major in fi sh-
eries and wildlife science;
Emma R. Dutcher, sopho-
more, psychology; Joshua
M. Strozzi, junior, com-
puter science; Ryanne L.
Sunnell, freshman, mar-
keting; Brittany A. West,
junior, forestry.
Gearhart’s Jessica L.
Chisholm, a freshman
majoring in biology; and
Hunter L. Thompson, a
sophomore pre-forest/civil
engineering major, each
received honors with a 3.5
average or better.
Cannon Beach resi-
dent Annuka A. Brown, a
junior majoring in human
development and family
science, was named to the
honor roll with a 3. 5 aver-
age or better.
A total of 1,483 stu-
dents earned straight-A
(4.0). Another 4,752 earned
a B-plus (3.5) or better to
make the listing. Students
must carry at least 12 graded
hours of course work.
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