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Unbounded Minds: Libraries as Catalysts for Idea Generation
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- Jan 13, 2024
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In this episode, Darryl and I continue our conversation about Douglas Knight’s ideas about a library's two major and unique functions, regardless of type. These two functions are:- * First, it makes possible meetings of mind and ideas not limited by our normal boundaries of time, space, and social or economic level. * To say this is to suggest the second great function of a library. It is the institution in our society that allows and encourages the development and extension of ideas -- not their passive absorption, but their active generation. … The technical means of his encounter may be a record, a tape, a film, a print-out or -- most radical of all -- a book. Libraries are not bounded by means; they will and should employ any means to achieve their ends. Clarification on non-fiction to fiction ratio: NF to F ratio should rise from 50% NF to 50% F through 66% NF to 33% F to 75% NF to 25% F as children move from Primary through Secondary (Darryl) The link to Douglas Knight's document can be found here https://bit.ly/3ShxMSK Podcast - Non-fiction collections in school libraries: Do we still need them? https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/podcast/episode/9d8adc04/non-fiction-collections-in-school-libraries-do-we-still-need-them FOSIL forum link - https://fosil.org.uk/forums/ Engaging and Empowering School Libraries Membership - https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/aboutmembership This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit elizabethhutchinson.substack.com