Interview with a High School Librarian Curate
While visiting a local high school library, I got to interview Dr. Amy Savage. She is a former teacher at the high school and now works as one of two librarians. The school has around 2,100 students from the grades of 9th-12th. She has a passion for speaking up for her students and books that reflect who they are. Dr. Savage not only enjoys working in the library but also enjoys crafting and creating displays to be used in the library. I spoke with Dr. Savage about how she uses the AASL standard of Curation in her library. Our discussion centered around how they decide on what books to purchase, how they choose to structure the library, and how they get creative in obtaining funds. The following questions propelled our conversation on how Dr. Savage uses curation in her library: With two librarians, how do y'all decide on books to purchase? How did you decide to set the library up to use the maximum space available? How do you manage ...
