SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCE REQUEST

1. Copy and paste the text below into your email message.

2. Use the subject line “Library Book Inquiry/Request”

3. Be sure to choose the most accurate relationship you have with the library in the opening sentence and include the name of the school/district you are addressing in the blank spaces.

4. Address your email to your school librarian(s) found on this spreadsheet. This would be the school(s) that you're zoned to attend. Even if you don't have a student attending the schools, you have the right to inquire since you pay local school taxes. You can contact all the schools (elementary, middle and high school) that you are zoned to attend, even if your child(ren) only attend(s) one of them.

5. Please complete this form so that we can keep an accurate record of libraries/schools contacted. (Please note that this form can also be used to submit emails you have sent to multiple libraries as well as any emails you have sent to school districts to inquire about curriculum. You can submit this form on behalf of all requests you have made, or may submit separate forms for each)

6. Forward any messages you receive back to hbgpalcoal.education@gmail.com

You can also email us a summary of any responses you receive. We will only compile information about the library, not of your family or personal information.

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Greetings ____________,

My child is a student at ______________ school / I am a tax-paying resident of _________________ School District. I am writing to inquire about what books you currently have in your library collection related to Palestine and Israel, and to request a list of books to be added if they are not represented. Currently there is a profound humanitarian crisis happening in Palestine, as Palestinian adults and children are being killed, starved, dehumanized, and displaced by Israeli Occupation Forces. As you know, libraries are a core part of community education, and an invaluable resource when it comes to our collective understanding of the historical truths that have led to our present realities.

For these reasons, can you please provide me with a list of books that you currently have in your catalog related to and/or written by authors from both Palestine and Israel? Additionally, here is a link to a list of relevant books that I am requesting be added to your collection if they are not already included.

Thank you for the important work you do in being a guardian and provider of truth so that our community can continue to be as knowledgeable as possible about these grave circumstances. If you would like to have a deeper discussion about this, please let me know. I am in relationship with a group of local community members who have a wealth of knowledge on this issue based on personal experience, and who would be more than willing to offer additional insights as to why these texts below are imperative to have in any library collection.

Thank you again, and I look forward to hearing from you soon,