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‘Marie Kondo’

Your School Library

Sara Haddow, Library Technician, Brantford Collegiate Institute

Isabelle Hobbs, Teacher-Librarian, Chris Hadfield Public School

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Marie Kondo’s 6 Basic Rules for Tidying

  • Commit yourself to tidying up

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  • Imagine your ideal lifestyle (or LIBRARY!) Think about what kind of house (library) you want to live in and how you want to live in it...

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Marie Kondo’s 6 Basic Rules for Tidying

  • Finish discarding first…
  • Tidy by category, not location
  • Follow the right order
  • Ask yourself if it sparks joy

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Fake News:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/1/17/18185657/tidying-up-marie-kondo-netflix-books

30 books rule is not true - if they spark joy, they can stay!

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Weeding

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Time to Go!

  • Out of date
  • Culturally insensitive
  • Focus on developing an inclusive, responsive collection

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A Cautionary Tale...

  • Weed regularly to prevent seeing what the butler saw!
  • Never used

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Book Repair

  • First thing about book repair is to know what not to do, so put down the glue gun and the duct tape.
  • Decide if the book is worth the time and materials needed to repair it. How often does it go out?
  • Do not dilute your glue it will cause your page to cockle.

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Make Best Use of Your Space

  • Recycle, reduce , repurpose
  • Alphabetically arranged supplies from book cards
  • Batteries and bandaids to whiteout. There is even a stuff drawer.

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Sparking Joy! Displays

  • Service to staff
  • Appeal to students
  • Bookstore look - book stands

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Art Installations - Letters from the Past

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Blind Date With a Book

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Art display for Canada’s 150th

Great art and recyclable!

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Welcome to our Un-Birthday Party

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Bulletin

Boards for All Seasons

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Make your space useful and joyful! Co-Op Fair

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Games and Puzzles - Bring Joy into your Space

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Gustowahs for Graduation

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Button Making

Graphic Design - personal logos

Acceptance 4 All - Pride Buttons!

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Draw in the school community

BreakoutEDU - for orientation and class activities

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Music Mondays - Bringing the JOY!

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Charging Station!

Where Students go to recharge, refresh, and reconnect.

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The KonMari Method and Leading Learning

  • Collaborate with admin, teachers, students, library staff and parents to form a vision for your school library learning commons
  • Use the Standards of Practice as a guide

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The KonMari Method and Leading Learning

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https://imgur.com/gallery/v4l00k4/comment/1566898157

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References

Canadian Library Association (CLA). 2014. Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada. Available: http://llsop.canadianschoollibraries.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/llsop.pdf

Kondo, Marie. (2016). The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Charleston, SC: Leopard Books.

Marie Kondo’s 6 Basic Rules of Tidying. (2019, July 8). Retrieved January 12, 2020, from https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/jan/six-basic-rules-of-tidying-marie-kondo/

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