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The first library book purchased and written into an accession book at Driftwood School was in November 1959. The building that we now have was built a few years earlier than that and was called Port Orford Elementary.
Driftwood has seen many changes since then. With these changes the library has evolved into what it is today. 1993/94 saw a major remodel of a very cramped library space into a beautiful little library that now serves kindergarten through 8th grade. The library today not only houses up-to-date book/media resources for our students but also our school’s computer lab with 21 online computers available for learning and research.
Because of our young (K-5) student population, we have an extensive collection of young people’s picture-book/easy fiction. With the addition of the junior high students in 2000/01 we have added many new middle school reference/non-fiction/biographies/fiction books along with new shelving space to accommodate them.
Librarian Jean Marsh has provided a scan of an original "accession sheet" used to inventory books in the early days of the library. Read her explanation below:
"An accession book is one way "old-time" libraries used to keep track of all the books purchased and on the shelves, discarded or lost, by giving that book a number in the order it was acquired - Sort of like an inventory in a book. I still use one here at Driftwood, as do many other small libraries, just because that was how I was taught and I love the hard copy of history I see when I open the older accession books.
I recognize each librarian's writing over the years and really get a big kick out of seeing which books have survived the ravages of time and are still on the shelves and being used from MANY years ago. We are now on accession #13172. That does not mean we have that many books at Driftwood, just that many books/audio books/VHS/DVD etc. have been purchased and entered into an accession book since November 1959.
As you can see from this page many are not around any more because of damage/loss/discard."
Jeanmarie Marsh
Driftwood Library
Pictured below is the first Library Staff of the newly built Pacific High School from the 1958 "Pirate Scope" annual. Unfortunately, there are no longer any records of accession for us to enjoy, but there are still many of the original books still on our shelves.
We are constantly updating our collection to include books on tape, VHS/DVD's, and are looking forward to an addition of wireless laptops that will be available for in-library use in the 2007-2008 school year.
After a long and arduous couple of years, we are now part of the online Curry County Library Network. This enables the staff and students to use an Interlibrary-Loan system.
I wonder what the ladies would think of their library now? :D
Sue Blount
PHS Library
