[Publib] Chalkboard paint

[Bill Manson]

You've inspired me.  We haven't done it, but if we do, we may do it with an added fillip -- doing an undercoat of magnetic paint (Yes, it exists -- it has iron particles in it so that fridge magnets and the like will work on the wall) and then covering it with blackboard paint.  I could see this working not only in a kids/teen area but in general meeting rooms.  That could be a nice substitute or enhancement to the usual flip chart stuff.

Bill Manson
Chief Librarian
Caledon Public Library
6500 Old Church Road 
Caledon East, Ontario
L7C 0H5
 
Phone:  519 927 5662
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lisa Richland 
  To: John Richmond 
  Cc: publib at webjunction.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [Publib] Chalkboard paint


  Hi John-

  We just painted a large swath of out YA room wall with this.  We put out color chalk and an eraser, wrote "Teen Space Be Nice" across the top and let them have at it.  It has been terrific.  I have had to erase one offensive remark (NOT about the library director) and the teens love it.  When I told the board I was doing this, I also told them it was risky, but I was doing it anyway, and if there were issues, we'd deal with them.  It has created nothing but goodwill among the adults as well as the teens.

  Cheers'

  ...and that's MY opinion

  Lisa Richland, Director
  Floyd Memorial Library
  Greenport, NY (the last library before Portugal)


  On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:44 AM, John Richmond <jdr1952 at gmail.com> wrote:

    Our Youth Services librarian would like to paint a small portion
    (under a row of coat hooks, fairly low down, close to the floor) of a
    small-ish wall with chalkboard paint.  Small children could use it,
    and/or the YS folks might use it for story times.  I'd never heard of
    chalkboard paint, but I looked it up.  Haven't asked the board about
    it, and part of me thinks, "Why bother? Just do it," except that the
    building *is* The Building, so....

    I'm wondering if anyone out there has used chalkboard paint,
    particularly in a place where the public and *not* just staff could
    play with chalk.  And am wondering if there are any horror stories,
    rapturous stories, pitfalls and problems to consider before proceeding
    with chalkboard paint, et al.  I'm really looking for people who
    actually have *used* chalkboard paint, and not just those who want to
    suggest pitfalls and problems; we've projected a list of those here,
    already.

    Thanks.  You may or may not respond to me off the list, as the spirit
    moves, lest the list get too cluttered, as it did with Sunshine
    Hydrox, et al., I'm sure.

    John Richmond, Director
    Alpha Park Public Library District
    3527 So. Airport Road
    Bartonville, IL 61607
    jdr1952 at gmail.com ... or jrichmond at alphapark.org


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