The «last major infusion of money to
support school library collections was in the late»60s, early»70s, and that's where a lot of the collections sit,» M. Ellen Jay, former head of the American Association of School Librarians, told ABC News recently.
Using the Recommend to School feature, students can only request that their libraries purchase titles «with Juvenile or Young Adult subject categories, titles that have school metadata, such as Lexile / ATOS scores, ortitles that have been added to
other school library collections.»
Many schools have very few books available in print, and many of those that are available have been donated from the U.S. I remember one example he mentioned, of an
African school library collection that included — stop the presses — a history of Utah.
I am convinced that, as more libraries cancel more subscriptions and access to online services levels the playing field among
law school library collections, it is the possession of a large retrospective collection and a commitment to developing and maintaining a large monographs collection that will define the great research libraries.
The 22nd Edition of the University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries is an invaluable resource for building
secondary school library collections that meet curriculum needs and the diverse learning abilities and styles of students.
The report, «The Crisis in California School Libraries,» notes that the state ranks below the national average in the size of
its school library collections, and calls many of them «grossly out - of - date.»
School library collections are frozen in the 1970s because that's when a major change in funding occurred: Federal money previously aimed specifically at library materials was reallocated to block grants that are administered on the local level.
... But they need to be created out of
the school library collection so they can rotate the books and they're not stuck with the same books forever.»
Guiding Questions for Developing a Collection Development Plan - This document can be used as a tool for developing a plan to update
a school library collection.
The 21st Edition of the University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries is an invaluable resource for building secondary
school library collections that meet curriculum needs and the diverse learning abilities and styles of students.
The 20th Edition of the University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries is an invaluable resource for building secondary
school library collections that meet curriculum needs and the diverse learning abilities and styles of students.
Highly recommended especially for public and
school library collections.