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Library Collections Promote Exploration
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Library Collections Promote Exploration of Self, Other, & the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Library Collections Promote Exploration of Self, Other, & the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Library Collections Promote Exploration of Self, Other, & the World Update Spring 2019 How has district funding of our library collections changed? Year Funding per student Prior to 17-18 $0 2017-18 $5 2018-19 $10 Instruction
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Librarians
Instruction
Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy
Collaboration
Indiv/class research Curricular support Reading advocacy
Management
Space Physical & digital collection
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What factors contribute to strong library collections?
Ties to curriculum Representation Age [Items per student] Strategies to influence collection: Selection Weeding
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Collection Goal-Setting
Examples of common goals:
- increasing the diversity and representation of
the collection, especially in fiction, biographies, and certain sections of nonfiction
- adding materials on the new NGSS topics at a
variety of levels
- providing fiction and nonfiction items of high
interest to 5th and 6th graders
- adding nonfiction resources to support the 7th
grade WA State History curriculum
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Original attribution of “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors”: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop article
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How are we increasing representation in our collections?
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- No. of
items purchased % of total
- rder
Notes People of color 108 34%
Including many groups in America and home countries, especially Middle Eastern/Middle Eastern American (13%) and African/African American (13%)
LGBTQ+ 11 3%
Picture books and chapter books with a variety of topics
Different abilities 6 2%
Including mobility, hearing, vision, Alzheimer’s, and Asperger's
World Religions 8 3%
Including nonfiction and fiction about religions and religious celebrations
World Languages 15 6%
Including Spanish, Amharic, Arabic, and Somali
Example: Representation audit of 18-19 orders (of 323 items added to Westgate collection)
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How are we improving the age of our library collections?
Ideal age is 2008 Average age, Nov 2017 Average age, May 2018 Average age, April 2019* Elem 2001 2002 2003 Middle 2000 2000 2002 High 1998 2000 2003 Overall 2000 2001 2003
*The average ages for April 2019 do not include all additions or weeding for the 18-19 year.