1. Evaluating School Library Collections The Real and the Ideal

2. Warm Up: Take 2 Take 2 minutes to answer this question for yourself. Be prepared to share your answer. What is your biggest concern about collection development?

3. LauraDelorisKristaMichael DeniseDanJamieChristine JackieJenniferNannetteGretchen L. JulieMichaelGretchen Z.Anita What’s your biggest concern?

4. What makes a book a YA book? Write ONE brief characteristic in the chat that you think a book needs to have in order to be considered YA.

5. How do/can adults set standards of quality for children’s/YA books? What makes a book a high quality YA book? Do adults & YAs have different opinions? How do we become qualified to make judgments about books? Who drives collection development in a school library? Please share your thoughts using your microphone

6. Demand vs quality? Circulation vs standards? Permanency vs immediacy? Recreational vs educational vs information vs cultural? Professional vs careful? Librarian vs book buyer? Customers vs collections? Quality vs popularity? Reading vs reading something ?

7. LauraDelorisKristaMichael DeniseDanJamieChristine JackieJenniferNannetteGretchen L. JulieMichaelGretchen Z.Anita Brain Teaser: Please answer when you return from break What is the first library task you think you’ll do your first day on the job? (If you already work in a library, what’s the first thing you’d do if you started at a new one?)

8. What questions you think you’d ask about the collection during an interview? In small groups: 1.Share questions 2.Narrow to 3 most important questions 3.Rank in order of importance

9. What does your average school library collection look like?

11. Collection Stats from the Illinois Study Average collection size: Elem: 9,000 Middle: 8,700 HS: 11,500 Average age of collection: Elem: 1990 Middle: 1989 HS: 1983 Average amount of budget: Elem: $4,500 Middle: $6,250 HS: $10,255 Fall, 2003: http://www.islma.org/IllinoisStudy.htm

12. Performing a Collection Analysis Self analysis Age Condition Size Circulation Strengths Weaknesses Fit with curriculum Analysis Software

13. Analyzing a Collection Analysis 1.Examine Uhigh’s Collection Analysis Report 2.Make 3 recommendations for collection development based on what you’ve read. 3.Note any other interesting finds and/or questions you have about the report 5 minutes to look over the analysis by yourself 15 minutes to discuss within your group New rules for small groups The person with the closest approaching birthday should be the recorder and be prepared to share your recommendations with the class.

14. What does this collection analysis not tell you? What questions do you still have about the collection?

15. More Uhigh info…. Technology access: all students have their own netbook. There is wireless access throughout the building. Uhigh students have access to all Milner Library’s databases, as well as the following databases specifically for high school students: – Teen Health and Wellness – Ancient and Medieval History – Modern World History Online – Bloom’s Literary Reference Online – Science Online – American History Online – American Women’s History Online – African-American History Online – Issues & Controversies in American History

16. How does this additional information affect your analysis of the Uhigh collection?

17. The anatomy of a book…. Dust jacket Gutters Verso page Flap Copy ISBN Preface Appendix Copyright page A unique number assigned to each book to help with purchasing The paper jacket that covers most hardcover Books The page edges at the inside margins A page with an important amount of info about the book; usually at beginning but sometimes at the end of the book The left page of a book Printed information included on the part of jacket that wraps around the cover. A short note written by the author giving details about the writing of the book Supplementary material usually at the end of a book Page located at the front of the book that includes full title, subtitle, author & publishing info

18. Tech Talk Gretchen Zaitzeff

19. Coming Up Assignment 1 due next week For Week 4 (Feb 3) – please note that you need to make a ppt slide for your book/trend (see syllabus for details) Tech Talk: Krista Crossland Before you leave, email me: 1 thing you learned tonight 1 question you still have about the things we discussed albeam2@ilstu.edu