SES Book Collection

What it is, what it needs, and how you can help

What School Librarians Do:

•Teach classes

•Encourages reading for enjoyment

“In other words, reading for pleasure was linked to greater intellectual progress, both in vocabulary, spelling and mathematics.” Dr. Alice Sullivan

What School Librarians Also:

Maintain the book collection

 Catalog the books and other materials

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Weed

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Up-Date

Book Cost

Cost of books

Spent on Students

I cannot live without books. ~Thomas Jefferson

Book Collection

From Follett Titlewave statistics for this library

Matches Curriculum

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Common Core State Standards

Library Standards match

Book collections meet standardsHaving a collection as stated in Measuring up to Standards makes “a positive difference when they are part of school-wide approach to standards curricula.” (Lance 11)

What can be done:

•Up-date science section

•Donate $800.00

• Three year plan of up-dating

•Rebuild science section

slj.com

Work Cited:Gaiman, Neil. "Neil Gaiman: Why Our Future Depends on Libraries, Reading and 

      Daydreaming." The Guardian. N.p., 15 Oct. 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. 

Kachel, Debra E. "Appendix B." Collection Codes--Current Collection, Acquisition 

      Commitment, Collection Goal. Collection Assessment and Management for 

      School Libraries: Preparing for Cooperative Collection Development. 

      Westport: Greenwood, 1997. 125-26. Print. 

Lance, Keith Curry, Marcia J. Rodney, and Christine Hamilton-Pennell. "Measuring 

      up to Standards." Issuu. Ed. Keith Curry Lance, Marcia J. Rodney, and 

      Christine Hamilton-Pennell. N.p., 2000. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. 

SLJ. "SLJ's Average Book Prices 2013." School Library Journal. N.p., 11 June 2013. Web. 21

Nov. 2013.

Sullivan, Alice. "Reading for Fun Improves Children's Brains, Study Confirms." The

Guardian. N.p., 16 Sept. 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Young, Robyn R. "Eight Easy Steps to Maintain and Increase the Library Media Center

Budget." Library Media Connection 26.4 (2008): 26-27. Library Literature and

Information Science Full Text. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.