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Collection Development
Strategies
Collect Circulation Statistics
Collect Library Usage Statistics
Collect Collection Statistics
Tools
Selection Checklist
Select Checklist for Indiana Library Media Specialists
DeSelection
SUNLINK: Weed of the Month
The CREW Method; Expanded Guidelines for Collection Evaluation and Weeding for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries (Austin, Texas: The Texas State Library, 1995).
Collection Age
Power Tools Recharged: 125+ Essential Forms and Presentations for Your School Library Information Program (available from the ALA store)
by Joyce Kasman-Valenza
Automation Software Reports - Check with your software manual or company.
Curriculum / Circulation
Evaluating the School Library Media Center - by Nancy Everhart
Collection Circulation by Type of Media (sample data)
Collection Circulation by Type of Media (blank template)
# of Items Checked out Per Student (sample data)
# of Items Checked out Per Student (blank template)
Age of Collection - Many automation programs have a feature in their program that will calculate the age. If they don't and your program allows you to extract data, click here for directions.
Collection Mapping - see book by David V. Loertscher and Blanche Wools
Class Usage (sample data)
Class Usage (blank template)
Individual Student Use (sample data)
Circulation by Month (sample data)
Circulation by Month (blank template)
Analyze and Explain
Does your data show an outdated collection?
Can it help you determine what areas of the collection need additional resources?
Does your data show you are purchasing items student want to check out?
Does your data show how much your library is being used?
Promote
Student help select books! (permission form)
Show off the Stats in your Monthly Staff Newsletter or Principal Report
Use the statistics to request, justify, or maintain LMC budgets.
Collecting the Data: Templates and Resources for the School Library Media Specialist
was created with an Educate Indiana Grant from the Indiana Department of Education.
© 2002, McGriff, Preddy, and Harvey
Permission is granted for individual library media professionals to use the templates to collect data in their building; All other uses require permission of the copyright holders.
| Nancy S. McGriff, School Librarian South Central School Corporation Union Mills, Indiana |
Leslie B. Preddy, School Librarian Perry Meridian Middle School Indianapolis, Indiana |
Carl A. Harvey II, School Librarian |
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© 2002 - Created: June 20, 2002 / Last Updated: September 17, 2010 |
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