Funding and needs assessment

[terryv <terryv@MA.ULTRANET.COM>]

Hi,
        Our school district is attempting to finally find ways to get the
community to properly fund the libraries.  I am working with one of the
Asst. Superintendents and she has asked me to pose these questions to
everyone.  Our community has 3 high schools with approximately 1900
students each, 4 junior high schools with around 800 students each and
then 15 elementary schools with anywhere from 400 to 800 students at
those.  All the schools have libraries. Some are better funded because
of Parent/Teacher organizations. The city has not made the libraries a
priority for quite awhile now.
        1.  We know we have outdated collections...what are the current
criteria for weeding, especially concerning age of materials? We also
know we need to do a needs assessment; I tried to check the archives for
this but didn't find what I was looking for. Any ideas?
        2.  Does anyone know of grant funds that are available for school
libraries?  I plan to do a search of the Internet but wondered if anyone
had any facts that would help us.
        Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Terry Villemure
Library Media Specialist
Manchester High School West
Manchester, NH
terryv@ma.ultranet.com

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