Collection Development and Library development

[Connie Welch <cwelch@FREENET.COLUMBUS.OH.US>]

As I prepare to move our library to a remodeled space I need to plan for
how much shelf space will be needed.  I am in a K-8 school with a libary
that is small but rapidly growing.  Can someone tell me just
generally--with a K-8
population of 665 what should my projected collection number be?  How does
it break down into sections?  What per centage of my shelf space should
house fiction, easies, "dewey's" and reference.  I think that this has
been talked about before, but my computers are not cooperating today and I
have barely managed to post this message to you!

Thanks so much, I can't imagine life without you.

Connie Welch, Librarian         cwelch@freenet.columbus.oh.us
O.L.P.H. School
Grove City, Oh 43123

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