Mary Jo Sears, Longwood University Student
lit.happens@verizon.net
Warrenton Va
The Results Are In..
Twenty-eight librarians responded to the question on LM_NET, "If you could only
choose one selection aid, what would it be?"
And the winner is.
School Library Journal - 14 votes
Library Media Connection 3 - votes
Booklist-3 votes
VOYA - 4 votes
Teacher Librarian- 2 votes
Kliatt- 1 vote
Horn Book Guide- 1 vote
Some comments from our colleagues:
a.. .Oh, I wish I had the answer to this. I am a first year librarian at a high
school, and I am inundated with selections aids. I can't keep up with them.
It is unbelievable how much is there is to chose from. I would love to
hear what experienced librarians have to say.
Sonia Nelson, Librarian
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Philadelphia, PA
a.. Only Booklist--super reviews by professional reviewers. SLJ's reviews are
late and the school librarians haven't seen as many books as a professional I
choose Booklist AND VOYA. Could not do without either at the HS level.
Booklist lets me stay in touch with appropriate Adult stuff and I like that
they only give the positive reviews. VOYA confirms many of my YA choices
and offers a different point of view. In my district they expect (but don't
always get) 2 review sources)
Joanne Benson Glasgow
Teacher Librarian
Evergreen High Schools
830 SW 116th Street
Seattle, WA 98146
· I think your answer will vary by grade level...
I would choose Booklist or VOYA. I use Booklist because I can't afford VOYA.
Both of these, however, are not appropriate for Elementary.
C. Ellen Wickham
Library Media Specialist
Raytown South High School
8211 Sterling
Raytown, MO 64138
· Library Media Collection: reviews are by people in the field, i.e.
school library media. I love reading Horn Book; use SLJ and Kirkus; read the
Bulletin from Madison, WI and get Peggy Sharpe's newsletter, but LMC seems more in
tune with what's going on in school libraries and the books that our particular
libraries should have.
Leslie Greaves Radloff
Librarian / Media Specialist
leslie.radloff@spps.org
Rondo, IRC
· School Library Journal, because it is so comprehensive, and covers
several formats (audiobooks, etc.)
Of course, there are so many online sources now, too. Follett's website
and amazon.com both show reviews from multiple sources.
Anne-Marie Gordon, Librarian
Livonia Primary School
Livonia, NY
· I have used both Horn Book and School Library Journal. After a year I
dropped my subscription to Horn Book. I found that my students and I enjoyed the
books Horn Book rated in the middle of the scale much better than the ones they
rated highly. My own opinion seems to be more closely mirrored by SLJ.
Myrna Price, Librarian
Micro-Pine Level Elem.
Pine Level, NC
a.. I would subscribe to School Library Journal because it is more readable than
the other library journals. I can get the selection tools of any of the review
journals by using Titlewave or Mackin or Perma-bound's advanced search tools. So
the reviews are nice to have, but they can be found in other ways. I subscribe to
SLJ and LMC and Teacher Librarian and Knowledge Quest and Horn Book. I read each
of them cover to cover, but I've learned that when I sit down with SLJ I'll spend
more time, and I'll learn more on a wider range of topics than I do with the others.
a.. I would, and do, subscribe to LMC ( Library Media Connection) because of the
great articles and good reviews I really liked it better when it was Book Report
which was only high school articles and review, there aren't as many now when it
covers K 12. I also get VOYA which has many reviews.
Darlene Yasick
Media Specialist
Hopkins (MI) High School
a.. Without a doubt, School Library Journal for elementary and VOYA for
middle/high school level. Having said that, I am for the first time in a library
that receives School Library Media Activities Monthly and Library Sparks(Which is
relatively new) I love both of those.
Compiled by Mary Jo Sears EDSL 503, Fall 2005
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