[LM_NET] TARGET: Collection Development

[Sheila Tobin Cavooris <SheilTC@AOL.COM>]

Hi LM_NET readers!

I am a reading teacher in an elementary school and also a library intern. One 
of my elementary sites has a significantly older collection than other 
buildings in the district, and also has fewer materials. We may be able to get some 
funds to help update the collection--possibly    about $7000. 

One suggestion I was given was to pick one Dewey section   that's really 
outdated, and weed and update it. I know how to use Titlewave to check the 
collection stats, so that is a possibility.   Another is to ask teachers   what 
they 
want. (Technology is not the problem, and that will not come out   of these 
funds.)   I could also do a little of each.

What do you feel would be a good way to spend this one-time windfall?   I 
want to make purchases that will have the best impact on students.   I have 
offered to do the materials selection and purchase orders as a project, but I need 
to hurry before the money   disappears!

Thanks for any ideas you can share!
Sheila Tobin Cavooris
Dogwood Elementary, Smithtown, NY
scavooris@smithtown.k12.ny.us

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