[LM_NET] Collection Development - Urban Library

[Pam Landgraf <mikitchenlady@GMAIL.COM>]

Hello all:
I have been working this summer with two fellow media specialists (both
former high school) on organizing a library in an urban area that has an
academic summer camp and after school tutoring program for area youth (ages
K and up, more elementary and middle school aged).  Our collection is mostly
donated materials, and we're busily weeding out the bad stuff and trying to
organize and label what's good.

We've just been told there is some grant money available to purchase some
new materials.  I was hoping you might have ideas on what are musts for our
collection.  We have series, fiction, everybody fiction, readers,
non-fiction, plus some story collections.  We're thinking some African
American authors for sure, plus beefing up areas that appeal to reluctant
readers (non-fiction, joke books, sports, etc.)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
-- 
Pam Landgraf
MSI, University of Michigan
Future Media SpecialistClarkston, MI
palandgr@umich.edu
http://sites.google.com/site/pamlandgraf/

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