Resources for School Librarians - Index

Collection Development

Collection Development Menu: General Collection Development | Collection Development Policies | Evaluation and Weeding | Book Repair | Selection Tools

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C.-65 A.D.), Epistolae Morale

Collection Development in General - Web Sites

• Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries - This is an excellent introduction to all aspects of library collection development including policies, acquisitions, evaluation, and weeding. Although designed for the small public library, it will be equally useful in the school library.
• AcqWEB - An extensive site for collection development with information on verification tools, vendors, bibliographic utilities and much more.
• Information Access and Delivery - A guide for policy writing and collection maintenance by the Purdue University School of Library and Information Science.
• Average Book Prices 2008 - From School Library Journal, March 1, 2008.
• The Price You Pay - 2006 book prices from School Library Journal.
• 2005 Book Prices - From School Library Journal.
• Statistical Analysis of Texas school library collections, 2001
• Jewish Collection FAQ - Information by the Association of Jewish Libraries for those who are developing a Jewish school library collection.
• A Review of the Research Relating to School Library Media Collections - By Daniel Callison in SLMQ, Fall, 1990. This topic really needs updating.

Collection Development - Books

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• Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management by Peggy Johnson, 2nd ed., ALA, 2009.
• The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts, Practices, and Information Sources - by Kay Bishop, 4th edition, Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
• Collection Management For Youth: Responding To The Needs Of Learners - by Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Jacqueline Mancall, ALA, 2005.
• Collection Management for School Libraries by Joy McGregor et al. Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.
• Library Collection Development Policies: School Libraries and Learning Resource Centers - by Frank Hoffman and Richard J. Wood, Scarecrow Press, 2007.
• Collection Development for a New Century in the School Library Media Center - By W. Bernard Lukenbill. Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
• Managing and Analyzing Your Collection: Practical Guide for Small Libraries and School Media Centers - by Carol Ann Doll and Pamela Patrick Barron. American Library Association, 2002.
• Collaborative Collection Development: A Practical Guide for Your Library - by James Burgett, John Harr, and Linda L. Phillips, ALA, 2004.
• Electronic Collection Management Forms, Policies, and Procedures Manual - by Rebecca Brumley, Neil-Schuman, 2009.

School Library Collection Policies

• Collection Development Policies
  • About Collection Development Policies - What they are and how to write one. This is by Arizona State Library.
  • Guidelines for the Preparation of a Collection Development Policy - By the Australian Libraries Gateway.
  • Collection Development Policy - National Cathedral School, Washington, DC.
  • Collection Policy Guidelines for School Library Media Programs - State of Montana
  • Whitefish High School Library Collection Development Policy - Whitefish, Montana
  • Standards for Missouri School Library Media Center - These are standards for the composition of the library collection.
  • Library Collection Management - Bellingham WA School District
• Selection Policies
  • Policy Writing for Teacher Librarians - By the School Library Association of Queensland
  • Workbook for Selection Policy Writing - By the American Library Association.
  • District Selection Policies - Guidelines for preparing selection policies by California Department of Education.
  • Collection Development Policy - of the Urban School library, San Francisco, CA.
  • Materials Selection Policy for School Libraries - Department of Education, Hawaii. This is a pdf file.
  • University Laboratory High School Collection Development Policy - Urbana, IL.
  • Selection Policy - Central Catholic High School, Morgan City, LA. This is in pdf format.
  • Media Selection Policy - Mt. Ararat High School Library, Topsham, ME.
  • Selection Criteria for School Library Media Center Collections - Baltimore MD County Public Schools.
  • Collection Development and Mission Statements - Apponequet Regional High School Library, Lakeville, MA
  • Selection Policy - by the Lindberg School District, MO.
  • Selection Policy and Guidelines - Hopkinton School District, Contoocook, NH.
  • Selection Policy for School Library Materials - School District of Philadelphia, PA
  • Collection Development Policy - James Solomon Russell Junior High School Library, Lawrenceville, VA
  • Collection Development - The Jewish Day School Library, Seattle, WA.
  • District Selection Policy - Iola-Scandinavia School District, WI.
  • Book and Audio Visual Selection Policy - Portage La Prairie School Division, Manitoba, Canada
  • Collection Development Policy - Trafalgar Castle School Resource Centre, Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Note that this document is in pdf format.
  • Selection Policy - International School of Bangkok High School Library, Thailand
  • Booklist Selection Policy - Policy of a book review journal.
  • Dealing with Challenges to Graphic Novels - By the American Library Association.
• Selection Policies for Electronic Materials and Internet Sites
  • Selection Policy - Dallas High School library web site.
  • Electronic Materials Selection Policy - University of North Dakota.
  • Electronic Collections Development - This is a collection of selection policies for electronic media. Most of them are for university collections.
  • MySpace Policy - From the Woburn, MA Public Library.

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Collection Evaluation and Weeding

• Collection Assessment - An overview by the Arizona State Library.
• School Library Renaissance in Baltimore County - by Della Curtis in Multimedia Schools, Nov/Dec, 2000. Collection evaluation as a basis for funding in Baltimore's schools.
• Weeding - From the Arizona Manual on Collection Development for Arizona Public Libraries.
• SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club - Weeding guide by topic which includes suggestions for what to remove and what to add.
• Weeding Brochure - Brochure in PDF format from California libraries. It is located in the section of the page with the "Weeding Resources" subtitle.
• Weed it! - Sometimes weeding library collections may result in unfavorable reactions from the public and the staff. This article by Karen Klopfer of the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System may help librarians with weeding difficulties.
• Weeding the Library Collections - Collection of links to weeding information.
• Evaluation of Library Collections, Access and Electronic Resources: A Literature Guide and Annotated Bibliography - by Thomas E. Nisonger, Libraries Unlimited, 2003. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com
• Less Is More: A Practical Guide to Weeding School Library Collections - by Donna J. Baumbach and Linda L. Miller, ALA, 2006.This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com
• Weeding Library Collections - by Stanley J. Slote. This book may be purchased from Amazon.Com

Preservation and Repair of Books and Other Materials

• A Simple Book Repair Manual - by the Dartmouth Libraries
• Preservation - An online resources for preservation of materials by the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
• Three Basic Book Repair Procedures - an illustrated guide to hinge tightening and replacing loose pages. This site is by the University of Michigan libraries.
• Repair and Enclosure Treatments Manual - by Gary Harrison of Indiana University Libraries. This site has repair instructions, and many definitions and descriptions of book repair terms and materials.
• The Preservation of Pop Up and Moveable Books - By the Baldwin Library. This is a video.
• Book Arts Web - Information on bookbinding, repair, and conservation. This site also has links to related sites.
• Nonprint Media Preservation - An extensive list of resources on the internet by Katherine Pennavaria for ACRL.

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