School Library Journal Average Cost of Books 2019

Resources for School Librarians - Index

Collection Development Policies and Procedures in School Libraries

"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

• Average Book Prices, 2021 - From School Library Journal, Feb. 20, 2021
• Average Book Prices, 2020 - From School Library Journal. May 12, 2020
• Average Book Prices 2019 - School Library Journal, March, 2019.
• Average Book Prices, 2018 - School Library Journal, March 2018.
• Privacy and Surveillance - Library Privacy Guidelines from the American Library Association.
• Library Privacy Guidelines for Students in K - 12 Schools - From the American Library Association

School Library Collection Policies

Collection Development Policies

• Collection Development Policy - This is a brief definition of a collection development policy. It is from the LIS 6010 blog from Wayne State University.
• Collection Development Policy Guidelines for School Library Media Programs - State of Montana
• Standards for School Library Resource Collections - State of South Carolina, 2016.
• AASL Position on Labeling Practices - Feb. 18, 2021
• Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries - by Sharon Johnson et al, January, 2012.

Selection Policies

• Selection and Reconsideration Policy Toolkit for Public, School, and Academic Libraries - From the American Library Association, January, 2018.
• ALA Workbook for Selection Policy Writing - 1998
• School Library Selection Policy - St. Bonaventure School Library, Huntington Beach, CA.
• Collection Development Policy - of the Urban School library, San Francisco, CA.
• University Laboratory High School Collection Development Policy - Urbana, IL.
• Selection Policy Guide - From the New York City School Library System.
• Library Material Selection Policy - For Wellesley, MA School District.
• Up to the Challenge - You must be prepared to meet a challenge to library materials before it happens. This is an article by Mona Kirby in American Libraries, Sept. 3, 2019.
• Reporting Challenges: A Quick How To Video - From the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom.

Selection Policies for Electronic Materials and Internet Sites

As a school librarian, you may have to see what university policies say and adapt to it to your needs.

• Why Have a Technology Policy in your School or Library - From Scholastic.
• Collection Development Policy - Electronic Resources - The University of Alabama Libraries.
• Library Collection Development Procedures: Selecting Electronic Resources - From the University of Texas Library at El Paso
• Collection Policy Statement: Electronic resources. - From the University of Maryland

Policies for the Use of Social Media in Schools

• Internet Responsible Use Policy - Haverford Middle School. This policy includes student and parent forms which must be signed for student to use computers.
• How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School - An article by Steven Anderson at the Edutopia web site.
• Five Ways to Keep Social Media From Being a Legal Headache - an article by Bradley Shear in THE Journal, 3/17/02015.
• Social Media Policy for Employees - The Des Moines Public Schools
• Social Media Policy - Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, PA.
• Social Media Policy for Employees and Associated Persons - Los Angeles Unified School District.
• Social Media Policy for Students - Los Angeles Unified School District.
• Social Media Policy for Staff and Students - Jackson Public Schools, July, 2017.
• Social Media Guidance for Staff - Fairfax County Public Schools,
• iPad Policies and Procedures - Keystone School, San Antonio, TX
• e-Readers and e-Books - More information on policies for e-readers.
• Library Privacy Guidelines for Students in K - 12 Schools - This addresses the need to protect student data.

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Collection Evaluation and Weeding

• Assessing Your Library Collection - by the National Library of New Zealand Services to Schools.
• Weeding Your School Library - A helpful video from the National Library of New Zealand.
• CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries - From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. This includes a section on weeding e-books.
• NoveList Core Collections Weeding Checklist - Updated July, 2020.
• Weeding Brochure - Brochure in PDF format from California libraries.
• NYC School Librarian Guidebook: Weeding - January, 2021
• Tips for Weeding Your Reference Collection - From the Collection Reflection blog.
• I Feel the Need to Weed: Maintaining an E-Book Collection - An article by Jennifer Cully in the Southeastern Librarian, April, 2015.
• Discard Responsibly - Ideas on how to get rid of your weeded books.

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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.
• Book Repair 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.
• Digital Preservation - This is a video from the Library of Congress. You may find it helpful in preserving your personal digital files like e-mail and photos.
• Introduction to Scanning - This is a video from the Library of Congress which gives instructions for making digital images of photographs.

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School Library Journal Average Cost of Books 2019

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