Collection

﻿In developing the collection for this media center, the school media specialist gives credence to American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Act. It is of utmost importance to include materials that encourage diversity and support and enhance the specific curricular needs of the school population. Resources, such as peer-reviewed journals, will be investigated to ensure the highest quality materials are selected.

__ Periodicals __  The media center subscribes to various, high quality periodicals, including the following:

 Carus Publishing offers a multitude of high quality, award winning periodicals, with minimal advertising: [|Appleseeds] multicultural, global stories and activities, for ages 6-9 [|Ask] science and nature stories and activities, for ages 6-9 [|Calliope] explores world history from global perspectives, for ages 9-14 [|Click] science and nature, for ages 3-6 [| Cobblestone] focus is on American history, for ages 9-14 [| Cricket] The first of Carus Publishing's periodicals; 1973. This title features classic literature, poetry and contests, for ages 9-14 [| Dig] focus on archeology, for ages 9-14 [| Faces] global perspective on how children live around the world, for ages 9-14 [|Lady Bug] short stories and engaging activities, for ages 3-6 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[| Muse] compilation of arts, history, and science, for ages 9-14 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[| Odyssey] science in visually, and intellectually stimulating way, ages 9-14 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Spider] fantasy-based stories, poems and artwork that encourage critical thinking and independent reading through engagement, for ages 6-9 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In addition to the preceding periodicals, the following are to align with the school vision: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|American Girl] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|National Geographic Kids]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__ Digital Collection ﻿__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿The digital collection is made up of e-books, online subscription databases, streaming video, and audio books. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To increase the digital resources in the school media center collection, a link is provided to the following public databases: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Florida Electronic Library] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative Online Database]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Subscription based databases <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 1. [|ProQuest K-12]: aligns with 21st century learning, accommodating varying styles of learning, supplying the student with annotated reading levels (Lexile-based), and searchable by standards. The following are a few of the database modules offered by ProQuest for the K-12 market: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">and assessments, that correlate to online resources in e-library. Especially useful in collaborative efforts between school media specialist and classroom teachers. Come with all e-library database solutions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">2. EBSCOHost
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|CultureGrams]: documented by native experts of relative researched country. Includes multimedia resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|e-Library Elementary] vetted, full-text, general reference database for the young researcher
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|e-Library Book Cart and Quiz Cart]: help educators integrate reading lists, project pages, lesson plans,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|ProQuest Historical Newspapers]: primary source Newspaper documents, subjects correlate to national and state standards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|History Study Center] historical reference material, spanning fourteen centuries
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|SIRS Discoverer] vetted general reference database for grades 1-9
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|SIRS Decades] vetted primary and secondary sources put into context
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|SIRS Webselect:] vetted websites for educational use
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|ProQuest Professional Education] Three hundred magazines and journals for professional development and continuing education, including RSS feeds of favorite topics coming directly to mail box or RSS Reader.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Book Collection: Nonfiction- Elementary School Edition] : full-text, cross-curricular, searchable database for over 1300 non-fiction titles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|NoveList K-8] : designed to support pleasure reading. Includes book lists, book talks, and searchable recommended reads
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Primary Search]: contains over 80 full-text, online periodicals for elementary-aged students, in addition to F//unk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia//, and the //Encyclopedia of Animals//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Searchausaurus] : search engine that accessess Primary Search, Middle Search, and Book Collection: Nonfiction, EBSCO Publishing online databases

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Digital resources and websites to enhance learning:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|CyberSmart] 21st century skills for education
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Discovery Education]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Eduweb] develops digital learning through interactive games about art, history, science, and technology
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Epals] globally connect to classrooms around the world
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Fieldtrip Earth]
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Google Earth] in the classroom
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Global School Net]
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Journey North] a study of wildlife migration
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Library of Congress] primary sources for kids
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Mission US] interactive game to learn US history
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|NASA Kids Club]
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|PBS for Teachers]s
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Smithsonian Education]
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Stratalogica] web-based, interactive digital maps produced by Herff Jones and Nystrom map company **subscription-based
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|TED] platform for sharing ideas, including famous speakers

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Providers of free ebook content:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|International Children's Digital Library]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Scholastic's free downloadable ebooks]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Starfall]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Teaching Books]
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Toon Books] teaching reading through graphic interfaced ebooks. Received AASL top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning Award!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> __Collection Selection__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Selection will be based on reviews in the following journals:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Horn Book Inc]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Library Journal]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|School Library Journal]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In addition, the following web resources are helpful in collection selection and development: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|GuysRead] by famed author Jon Sciesczka

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In addition to peer reviews, the school media specialist will collaborate with curriculum leaders to determine the materials that will effectively support and enhance the core curriculum.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Additional Resources

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Valenza, J.K. (2004).[|Material selection policy.rtf] In power tools recharced: 125+ essential forms and presentations for your school library information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">program (2nd ed.). Chicago: American Library Association.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Valenza, J.K. (2004). <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Itemized budget proposal.rtf] In power tools recharced: 125+ essential forms and presentations for your school library information program (2nd ed.). Chicago: American Library Association

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Valenza, J.K. (2004).[|Suggestion for library purchase.rtf]. In power tools recharced: 125+ essential forms and presentations for your school library information program (2nd ed.). Chicago: American Library Association.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> __Weeding__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Baumbach, D.J.& Miller, L.L. (2009). Less is more: A practical guide to weeding school library collections. Chicago: American Library Association.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Valenza, J.K. (2004).[|Weeding and the teacher librarian.rtf].In power tools recharced: 125+ essential forms and presentations for your school library information program (2nd ed.). Chicago: American Library Association.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__ Maintenance and Repair ﻿__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Maintenance and repair of materials will be handled onsite, as needed by the school media specialist, library paraprofessional, and/ or trained personnel. It is up to the discretion of the school media specialist as to whether a title should be discarded from the collection.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__ Purchasing ﻿﻿__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Purchasing will be from the following known vendors:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Amazon.com School Rewards Program]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Baker and Taylor]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Barnes and Noble at school program]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Follett Shelf]: electronic content, including ebooks and audio
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Follett Titlewave]
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Junior Library Guild]:
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Mackin Educational Resources]
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|OverDrive] provides digital content, including ebooks and audiobooks
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Scholastic]