Tools of the trade: School library media specialists, reviews, and collection development
Schomberg, Janie
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Title
Tools of the trade: School library media specialists, reviews, and collection development
Author(s)
Schomberg, Janie
Issue Date
1993
Keyword(s)
Book reviewing
School media library specialists
School libraries
Collection development
Abstract
How many times might you peer into a school library media center
in a school building in the United States and see this picture? A school
library media specialist sits at a library table in a darkened building
late in the afternoon looking at what seems to be an oversized,
overwhelming jigsaw puzzle. Six thousand of the pieces represent the
approximate number of children's books published annually, 4,000 small
pieces represent the number of dollars allotted to purchase books for
the year, and 500 pieces of more prominent size and shape represent
the number of students and staff served by the school library media
collection. Off to the side of the table is a small box into which all
the puzzle pieces must fit, representing the average cost of children's
books, now hovering near the $15 mark. Did you recognize me at the
table? Although the number of pieces may vary greatly, this puzzle is
a visual image of the collection development dilemma faced by all school
library media specialists every year.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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