Commerce Elementary School Library Media Center

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Commerce Elementary School Library Media Center
Order Overview 2006-2007 Discovering the World
of Science
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What is the LMC Selection Focus for the 2006-2007
School Year?

• In accordance with the 2006-2007 selection
  policy, the LMC focused on acquiring print and
  non-print science materials that support the K-5
  science curriculum at Commerce Elementary,
  encourage student curiosity and represent a wide
  variety of scientific facts, philosophies and
  theories. (References Selection Policy)

• A sampling of scientific topics encompassed in
  our order
• Rocks, minerals fossils
• Energy, Force Motion
• Simple Machines
• Habitats
• Life Cycles (animal, insect plant)
• States of Matter
• Magnets
• Planets, Stars, Time and Weather
• The Human Body

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Why did we choose to focus on Science?

• There are multiple reasons for selecting science
  as our area for collection development
• Curriculum support
• -Collaboration with teachers revealed that
  current science materials do not support or align
  with the science units taught in the classroom.
• -In accordance with the our Media Center
  Philosophy, we chose to augment the science
  portion of the collection to support the
  curricular goals and units and to provide optimum
  learning opportunities for the students. (Link
  to Philosophy)
• Outdated materials
• -Teachers and students complained that existing
  science materials are outdated and provided
  incorrect information.
• -Currency in science is a critical factor in
  information accuracy due to new advancements and
  recent discoveries.
• Collection evaluation
• -A careful evaluation of the collection by the
  LMS revealed that many gaps existed in the
  science collection.
• -LMS examined the state of Georgia QCCs to
  identify and prioritize which areas of the
  science collection to augment.

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Why did we choose to focus on Science? contd

• Desire to make a big impact in a short time frame
• -Concentrating LMC funds on building a specific
  area of the collection such as the science
  collection allows us to bring this area in line
  with the school curriculum goals and state
  standards in an expedited manner.
• -Focusing on one specific area provides us with
  an opportunity to benefit students across all
  grade levels.
• Promote life-long love of learning
• -In accordance with AASL standards, our focus on
  science provides us with an opportunity to
  generate student interest in the sciences by
  offering a wide variety of reference,
  non-fiction, fiction and electronic resources.
  These items were selected to encourage curiosity,
  support classroom lessons, and spark critical
  thinking. (Promote Life-long love of Learning)
• Promote literacy
• -In accordance with AASL standards, our focus on
  science materials also offers an opportunity to
  promote literacy. We will ensure this standard
  is met actively promoting all of our new
  acquisitions to all members of the learning
  community.

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How did we decide what to order?

• Our Consideration Process for the 2006 Order
  Included
• Teacher requests
• -LMS gathered resource requests from teachers,
  evaluated the requests and prioritized the
  requests in the order process based on merit and
  value added to the collection.
• Reviews
• -LMS carefully examined professional reviews for
  all materials placed in the order.
• Students
• -LMS gathered suggestions for resources from
  students, evaluated the requests and prioritized
  the requests in the order process based on merit
  and value added to the collection.

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Additional factors influencing the order process.

• QCCs
• -QCCs for grade levels K-5 were consulted to
  assist in appropriately filling gaps in the
  collection
• Accommodating Learning styles
• -LMS ordered print and non-print materials to
  accommodate the different learning styles of
  students, aural, visual, etc. (Access to
  Information)
• Genre
• -LMS ordered a variety of genres that focused on,
  related to, or incorporated science themes and
  concepts.
• -Genres include fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, VHS
  tapes and reference materials.

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Choosing a Vendor
This year we chose to place our entire order
through Follett because

• Follett is integrated with our automation
  software allowing for efficient and easy
  processing of the items into the collection
• Follett offered a wide range of materials that
  matched our selection criteria for supporting the
  curriculum, quality, price, overall value,
  durability, currency, etc.
• Follett offered materials that addressed the
  needs of all grade levels and materials in a
  number of genres and formats
• Follett provided an online order tool that
  allowed us to categorize, sort and prioritize
  items. This tool helped us ensure that we
  obtained the maximum number of resources within
  the limits of our budget.

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Placing the Order

• Order was placed using Folletts online ordering
  tool TITLEWAVE
• Order was placed in accordance to all City of
  Commerce School Systems purchasing guidelines
• When placing the order the LMS strictly adhered
  to the approved budget of 2,000.
• The LMS built in an industry standard overage of
  25 to ensure all available dollars were spent
• The LMS also included the insertion of a do not
  exceed notation to prevent over spending the
  allotted 2,000 budget

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Wheres the fiction?

• It is true that science is our selection and
  acquisition focus this year, but we havent
  neglected fiction. In this case we have taken
  the following measures to foster literacy and
  promote leisure reading

• Included in our order a number of fiction titles
  spanning reading levels from picture books to
  chapter books that incorporate scientific
  concepts or themes.
• The fiction books selected will also encourage
  discovery and overall interest in science.
• These fiction books will be promoted and
  celebrated along with the non-fiction, reference
  and non-print materials.
• LMS will incorporate appropriate fiction titles
  acquired through this order in story times and
  group book talks. (Promote Life-long Learning)
• LMS will also draw titles from this acquisition
  when selecting the LMS Favorite Read of the
  Week in which the LMS reads the books and then
  shares her excitement about the title with
  individual patrons and recommends they read it
  too. (Model Personal Enjoyment, Promote Leisure
  Reading)

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What about non-print resources?

• The LMS ordered a variety of DVDs, VHS tapes, and
  CD ROM read-along recordings that correlate
  directly to the QCCs for science in each grade
  level.
• These resources were purchased to offer
  informative material to support aural and visual
  learning.
• Ordered as many of these materials as possible in
  DVD format, based on durability and storage
  considerations
• All DVDs and VHS tapes were purchased with
  performance rights to ensure maximum and legal
  usage of the materials (Complies with ethical
  legal practices)

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Celebrating Promoting New Acquisitions
Tell them all about it!

• Promotion of the new acquisitions will be
  designed to generate interest in all members of
  our learning community at Commerce Elementary.
• Promotion will consist of the following
• Vignettes (placed on shelf-tops and inside of
  display cases)
• Bulletin Boards (highlighting the new
  acquisitions)
• Book Talks (broadcast over closed circuit morning
  television)
• Brochures Menus (providing an overview of new
  materials for teachers)
• Mini Lessons (taught for student teacher
  audiences in LMC or in class rooms)
• Posters (hung throughout the school)
• (New items are celebrated promoted)

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Conclusion. . .

• This years decision to augment the science
  portion of our collection will place a World of
  Discovery in the hands of all of our students and
  will foster curiosity in the sciences and promote
  a lifelong love of learning.
• The materials acquired will be the most current
  and accurate materials available.
• These new resources will support the current
  curriculum and align with the science QCCs set
  forth by the state for grades K-5.

We look forward to promoting these new materials
community and watching the world of science come
alive in our Media Center!