Journal Articles
Average Book Prices.
New Money, Old Books.
Too Many Journals, Too Little Time.

 Jobbers
Baker & Taylor
Bound to Stay Bound
Bowker's
Econoclad
Follett 
Mackin Library Media
Mook and Blanchard
Perma-Bound

Policies
Sample policies
Policies and procedures

Style Manuals
MLA
APA

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Course Description
The course will provide an overview of collection development and its relationship to the success of a school library program. It will examine collection development policies, assessment of collections to determine resource needs, methods for selection and evaluation of resources (book, audiovisual, electronic and Internet), procedures for acquisition of resources which meet budgetary, curriculum, and standards considerations, collection maintenance, and current issues in intellectual freedom, copyright, and other questions which concern the school LMT.
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• Apply the principles of selection and acquisition of book, audiovisual, electronic and Internet materials for K-12 libraries. 
• Prepare a collection development policy for a school library.
• Identify the strength and weaknesses of existing bibliographic tools and review sources that can be used for the selection of library materials.
• Identify and apply criteria to select and evaluate resources for a select subject/grade level area

Textbooks and Other Resources

Textbooks:
Loertscher, David V. and Blanche Woolls. 1999 Building a School Library Collection Plan: A 
      Beginning Handbook with Internet Assist.  San Jose: Hi Willow Research and Publishing.
Van Orden, Phyllis J. 2001 The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts, Practices and 
      Information Sources. Englewood: Libraries Unlimited.

Required Reading:

American Association of School Librarians. Information Power: Building Partnerships for 
     Learning.  Chicago: ALA, 1998.
Check It Out: Assessing School Library Media Programs: A Guide for School District 
      Education Policy and Implementation Teams. San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research and 
      Publishing, 1998.

Recommended Reading:

 Anderson, Joanne S., Ed.  1996.  Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements.  2nd ed. 
      Chicago:  American  Library Association.
Books for You: an Annotated Booklist for Senior High Students. 2001. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Bruwelheide, Janis H.  1995.  The Copyright Primer for Librarians and Educators.  2nd ed. 
      Chicago: American Library Association.
Calvert, Stephen J.  1997. Best Books for Young Adult Readers. New Providence: R.R. 
      Bowker.
Children's Catalog. 2001. 18th ed. New York: H. W. Wilson.
Eaglen, Audrey. 2000. Buying Books. 2nd ed. N.Y.: Neal Schuman Pub.
Evans, G. Edward. 1995. Developing Library and Information Center Collections. 3rd ed.
      Englewood:  Libraries Unlimited.
Everhart, Nancy. 1998. Evaluating the School Library Media Center. Englewood: Libraries 
      Unlimited.
Gillespie, John T.  2000. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. New Providence: R.R. Bowker.
Gillespie, John T. 1998. Guides to Collection Development for Children and Young Adults.
      Englewood: Libraries Unlimited.
Gregory, Vicki. 2000. Selecting and Managing Electronic Resources. N.Y.: Neal Schuman Pub.
Haycock, Ken. 1999 Foundations for Effective School Library Media Programs. Englewood: 
      Libraries Unlimited.
 Helmer, Dona J., ed.  1993.  Selecting Materials for School Library Media Centers.  2nd. ed. 
      Chicago:   American Library Association.
 Hit List:  Frequently Challenged Books for Young Adults.  1996.  Chicago:  American Library 
      Association.
The Information -Powered School. 2001. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians.
Intellectual Freedom Manual.  1996.  5th ed.  Chicago:  American Library Association.
Karolides, Nicholas J., et al.  1993.  Censored Books:  Critical Viewpoints.  Metuchen: 
      Scarecrow Press.
Katz, William A.  1980.  Collection Development:  The Selection of Materials for Libraries. 
      New York:  Holt,  Rinehart and Winston.
Katz, William and Linda S. Katz. 2000. Magazines for Libraries. 10th ed. New Providence, 
      N.J.: Bowker.
Lawrence, John Shelton and Bernard Timberg.  1989.  Fair Use and Free Inquiry:  Copyright 
      Law and the New  Media.  2nd ed.  Norwood:  Ablex Publishing.
Loertscher, David. 1988. Measures of Excellence for School Library Media Centers.
      Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog. 2000. 8th ed. New York: H. W. Wilson.
Miller, Elizabeth. 2000/2001. The Internet Resouce Directory for K-12 Teachers and    
       Librarians. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
The Multicultural Mirror: Cultural Substance in Literature for Children and Young Adults. 
      1991. Fort Atkinson: Highsmith Press, 1991.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Choices for a Generation. 1996. Chicago: ALA.
Patrick, Gay D. 1992. Building the Reference Collection. NY: Neal-Shuman Publ.
Reichman, Henry.  1993.  Censorship and Selection:  Issues and Answers for Schools.
      Chicago:  American  Library Association.
Schrock, Kathleen. 2000. The Technology Connection: Building a Successful School Library
      Media Program. Worthington,OH: Linworth Publishing.
Senior High School Library Catalog. 1997. 15th ed. New York: H. W. Wilson
Silverblank, Fran. 1992. An Annotated Bibliography of Historical Fiction for the Social
      Studies: Grade 5 through 12. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Pub. Co.
Simpson, Carol and Sharron McElmeel. 2000. Internet for Schools: A Practical Guide.
      Worthington,OH: Linworth Publishing.
Van Orden, Phyllis J.  1995.  The Collection Program in Elementary and Middle Schools: 
      Concepts, Practices,  and Information Sources. 2nd ed.  Englewood:  Libraries Unlimited.
Van Orden, Phyllis J.  1995.  The Collection Program in High Schools:  Concepts, Practices,
      and Information  Sources. 2nd ed.  Englewood:  Libraries Unlimited.
Van Orden, Phyllis. 2000. Selecting Books for the Elementary School Library Media Center.
      New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers. 
Venture into Cultures: A Resource Book of Multicultural Materials and Programs. 2001. 
      Chicago: ALA.
Warner, Alice S. Budgeting. 1998. NY: Neal Schuman Pub.
Where Do I Start? A School Library Handbook. 2000. San Jose: Santa Clara County Office
      of Education.
Wynar, Bohdan S.  1999. Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized 
      Libraries and Media Centers. Englewood:  Libraries Unlimited.
 

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Schedule

Session 1 - March 7
Registration and introduction
Textbooks, reading lists, project definitions
Read  Van Orden, Chapter 1
          Loertscher p. 1-6.
           Day, William. "The library of the future." AmericanSchool & University, Sep 98 v71 issue 1, p48.
          Greenan, Elizabeth. "Walking the talk: a collaborative collection development project." School Libraries in Canada 2002 v. 21 n4, p 12-14.
           Jackson, Mary E. "Who gets to use what ( and how all that is changing)." AmericanLibraries, April 2000 v31 issue 4 p42.
           McKenzie, Jamie. "Libraries of the future." From Now On, Nov 93.

Session 2 - March 8
What is Collection Development? 
Read  Van Orden, Chapters 2 & 3 
           Loertscher pp. 8-11
           Choi, Susan. "Collection development." CSLA Journal, Fall 2000 v24 n1. 
            Baule, Steven M. "The collection process: finding the right balance." CurriculumAdministrator, Jan 1999 p44.
             Harbour, Denise. "Collection mapping." Book Report, March/April 2002 v20 issue 5, p6-11.
             Schamber, Linda. "Library collection development in an electronic age."
Clearinghouseon Information & Technology, Apr 1996 ERIC digest EDO-IR-96-05.
              Yucht, Alice H. "Strategy: collection development concerns." Teacher Librarian, Dec 2000 v28 issue2 p46.

 Session 3 - March 14
Planning for Management of Library Resources 
Read Van Orden, Chapter 5. 
          Information Power, Chapters 1, 2, & 6. 
           Anderson, Mary Alice. Print & technology: budgeting for all needs." CurriculumAdministrator, Jan 1999 p47.
             Miller, Marilyn. "The race for the school library dollar." School Library Journal, Oct 1995 v41 issue 10 p22.
              Kearns, Jodi L. "Using the Big6 to plan instruction and services." Book Report, May/June 2000 v19 issue1 p23.

Session 4 - March 15
Publishers/ Acquisition/ Professional Journals
Read Van Orden, Chapter 13 and 14
          Fialkoff, Francine. "We need to talk: despite shared concerns, pricing/format issues separate librarians and publishers," Library Journal, Feb 15, 1996 v121 n3 p136(1). 

Session 5 - March 21
Selection 
Read Van Orden, Chapters 7 -12.
          Loertscher pp.24-33 
           Bush, Gail. "The high interest collection: a stepping stone to students." School Library Journal, Oct 1996 v42 n10 p44(2). 
            York, Sherry. "Selecting library materials for Mexican-American middle schoolers." Book Report, Jan/Feb 1995 v13 issue4 p28.

Session 6 - March 22
Collection Development Policies
Collection mapping, selection criteria, curriculum mapping
 Read Van Orden, Chapter 6.
            Loertscher pp.12-17, 41-47
            Minkel, Walter. "Policy discussion." School Library Journal, Mar 2001 v47 issue3 p41.
Look at several of the Sample Collection Development Policies. http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~rrichard/RUSA/policies.html
 

Session 7 - March 28
Intellectual Freedom and Censorship 
Read Van Orden, Chapter 4. 
          Loertscher p 40.
           Coywood, Carolyn. "The courage to trust." School Library Journal, Aug 1995 v41 issue8 p43.
            Cavill, Pat. " On kids and the Internet." Teacher Librarian, Jun 2000 v27 issue5, p67.
            Berry, John N. "New freedom inflames old battles." Library Journal, April 15, 2000 v125 issue7 p6.
           IPL: Issues
         American Library Association - Freedom to Read Foundation
          Library Bill of Rights 
          Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights 
          Code of Ethics 
          Intellectual Freedom Policies and Guidelines 
          Intellectual Freedom Statements 
          Freedom to Read Statement 
          Coping with Challenges: Kids and Libraries - What You Should Know 
 

Session 8 - March 29
Electronic resources/Internet 
Read  Farmer, Leslie  "Author! Author! Implications for Collection Development." The 
Technology Connection. 2000 Worthington: Linworth Publ., pp73-74. 
          Marino, Nancy 2000. "Webliography:Much More Than Just a Bibliography." The 
Technology Connection. 2000 Worthington: Linworth Publ., pp210-212.
            Pearlmutter, Jane." Which online resources are right for your collection?" School Library Journal.   June 1999 v45 i6 p27(3). 
            Dobie, Dawn et al. "The search is on." School Library Journal ,Nov 2001.
            Moore, Frank. "The Internet as a money-saving alternative collection resource." BookReport, Nov/Dec 1998 v17 issue3, p47.
              Albanese, Andrew R. "Moving from books to bytes." Library Journal, Sept 1,2001 v126 isuue 14 p52.
               McKenzie, Jamie. "The new verical file: delivering great images and data to the desktop." From Now On Oct 2000 v10 n2.

 Session 9 - April 4
Evaluation, Maintenance & Preservation 
 Read Van Orden, Chapters 15-17. 
           Loertscher pp 34-39.
          Glick, Andrea. "How does your library stack up?" School Library Journal, Sept 1999 v45  p111(2). 
           Hatcher, April. "Fine-tuning your library media collection." Book Report, Mar/Apr 2001 v19  issue5 p15.
           Manning. "When less is more: Cultivating a healthy collection." School Library Journal, 
May 1997. 43(5) P 54-55.
            Young, Jr., Terrance E. "Library 'science' rules." Book Report Mar/April 2001 v19 issue5 p25.

Session 10 - April 5
Project sharing, wrap up.
 

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Calendar and Locations
Classes are scheduled to be held five weekends.
FRI     6:00PM-08:50PM MODC 218
SAT     9:00AM-03:50PM MODC 218

The EDCI 356B course is designed for the schedule of the CSU, Chico five-week FLEX Program, which is geared to making efficient use of the student's time on campus. 
 Normally, class will run without a scheduled break. This allows us to "bank" the equivalent of 7.5 hours break time. We can use this to eliminate one of the class sessions or shorten some meetings. This will be determined by discussion and agreement between the students and instructor. 
 
 
 

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Assignments & Grading
As is the case for all courses required for the LMT Services Credential Program, please maintain a portfolio of  your work, as well as the forms, documents and materials obtained and used during the course and its experiences.  Please see this LMT Services Credential Program page for the specific requirements and areas of coverage. Additional information on portfolio development is available from the Education Department . 

Assignments: 
You may submit papers to me via email as long as they arrive on the Thursday before the established due date.  E-MAIL assignments must be submitted as attachments in Microsoft Word. All work must be typed, double-spaced, and pages consecutively numbered. You may use any of the standard bibliographic styles such as the Modern Language Association (MLA) format or the American Psychological Association (APA) style. Since you are graduate students, I expect  your work to be grammatically correct, free of spelling errors, and presented in an organized manner.

1. Reading and class discussion.  25% of your grade. 
Maintain a summary sheet on all  assigned readings. The summary should indicate how you think the information presented will be useful to you and include any points that you think need to be addressed in class discussions.  Participation in class discussions is essential. At the first class meeting each person will chose two topics for which he/she will be responsible for leading the class discussion.  Because class participation is such a large part of the class, attendance for the entire class time is essential. Written summaries are due on the final day of class, April 5th.

2.   Library description and Community analysis. 15% of your grade. Due March 14th.
 Describe the school library that you will use as a basis for your assignments
 Include the following information in your description: Type of school library; amounts and sources of funding; size of collection; number and type of staff; the specific community that the library serves (demographic information), the library's mission, the school's mission, and a picture of the broader community that the library serves. 

 3. Evaluation of review resources. 10% of your grade. Due March 21st.
 Identify a potential addition to the library collection that would enhance the area you have previously analyzed. Find at least two (or more) reviews  by using methods and indexes described in class. Write a brief analysis of the reviews (how did they compare), your own opinions on the material,  the ease or difficulty you experienced in locating the reviews, and your thoughts on the advisability of relying on reviews and alternative approaches to finding good material. 

4. Collection assessment and analysis. 10% of your grade. Due March 28th.
Using the methods presented in class, create an analysis of the library's collection for your subject area. Describe its strengths and weaknesses. Does it meet the needs of the school?
Make a list of  items that you believe should be weeded.  Explain your reasons for discarding the items.

5. Collection policies. 10% of your grade. Due April 4th.
Develop policies and procedures for the selection of resources that involves the school community. You may examine those already in use at your school and others that are available in print or online to help you decide what would be best for your school community. Be sure to include procedures to follow for material challenges and an Acceptable Use Policy.

6.  Collection development.  30% of your grade. Formal submission due April 12th. Needs to be fairly complete for sharing on final session and may be turned at that time if completed -- April 5th.
 You have been  given a hypothetical budget of $5000 to select material  for the subject area and library you have previously analyzed. Your selections must include print and non-print materials plus Internet sites. You will be expected to justify your selection choices, providing bibliographic information, annotations, prices and review sources or rationales for all purchases. 
 

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