I was able to recently weed a good portion of the 900s. This was an amazing experience! The SLMS told me that she annually weeds titles that are damaged, but hasn't weeded the nonfiction section in quite a while. This was very evident in the copyright dates of some of the titles. I discovered a few that were published in 1982-1983!
I came to learn how painful the weeding process can be. This is especially true due to the fact that the funding to replaces these materials is virtually nonexistent (aside from SPLOST and book fair). I reached the books on Mexico and only 2-3 of the titles were less than 10 years old. The SLMS encouraged me to only weed a few of the oldest titles and that she would make a note to acquire more titles in this specific area, among other topics. This was an interesting situation because many of our students are Mexican and the circulation of these books was excessive, particularly during National Hispanic Heritage Month. There were many other topic areas, like Native Americans, that I knew were specific to the Georgia Performance Standards for multiple grades.
I was able to gain valuable experience in how subjective the weeding process can be. However, I weeded approximately 46 titles. I would like to find time to continue this with another portion of the nonfiction resources.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Book Fair Luau!
This week our media center has been quite busy.
Book Fair preparation is in full swing. The theme this year is "Book Fair Luau." While the media center is still fully functional, some decorations have begun to go up. I have experienced book fair for several years, but only from the perspective of a teacher. I'm excited to see more of the inner workings. Book Fair is such a valuable tool in our school now that the media center budget has been cut completely. Funding for new books and materials now comes from SPLOST and Book Fair.
I have begun the weeding process within the media center. Mary D. has not given me a specific section to weed as of yet, due to the fact that she has already done a substantial amount of weeding in the past few months. However, I have been working on evaluating the Destiny report of the materials that have been recently weeded in order to determine the specific criteria of the materials. When I spoke to Mary D. about how she weeds, she said that this weeding was quite overdue. It's more difficult to weed when funding to replace materials is so limited. She says she weeds based on very general guidelines: outdated reference or Dewey materials and damaged or low-circulation fiction. She allows classroom teachers to utilize weeded materials in their classroom. The majority of the non-fiction materials weeded were published in the 1980s or early 1990s. There were a handful of recently published books included in the weeding, but these were extremely popular books that had become worn out. I look forward to do some additional weeding here, or perhaps at one of my secondary observation sites.
Book Fair preparation is in full swing. The theme this year is "Book Fair Luau." While the media center is still fully functional, some decorations have begun to go up. I have experienced book fair for several years, but only from the perspective of a teacher. I'm excited to see more of the inner workings. Book Fair is such a valuable tool in our school now that the media center budget has been cut completely. Funding for new books and materials now comes from SPLOST and Book Fair.
I have begun the weeding process within the media center. Mary D. has not given me a specific section to weed as of yet, due to the fact that she has already done a substantial amount of weeding in the past few months. However, I have been working on evaluating the Destiny report of the materials that have been recently weeded in order to determine the specific criteria of the materials. When I spoke to Mary D. about how she weeds, she said that this weeding was quite overdue. It's more difficult to weed when funding to replace materials is so limited. She says she weeds based on very general guidelines: outdated reference or Dewey materials and damaged or low-circulation fiction. She allows classroom teachers to utilize weeded materials in their classroom. The majority of the non-fiction materials weeded were published in the 1980s or early 1990s. There were a handful of recently published books included in the weeding, but these were extremely popular books that had become worn out. I look forward to do some additional weeding here, or perhaps at one of my secondary observation sites.
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