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Library Hours:Monday - Friday

7:15 -2:45

Lena M. LeeTeacher-Librarian

lelee@richlandone.org(803)343-2932

Elizabeth JenkinsLibrary Assistant

ejenkins@richlandone.org

Rosewood

Elementary

Library

Media Center

Newsletter

Volume 1 Issue 2 September 2012

The benefits are significant. Adopting-a-bookshelf is an excellent way to reinforce information literacy skills that your students are learning during their weekly library media center classes.

When a bookshelf is adopted students will be expected to...

Keep the books straight on the shelf.

Make sure the books are in the correct order.

Make sure the spines are out and the call numbers are down.

Make sure the correct books are on your shelf.

Group the same book titles together.

Pull the books to the front of the shelf.

A fun way for you and your students to get to know our library!

Contact Mrs. Lee to sign your home base class up.

So what is the BOOK IT Program, exactly?...a National incentive based program sponsored by Pizza Hut. The program runs from October 1st through March 31st

each year.During the program months, teachers set a monthly reading goal for each child in the class. The goal can be set by minutes, pages, books or pre-readers can even be read to by others. When the child meets their reading goal, the teacher awards them with a Reading Award Certificate good for a free,

one-topping Personal Pan Pizza® to celebrate all the reading(restaurant participation may vary).On the first visit to Pizza Hut, the child will receive their Personal Pan Pizza, and also an official BOOK IT!® Passport to Reading and sticker to track their reading throughout the six months. On subsequent visits, they will get another Personal Pan Pizza and sticker to

add to their passport.

Adopt-A-BookshelfD

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Talk like a Pirate Day September 19th

September is Library Card Sign UpMonth!

National Punctuation DaySeptember 24th

Banned Books WeekSeptember 30 - October 6

Reading Rocks! September 29th

Our library in pictures!

Who wouldn’t want to rock?

Library Love!

and then...there was a meeting!

Our Collection at a glance...(what every stake holder needs to know)

Non Fiction

This chart identifies the specific titles in our collection with copyrights outside the chosen acceptable age range for a particular Dewey Range. Titles with copyrights outside the acceptable age range will be reviewed to determine if the information they contain is still accurate.

Weeding The School Library

The Counterpart to Selection

Why Weed?

It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not.

- Epistolae Morale Lucious Annaeus Seneca 3 B.C. - 65 A.D.

Weeding is the removing of materials from a library collection in a systematic and deliberate way. It is an ongoing part of collection development, a planned and thoughtful action that will ensure library materials are current and Our collection will look different this year!

Weeding Library CollectionsToday it is more important than ever for libraries to maintain their

relevance in the age of instant access, electronic databases, and Google. But while our print collections continue to grow, many library collections are drowning in obsolete, unused, and unwanted materials. Most libraries keep up with deselection by weeding systematically all year round, but many run into obstacles ranging from dwindling materials budgets. Their is a reluctance to cull as many items as should, because budgets won’t allow them to replace weeded materials.

District wide this year library media center print materials budgets were increased. Faced with the realities of weeding an increased budget for print materials was very welcomed. So when you come into the library media center our selection/collection may be smaller but it’s quality will be an exercise in the benefits of weeding and in the end we will be a better program for it.

“Why Weed?”

Circulation, Space, Relevance, Reliability Currency, Appeal

MUSTY *

M Misleading Can occur more rapidly in technology thanmythology. Look for: “Dated” popular fiction Obsolete information Books containing racial, cultural or sexual stereotyping

U Ugly Refers to the physical condition of the book. Antiquated appearance Worn-out, frayed, dirty Unable to mend

S Superseded There may be newer copies available. Duplicate copies Almanacs, yearbooks, encyclopedias superseded by newer editions

T Trivial Look for appropriateness for the collection. Check for poor writing, inaccurate information, an inappropriate interest or reading level for students.

Y Your collection has no use for the book. It is irrelevant to your curriculum.

* Coined by the American Library Association in cooperation with the Texas State Library,

The spine of our library’s copy of Harry Potter.

Tips to read more:

Read what your hero’s read.