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Laurel Reisen LIS 654 Collection Analysis I. Demographic Description of Library Community, School, and Students A. Detailed description of the school’s local community Mt. Pleasant Elementary School is located in beautiful historic Mt. Pleasant, NC, a 100% rural community in eastern Cabarrus County. The elementary, middle, and high school are all named after the town of Mt. Pleasant, have the same school colors of blue and gold, and the same mascot, “Roaring Tiger.” The people of the community have lived here for generations. Most of my colleagues have lived in this town all their lives and are former students of this elementary school and attended the middle school and high school in this community. According to the United Census Bureau, the population of Mt. Pleasant, NC is 6,622. About 95% of the population is White, 4% is black and the rest is Native American, Asian or Other. Clearly, Mt. Pleasant, NC is not a very diverse community. This mostly White population speaks English only in the home (98.2%) with the remaining speaking either Spanish or an Asian language. The 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates indicate the community’s poverty level is 10.8%. The population that is 16 years and over is 4179 and 67% of that population is in the workforce. Over a quarter of the

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Laurel ReisenLIS 654Collection Analysis

I. Demographic Description of Library Community, School, and Students

A. Detailed description of the school’s local community

Mt. Pleasant Elementary School is located in beautiful historic Mt. Pleasant, NC, a 100%

rural community in eastern Cabarrus County.  The elementary, middle, and high school are all

named after the town of Mt. Pleasant, have the same school colors of blue and gold, and the

same mascot, “Roaring Tiger.” The people of the community have lived here for generations.

Most of my colleagues have lived in this town all their lives and are former students of this

elementary school and attended the middle school and high school in this community.

According to the United Census Bureau, the population of Mt. Pleasant, NC is 6,622.

About 95% of the population is White, 4% is black and the rest is Native American, Asian or

Other. Clearly, Mt. Pleasant, NC is not a very diverse community. This mostly White population

speaks English only in the home (98.2%) with the remaining speaking either Spanish or an

Asian language. The 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates indicate the

community’s poverty level is 10.8%. The population that is 16 years and over is 4179 and 67%

of that population is in the workforce. Over a quarter of the occupations are in Management,

Professional occupations (28.3%) followed by Sales and Office Occupations (25.7%.)

Production, transportation and material moving occupations are behind that at 19.1%. Private

salary and wage workers make up the majority of the workforce in Mt. Pleasant. (77.1%.)

(factfinder.census.gov)

B. Detailed description of the school, staff, and students

Mt. Pleasant Elementary School is a traditional public school and is part of Cabarrus

County Schools. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School serves 670 students from kindergarten

through 5th grade and has an Average Daily Membership of 671.  Our school population is

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92.4% white, 3.2% Hispanic, 1.8% Black, 1.9% Multi Racial, .4% American Indian, .3% Asian.

Of our school population, 37.59% qualify for free/reduced lunch.  Nineteen percent of our

students are identified as Exceptional Children, 8.2% as Academically and Intelligently Gifted

and 1.5% are English Language Learners.   The school library should reflect this population with

a wide range of materials of various reading levels.

Of note is 2015-2016 was the fourth year that Mt Pleasant Elementary School

EXCEEDED EXPECTED GROWTH.  This means, since August of 2012, our staff has helped

our students grow at a rate well over what is expected.  There is no other elementary school in

our county who exceeded growth the last two years, let alone the last four. (Email

correspondence Corey Cochran.)

Mt. Pleasant Elementary School consists of 67 staff with 42 certified teachers.  Six of the

staff are male:  Principal, Technology Facilitator, Physical Education Teacher, Art Teacher and

two Custodians. Only two staff members are nonwhite.  The School Library Media program

should reflect the population, but also contain some diversity.

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Figure 12012-2013 School Yearncschoolreportcards.org

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Figure 2 2012-2013 School Yearncschoolreportcards.org

Figure 32012-2013 School Yearncschoolreportcards.org

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Principal Corey Cochran is the head of our school, assisted by Assistant Principal of

Instruction, Deborah Burris.  Also working in the front office is our Data Manager, Treasurer, and

Clerical Staff consisting of a full time receptionist and a Teacher Assistant who works in the front

office part time, and does interventions with students the other time.  We have a custodial staff

of 3:  2 males (1 of the 2 nonwhite staff members) and 1 female. We have 1.2 AIG teachers.

One is employed at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School full time and another works one day at Mt.

Pleasant Elementary School and the other 4 days at another elementary school.  We have a

School Psychologist (.66 position) and is based here but is shared among other schools.  We

have a full time nurse employed by Cabarrus Health Alliance.  Our School Resource Officer is

employed by Cabarrus County Government.  Two School Counselors (1.5 positions) regularly

teach Guidance Lessons opposite my Media Lessons.  One counselor splits her time between

Mt. Pleasant Elementary School and Bethel Elementary School.  There is one ESL teacher (the

other nonwhite staff member) who spends an hour or so with our students each week.  There

are 2 full time Exceptional Children teachers and an EC Lead Teacher who serves in an

advisory role and does not interact directly with children. Our school has five assistants that

work with all four kindergarten classrooms and the 3 combination classes: 1st/2nd, 2nd/3rd, and

3rd/4th. There is a Technology Facilitator.  The School Librarian and the TF have a great working

relationship and collaborate on lessons.

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Figure 42012-2013 School Yearncschoolreportcards.org

C. Statements of the school’s mission and the school library’s mission

The overarching county mission is:We will value, teach and empower each student in a culture of educational excellence.

The mission of Mt. Pleasant Elementary School is to develop respectful and responsible life-long learners with the partnership of parents and community.                                                                                         Cabarrus County Schools website

There is no school library mission as of this writing.

D. Description of the school library staff, program, and services ( i.e. type of schedule, hours, program focus, etc.).

One person works in the library:  ME!  I am a librarian with nearly 25 years of public

library experience and a Master Degree in Library and Information Science.  This is my third

school year in a school library.  I am assigned a mentor in another elementary school in our

county. Fifth grade library helpers shelve materials for me during their recess time.    

I am on a fixed schedule for classes and teach 2-3 classes a day.  I see students every

other week and rotate with Guidance lessons on an A week/B Week schedule.  The district

recommends that librarians teach 50% of their day and manage the library the other half of their

workday. Students check out books during their class time.   Students can come to the library

outside of scheduled class time.  This time is referred to as Open Checkout and two students

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from each class can come to the library at a time.  Students must have their library card with

them in order to check out library materials.  Books check out for one week and can be renewed

twice.  There is no “official” overdue policy at the moment but it is on my list of things that need

to be done.  I will restrict checkout if items are over 2 months overdue.

The entire school has a copy of the following “Open Checkout” schedule.  I do have to

tweak it on occasion to accommodate meetings/staff development/testing.  I use Outlook

Calendar to keep track of the library schedule of classes and Open Checkout.

Week A

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

8AM-10AM 8:30-10AM 8AM-10AM 8AM-8:15AM

10:30-11:15AM 11:45AM-12:15PM(eBOB)*

10:30-11:15AM

2PM-2:50PM

12PM-1:50PM 2PM-2:50PM 2PM-2:50PM 11:45AM-12:15PM(eBOB)*

Week B

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

8AM-8:15AM 8:30-10AM 9:30-11:15AM 10:30-11:15AM 8AM-10AM

12PM-1:50PM 11:45AM-12:15PM(eBOB)*

11:45AM-12:15PM(eBOB)*

2PM-2:50PM 1PM-1:50PM 2PM-2:50PM

*Elementary Battle of the Books Team MeetingFigure 5Open Checkout Schedule MPES 2016-2017

Books and eBooks are available for students to check out.  Students may use 12 of the

computers in the library for research and searching for books.  There is a small professional

collection for faculty but it is not well utilized.  My Assistant Principal of Instruction would like me

to expand this collection.  It is on my list of goals.  DVDs are housed in the media office and

there is a standard form and official policy regarding showing DVDs and other media in the

classroom.

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II. Collection

The library collection at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School has 10,742 items. The average

copyright date is 1998. According to IMPACT guidelines, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School’s

overall library collection is considered MINIMUM at 14.9 items per student.

Sixty percent of the library collection is classified as nonfiction with an average copyright

date of 2000 and 40% is classified as fiction with an average copyright date of 1997. IMPACT

guidelines indicate collection copyright date is BELOW AVERAGE, although nonfiction by itself

would meet MINIMUM guidelines. Most (99%) of the library collection is print. There is a

professional collection for teachers, DVDs and videocassettes. Also available are eBooks. The

graphic novel collection is developing and needs to be expanded. The collection used to be

splintered into sections such as Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, and North Carolina.

Users found that to be confusing and now there are no special sections. Not included in the

Titlewave analysis are magazines that are available in the lounging areas of the library. These

items are not catalogued and are culled when they are ripped or in poor condition.

Online resources and databases are also outside of the Titlewise analysis. These

resources include Culture Grams, Discovery Education, NC Wise Owl, and True Flix. These

resources are available 24/7 anywhere there is an Internet connection. Cabarrus County

Schools pays for these subscriptions at the district level in order to take advantage of a bulk

discount.

Supplementing the school library collection is the public library. The citizens of Mt.

Pleasant rallied and fundraised for their own library branch that now functions as part of

Cabarrus County Public Library. The fundraising was a pure grassroots effort within the

community. The school librarian is the former manager of the public library branch and still

remains very involved with the public library. In the community is a local history museum which

is very active and has tremendous information and resources about the local community.

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A. Age of the Collection

Mt Pleasant Elementary School’s collection is signified “BELOW” with an average

collection age of 18 years according to the IMPACT study. However, the nonfiction collection

has an average age of 16 years which aligns with the MINIMUM guidelines of the IMPACT

study. Only 9% of the collection has a copyright date of 2011 or newer. Delving deeper into

selected Dewey Decimal Classification we see that most of the older items in the collection are

religion, language, customs, etiquette and folklore.

B. Curriculum Related Areas

Figure 6 2012-2013 School Yearncschoolreportcards.org

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Topic/Search MPES Catalog WCC Title of Match Recommendation Level

Florence Nightingale

1. Florence Nightingale by Tolan (1991)

2. Florence Nightingale by Edison (2014)

3. Florence Nightingale by Schaefer (2005)

4. Florence Nightingale by Demi (2014)

5. Learning about Compassion from the life of Florence Nightingale by Mosher (2014)

1 Florence Nightingale by Demi (2014)

Core Collection

Abraham Lincoln

1. Lincoln, A Photobiography by Freedman (1997)

2. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President by Gregory (2015)

3. Abe Lincoln: His Wit and Wisdom by Schroeder (2015)

4. Abe’s Honest Words by Rappaport (2008)

5. Abraham Lincoln, Our 16th President by Bowler (2002)

3 Lincoln, A Photobiography by Freedman (1997)

Abe Lincoln: His Wit and Wisdom by Schroeder (2015)

Abe’s Honest Words by Rappaport (2008)

Most Highly Recommended

Core Collection

Most Highly Recommended

Figure 7Comparison of Biographies in Mt. Pleasant Elementary School library Catalog and Wilson Core collection

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The area of the collection that would satisfy the standard in Figure 6 is the Biography

Section. Additionally, the entire third grade participates in a “Living Museum” project. Students

dress up as their chosen person and deliver speeches. The Biography collections holds over

500 items for 113 third students. That appears to be adequate. However, the section has an

average reading level of 4.9 and an average copyright date of 2000.

When comparing the collection to a standard bibliography such as the Wilson Core

Collection, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School is lacking as demonstrated in Figure 7. A simple

search of two popular biography topics: Florence Nightingale and Abraham Lincoln was

conducted using the Mt. Pleasant Elementary School library catalog. Results were then

compared to the Wilson Core Collection. Findings indicate only one book about Florence

Nightingale matched the Wilson Core Collection. Two Highly Recommended titles and one

Core Collection title about Abraham Lincoln matched the collection at Mt. Pleasant Elementary

School. There are no Spanish language biographies for Spanish speaking students. The

section needs weeding and updating to meet the average reading level and average copyright

date to IMPACT guideline standards and to align with the Wilson Core Collection. Further, there

are no books for English Language Learning students to complete this project.

Figure 82012-2013 School Year Ncschoolreportcards.org

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Topic/Search MPES Catalog WCC Title of Match Recommendation Level

Penguins 1. Penguins by Diana Swinson (2004)

2. Penguins by Zoelfield (2003)

3. Penguins & Elephants by Switzer

4. Looking at Penguins by Patent (1993)

5. Penguins and their Chicks by Hall (2004)

6. Penguins by Macken (2002)

7. Penguins by Wexo (1990)

8. The Lifecycle of a Penguin by Trumbauer (2004)

9. Penguin in the Snow by Allan (1988)

10. Penguin by Serventy (1988)

0 Zero Matches in WCC

Figure 9Comparison of Penguins in Mt. Pleasant Elementary School library Catalog and Wilson Core collection

Fourth grade researches Animals in the spring. The Dewey Decimal Classification 590

would satisfy the standard in Figure 8. There are 507 books for 117 fourth graders in the

Botany section. The average reading level is 4.6 which is on par for 4th grade. The average

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copyright is 2003 which is in line with IMPACT standards. There are items in the Spanish

collection that are 590 and would satisfy this standard for English Language Learners.

A simple comparison was made to the Wilson Core Collection. The term “Penguins”

was searched and ten books were found in the Mt. Pleasant Elementary School library catalog.

None of these titles were found in the Wilson Core Catalog. This seems to indicate the 590

collection needs some serious overhauling. Serious weeding and updating needs to occur to

make the collection relevant and useful to student learning and success.

C. Selected Divisions

A small portion of the school library collection was analyzed by physically examining

materials in the Everybody Neighborhood, 300s, 500s, and 900s. Eighty books were randomly

sampled and evaluated by looking at physical condition, circulation statistics and copyright date.

A score from 1-3 was given for the physical condition of the books:

1-- Perfect2--Slightly Scuffed3--Terrible

This information was then recorded in a spreadsheet. Next, the collection was analyzed by

General areas: E Picture Books, Fiction, Biographies, 100s and Selected decades of 300, 500,

and 900 sections.

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Figure 10E Picture Books DivisionTITLE COPYRIGHT

DATECIRCULATION SCORE COMMENTS

We are Best Friends

1982 33 1

Madeline 1939 123 1 Weed, replaceMarvelous Cornelius

2015 6 1

Franklin Plays the Game

1995 22 1 Weed

Arthur’s Tooth 1985 228 1Draw Me a Star 1992 137 1Dinosaur Hunt 2009 25 1Diary of a Wombat

2003 62 1

Chick and the Duckling

1972 140 1 Weed

Jump Frog Jump 1981 53 2 WeedToo Many Dinosaurs

2011 66 1

Salamander Room

1991 93 1

Edward in the Jungle

2002 33 1

Go West, Amelia Bedelia

2011 23 1

Yertle the Turtle 1986 13 1

David Goes to School

1999 246 2 Weed, replace

Millie Waits for the Mail

2006 8 1

We are In a Book!

2010 37 1

I Went Walking 1989 6 1Something Beautiful

1998 22 1

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Figure 11300s Social SciencesTITLE COPYRIGHT

DATECIRCULATION SCORE COMMENTS

Kids' Guide National Government

2000 4 1 WEED and UPDATE

Cash, Credit Cards, or Checks

2005 6 1 WEED and UPDATE

M is for Majestic 2003 10 1 WEED and UPDATE

Mayor 2005 2 1 WEED and UPDATE

The Great Midwest Flood

1995 8 1 WEED and UPDATE

Steam, Smoke, and Steel

2000 35 1 WEED and UPDATE

Dress Through the Ages

2001 2 1 WEED and UPDATE

20th Century Fashion

2000 10 1 WEED and UPDATE

Costume 2000 7 1 WEED and UPDATE

Christmas in Britain

1996 15 1 WEED and UPDATE WEED and UPDATE

The Story of Christmas Symbols

1971 20 1 Weed

Tet Vietnamese New Year

1994 10 1 WEED and UPDATE

Thanksgiving Day

1965 18 1 WEED and UPDATE

Jack Tales 2003 15 1Henny-Penny 2000 56 2 Weed

Green Gourd 1992 41 1Arrow to the Sun 1974 33 2 Weed and

replaceHer Seven Brothers

1988 35 1

Valentine’s Day 2001 17 1 WEED and UPDATE

Her Story 1995 5 1 Weed

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Figure 12500s ScienceTITLE COPYRIGHT

DATECIRCULATION PHYSICAL

CONDITIONCOMMENTS

MATH-teårpieces

2003 1 1 Keep, literature tie in.

DK Volcano & Earthquake

1992 106 1 Weed, update copy

Andromeda 2003 22 1 WeedLakes 1997 10 1 Weed and

UpdateOrnitholestes 1997 53 1 Weed, update

copyThe Mystery of Life on Other Planets

2002 22 1 Weed and Update

Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees

1992 7 1 Weed

Rose 1996 16 1 Weed and Update

Amazing Animals of the World

1998 26 1 Weed

Animal Homes Seashore

1991 18 1 Weed

Traveling Butterflies

2012 2 1

King Crabs 2014 7 1

Seal Sharks 2006 34 1 Weed and Update

Frogs, Toads & Turtles

2000 31 1 Weed and Update

Olivia's Birds Saving the Gulf

2011 11 1 Weed

Loon Magic for Kids

1989 6 1 Weed

Sugar Gliders 2009 38 1 Weed and Update

Bats 1989 36 2 Weed, update copy

Bisons in American History

2015 3 1

Big Cats 2002 77 1 Weed and Update

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Figure 13900s History & GeographyTITLE COPYRIGHT

DATECIRCULATION PHYSICAL

CONDITIONCOMMENTS

Great Wonders of the World by Russell Ash

2000 32 2 Great big book…lots of photographs, DK title

Biography for Beginners Issue #2 Fall 1997

1997 5 2 WEED=OLD

Mark Sanchez by Sandler

2012 8 1

Mary Pope Osborne by Banting

2007 14 1 WEED

The Adventures of Marco Polo

2006 4 1 WEED

The Beatles 1997 13 1 WEEDAmerican Scene Lives

2001 12 1 WEED

Make It Work Ancient Egypt

1995 27 1 WEED

You Wouldn't want to be a Medieval Knight

2004 6 1 WEED

Switzerland 2008 1 1 WEEDEgypt 2005 22 1 WEEDHard Times in Ireland

2004 1 1 WEED

Civil War A to Z 2002 52 1 WEEDThe Underground RR

2015 1 1

The American Revolution

1995 25 1 WEED

NC Bandits, Bushwhackers, Outlaws, Crooks,

2001 1 1

North Carolina 2000 4 1 WEEDIowa 2003 14 1 WEEDPioneers Life as a Homesteader

2003 19 1 WEED

Nez Perce 2012 3 1 WEED

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Figure 14General Areas: E Picture Books, Fiction, Biographies, 100s and Selected decades of 300, 500, and 900 sections.

DEWEY NUMBER

SUBJECT AVERAGE AGEMPES

NUMBER of ITEMS IN COLLECTION

% IMPACT GUIDELINES

NOTES

000 Computer Science, Information & General Works

2004 27 .3 Replace within 5 years of copyright

Weed and update

100 Philosophy & Psychology

2003 24 .2 Look at use, unscholarly useless after 10 years. Should be 1%

Weed and Update

200 Religion 2000 50 .5 Look at UseShould be 1%

Update

300 Social Sciences 1996 491 4.6 Well Represented Views from all sides of controversial issues5-13%

Update

300 Social Sciences, Sociology & Anthropology

2003 21

310 Statistics NULL NULL NULL320 Political Science 2004 23 Timely/Topical

Material: Discard after 10 years

Weed and Update

330 Economics 2004 27 Timely/Topical Material: Discard after 10 years

Weed and Update

340 Law 2000 6 Discard after 10 years

Weed and Update

350 Public Administration & Military Service

2004 22 Discard after 10 years

Weed and Update

360 Social Problems & Social Services

2005 28 Non Historical Materials: 10 years

Weed and Update

370 Education 2003 9 Non Historical Materials: 10 years

Weed and Update

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380 Commerce, Communications & Transportation

2002 16 Non Historical Materials: 10 years

Weed and Update

390 Customs, Etiquette & Folklore

1993 339 Keep Basic material, discard when worn

Weed and Update

400 Language 1998 32 .3 Keep Basic material.5-10%

Weed and Update

500 Science 2000 897 8.4 Discard after 5 years except botany & natural history5-10%

Weed and Update

500 Science 1998 26510 Mathematics 2001 29 Keep Basics

and literature tie-ins

520 Astronomy 2005 67 Discard after 5 years

530 Physics 2001 33540 Chemistry 2001 5550 Earth Sciences

& Geology2001 82

560 Fossils & Prehistoric Life

1998 43

570 Life Sciences, Biology

2004 52

580 Plants (Botany) 1996 60590 Animals

(Zoology)2000 500

600 Technology 2002 457 4.3 Discard after 5 years5-10%

Weed and Update

700 Arts & Recreation

2003 441 4.1 Keep Basic Material4.5-10%

Weed and Update

800 Literature 1998 213 2 Keep Basic Material4-10.8%

Weed and Update

900 History & Geography

2001 444 4.2 20.5-24.8% Woefully lacking

900 History 1999 6 Depends on use and needs of community

910 Geography & 2002 41 Discard travel Weed

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Travel before 1994.Materials on Middle East, SE Asia, Former Soviet Union, Central America and Africa must be checked carefully. Discard materials prior to 1999

and Update

920 Biography & Genealogy

1997 10 Subjects that have permanent interest and importance can stay. Reclassify items with invented dialogue and/or events

Look at B section

930 History of the Ancient World (to ca.499)

1996 19

940 History of Europe

2000 43 Keep only outstanding WWII materials. Check Native Americans and other ethnic groups carefully for stereo types.

950 History of Asia 2003 14 “960 History of Africa 1994 3 “970 History of North

America2002 299 “

980 History of South America

2009 4 “

990 History of Other Area

2004 5 “

B Biography 2000 663 6.2 Subjects that have permanent interest and importance

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can stay. Reclassify items with invented dialogue and/or events

E Easy Fiction 1996 3119 29.3 Standard Selection tools for evaluation and weeding14-25%

Weed

FIC General Fiction 1997 2038 19.1 Standard Selection tools for evaluation and weeding20-23%

Weed and add to this collection

The 80 book sample of the collection was illuminating. Judging by physical appearance,

most books should remain on the shelves. However, upon further review of copyright date and

number of circulations, many of these books should be pulled from the shelves.

In the E Picture Book Division, many of the books sampled are in nearly perfect shape.

The books that are in poor shape should be weeded. Many of the books that are dated such as

Chick and Duckling by Ginsburg and I Went Walking by Williams should be weeded from the

collection and replaced with more relevant and age appropriate titles. The “MUSTY” and

“CREW” method of deselecting library materials should guide this process as indicated in

“Crying Over Spilled Milk” by Gail Dickinson. The Wilson Core Collection for children should be

consulted.

In the 300 Dewey Classification, most of the items sampled must be weeded and

updated because they are over ten years old. The only exception are the customs, etiquette,

and folklore books. These items should be weeded and replaced when they are in poor

condition. The same can be said for the entire collection of all of the books classified in the

300s section, not just the sampled collection.

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Most of the items in the 500s section sampled should be discarded. All but two of the

books fall within the recommended publishing date according to IMPACT standards. Looking at

the entire section, most of these items must be weeded and updated to include newer items.

The 900s section is woefully lacking, both the sample and the section as a whole. At

4%, it is far below the IMPACT recommended 20.5-24.8% of the collection. The copyright dates

below 1999 must be discarded as recommended by IMPACT. Also biographies that are more

narrative should be moved to another part of the collection. The collection must be carefully

examined to ensure that stereotypical information of Native Americans and other ethnic groups

are not present in library materials.

Overall, the library collection at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School needs weeding and

updating. The attached section will illustrate the updates needed to ensure student

success and learning.

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Bibliography of Resources Used

Cabarrus County Schools. (2016.) www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us

Cochran, Corey. (personal communication August 2016)

Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Department of Education. (2016.) EssentialStandards for Science in Fourth Grade. Retrieved October 10, 2016 from http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/curriculum/science/scos/support-tools/new-standards/science/3-5.pdf

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