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Library Collections Promote Exploration of Self, Other, & the World Update Spring 2019

How has district funding of our library collections changed? Year Funding per student Prior to 17-18 $0 2017-18 $5 2018-19 $10

Instruction Collaboration Management Literacy Indiv/class research Space Information Literacy Curricular support Physical & digital collection Media Literacy Reading advocacy Librarians

What factors contribute to strong library collections? Ties to curriculum Strategies to influence collection: Representation Selection Age Weeding [Items per student]

Collection Goal-Setting Examples of common goals: increasing the diversity and representation of ● the collection, especially in fiction, biographies, and certain sections of nonfiction adding materials on the new NGSS topics at a ● variety of levels providing fiction and nonfiction items of high ● interest to 5th and 6th graders adding nonfiction resources to support the 7th ● grade WA State History curriculum

Original attribution of “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors”: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop article

How are we increasing representation in our collections?

Example: Representation audit of 18-19 orders (of 323 items added to Westgate collection) No. of % of total Notes items order purchased People of color 108 34% Including many groups in America and home countries, especially Middle Eastern/Middle Eastern American (13%) and African/African American (13%) LGBTQ+ 11 3% Picture books and chapter books with a variety of topics Different abilities 6 2% Including mobility, hearing, vision, Alzheimer’s, and Asperger's World Religions 8 3% Including nonfiction and fiction about religions and religious celebrations World Languages 15 6% Including Spanish, Amharic, Arabic, and Somali

How are we improving the age of our library collections? Ideal age Average age, Average age, Average age, is 2008 Nov 2017 May 2018 April 2019* Elem 2001 2002 2003 Middle 2000 2000 2002 High 1998 2000 2003 Overall 2000 2001 2003 *The average ages for April 2019 do not include all additions or weeding for the 18-19 year.