UPLIFT Training

This was a two day training attended by several of our librarians:

Mission Statement

• Do you have one?
• What should it include?
• Samples

Collection Development

• Determine Customers
• Determine Budget
• Determine Content area needed by having collection analyzed (use census data)
• Determine Weeding Criteria

Common Core

• How do libraries address (public and school)
• Suggested books that align with Core
• Perma Bound Common Core suggestions

Selection Tools
Where do you go to look for books? How do you decide which books to order?

• Best Library Blogs
• Kiss the Book
• Goodreads
• Check with Faculty
• STEM

Book Award sites

• Caldecott Awards
• More sites here

Promoting your Library

• Shelf Talkers with personal notes
• Promote in school newsletter
• Social Media
• Booktalks
• Have students review and post (video, signs, post its in book)
• Put little used books on display

Donations

• What is your policy on accepting donations?
• Do you have something in writing?
• Use for sending home with students with overdue books
• Book Art-Christmas ornaments

Weeding

• Why weed?
  • Students can find newer materials easier
  • Books with inaccurate data (Pluto is a Planet, One day we will walk on the moon)
  • Students will not come back if all the choices are outdated
  • Make way for the new
  • Room on shelf to highlight books face out
• How to decide?
  • Run reports (date last seen, books not checked out)
  • Visual Assessment
  • Put the books on display, or share with class by genre, if no interest, may be time to weed
• Do you have an emotional attachment? (“Let it go”)
• What can you do with discards?
• What is your discard policy?
• Set goals for small areas or a weeding calendar
• Check out these resources for weeding and collection development

Dewey vs BISAC

• Where should we put it?
• What do we call it?
• How to sort in OPAC?
• How do you determine which genre?
• How do students find/navigate library?
• What are the Pros and Cons?
  • How do patrons search
  • How do patrons browse

Where to now?

• Create a Collection Development Plan
• Create a Weeding Plan
• Create Goals for improvements
• Document your work

Thanks to Ruby Cheeseman of Salt Lake County Library for providing the documents and a great training!