Care and Feeding of a Vibrant Library Collection

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Depending on the age of your library, your collection is likely a mixture of different collection development strategies (or lack thereof) that have been used over the years. For most of us, our libraries could use a great deal of care and feeding to develop them into the vibrant, exciting collections that will have our students clamoring to read more. But it can be so overwhelming to figure out where to start. In this session, we’ll talk about developing weeding strategies and creating a collection development plan that will slowly but surely bring your collection up to speed. We’ll talk about the important of diverse books, graphic novels as well as other current topics like genrefication. Come to this session and get ideas and strategies that will help you tend to your library collection and make it amazing.

Education

VIBRANT LIBRARY
COLLECTION
The Care and Feeding of a
Diana Rendina, MLIS
Media Specialist, Speaker, Writer
@DianaLRendina
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DIANA RENDINA, MLIS • Media Specialist at Tampa
Preparatory, 6-12
independent school
• Stewart Middle Magnet
School in Tampa, FL from
2010-2017
• Blogger @
RenovatedLearning
• 2016 ISTE Outstanding
Young Educator
Portrait by Kimberly Yau

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About Stewart
• Public STEM Magnet Middle School (as of 2000)
• Hillsborough County Public Schools (8th largest
district in USA)
• Grades 6-8
• Urban location near downtown Tampa
• Title 1 - 75% of students on free or reduced
lunch
• Opened in 1956 -high school > 7th grade center >
vocational school > middle school
• Had not had a consistent librarian for years

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STEWART COLLECTION IN 2010
• Featured in local newspaper for how out-of-date
collection was
• Deep weeding by district before I started
• My first weeding criteria - if it hadn’t checked
out since 1984, I was weeding it
• No graphic novels
• Huge reference and biography section
• Crowded shelves, lots of floor units

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ABOUT TAMPA PREP
• Independent 6-12 co-ed college prep school
founded in downtown Tampa in 1974
• 675 students
• 1:1 iPad, Active Learning Environments, Google
for Edu, Apple Distinguished School 2014-2018
• Current building was constructed in 2002
• Previous librarian had been there 20+ years

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TAMPA PREPARATORY COLLECTION 2017
• Original collection had ties to University of
Tampa library - moved in 2002
• Library lost significant shelving space in 2016
renovation to be able to serve as lecture hall
• Packed shelves, top shelves used
• Collection about 70% aged titles according to
Follett Titlewise Analysis
• No graphic novels (besides Maus)
• Little diversity in fiction (but had every Newberry
winner)
• Large, out-of-date reference section

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ONE STEP AT A TIME
•Weeding
•Collec9on Development
•Organiza9on
•Marke9ng

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WE ARE NOT ARCHIVES

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WEED BY THE NUMBERS
Aged, Out of Date

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WEED BY THE NUMBERS
Inaccurate Informa9on

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WEED BY THE NUMBERS
Duplicates

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WEED BY THE NUMBERS
Circula9on Data

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JUST WEED IT!
Cover art - will today’s student read this?

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CONSIDER CURRICULUM

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RECONSIDER REFERENCE

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TAKE IT SLOW, REMOVE QUIETLY

What is the most
bizarre/interes9ng
book you’ve ever
weeded?

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WRITE IT DOWN Collec9on Dev Plan

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FIND YOUR CRITICAL NEEDS

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ANALYZE YOUR COLLECTION

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OBSERVE What do students like to check out?

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INQUIRE Send out surveys to your students

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WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS

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HONOR STUDENT CHOICE

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FIGHT FOR YOUR STUDENTS

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BOOK REVIEW RESOURCES

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BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS
Junior Library Guild

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EBOOKS + AUDIOBOOKS

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STUDENT BOOK BUDGET
Andy Plemmons, Barrow ES
Athens, GA
Expect the Miraculous

What book is your
current MUST-
ADD for school
library collec9ons?

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GENREFICATION

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CAN THEY EVEN FIND YOUR BOOKS?

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AVOID BLOCKING SHELVES

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LET IT BREATHE
Don’t be afraid of open space

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MAKE SOME WALL/FLOOR SPACE
Take down shelves you don’t need

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LESS IS MORE Aim for 1/2 to 2/3 full

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KEEP IT NEAT Front your shelves

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DRAW UP YOUR LAYOUT
Think about traﬃc ﬂow

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BULLETIN BOARDS
Draw aQen9on to collec9on

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MERCHANDISING
Show those covers!

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DISPLAYS
Allow for student voice

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DISPLAYS Themes, seasons, etc.

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DISPLAYS Share your reading!

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DISPLAYS Feature New Books

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SOCIAL MEDIA Share the books

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CREATE HASHTAGS #terpreads

What is one small
change you could
make next week to
take care of your
collec9on?

A Vibrant Collection Doesn’t
HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
It happens one step at a time

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Presentation resources

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Looking for ways to increase your collaborations with your science teachers? Bring your makerspace into the curriculum! This session will look at a variety of ways that you can collaborate with your science classes and incorporate makerspaces and maker activities into the curriculum. I'll focus on a year-long collaboration with my 6th grade science classes where the teacher and I led a different maker focused project each quarter that tied in with her curriculum. This included projects on lab safety, earthquakes and weather detection devices. I'll also share examples of smaller, one-day collaborations I've done with science classes. We'll look at practical examples of ways to collaborate with your science teachers, as well as different makerspace supplies and activities that can help support your science classes. While these examples will be focused on middle school, the concepts and ideas can be applied and adapted to any grade level! If you're looking for ways to get your classes into the makerspace more in a way that ties in with curriculum, this session is for you.

Genrefying

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This document discusses how genrefying, or organizing a library collection by genre rather than Dewey Decimal System, can improve a library. It outlines the benefits of genrefying such as aligning with common core standards, making non-fiction texts more accessible. It provides examples of genre and subgenre classifications like Pets: Dogs and Animals: Giraffes. Feedback from students and teachers indicates genrefying makes finding materials much easier. The library assistant who implemented genrefying at their school saw circulation increase and positive responses from patrons.

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Care and Feeding of a Vibrant Library Collection

1. VIBRANT LIBRARY COLLECTION The Care and Feeding of a Diana Rendina, MLIS Media Specialist, Speaker, Writer @DianaLRendina RenovatedLearning.com

2. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com DIANA RENDINA, MLIS • Media Specialist at Tampa Preparatory, 6-12 independent school • Stewart Middle Magnet School in Tampa, FL from 2010-2017 • Blogger @ RenovatedLearning • 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Portrait by Kimberly Yau

3. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com About Stewart • Public STEM Magnet Middle School (as of 2000) • Hillsborough County Public Schools (8th largest district in USA) • Grades 6-8 • Urban location near downtown Tampa • Title 1 - 75% of students on free or reduced lunch • Opened in 1956 -high school > 7th grade center > vocational school > middle school • Had not had a consistent librarian for years

4. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com STEWART COLLECTION IN 2010 • Featured in local newspaper for how out-of-date collection was • Deep weeding by district before I started • My first weeding criteria - if it hadn’t checked out since 1984, I was weeding it • No graphic novels • Huge reference and biography section • Crowded shelves, lots of floor units

5. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com ABOUT TAMPA PREP • Independent 6-12 co-ed college prep school founded in downtown Tampa in 1974 • 675 students • 1:1 iPad, Active Learning Environments, Google for Edu, Apple Distinguished School 2014-2018 • Current building was constructed in 2002 • Previous librarian had been there 20+ years

6. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com TAMPA PREPARATORY COLLECTION 2017 • Original collection had ties to University of Tampa library - moved in 2002 • Library lost significant shelving space in 2016 renovation to be able to serve as lecture hall • Packed shelves, top shelves used • Collection about 70% aged titles according to Follett Titlewise Analysis • No graphic novels (besides Maus) • Little diversity in fiction (but had every Newberry winner) • Large, out-of-date reference section

7. WHERE DO WE EVEN START?

8. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com ONE STEP AT A TIME •Weeding •Collec9on Development •Organiza9on •Marke9ng

9. WEEDING YOUR COLLECTION

10. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WE ARE NOT ARCHIVES

11. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WEED BY THE NUMBERS Aged, Out of Date

12. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WEED BY THE NUMBERS Inaccurate Informa9on

13. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WEED BY THE NUMBERS Duplicates

14. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WEED BY THE NUMBERS Circula9on Data

15. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com JUST WEED IT! Cover art - will today’s student read this?

16. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com CONSIDER CURRICULUM

17. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com RECONSIDER REFERENCE

18. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com TAKE IT SLOW, REMOVE QUIETLY

19. What is the most bizarre/interes9ng book you’ve ever weeded?

20. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

21. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WRITE IT DOWN Collec9on Dev Plan

22. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com FIND YOUR CRITICAL NEEDS

23. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com ANALYZE YOUR COLLECTION

24. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com OBSERVE What do students like to check out?

25. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com INQUIRE Send out surveys to your students

26. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS

27. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com HONOR STUDENT CHOICE

28. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com FIGHT FOR YOUR STUDENTS

29. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com BOOK REVIEW RESOURCES

30. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS Junior Library Guild

31. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com EBOOKS + AUDIOBOOKS

32. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com STUDENT BOOK BUDGET Andy Plemmons, Barrow ES Athens, GA Expect the Miraculous

33. What book is your current MUST- ADD for school library collec9ons?

34. ORGANIZATION

35. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com GENREFICATION

36. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com CAN THEY EVEN FIND YOUR BOOKS?

37. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com AVOID BLOCKING SHELVES

38. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com LET IT BREATHE Don’t be afraid of open space

39. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com MAKE SOME WALL/FLOOR SPACE Take down shelves you don’t need

40. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com LESS IS MORE Aim for 1/2 to 2/3 full

41. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com KEEP IT NEAT Front your shelves

42. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com DRAW UP YOUR LAYOUT Think about traﬃc ﬂow

43. MARKETING

44. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com BULLETIN BOARDS Draw aQen9on to collec9on

45. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com MERCHANDISING Show those covers!

46. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com DISPLAYS Allow for student voice

47. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com DISPLAYS Themes, seasons, etc.

48. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com DISPLAYS Share your reading!

49. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com DISPLAYS Feature New Books

50. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com SOCIAL MEDIA Share the books

51. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com CREATE HASHTAGS #terpreads

52. What is one small change you could make next week to take care of your collec9on?

53. A Vibrant Collection Doesn’t HAPPEN OVERNIGHT It happens one step at a time

54. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.com

55. @DianaLRendina * RenovatedLearning.comResources: h>p://renovatedlearning.com/presentaAons/ Presentation resources

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