Components

1. Annual Selection Target and Rationale: Up to this point, you have identified one or more Annual Selection Targets based upon a Program Development Plan. For the purposes of this assignment, choose one that has the potential of costing $2000-$3000 or more. In the Rationale, describe the reason for building up this area of the collection. Address your Rationale to your learning community, justifying your proposed purchases. It is essential that your Rationale include connections to the Media Center Philosophy, the School Mission (or Goals), the MC's Program Plan (PDEP), and student achievement.   Key themes in this rationale should include access to information (especially in regards to overcoming barriers to information access), curriculum support, literacy, and intellectual freedom.  You need not be redundant, but your Rationale should cover all of these items.  Draft piece: a complete first draft.
   
2. Order list template: Using the selection policies, selection tools, and procedures described in this class, begin a consideration file of potential resources. Make sure to use quality criteria appropriate to the topic and formats chosen. Provide an active link to the appropriate policies. Although you will be spending $2500, you must use some procedure to insure against back order delays.  This list should include plenty of information about each item for adequate description: title, author, publication date, vendor, approximate price, classification, ISBN or other ordering number, and the specific reason for buying each item. A complete list of possible template fields can be found here. Draft piece: a template for this list along with one sample item.
3. Use of money: How do you expect to spend the full amount budgeted for this Selection Target? Outline expenditures here. You need not provide full item descriptions at this stage, but how do you predict that the money will lay out?  Will you use multiple vendors?  Given the expectations of the Order assignment, what kinds of formats will you purchase? It is ok if your final Order departs from this initial plan. Draft piece: a table that itemizes types of materials predicted for purchase, with possible dollar amounts and vendors.
   
4. Presentation: Generate a presentation for your Media Committee in a suitable format (for example, a written "speech" or a Powerpoint presentation).  It should clearly delineate your reasons for your selections, and reference the MC Philosophy.  Prepare your arguments as if you expect a great deal of opposition and skepticism. Draft piece: an outline of slide titles or talking points.
5. Processing checklist: As you work, compose a checklist of all the steps  followed throughout this project - so that you can remember what you did when the time comes for you to do this again. Draft piece: checklist of steps completed to this point.
   

• I envision a single brief document for this Draft.  Please post to your assignment pages for ease of grading; you may later replace this Draft with the final Order Project.
  
• Submit 1 printed copy per group, including the self-assessment rubric.