Circulation and Promotion
by Lisa Delgado
4-12-08
"The best school media collection is of little use unless the materials in the collection are promoted and circulated to students and teachers" (Bishop, 2007, p129).
Circulation
Circulation policies
should be clearly stated and made available.
They should be created with input from the Media Committee and may vary
depending on your school population, collection size, curriculum needs,
and budget.
Points to consider:
How many books students, teachers, staff, parents, and possibly
community members may check out.
What other collection items each of these patron types may borrow, e.g. reference books, magazines, videos, equipment.
Ethical use of items borrowed, e.g. video camera.
How long something can be checked out.
How you will keep up with parent or community member circulation.
How much you will charge
for lost or damaged items. Does the same apply to teachers?
[original cost, percentage of cost based on age and condition,
replacement cost]
If students with lost books will be allowed to checkout additional books. (What if they can't pay?)
Whether you should charge overdue fines.
Whether you will keep patron barcodes for checkout or require them to bring them when they come.
"To encourage the use of library materials, media specialists should develop workable circulation policies and procedures that are positive, rather than punitive" (Bishop, 2007, p139).
It is not enough to have
an inviting facility.
The media specialist, media parapro, and media volunteers need to also
be inviting!
Promotion of existing collection and new materials
Media Center Web page
Book reviews in school newspaper
Article about new books in school newspaper or video about new books for news broadcast
Book Talks and Book Talks featuring new books
Read the books (new and old) so you can provide Reader's Advisory
Encourage students to tell others about books they loved
Place new books in special section for awhile
Display new books strategically where they can be easily seen
Shelf tags to promote recommendations or new items
Teacher preview or email list of new books to teachers
Author visits
Reading motivation programs
Shelve books with front cover facing out when possible
Other suggestions?
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Collection Promotion
- 1.2C Uses variety of strategies to promote leisure reading
- 1.2D Models personal enjoyment of reading in order to promote the habits of creative expressions and lifelong reading
- Bishop 11
- MAF's commentary on Bishop 11
- MAF's Bookmarks: book-promotion
- Bishop,
K. (2007). The collection program in
schools: Concepts, practices,
and information scources (4th ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries
Unlimited.
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