Education
Houston Cole Library
Collection Assessment
Submitted by Laurie Charnigo
October 2013
Based on guidelines provided by the WLN Collection Assessment Services, which provide a framework within which to evaluate a library’s current holdings and the level of activity at which the collection is being developed, the Education Collection is rated an overall 3cP
(Advanced Study or Instructional Support Level, predominantly English). Refer to the
Education conspectus sheets and checklist analysis for a more detailed examination of the library’s holdings. The primary purpose of the Education Collection is to support coursework needed for the Bachelor, Master, and Education Specialist Degrees in Early
Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Education,
Collaborative Education, Educational Leadership, and School Counseling and Psychology.
Figure 1: Education Holdings
The Education Collection (which includes Juvenile and
Textbook Locations) contains 62, 444 titles. Education holdings account for approximately 9% of the entire library collection (673, 607). This figure, however, does not include over 400,000 ERIC Microfiche publications or individual counts for approximately 5, 529 journal volumes. The
Education Collection includes the following resources:
91%
9%
 36,932 titles specifically in the Library of Congress
Classification L (for Education). Holdings for
Education have increased by 4,472 titles since the 2004 assessment total of 32, 460. Also included in the total figure above for Education holdings are 1, 741.
 The Juvenile Collection contains 20, 939 children’s and
Education, Juvenile, and
Textbook Holdings (Eric
Documents not included)
Total Library Holdings young adult’s books. 2,746 titles have been added to this collection since the 2004 assessment.
 The Textbook Collection contains 4, 573 K-12 curriculum titles. 3, 213 titles were listed for this location in the 2004 assessment. The figure for the Textbook
Collection total appears lower than it is in actuality because many supplemental items, such as workbooks and units, are counted as part of a set instead of individually.
 The ERIC Document Microfiche Collection is complete. This Collection, to date, includes 477,470 full text education-related publications on microfiche. Many of the
ERIC Documents (particularly those published after 1993) are also available electronically in full text through the library’s subscription to EBSCOhost’s ERIC
Database.
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HOLDINGS BROKEN DOWN BY CLASSIFICATION AND LOCATION
A. Numbers of titles held for L (Education) classification:
See the WLN Conspectus sheets at the end of this document for a more detailed breakdown.
Classification
General Education
History of Education
Theory & Practice of Education
Category Total
L 1, 406
Early Childhood, Preschool, Kindergarten & Primary
Secondary and Middle School Evaluation
LA
LB 1-LB 1139.1
LB 1139.2-LB 1599
LB 1603-1696
2, 880
8, 270
4, 072
893
Education and Training of Teachers
Higher Education
School Administration
Special Aspects of Education
Individual Institutions- United States
Individual Institutions- America (Except U.S.)
Individual Institutions- Europe
Individual Institutions- Asia, Africa, Oceania
LB 1705-LB 2286
LB 2300-LB 2799
LB 2801-LB 3640
LC
LD
LE
LF
LG
LH
LJ
1, 140
3, 027
4, 813
7, 198
843
10
79
21
103
48
College & School Magazines & Papers
Student Fraternities & Societies
B. Numbers of titles held for Juvenile location:
Classification
General Works
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
Category Total
A
B-BX
15
368
Auxiliary Sciences
History
History: American
Geography
Social Sciences
Political Science
Law
Education
Music
Fine Arts
Language & Literature
Science
Medicine
Agriculture
Technology
Military Science
Bibliography, Library Science
C
D-DX
E-F
G
H
J
K KZ
L
M
N
P-PZ
Q
R
S
T
U-V
Z
102
647
1404
856
563
57
37
72
201
221
13, 232
1836
199
206
705
52
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C. Numbers of titles held for Textbook location:
Classification
General Works
Philosophy, Psychology, Religions
Auxiliary Sciences
Category Total
A
B-BX
C
1
36
16
History
History: American
Geography
Social Sciences
Political Science
Law
Education
D-DX
E-F
G
H
J
K- KZ
L
74
148
111
368
87
19
162
Music
Fine Arts
Language & Literature
Science
Medicine
Agriculture
Technology
Military Science
Bibliography, Library Science
SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT
M
N
P-PZ
Q
R
S
T
U-V
Z
41
68
814
1556
124
61
3120
3
79
Education research extends beyond the boundaries of the discipline. A wide range of subject areas such as psychology, school librarianship and media, social science, sociology, physical education, health, etc., are also important areas of research. Teaching fields for secondary education degrees require specialization in biology, business education, English language arts, French, general science, history, mathematics, social science, Spanish, and technology.
Holdings in LC Classifications outside of the L classification are also central to the
Education Collection. Although these call numbers fall outside the scope of this assessment it is important to note that they are a central part of the Collection. A “snapshot” of these call number ranges is represented below:
Numbers of titles held for various subdivisions outside the L Classification:
Classification
Psychological Tests and Testing
Category
BF 176-176.5
Total
60
Developmental Psychology
Youth, Adolescents, Teenagers
Young Adults, Teenagers
People with Disabilities
Destitute, Neglected, and Abandoned Children
The Juvenile Offender
BF712-724.85
HQ793-799.2
HV 1421-1441
HV 1551-3024
HV 873-887
HV 9051-9230.7
1273
452
83
875
300
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Education Law
School Music
Music Instruction
Children’s Librarianship
Children’s Literature Guides
School Media Center
MONOGRAPH ACQUISITIONS & FUNDING
KF 4110- KF 4119
MT 918-948
MT1- MT6
Art Education
Juvenile Literature
N 350- N361
PN 1008.2-1009.5
General Science (includes many books on science activities) Q1- 390
Elementary Mathematics QA 101- QA 141.8
Z 716.2-718.8
Z1037
Z675.3
The following tables provide information on the acquisition and funding for the Education
Collection over a seven-year period.
I. Number of Titles added to the Education Collection
Titles Added/Titles Published 2004/05 - 2012/2013
Fiscal Year
2004/05
Added to
Education
Collection
L
538
Y.B.P.
Output
L
1,860
Percent
29%
46
67
333
160
192
3,539
712
365
100
702
2005/06
2006/07
518
532
2,127
2,055
24%
26%
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
344
484
451
2,289
2,329
2,361
15%
21%
19%
2010/2011
2011/2012
**2012/2013
433
478
291
2,337
2,278
19%
21%
8 Year Totals 3,778 17, 636 21%
* Compiled from Yankee Book Peddler New Title Reports and Library cataloging statistics 2004-2013. http://www.ybp.com/title_reports.html
. **2012/13 fiscal data and title counts not yet complete
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Juvenile Titles Added 2004/05 – 2012 /13
Fiscal Year Added to Juvenile Collection
2004/05 372
2006/07
2006/07
201
243
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
171
143
223
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
9 Year Totals
203
248
250
2054
II. Expenditures
Monograph Expenditures for Fund Account = Education
(Amounts for Juvenile included)
1*2012/13 fiscal data and title counts not yet complete
Fiscal Year
2004/05
Education/ including juvenile
$25,480.46
2005/06 $26,011.79
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
$26,484.45
$20,237.18
$23,573.53
$25,272.69
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2010/11
2011/12
2012/13*
8 Year Totals
8 Year Average
$23,082.75
$25,032.00
$24,258.99*
$195, 174.85
$24,000.00
*2012/13 fiscal data and title counts not yet complete
The Library’s Collection Policy states that the criteria used for removing titles from the collection should be based on obsolescence of information, missing materials, physical condition, multiple copies, later editions, and superseded works.
1 The following tables display titles withdrawn from the Education Collection over a five-year period. Particularly prominent are withdrawals from the collection during Fiscal Year 2004/05-2012/13.
EDUCATION WITHDRAWALS: CLASSIFICATION L
Fiscal Year
2004/04
Titles
65
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
153
85
58
2008/09
2009/10
Partial year at time of assessment
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
Partial year at time of assessment
8 Year Totals
37
33
28
62
12
521
1 McAbee, Sonja (2001). Houston Cole Library Collection Management and Development Policy .
Alabama: Jacksonville State University, 14.
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Bibliographies examined in current and previous assessments revealed the following percentages. See attached checklists for more detailed data about the library’s holdings in specific subject areas within the Education Collection. Please note that, prior to the 2003-
2004 Collection Assessment, Physical Education was included in the Education Assessment.
Physical Education is now assessed separately.
2012-2013 Assessment: Education
Title Held
Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles, 2007
RCL: Resources for College Libraries (ACRL), 2007
American Reference Books Annual, 2013
97%
78%
33%
American Reference Books Annual, 2012
American Reference Books Annual, 2011
American Reference Books Annual, 2010
American Reference Books Annual, 2009
American Reference Books Annual, 2008
American Reference Books Annual, 2007
American Reference Books Annual, 2006
American Reference Books Annual, 2005
37%
28%
43%
31%
59%
65%
37%
31%
2012-2013 Assessment: Juvenile Held
American Library Association Notable Books, 2012
American Library Association Notable Books, 2011
89%
90%
American Library Association Notable Books, 2010 93%
American Library Association Notable Books, 2009 92%
American Library Association Notable Books, 2008 92%
American Library Association Notable Books, 2007 94%
American Library Association Notable Books, 2006 86%
American Library Association Notable Books, 2005 86%
The Education Collection subscribes to 50 individual periodicals. The back issues of 140 journals no longer subscribed to or which have ceased publication are also available.
Approximately 895 education-related journals are available in varying format and coverage through Library Databases. This listing below, from Serials Solutions, indicates the Library’s varying degrees of full text periodical coverage for different areas of education. For a complete list of education-related journals available from the library, see the Serials Solutions
Subject Headings Page for Social Sciences at: http://we8af9qh2e.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WE8AF9QH2E&S=SC&C=S
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College & School Publications
Education – General
Education, Special Topics
Educational Institutions
History of Education
Student Fraternities & Societies: U.S
Theory & Practice of Education
Serial Expenditures for Fund Account = Education
FISCAL YEAR Total
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
$26,715.27
$25,659.21
$30,457.84
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
$20,926.66
$22,963.71
$23,045.62
$19,498.08
$21,491.70
2012/13*
8 Year Total
8 Year Average n/a*
$190,758.09
$23,839.63
*2012/13 fiscal data and title counts not yet available
Supplemental Support for Journals
Titles
26
466
302
16
125
11
895
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A wide range of journals in areas other than L Classification provides supplemental support to the education journals. Of particular note are psychology and counseling, technology, social science, and sociology journals.
SERIALS BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Title
ERIC (journal listing for the online index)
Magazines for Libraries, 2011
Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Education, 2013
.
Held
65%
82%
75%
The library’s defined access is rated a 3cP (Advanced Study or Instructional Support Level, predominantly English). Access is provided to an extensive collection of remotely accessible electronic resources, including bibliographic tools, texts, indexes, journals, etc. The library’s catalog is web-based. Full text books from Ebrary, an online multidisciplinary database, have been completely integrated into Voyager, the Library’s online catalog. There are currently 95 education-specific titles available through the Library’s access to Ebrary. There are 518 education specific titles available from eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). There are 407 education specific electronic books available through Gale Virtual Reference Library. As evident from the list of journals in the appendix, the databases have significantly enhanced the journal collection. Users can easily determine whether and in which database a journal is available full-text through the library’s ejournal management and linking service. .
Databases:
A wide range of databases is available through the library’s web site for research in
Education. Full text articles, citations, and abstracts are available through general multidisciplinary databases such as EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Elite, Gale’s Expanded
Academic ASAP, and ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Databases more specific to research in this subject area include:
 ERIC
 Education FullText (Wilson)
 Educator’s Reference Complete
 Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (Wilson)
 Mental Measurements Yearbook (information on tests and measurements)
 Professional Development Collection
 Professional Collection
 Wiley Interscience Education Journals
 PsycInfo
 PsychArticles
 Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities in Education
 Vast Academic Video Online
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 Films on Demand
 Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)
Additionally, there are several databases, available through our Alabama Virtual Library
(AVL) portal, geared towards K-12 students and teachers that can be used as sources for lesson plans, educational children’s activities, popular children’s magazines, and photographs.
 Teacher Reference Center
 Searchasaurus (EBSCO)
 Kids Infobits
 EBSCO Host’s Grades K-12 Database
Internet Sites
The library maintains subject lists of Internet sites which have been reviewed and evaluated by subject specialist librarians. Government publications, lesson plans, teaching activities, and professional organizations are the type of Web sites primarily added. These sites are accessible through the Library’s catalog and Discovery Service.
Online Research Guides and Handouts
Additionally, extensive education research guides have been created on specific topic and are available from the Library Home Page under “Subject Guides” at: http://libguides.jsu.edu/browse.php?o=s . These guides include a guide to APA citation, a how-to guide for searching education databases, tutorials, tips for utilizing resources for children’s literature, child development, education law, counseling, achievement tests, curriculum, mainstreaming, school discipline, teacher effectiveness, and year round schooling. These online guides can be accessed by students outside the library and are easily updated by the librarian. Many faculty in the College of Education & Professional Studies provide a link to these guides in their Blackboard courses.
Nonprint Media Assessment
The Education Collection contains 4,904 audiovisual titles. Audiovisual comprises items such as videos (online and on DVD), filmstrips, kits, and software. This collection includes:
 45 audiocassettes
 70 filmstrips
 71 kits
 165 videos
 3777 of education-related videos available through VAST: Academic Video Online
 356 education-related videos in Counseling & Therapy
 420 titles in the Films on Demand Education Video Collection
Monographs
Strengths
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Total holdings, conspectus evaluations, and checklist comparisons indicate that the
Education Collection is adequate to support the Education Department’s courses in
Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Resources. A glimpse of Figure 2 reveals that the collection is strongest in the areas of pedagogy, education foundations, instruction, and administrative and organizational aspects of education (e.g., classroom management and assessment).
Figure 2. Breakdown of the Education Collection by Broad Library of Congress Subject Headings
General
2%
0%
4%
8%
History
Theory/ Practice
21%
24% Early Childhood/ Elementary
Secondary/ Middle
14%
9%
3%
3%
12%
Teacher Eduction/ Training
Higher Education
Administration
Special Aspects
Institutions- US
Institutions- except US
 The largest category of the collection is theory and practice of education. This area contains 8, 270 titles. 14% of titles in this section pertain to educational psychology which supports courses in school counseling.
 Special Aspects of Education contains 7, 198 titles. 29% of these titles specifically pertain to special education.
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 There are 4, 813 titles for school administration and organization. Topics covered most are:
 Discipline (746 titles)
 Personnel Management of administrators and teachers (1051
titles)
 Assessment (719 titles).
 The Collection is geared heavily towards Early Childhood and Elementary
Education. In this classification there are 4,072 titles. Elementary Education currently accounts for the largest portion of education majors at JSU, thus the emphasis in the Collection on elementary education. In comparison, secondary education titles appear to be much lower (893 titles). In actuality, the titles for teaching secondary education, particularly of teaching fields such as biology and mathematics, are dispersed throughout the whole library collection and are often cataloged under different Library of Congress subject headings (e.g., the LC call number range for mathematics teaching falls under QA).
 The library contains a strong collection of publications written about current trends and issues in Education which are used heavily by students in foundation classes, speech and composition classes, and education research classes.
 The Reference Collection contains over 945 specialized education encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, directories, and guides. Currently, the greatest strength of the Reference Collection, is that the Library now provides access to most of the standard encyclopedias and handbooks in education electronically through our purchase of them as electronic books.
 The ERIC Document Collection is complete, currently containing over 477, 470 education-related publications.
 As more courses in the College of Education are offered online or through distance education and as the expectations of today’s students have shifted towards obtaining library resources electronically rather than in print, the Education Collection, now reflects this change. Over the last few years, over 1, 741 books in education have been ordered in electronic format rather than in print format. This shift in the
Education Collection reflects the fluid nature of resources needed by our students.
Resources are now purchased, based on, not just the information needs of our students and faculty, but by their accessibility. A strong collection should not be judged solely on the print counts of books but by how easily accessible and up-todate resources are available in the manner students and faculty are most likely to access them. The Education Collection has adapted to meet the current informational needs of our student and faculty.
 The Library continually strives to meet the needs of students beyond the curriculum by providing current Praxis II study guides. The library has purchased , and continues to purchase, multiple praxis II study guides for all content areas.
Weaknesses
A weakness pointed out in the former assessment of the collection is the low number of titles for international systems. Current curriculum, however, is more geared towards educational instruction and curriculum in the United States. This emphasis continues to be
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 History of Education- International Regions (LA 401-LA 2270)
 Speech (elementary) (LB 1572)
 Taxation of Schools and Colleges (LC 184-188)
 Education of Women in Other Countries (LC 1761-LC 2572)
 Individual Institutions – International Regions (LG)
Recommendation
Based on observation by the Education Librarian, students (a large percent being elementary education majors) consistently need practical teaching resources such as lesson plans, activities, and units. While the library’s collection, as well as the Ramona Wood Learning
Center, includes these types of resources, more teaching resources should be acquired for all curriculum areas.
Textbooks
Strengths
The textbook collection includes textbooks and other curriculum materials adequate to support instruction courses. The Houston Cole Library is one of eight public review sites for the Alabama State Department of Education. All Textbooks are integrated into Voyager, the library’s catalog system. Supplemental materials such as units and transparencies are sent to the Education Department’s Ramona Wood Learning Center. The Ramona Wood Learning
Center holdings supplements the library collection with curriculum and instruction materials not traditionally collected or held in the library. Currently, the Learning Center lists 10,402 titles. Records of items in the Ramona Wood Learning Center, primarily, curriculum materials, have now been integrated into the Library’s online catalog so that, though children’s books and textbooks are in a separate location than curriculum materials, students are able to access information on the location of both center’s holdings through one search..
Weaknesses
The weakest aspect of the Textbook Collection is the limited amount of teacher’s editions provided to the library by the State Adoption Textbook Agency. The cost of acquiring complete sets of teacher’s editions for textbooks exceeds the library’s budget. However, requests from Education Faculty for specific teacher’s editions is encouraged. The librarian is also encouraged to ask individuals serving on the State Adoption Text Book Agency for donations of teacher edition’s when few teacher’s edition’s are provided for the subject under review.
Juvenile Books
Strengths
The Juvenile Collection is more than adequate to support courses in children’s literature and educational instruction. Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners are on standing order.
Current children’s book selection is based on starred book reviews from high quality sources such as The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Horn Book, Library Journal, Voice of Youth
Advocates (for young adult books), the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual list of Notable Trade books, The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books, and American Library Association’s annual list of
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Notable Children’s Books. A diverse collection of current picture books are collected through numerous multicultural selection guides for children’s literature. 2,746 titles have been added to this collection since the 2004 assessment. Faculty input is also heavily relied upon in developing the Collection. Children’s Literature Classes are conducted each semester to promote use of and teach students about current new books in children’s literature.
Supplementing the Juvenile Collection are hundreds of high quality children’s literature guides, bibliographies, and publications on authors and illustrators. The School Media
Collection complements the collection and provides books on read-alouds and activities for literacy. The Juvenile Collection is also supplemented by a strong selection of books on the study and critical analysis of children’s and young adult literature.
Recommendation
The growing interest in using graphic novels to promote literacy and for use in the classroom, has produced a greater need to boost our graphic novel collection. We have purchased a significant amount of graphic novels, including all titles listed as “core” graphic novels for children and young adults from both an English and an Education faculty member. We need to continue to grow our graphics novel collection.
Periodicals
Strengths
The Library’s subscriptions to print and online journals provide access to a wide variety of education-specific journals as well as hundreds of other multidisciplinary journals that are potentially relevant to the field.
 The Collection provides access to over 895 education-specific titles. This access is extremely important for providing distance education students with information necessary for course work.
 The library provides access to online indexes for education journal articles. ERIC and Wilson’s Education Education FullText (now accessible through EBSCO),
Education Index Retrospective, and Educator’s Reference Complete now provide access to full text journal articles and citations. Serials Solutions, an electronic journals management service allows users to easily discover whether and in what database a journal is available in full text.
 Retrospective access to articles is offered through print and microform holdings, as well as Wilson’s Education Index Retrospective which provides online indexing of education journals from 1929-1980.
 Some of the journals such as Education, Primary Education, and Journal of Education extend back to the late nineteenth century.
Weakness
No significant weaknesses identified.
Recommendation
Although the Library provides access to over 895 education-specific journals, it’s important to maintain, promote, and make students aware of the core journals in the field of Education, through library guides and instruction sessions.
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Strengths
The audiovisual collection for Education is strongest in the area of instruction and teaching.
These are videos, filmstrips, and kits which are used to demonstrate effective teaching methods to students. Requests for audiovisual materials by Education Faculty is actively met and encouraged. Alexander Street Press videos in education and counseling as well as the
Library’s subscription to Films on Demand has greatly expanded vetted, scholarly multimedia resources to our students. 3,777 education-related videos and 356 counseling and therapy-related videos are now made available electronically through the Library’s subscription to Alexander Street Press. 420 titles are available in the Films on Demand
Education Video Collection. Additionally, the circulation policy has changed since the 2004
Assessment which allows students to now check out audiovisual materials from the AV
Center, which only faculty were formerly allowed to do.
Recommendation
Continue to add scholarly multimedia resources to the collection and make them accessible through the Library Catalog and through the Library’s Discovery Service.
Electronic Resources
Strengths
Electronic resources have profoundly increased access to education information. In addition to full text access to journal articles and citations, the library provides access to approximately thousands of full text electronic books, 24-page previews of dissertations through ProQuest Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts), and test information through the online Mental Measurements Yearbook. Several databases have been added since the
2004 Education Collection Assessment, including Education Index Retrospective,
Educator’s Reference Complete, Films on Demand, Vast Academic Video Online, and
Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities. Many core reference collections are now available electronically such as the Something about the Author Series and Mcmillan’s eightvolume Encyclopedia of Education. The Library’s LibGuides help students navigate and utilize these online resources. Please see our Education LibGuides pages at: http://libguides.jsu.edu/profile.php?uid=57665.
Weaknesses
No significant weaknesses identified.
Education majors account for a large portion of the total student body at Jacksonville State
University. The library should continue to allocate a significant and comparative amount of funding for the Education Collection. The following recommendations have also been made to help improve the Collection:
 More books should be purchased in electronic format to reflect the fluid changes in how students and faculty now expect to utilize Library Resources. The Collection should be made as easily accessible as possible. User-generated electronic books should also be a major factor in the development of the Education Collection.
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 Classifications with high conspectus counts (theory and practice of education, early childhood and elementary education, secondary education, administration, general education, and special education) should continue to be top priorities for selection.
 Specific areas with low conspectus counts: works in history of education during particular periods and in different regions, elementary speech, and education of different cultures, should be acquired when appropriate.
 Due to frequent use, more titles should be selected, when available, on arts integration, guidance counseling, bilingual education, curriculum history, school health, and child development theories.
 Based on reference knowledge more resources should continue to be ordered specifically on current issues and trends, such as the No Child Left Behind Act, standardized testing, charter schools, bullying, etc. Changing trends and issues of education should be reflected in the collection.
 Based on observation, more resources that include practical teaching activities and instructional resources should be acquired. These types of resources can include
Internet sites as well as books.
 Subject Guides, such as LibGuides on current issues and frequently occurring assignments should continue to be created and made available from the Library Web site.
 Instruction classes should continue to be encouraged to educate students about electronic sources and provide them with the skills needed to navigate them.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECKLISTS
Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles, 2007
Category
Magazines for Libraries, New York: Bowker, 2011.
Category
Listed
75
Listed
Held
72
Held
Percent
97%
Percent
General, K-12
Comparative Education and International Education
Educational Psychology and Measurement
Higher Education
Higher Education
Learning Disabilities
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Total
58
24
13
18
20
4
13
58
50
18
13
12
Specific Subjects and Teaching Methods
Total
40
153
34
127 82%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2013. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2013.
Category
General Works
Elementary & Secondary Education
Listed
17
4
Held
3
2
Percent
5
0
9
19 33%
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American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2012. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2012.
Category Listed Held Percent
General Works
Elementary & Secondary Education
Higher Education
Learning Disabilities
26
22
26
8
7
10
9
3
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Total
16
98
7
36 37%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2011. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2011.
Category
General Works
Listed
5
Held
3
Percent
Directories
Handbooks & Yearbooks
Elementary & Secondary Education
Higher Education
4
14
28
26
1
3
5
8
Learning Disabilities
Total
6
83
3
23 28%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2010. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2010.
Category
General Works
Elementary and Secondary Education
Listed
15
17
Held
8
8
Percent
Higher Education
Learning Disabilities
Total
Early Childhood Education
Higher Education
Learning Disabilities
Total
8
9
49
7
8
10
48
2
3
21
1
3
5
15
43%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2009. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2009.
Category
General Works
Listed
23
Held
6
Percent
31%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2008. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2008.
Category Listed Held Percent
General Works
Elementary and Secondary Education
Higher Education
Learning Disabilities
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
8
5
13
7
11
3
4
10
4
5
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18
Total 44 26 59%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2007. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2007.
Category
General Works
Elementary & Secondary Education
Listed
5
3
Held
3
2
Percent
Higher Education
International Exchange Programs
Learning Disabilities
Children’s & Young Adult Literature
11
1
3
17
7
0
1
11
Total 37 24 65%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2006. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2006.
Category
General Works
Elementary & Secondary Education
Listed
6
3
Held
3
0
Percent
Higher Education
International Exchange Program
Learning Disabilities
Children’s & Young Adult Literature
25
1
6
11
9
0
2
5
Total 52 19 37%
American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 2005. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
2005.
General Works
Elementary & Secondary Education
Higher Education
International Exchange Programs
Learning Disabilities
International Exchange Programs
Children’s & Young Adult Literature
Total
Listed
7
6
3
5
5
20
46
Held
7
4
2
2
2
11
28
Percent
61%
Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), ERIC Index. Arlington, Va. [etc.].
Total
Listed
1189
Held
650
Percent
55%
Education Abstracts FT, New York, N.Y.: H.W. Wilson.
Listed
Total 660
Held
540
Percent
82%
RCL: Resources for college Libraries, Bowker, American Library Association / edited by Susan Stan. Lanham, Md.: American Library Association, 2006.
Category Listed Held Percent
Education and Training of Teachers and
Administrators
184 151
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19
School Facilities
Student Life
Higher Education
Special Forms of Education
Social Aspects of Education
Types of Education
General Education
5
8
116
10
100
300
13
3
5
81
4
79
226
11
Philosophy of Education
History of Education
Theory and Practice of Education
Educational Research
Educational Psychology
Education by Level
Total
17
253
283
18
62
181
1550
6
201
231
16
44
158
1207 78%
How to Get your Child to Love Reading/ by Esmé Raji Codell. Chapel Hill, N.C.:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c2003.
Category Listed Held Percent
Total 4, 258 1, 187
Picture Books by Latino Writers : a Guide for Librarians, Teachers, Parents, and
Students/ by Sherry York. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Pub., c2002.
Category
Total
Listed
65
Held
13
28%
Percent
20%
Booktalks, Bookwalks, and Read-alouds: Promoting the Best New Children's
Literature Across the Elementary Curriculum/ Rosanne J. Blass. Westport, Conn.:
Libraries Unlimited/Teacher Ideas Press, 2002.
Category Listed Held Percent
Language Arts and Literature
Mathematics and Science
Social Studies
Arts and Recreation
39
40
55
26
3
9
11
5
Total 124 28
Best Books for Children, Preschool through Grade 6./ New Providence, N.J.: R.R.
Bowker, 2002.
Category
Alphabet Books
Concept Books
Counting Books
Listed
151
213
246
Held
38
43
60
Percent
23%
Stories Without Words
Total
34
644
16
157 24%
Sensitive Issues : an Annotated Guide to Children's Literature, K-6 / by Timothy V.
Rasinski and Cindy S. Gillespie. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1992.
Category Listed Held Percent
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20
Dealing with Divorce
Dealing with Substance Abuse
Dealing with Death and Dying
Dealing with Nontraditional Home Environments
Dealing with Child Abuse
Dealing with Prejudice and Cultural Differences
Dealing with Moving
28
26
29
26
19
31
30
3
3
12
8
5
18
18
Dealing with Illness and Disability
Total
The Read-aloud Handbook / Jim Trelease/ New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, c2001.
Category
Wordless Books
Predictable Books
30
219
Listed
25
65
18
67
Held
12
31
31%
Percent
Reference Books
Picture Books
Short Novels
Full Length Novels
Poetry
Anthologies
Fairy & Folk Tales
Total
5
149
48
109
14
11
8
434
0
71
25
81
10
4
1
235 54%
Neal-Schuman Guide to Recommended Children's Books and Media for Use with
Every Elementary Subject/ Kathryn I. Matthew, Joy L. Lowe. New York: Neal-Schuman
Publishers, c2002.
Category
Mathematics
Science
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Health
Sports, Recreation, and Dance
Art
Listed
113
253
130
193
139
49
73
Held
25
49
31
49
19
11
14
Percent
Music
Total
100
1050
11
209 20%
60 Years of Notable Children's Books/ compiled by Sally Anne Thompson; Association for Library Service to Children. Chicago, IL: Booklist Publications, American Library
Association, 2003.
Category
1990s
Listed
265
Held
430
Percent
62%
Notable Children’s Lists/ Association for Library Service to Children. American Library
Association. Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/Default1888.htm
Category
2012
Listed
102
Held
91
Percent
89%
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21
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
69
76
75
76
95
103
78
62
71
69
70
89
89
67
2004
2003
2002
2001
61
66
90
72
2000 70 40
Young Adult Library Services Association Best Books for Young Adults List.
American Library Association. Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm
Category Listed
38
39
39
28
Held
62%
66%
43%
39%
57%
Percent
90%
93%
92%
92%
94%
86%
86%
2004
2003
83
72
28
30
34%
42%
2002
2001
2000
83
77
84
12
14
23
15%
18%
27%
Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Education. New York: Cabell’s Inc.
(Current)
The library provides access to titles in bold. Listed Held Percent
1234 925 75%
Rev. 2013