Dawn Fechter
Collection Plan
11/19/11
Collection Map
The following map show the areas of the library that we need to focus on when ordering to
better serve the patrons in Inglewood. We Plan on order 1500 new books for these
collections.
Mystery
Mystery books are often assigned to Students
in English. Many students come searching for
Mystery books. We have a small collection of
Mystery books and many are very outdated.
We need to update and add to our collection.
300 Books = 30% of total
Add 300 books at 10 each= $3,000
Muslim Culture Books
We have a quite a number of patrons who are
from the Muslim culture. We have a small
collection of books that are written for the
Muslim Culture but we really need to update it
and order books on all reading levels that are
books written for Children in the Muslim
culture and that are written by Muslims
300 Books = 30% of total
Add 300 books at 15 each= $4,500
Biographies
We have a big biography collection since many
students have assignment with many different
kinds of biographies. While it is a large
collection many books are outdated and we
could use some more variety in biographies.
To update this collection it would be good to
weed less circulated, outdated items and fill it
with a wider variety of people including more
recent biographies on singer, actors and sport
figures.
200 books= 20% of total
Add 200 books at 20 dollars each= $4000
Graphic Novels
Graphic novels are important to struggling
readers. Many reluctant readers are willing to
read Graphic novels They can also help
struggling students grasp concepts. Teachers
can use non-fiction graphic novels that go with
the curriculum to help them in teaching a
lesson. Currently, our graphic novel selection
is small with few titles and many missing
books.
200 Books = 20% of total
Add 200 books at $15 each = $3,000
Budget
Priority
Collection
1
Mystery
Proposed
Amount
$3,000 over 2
years
Proposed
Source
Our yearly Book
budget is
$15,000. So we
will spend
$1,500 each year
on increasing our
Mystery
Collection
Justification
Grade 5Compare and
contrast stories
in the same
genre
(e.g., mysteries
and adventure
stories) on their
approaches to
2
Muslim Culture
$4,500 over 2
years
Our yearly Book
budget is
$15,000. We will
spend $2,250
each year on
increasing our
Muslim culture
books. We will
focus on getting
fiction books by
Muslim authors
and books that
reflect their
culture.
3
Biographies
$4,000 over 2
years
Our yearly Book
budget is
$15,000. We will
spend $2,000
each year on
updating our
similar themes
and topics.
Mystery book
are often used as
reading material
for students.
Mystery book
are also
requested for
pleasure reading
as well. Our
small, outdated
collection could
be used more if
it had new and
interesting
mysteries
available.
Inglewood has a
small but
important group
of Muslim
patrons that live
in Inglewood and
use the library. It
is important that
we have books
that speak to
that population.
Fiction books
written my
Muslims or that
deal with Muslim
issues are
important for us
to have available
for these
patrons.
Grade 4 Art
Standard-Careers
and CareerRelated Skills
5.4 Read
biographies and
Biographies both
for school work
and for books of
reading interest
to the patrons.
4
Graphic Novels
Works Cited
http://www.cde.ca.gov/
$3,000 over 2
years
Our yearly Book
budget is
$15,000. We will
spend $1,500
each year on
expanding our
Graphic Novel
Collection. We
will get nonfiction graphic
novels as well as
fiction graphic
novels to help
get reluctant
readers reading!
stories about
artists and
summarize the
readings in short
reports, telling
how the artists
mirrored or
affected their
time period or
culture.
With so many
budget cuts
getting reluctant
readers checking
out books is
something we
focus on.
Graphic novels is
a great way to
get children in to
reading and
many popular
characters have
Graphic novels