COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT &

DATA:PLANS & POLICIES

Boot Camp 2014Shawn Behrends

Joan Upell

PLANSPOLICIESPROCEDURES

…are you

serious, really?

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Select and Purchase Track and Maintain Assess and Remove

VariedAccurateCurrentExciting

“People no longer have to come to a library to get information, so the library has to get people coming in for

different reasons.”http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/what-does-the-next-generation-school-

library-look-like/

COLLECT OR CURATE?

NEED TO KNOW…

Students, staff, parents, community Collection resources Common Core Standards School curriculum by subject, grade,

teacher

Observe Keep Notes

Create Surveys Go to Planning Meetings

Make Informal Visits Use Social Media

NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOLS

SCHOOL LIBRARY SURVEY DATA!

USE YOUR SLS DATA FOR…

Trends – changes across time Comparison

Peer groups Benchmarking

sd.countingopinions.com

THANKS!

Shawn Behrends

shawn.behrends@state.sd.us

Joan Upelljoan.upell@state.sd.us