Have a Voice in Curriculum Planning
School Library Monthly › Vol. 25 Nbr. 1, September 2008
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Summary
The library media specialist can assist committee members in locating the materials they need and want, confirm the resources that the school already has available in the school district, and offer suggestions for quality materials that support the curriculum. Follett s Web site can also evaluate a collection based on recognized standards to provide an average copyright date, the Dewey balance of titles based on H. W. Wilson catalogs, and a list of materials in the collection with a copyright date outside the recommended range due to sensitivity of the content.
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Have a Voice in Curriculum Planning
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The Supervisor of Health and Physical Education has purchased an updated version of the human growth and development video for all elementary schools in her district. Before cataloging the new item into the collection, one library media specialist viewed the video and checked reviews online since he wasn't sure how the selection was made. The health curriculum committee did not have a libr...See the full content of this document
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