About two thirds of the library collection has now been moved from the old library to its new location. We still do not have any furniture or shelving, but we are able to sort out books and place them roughly in the area they belong.
Sorting the books will be quite the task. The books have no labels, have never been cataloged and there is no catalog system. Basically we don't have a clue what is in the collection or a method of tracking their circulation.
For now we are separating and color-coding them into 5 categories: pre-school and kindergarten (red), primary grades 1-3 (green), primary grades 4-6 (blue) and middle school grades 7-9 (yellow). Suzy, the curriculum coordinator, showed us the best way to sort the books according to vocabulary, visual graphics and content and I came up with an Color Coding Guide to document her criteria. For Scholastic materials, there is the RL level which is the recommended reading level of the text. Points 4 to 7 here on the Scholastic website give a comprehensive explanation of the different reading levels used by this publisher.
After sorting all the books by grades, we can start organising each book itself. Essentially every book must be cataloged. This is quite a daunting task, but with Destiny we could not be a better position to do so. It has extensive database of MARC records for both English and Spanish titles and most of our English titles come from Scholastic and Follet, the provider for Destiny. Excellent!!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment