Ann,
The DOE sets a standard
<http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/librarystandards.pdf>of 28 books
per student (p34). And I cannot for the life of me remember where I found
this number, but I have read, just within the last couple of years, that
the average CA elementary school library has 17 books per students.
Thank you,
Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol
Natomas Charter School
Sacramento, CA
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On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Weber, Ann <aweber@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Does anyone have an idea or a source to set a goal for how many items
your school library should have in the collection per student? I just did
a collection analysis at Follett, and the collection goal is variable.
You, the librarian can set the goal. Ours was set years ago at 20 items
per student. We now have about 10 per student. With digital resources, I
think the number should be less than it used to be, but don’t know where to
set it. In Follett’s analysis, the e-books in the Gale Virtual Reference
Library aren’t counted, as the catalog says we have no copies.
Thanks for any wisdom you can share,
Ann
Ann Weber
Director of Library and Research Services
Bellarmine College Preparatory
960 W. Hedding St.
San Jose, CA 9126
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