Books Databases and Destiny
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Transcript of Books Databases and Destiny
The library collection is out of date.
Average copyright age: 1987
That means that most of our resources were
published 9 years before our students were born.
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Responding to student and
teacher needs
About ½ of the faculty responded
to the survey
On a scale from 1 to 5, how important is access to e-resources?
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On a scale of 1 to 5, how important is access to databases?
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I’m submitting two requisitions today
One is for new nonfiction titles.
(I reduced the original order by half to save money. We need the books, but I know money is tight. Also, PTA agreed to pay for this year’s fiction titles. I understand the district’s financial constraints- but a library withers and dies without investment.)
One is for two online databases.
(These two databases cover five content areas: Science, Math, Computers, Geography, and World Cultures. This requisition is in direct response to the requests of the staff as seen in the surveys.)
But perhaps more importantly, the quote
that we received to update the library
software to Destiny is going to expire soon.
Without a software upgrade, students and staff cannot access and search library resources
on demand.
We need to step forward, for our
students.
Thank you for your time and consideration.