The Role and Nature of School Library Collections The purpose and function of the school library is to provide a collection of quality, curated resources for the benefit and use of its community of users (Pentland, 2022). Therefore, a balanced school library collection should be reflective of the specific school context in order to cater […]
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Discussion Forum 3.1 – Output Measures for Purchasing
Basing library budgets on output measures (such as borrowing statistics) is a strategy that has its flaws. Such data that is gleaned is only quantitative in measure and doesn’t offer any depth of analysis. For example, a book borrowed and taken home may not actually be read. Alternatively, a book may be read individually by […]