let the children decide: building kid-centric collections

 Building  

Kid-­‐centric  Collec1ons  

Let  the  children  decide…  

Jen  Robinson  Children’s  Librarian  

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Champion  of  our  Library  World!  

“Hey  Kolya,  I  know  a      book  you’d  just  LOVE!”  

3,095    

kids  under  5  

6,039  picture  books  siKng  on  shelves  

2  books  per  child  

=  

Princesses  

Confidence  books  

Pinkalicious  

Trucks  

Firefighters  

Police  

Racing  

Mechanical  books  

Animals  

Dancing  

Seasons  

Holidays  

Dinosaurs  

Boats  

Pirates  

Dragons  

ABCs  

CounZng  

ConstrucZon  Equipment  

Adventures   Environment  

Music  Kids  

Pets  

Family  Stories  Funny  Stories  

LEGOs  

Superheroes  Days  

Classics  Max  and  Ruby  

Bears  

Dog  books  

Scaredy  Squirrel  

Silly  Space  

Scuba  

MulZcultural  Kindness  

Lessons  Shapes  

Rhyming  

Dora  

Cars  

Snakes  

Glades:  Categories  of  books,  as  in  “can’t  see  the  forest  for  the  trees”  

From  ALA  Annual’s  2012  session  “I  Want  a  Truck  Book!”    

Concepts  

Classics  

Natural  World  

CelebraZons  

Fairy  Tales    

How  much    did  we  weed?    UnscienZfic  answer:  About  30  of  these  carts,    give  or  take.  

63  78  

117  

200  107  

147  

100  

80  

Favorites  

Concept  

Things  That  Go  

CelebraZons  

About  Me  

Classics  

Natural  World  

Fairy  Tales    

892    

books  gladed  

weed?  

sort  

sZcker  input  

release  

capture   go  for  it!  

Ad  Hoc  bins  @  Bolinas  

“Ocean  life  books  are  so  hard  to  find  because  they  are  alphabeZcal  by  author.  I  was  able  to  grab  books  for  my  lesson  plan  in  5  minutes  today!”  

“Book  covers  out  are  good  for  lihle  kids  because  they  go  by  the  picture  and  they  can  just  flip  through.”  

“I  love  what  you  did  with  the  truck  books.  I  wish  you’d  done  this  a  year  ago  when  my  son  was  in  preschool.”  

653  555  

1392  

850  

554  

299   274  360  

January   February   March   April   May   June   July   August  

Picture  Book  Circula1on  

Why  did  circulaZon    take  such  a  dive  over    the  summer?  

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