let the children decide: building kid-centric collections
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Presented at the Eureka Leadership Institute's 2012 Anniversary event, this was the culmination of a year-long LSTA grand funded project that aimed to group picture books into subjects to make them more attractive and usable by kids and caregivers.TRANSCRIPT
Building
Kid-‐centric Collec1ons
Let the children decide…
Jen Robinson Children’s Librarian
CIVIC CENTER
CORTA MADERA
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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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