Nonfiction SportsWEMTA 2014Jeff Schreiber

jschreiber@germantown.k12.wi.us

Motivations –Why invest?

O Sports are popular, always will beO Sports is a common societal languageO Breaking the stereotypesO Compelling situations and plotsO Why nonfiction sports over fiction?

O VarietyO ClichesO Credibility

Evaluation of CollectionO What do you have?O Reference or stories?O Are gender, culture, and time

represented?O What are your collection and

circulation numbers in 796?O Gtown: 4% of total collection -- Avg 13% of circs

per year

O What is being checked out in 796?

Develop a plan-Research

O Recognize “what” sport isO Evaluate your schoolO Evaluate your regionO What is the athletic history of your districtO Talk to kidsO Talk to coachesO Talk to teachers and administrationO Recognize the nontraditional “sports” that

have grown

Beefing up the collection

What plays well?O Sports book market is a reflection of sports

TV marketO ClassicsO Search for compelling storiesO Small town stories play well in WisconsinO Local anglesO MoviesO TravelO Inspirational stories

Where do I get ideas?O General sports magazinesO Sport specific magazines--often connected to

publishing outfits (Rodale)O NY TIMES Sports section will often run first

chaptersO BooklistO Local papers/beat writers often put out booksO Bob Wolfley column has booksO Watch TVO Not School Library Journal

Great Sports Books!!O My Germantown School District

resource lists in Destiny!O Top nonfiction sports at GHSO Top Lists from Media and websites

Common core connections

O Historical contextO Analytical contextO Thematic elementsO Curricular connections-Sports

Combo-packsEat and Run NutritionUnbroken HistoryThe Sports Gene ScienceBorn to Run Culture

Bulletin-Board MaterialO Create a displays around major sporting

eventsO Coaching seminarO Look into bringing in sports figures with

book outO Communicate with teacher/coachesO Coffee Table books, SI Top 10, Book of WhyO Revise Dewey codes to keep sports togetherO Biographies mixed in

FictionO FeinsteinO LupickaO DeukerO LipsyteO CrutcherO ConroyO DygaardO Meyers

Thank You!O Contact me for anything at:

jschreiber@germantown.k12.wi.usO Visit the GHS Library Media PageO A couple of cool articles:Basketball and BooksLeBron and ReadingSports and Books