Some excellent suggestions for promoting school libraries! Susan Dubin Off-the-Shelf Library Services
----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Morgan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:44 AM Subject: [CALIBK12] Board presentation re: School libraries Some ideas for presenting information to your school board (or parents at back to school night, or faculty) * Keep it short - go for something they will remember when they go home * Mention money - how much is your library collection worth? * Use statistics - I recently did a very "low tech" presentation where I put just the numbers (percentages, ratios, etc. )in BIG (200 pt.) font, held those up, then explained them - it helps to reassure the board that school libraries matter, and that they are doing the right thing by supporting the library. Here are the numbers (You can insert statistics from your own collection to see how it measures up) 23% of California schools have a credentialed library media teacher on campus part time or more; 1:889 the average national ratio of library media teachers to students 51st California's rank in the nation with a .. 5,965:1 ratio of school librarians to students in CA 17.2 : average number of school library books per K 12 student in California 22: national average of school library books per student 1972: Average age of collection of school library books in CA in 1995 1993; Average age of collection of school library books in CA in 2005 (These statistics are from the cde website at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/libstats.asp) Sue Morgan Librarian/Technology Coordinator Blue Oak School Napa, CA We are preparing a board presentation in my district and are looking for a theme. Any good ideas that would tie in with these t-shirts? This year's conference theme has been at the top of my list, but I thought with the creative minds on CALIB something else might spring up... TIA, Teresa Perry Library Technician Meiners Oaks Elementary Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
