Collecting for the Curriculum - The Common Core and Beyond

If you're a librarian charged with collecting curriculum materials and children's literature to support the Common Core State Standards, then this book-the only one that offers explicit advice on collection development in curriculum collections-is for you.

While there are many publications on the Common Core for school librarians and K-12 educators, no such literature exists for curriculum librarians at the post-secondary level. This book fills that gap, standing alone as a guide to collection development for curriculum librarians independent of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The book provides instruction and guidance to curriculum librarians who acquire and manage collections so you can develop a collection based on best practices.

The book begins with a primer on the CCSS and how curriculum librarians can support them. Discussion of the Standards is then woven through chapters, arranged by content area, that share research-based practices in curriculum development and instruction to guide you in curriculum selection. Material types covered include games, textbooks, children's literature, primary sources, counseling, and nonfiction. Additional chapters cover the management of curriculum collections, testing collections, and instruction and reference, as well as how to support and collect for special needs learners. Current practices in collection development for curriculum materials librarians are also reviewed. The book closes with a discussion of the future of curriculum materials.

List of contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: About Curriculum Collections: Their Composition, Arrangement, and Management

Chapter 2: A Primer on the Common Core for Curriculum Managers

Chapter 3: Games, Toys, and other Play Things

Chapter 4: Textbooks and Curriculum Sets

Chapter 5: Children's and Young Adult Literature

Chapter 6: Nonfiction and Primary Sources

Chapter 7: Subject Specific Materials

Chapter 8: School Counseling Materials

Chapter 9: Students with Special Needs

Chapter 10: Educational Tests

Chapter 11: Instruction in Curriculum Collections

Chapter 12: The Future of Curriculum Collections

Appendix A: Procedures for Cataloging Curriculum Materials

Appendix B: Scavenger Hunt for the Curriculum Materials Center

Appendix C: Fiction Nonfiction Pairs

Appendix D: Games Listed by Curricular Area

Appendix E: Teaching Science with Picture Books

Appendix F: Teaching Math with Picture Books

Appendix G: Teaching about Disabilities through Children's and Young Adult Literature

Appendix H: Books about War and Peace

Appendix I: Recent Historical Fiction for the Secondary Grades

Appendix J: Picture Books for Older Readers

Appendix K: Graphic Novels

Appendix L: Wordless or Nearly Wordless Books

Appendix M: Picture Books and Young Adult Books on Sensitive Topics

Appendix N: Children's Books about Food and Nutrition, Movement and Sports

Appendix O: Teaching Art through Children's Literature

Appendix P: Select Professional Counseling Books

References

Index

About the author

Amy J. Catalano is associate professor of library services and curriculum materials librarian at Hofstra University.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Catalano, Amy J. Catalano
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2015
• EAN: 9781610699679
• ISBN: 978-1-61069-967-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; USA, United States of America, USA, Library and information services, School libraries & young reader services, Acquisitions & collection development, Acquisitions and collection development