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As you are working on your final project this weekend, I will be working on a similar task. I received an email at 1pm Friday informing me that there was a $2000 allocation for materials to be spent to support our ELL students. The detailed list of items is due on Thursday, June 10. While I have some materials sourced in my Titlewave account, its nowhere near this dollar amount.
 * Real World Scenario**

My first phone call was to Mickey Simmons at Rainbow Books, a book jobber who represents a number of book lines. He'll be out with books for me to examine on Monday and will preselect titles that meet my criteria. My second stop was to visit the with the ELL teachers to invite them to meet with Mickey and me. I also asked them for suggestions. One teacher quickly pulled a book from her shelf and said, "how about more of these?" Her catalog was outdated, but a call to the sales rep resulted in a new copy delivered to the school by 2:30pm.

I'll be spending time this weekend sourcing audio materials, high-interest/low-level texts and books available in Spanish, Korean and Polish. I think there's a trip to my public library in the near future as well to chat with my public library colleagues for ideas.

So just in case you were wondering if the scenario presented in the final project ever happens.... yes, it does! When we meet on the 12th, I'll share the list with you.


 * For Saturday, June 12th: we will meet in room 627 again as we have the last two sessions. See you at 8:30.

Follow up from May 15th session** The reviewing assignment is posted as a wikipage. Several students have taken advantage of the extra credit option and have turned in some wonderful reviews. There's still time to craft one before the Sunday evening deadline.

Diane Foote forwarded me the review guidelines for Booklist. It's posted below. The book she referred to was //Never Say Quit// by Bill Wallace. It's now out of print. Follett has the reviews for Booklist, Horn Book, and Publisher's Weekly**,** but not Kirkus.



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 * Request & Reminder:**

Wondering where school librarians go for advice or ideas? One place is the network of colleagues you are developing through this class and others in the NLU program. Another place is through the Illinois School Library Media Association or ISLMA.
 * ISLMA:**

ISLMA maintains a Listserv that allows for librarians to share questions, concerns and ideas and receive advice and help. I have found a number of helpful collection development and weeding ideas by following the listserv. Find out more information and subscribe at: http://www.islma.org/listserv.htm

We'll be meeting this spring using both online and face-to-face sessions. The face-to-face sessions will be from 8:30-noon on Saturdays April 10, May 15, and June 12 at the North Shore Campus.
 * RLS 511 Notes:**

The text books are:

Kerby, Mona. Collection Development for the School Media Program: A Beginner’s Guide. Chicago: American Association of School Libraries, 2006. Print.

Donham, Jean. Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Library Media Specialists, 2nd Ed. Rev. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2008. Print.