A sample budget proposal for new library resources.

1. International High
School Library
Paterson, NJ
A Presentation By:
Marie Louise Lawson

2. Today’s Presentation
 Overview of the Library’s Current Resources
 What’s Missing? What We Need to Educate our
Students
 Total Cost to the Board of Ed
 Acknowledgments

3. Library Resources: Non-Fiction
Religion
History & Biography
Social Science
Religion
Social Science
Language
Science & Math
Geography
Liberal Arts
Career & College
Liberal Arts
History & Biography
Career & College Language
Geography
Science & Math

4. Library Resources: Reference
Electronic Sources
Periodicals Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries/Thesauri
Volume Sets
Periodicals
Volume Sets
Electronic Sources
Dictionaries/Thesauri

5. What’s Missing?
Science and Math
Science and Math Resources
• Math resources, other than Finance & Economics
study guides, are scarce Pre-Calc
Algebra
• Modern math resources do General Math
not cover 1950-present Energy
Animals
• Physics, Pre-History, and
Plants
geology sources are lacking DNA & Genetics
in Science subject PreHistory
Technology
• Technology resources are
Physics
mostly out-of-date and deal Forensics
with past technological Evolution
advancements Environment
Biology
Chemistry
Space & Astronomy
General Science
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6. The Solution:
Science and Math
 Increase general mathematics resources by adding Volume Sets and specific
math subjects:
 The World of Mathematics: A Four-Volume Set by James Newman
 The Calculus Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Excel at Calculus by Adrian Banner
 Fill in the gaps in Science with more resources on Pre-History (including
Geology) and Physics:
 This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
 Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin by John Edward Staller
 Increase and update Technology sources for modern advances:
 The Race Between Education and Technology by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
 Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction by James E. McClellan and
Harold Dorn
Total Spending for Science and Math: $1,757.65

7. What’s Missing?
History and Biography
History Resources
• American and
World/Ancient Civilization War
History is well-covered
• Collection is in need of People and Cultures
more Women’s History and
Biographies World
• African American History,
excluding slavery, is American (General)
lacking as well
• Biographies of American African American
Historical figures needed
• More information on Women
World Politics and Political
Government
History is needed (American)
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8. The Solution:
History and Biography
 Increase the number of texts dealing with Women’s history:
 Women in World History: Readings from 1500 to the Present by Sarah S. Hughes
 Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents by Ellen Carol DuBois
and Lynn Dumenil
 Increase the number of texts that cover African American history post-
slavery:
 African American Firsts: Famous Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America
by Joan Potter
 Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Barack Obama and Others by James Daley
 Update existing information on World Politics
 World Politics: Trend and Transformation by Charles W. Kegley
 Budget $350 to increase the Biography section:
 Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
 Einstein: His Life and Universe by Waleter Isaccson
Total Spending for History and Biography: $1,550.49

9. What’s Missing?
Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities Resources
• More drama, media, and Theatre
theatre resources are
necessary
• Writing guides are Drama
scarce, especially for
standardized testing and
class usage Art & Media
• Expand Music section
beyond its current place
Writing
in theatre
•New section to add: Art
History Literature
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10. The Solution:
Arts and Humanities
 Increase number of drama-based theatre and general media sources:
 The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre by John Russell Brown
 Mediated: How the Media Shapes Our World and the Way We Live in It by Thomas de
Zengotita
 Increase the number of writing and style guides for better student writing:
 Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly by Gail Carson Levine
 MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
 Expand music section beyond a sub-section of theatre:
 Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded by Oliver Sacks
 Music Quickens Time by Daniel Barenboim
 Add a new Art History section and begin to build the collection:
 History of Art for Young People, 6th Edition by Anthony F. Janson
 The Oxford History of Western Art by Martin Kemp
Total Spending for the Arts and Humanities: $1,729.59

11. What’s Missing?
Religion and Language
Religion Resources
• Christianity covered in
general religion histories General/Other
and texts
•More sources on Hinduism
Buddhism and Hinduism
religions are needed Buddhism
•American Sign Language
sources need to be added Islam
to the Language
collection Judaism
Christianity
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12. The Solution:
Religion and Language
 Increase the number of Buddhist and Hindu texts in the Religion
section:
 The Art of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its History and Meaning by Denise
Paty Leidy
 Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk by John
Esposito, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
 Increase the number of texts on American Sign Language:
 Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide by Mickey Flodin
 The American Sign Language Phrase Book by Barbara Bernstein Fant, Betty
Miller, and Lou Fant
Total Spending for Religion and Language: $1,208.85

13. What’s Missing?
Other Reference Sources
Library Resources: Reference
• Volume sets cover
history, law, science,
literature, biography, civil Electronic Sources
Periodicals Encyclopedias
rights, culture, and ethnic
history
•At least one more
electronic Encyclopedia
is necessary
Volume Sets
• Three to Four more
periodical subscriptions
• More diverse language
dictionaries Dictionaries/Thesauri

14. The Solution:
Reference Sources
 Add one more electronic Encyclopedia to the online resource
list:
 Encyclopedia Britannica 2009 Student and Home Edition by Avanquest
 Budget $200 per year for new periodical subscriptions, including:
 Political magazine(s)
 Literary magazine(s)
 News-based material (magazines and/or newspapers)
 Add more general and diverse language dictionaries to the
current collection:
 The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Jennifer Speake
 A New Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations by Hugh Percy
Jones
Total Spending for Reference Sources: $274.11 (first year)

15. The Total Cost
 Science & Math………………………$1,757.65
 History & Biography…………………$1,550.49
 Arts & Humanities…..……………….$1,729.59
 Religion & Language…………………$1,408.85
 Reference Sources…………………… $274.11
Grand Total…………………………...$6,521.27

16. Acknowledgements
 Pricing and Text information from:
 Follet Corporation: www.follet.com
 Baker & Taylor, Inc. : www.btol.com
 Special Thanks to the Paterson Educational Association
and Pat Harvey, for the use of her library
 Presentation and narration by Marie Louise Lawson