Date Approved
5-9-2005
Embargo Period
4-14-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in School and Public Librarianship
Department
Special Educational Services/Instruction
College
College of Education
Advisor
Shontz, Marilyn
Subject(s)
Fifth grade (Education); Libraries and students; Report writing
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
The purposes of this study were'to determine (a) the areas of study fifth grade students at Lakehurst Elementary School were asked to research, (b) whether the current library print collection was sufficient to meet the students' needs in terms of both quantity and quality, (c) the additional print resources which would be necessary to create a useful set of print resources, and (d) the cost of these additional print resources. Current print resources and resources considered for purchase were assigned a rating from zero to four on a Usefulness Rating Scale designed by the researcher, with a zero indicating a resource that would not be useful to the fifth grade research topics and a four indicating an extremely useful resource.
Based on an analysis of the sections of the Lakehurst Elementary School library relevant to the research projects assigned by the fifth grade teachers, the current collection was insufficient to support the five assigned projects. During the course of this research project, $2,872.66 was spent to purchase 146 new resources, and the usefulness rating of all Dewey Decimal areas reviewed was increased.
Recommended Citation
Moroz, Carol A., "A school library collection analysis focused on resources available for fifth grade research topics" (2005). Theses and Dissertations. 1051.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1051
