Priscilla Ann Ing
Summer 2006
Web Site Review
http://www.lane.k12.or.us/bookreview/index.html
If going to the Lane ESD homepage-
click services & programs
under media services, click on Book Review Program
click on Lane ESD Book Review
The Lane Education Service District offers a children’s / young adult book web site that is updated quarterly for use by media specialists, librarians, and teachers. This web site is compiled by ESD staff but is made up of reviews written by interested persons from participating schools in the Lane County service area. School media center personnel, both certified and classified, teachers, and parent volunteers select the books they think may be appropriate additions to their school library collections. These books were sent to the ESD, free of charge, by publishers looking for evaluations (reviews) and to promote new books. The selected, reviewed books are the kept by the school and added to the school liberary.
The goal of the web site is to provide relevant information to anyone considering purchasing the book for a library collection. The rating system is from 1 - 5; 1 meaning “do not purchase” and 5 translating as “priority to purchase”. Each review gives a synopsis of the book’s content and an evaluation from the view point of its value to the school setting.
Schools who participate in this program are charged an annual fee that more than pays for itself with the acquisition of books at one session. Books that are evaluated to not be appropriate may be passed on to another school where they are a better fit. An example would be a grade school library passing on to a middle school a book that contains teen-aged characters in a secondary school setting and plot situations.
This web site’s service is a win - win situation. Participating schools receive free books and an interested person has access to a locally written book review.
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