Professional Selection Tools

Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (BCCB) http://bccb.lis.illinois.edu/

COST: $103 for print, $115 for online, and $144 for online/print edition.

PUBLICATION: John Hopkins University Press/Graduate School of Library & Information

Science.

REVIEWERS: Editors and staff on website, school and public librarians.

UNIQUE: Each month, a quote is produced with titles reflecting on that month, providing
additional genres or hot topics for reviewers.

SCOPE: Childrens fiction and nonfiction, Young Adult fiction and Nonfiction, annotations,
Professional titles, articles, award lists.

Cooperative Childrens Book Center http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/

COST: Free

PUBLICATION: School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison/Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction/ Divisions for Libraries and Technology.

REVIEWERS: School and public librarians, K-12 teachers, early child care teachers,
professors, university patrons, researchers.

UNIQUE: Shelf Story Podcasts are available each week highlighting new titles; complete
with short annotation.

SCOPE: Childrens fiction and nonfiction, Young Adult fiction and nonfiction, childrens
historical fiction and nonfiction, author and illustrator biographical information,
multicultural literature, publishing journals, review journals, and intellectual freedom
resources.

Horn Book Magazine http://www.hbook.com/

COST: $49 annually; consists of 6 issues.

PUBLICATION: The Horn Book Magazine

REVIEWERS: Librarians, teachers, writers, publishers, researchers, editors, and critics.

UNIQUE: Offers free eNewsletter, consisting of author pictures and interviews. Also
presents strengths and weaknesses of titles, making note of titles with greatest ratings.

SCOPE: Young adult nonfiction and fiction; childrens fiction and nonfiction.

Publishers Weekly http://www.publishersweekly.com/

COST: Print/Digital-$249 annually; Online-$209 annually.

PUBLICATION: Publishers Weekly

REVIEWERS: Librarians, teachers, publishers, editors, authors, media critics.

UNIQUE: Offers book talk, author interviews, title release dates, synopsis and
annotations, and in-depth presentations through social media such as the prevalently
known streaming network; iHeartRadio.

SCOPE: Childrens fiction and nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Adult fiction
and nonfiction, cookbooks, graphic novels, religion, audiobooks,
autobiographies/biographies, electronic books, international titles.

VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) http://www.voyamagazine.com/

COST: $62 annually (6 issues)

PUBLICATION: YOYA Magazine/E L Kurdyla Publishing LLC/ Bowie, MD.

REVIEWERS: Young Adult Librarians, teachers, authors.

UNIQUE: Through its Teen Librarian Toolbox, has linked up with The School Library
Journal to provide an even greater depth of resources for the librarian.

SCOPE: Young Adult fiction and nonfiction; graphic novels, audiobooks, DVDS, Ebooks.

Professional Selection Tools: Core Collection

Childrens Core Collection http://www.ebscohost.com/public/childrens-core-collection

COST: Must contact EBSCO host representative.

PUBLICATION: H.W. Wilson

REVIEWERS: Editors, Librarians

UNIQUE: Provides educators and librarians curriculum support and literacy advisory,
including professional literature. Values a large demographic coverage, technology
advancements, and award notations.

SCOPE: Childrens fiction and nonfiction, graphic novels and professional literature.

Middle and Junior High Core Collection http://www.ebscohost.com/us-middleschools/middle-and-junior-high-core-collection

COST: Must contact EBSCO host representative.

PUBLICATION: H.W. Wilson

REVIEWERS: Editors, Librarians

UNIQUE: Provides educators and librarians collection development and maintenance;

builds a well-rounded collection, promotes relationships within publishers and librarians.
Search engine provided for the librarian can include a Dewey Decimal search.

SCOPE: Childrens fiction and nonfiction, Young Adult fiction and nonfiction; graphic
novels and professional literature.

Reflection
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Working as a library assistant in an elementary library, I found that I favor the Childrens
Core Collection. Personally, I use this site a great deal, as we are continuing subscribers.
We do have access to the Middle and Junior High Core Collection, yet I look to these for
my young adult section only; fifth grade special privileged students are the only ones that
have access to this area. I thoroughly enjoy the Dewey lookup feature; I would feel lost
without it. I also use Similar Books feature from here nearly every week. Students,
especially developing readers, know somewhat their likes and dislikes, yet cannot
pinpoint titles theyve heard. This feature is absolutely necessary; especially among the
elementary level.

Ordering Tools

Folletts Titlewave https://www.titlewave.com/login/

COST: Must contact representative to determine what features are added to the account
before determining total; paid annually.

PUBLICATION: Follett Corporation

REVIEWERS: Editors

UNIQUE: The account manager to the librarys collection; can fulfill orders, create lists,
has access to titles already in the schools library (to prevent too numerous copies), gives
accessible Ebook selection to students, creates personal cataloging to meets librarys
needs, and provides representative to meet with library to consult on titles and needs of
the library.

SCOPE: Pre-K-12th grade educationally appropriate fiction and nonfiction, playaways

(audiobooks), EBooks, graphic novels, text sets, professional literature.

Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com

COST: Free- cost for titles

PUBLICATION: Barnes and Noble Inc.

REVIEWERS: Editors, Publishers, Authors, Readers/Reviewers

UNIQUE: Librarians and teachers have capability to sync electronic devices and ebooks
to an account manager at Barnes and Noble, where books can easily be downloaded and
managed. Barnes and Noble offers educational discounts on books and supplies for
teachers and librarians. Librarians have opportunities to set up book fairs with Barnes
and Noble to benefit their local library.

SCOPE: Adult, young adult, and childrens fiction and nonfiction, board games,
educational games, cookbooks, graphic novels, cds, eBooks, digital downloads,
international titles, computer software, language texts, titles of every genre.

Reflection:
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This reflection hits very close to home; remotely personal. Before working as a library
assistant, I worked at Barnes and Noble for many years. I am very familiar with Barnes
and Noble titles, account management, working with schools, digital content, etc. As a
Barnes and Noble employee, I valued the opportunities the store gave to local librarians
and educators. However, I have now worked in a school library for years and understand
why librarians chose TitleWave. Barnes and Noble lacks many areas librarians are relying
on when purchasing their titles. TitleWave has access to the librarians catalog, and when
the librarian is making purchases or lists, they can see (easily) if the title already belongs
in the library. As noted in many discussions, we librarians wear many hats and juggle
multiple roles with limited time to spare. That being said, having books arrive, after
ordering them, complete with Dewey Decimal barcode makes for a giant difference in
who a librarian is ordering from. If a new, hot title is released and students are asking for
it, I will walk into our local Barnes and Noble (with my Librarian discount) and buy it; their
benefit of a book in hand right away makes for an easy choice rather than waiting for
TitleWave to ship it. I truly love both companies, however the benefits of TitleWave are,
by far, entirely fulfilling to the librarians needs.