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Part 4 The Week 6 lecture (Evans chapter 4) covered selection. Part IV involves identifying relevant selections aids for your collection to help you identify titles (or objects, etc.) to add to your collection. Evans recommended the following sources as possible selection aids (a discussion of the sources is on pp. 82-94): Current sources for in-print books Other chapters in Evans deal with building collections of other types of non-book materials and list relevant selection aids. There are also other common sources that may be consulted in order to locate appropriate titles/objects for a collection: You may also want to consult a discussion on reviews that appears on Bill Robinson’s website: http://web.utk.edu/~wrobinso/560_lec_review.html 100 points Please construct a document that addresses the following (as appropriate for your collection): 1. Where can you find experts on your subject or topic? Identify (as it is appropriate – not all collections will need subject experts) subject experts who can assist you in making selections as needed. 
 * Catalogs, flyers, and announcements :
 * Current reviews
 * Bibliographic databases
 * Best books, recommended lists, and core collections
 * Subject bibliographies
 * Subject experts
 * Knowledgeable patrons/clients
 * Search engines, websites and significant blogs
 * Consumer reviews (e.g. reviews on Amazon.com written by consumers)
 * Part IV Identify Selection Aids **

Bertin Louis, Jr., Ph.D. (UTK) for assistance in determining quality of literature in Creole.  2. Prepare a list of sources (General and subject bibliographies, search engines, directories, and the like) likely to yield appropriate items for selection. Examine each source in turn and identify a few titles which seem appropriate. Approximately how many hits (relevant titles) did you get from each source? List and discuss in some detail those sources which were most productive in providing selectables for your subject. A variety of sources is expected.

[] (Florida-based publisher of Haitian educational materials); [] (Haitian Book Centre -- French and Creole language materials bookseller with a Haitian focus. This link takes you to the youth section. NB: It also has many of the books published by Educavision.) New Haitian Bookstore partnership with Amazon.com "HaitiXChange": [|http://www.haitixchange.com/index.php/hx/Articles/haiti-book-store-is-now-open/] // Language Lizard has 5 English books with Haitian Creole alternate text (all bilingual): [] World Language.com also has a selection of books, many of them are from EducaVision like Haitian Book Centre: [] May be useful for cost comparison and bids. International Literary Market Place// (Information Today) -- IS THIS AVAILABLE TO LEAF THROUGH AT HODGES? //Literary Market Place// (Information Today) -- VALERIE WILL REVIEW AT LOCAL LIBRARY TO CHECK FOR APPLICABILITY -- UPDATE 3/31/10: little to find for creole language materials. Waiting for Miranda Clark's response inre her stable of publishers.

3. Reviews are not required for selection, but many institutions prefer them. Best lists (such as best sites or award winning sites) may also be used to identify items likely to be better. Which reviewing sources and best lists seem most useful for this topic?

4. Examine selectables in local information agencies, libraries, stores [sometimes on-line stores like Amazon.com can provide useful supplementary information] or other sites. Was this useful and why? {Skip if developing an online collection}

5. If developing a book or periodical collection, visit at least two appropriate library OPACs {UTK does not count} for material on your subject. You might begin with WorldCat via the UT portal. Other possibilities include:

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 * Lib-Web-Cats - http://www.librarytechnology.org/libwebcats/
 * Publiclibraries.com - http://www.publiclibraries.com/
 * Resources for School Librarians - http://www.sldirectory.com/index.html#top
 * Libweb - http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/
 * University and college libraries