Cooperative Collection Development

The Genesee Valley BOCES School Library System has established a Cooperative Collection Development Program with its member libraries in accordance with the Commissioner’s Regulations for Education section 90.18(c)(1).

Cooperative Collection Development (CCD) is defined as the allocation, acquisition, management and maintenance of specialized resource collections which will mutually benefit all participating member libraries.

Goals of the CCD Program are:

  • to increase the shared strength and depth of the region’s available resources.
  • to promote cost-effective collection development by minimizing the duplication of specialized resources in individual libraries.
  • to facilitate the sharing of resources through the region’s inter-library loan network.

Objectives of the CCD Program are:

  • to continue to support the CCD grant for print materials.
  • to maintain CCD services of non-print materials including online databases.
  • to develop curriuclum based resource collections devoted to one unit of study, Circulating Curriculum Bags (CCB), which support the NYS Learning Standards.
  • to maintain curriculum based criteria which support the NYS Learning Standards while developing all resource collections.
  • to promote the availability of the information and resources supported through CCD collections within our system.

Current CCD Collections:

  •  Alexander Elementary: Artist & musician biographies
  • Alexander Jr./Sr. High: Literary criticism
  • Attica Middle: Mythology Other Than Greek & Roman
  • Batavia-JFK Elementary: Poetry
  • Byron-Bergen High: Women's studies
  • Byron-Bergen Middle: Children's books written in foreign languages
  • Caledonia-Mumford Elem: Bios of government leaders; U.S. historical figures
  • Caledonia-Mumford Middle/High: Health/Biological Sciences
  • Dansville High: Holocaust; Biographies of current & historical world figures
  • Geneseo High: Biographies of women
  • Keshequa Elementary: Character, values & handicap awareness; Large Print Books
  • Keshequa High: Large Print Books
  • Letchworth Elementary: American Folk Tales; Physical and earth science
  • Letchworth High: Poetry
  • Livonia Junior High: Environment and Environmentalists
  • Notre Dame: Medieval Art & Architecture; South & Central America
  • Oakfield-Alabama Elementary: Bios of children's authors
  • Oakfield-Alabama High: Global History/Literature Connections
  • Pembroke Intermediate: Art History
  • Perry Elementary: Inventors and inventions
  • Perry High: Poetry Criticism
  • Warsaw High: African nations
  • Wyoming Central: Full collections of works by children's authors
  • York High: Medieval life

Contact:
Colleen Stedman, SLS Secretary
Phone: (585)344-7946 or (585)658-7946
Email: cstedman2@gvboces.org  

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