Collection Maintenance, Stewardship, and Equity
Best Learning Outcome Match:
II.b. Students evaluate and select print and digital information resources and systems to meet needs of users.
Artifact Explainer:
This presentation examines collection maintenance in the context of a school media center, focusing on both print and digital access. The artifact identifies two major issues at the site: a backlog of unshelved and uncatalogued books after a period without a full-time media specialist, and the absence of student-facing technology access points within the media center. It connects these issues to broader concerns about collection stewardship, student access, and equity.
I selected this artifact for Outcome II.b because it demonstrates how collection evaluation must include both physical and digital resources. The project does not treat collection maintenance as only shelving, weeding, or cataloguing, although those are clearly important. It also argues that technology access is part of a modern school library collection, especially for upper-grade students preparing for more research-based and digitally mediated learning. The presentation connects resource management to user needs, particularly for students with limited access to books, devices, or internet outside of school. This makes the artifact a strong example of evaluating information resources and systems through the lens of access, usefulness, and institutional responsibility.