[ISLMA-Share] "Average" size collection for 420 student middle school

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I have 250 students and around 10,000 books in the middle school.

Carrie DeForest
National Board Certified Teacher
Roselle District 12 Library Media Director
Spring Hills Elementary School
Roselle Middle School


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I have about 10K books and around the same number of students.

Mariela Siegert
School Librarian
Westfield Middle School
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I think that it depends on your circulation rates. If you circulate a
lot of books, having a high ratio of books per student would be ideal.
However if your circ rates are "average", then it looks like a ratio of
10:1 is more typical.
Gretchen Zaitzeff
University High School
Normal, IL
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During my library certification classes, we were told a ratio of 20:1
is appropriate for a school library. So, with your student population
you would want to be at about 8,600 books. Hope this helps!



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Our school has just over 11,000 books and we have almost 1,000
students.


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Hi all!

My library got renovated during the summer and today the company came
to put all my books back on the shelves. Lo and behold, there are not
enough shelves! We are 26 shelves short! Which led the project manager
on the business end to ask me if I am perhaps a bit "heavy" on books?

Can anyone tell me what your collection number is for a middle school
with around 430 students? I have 10,000 books.

Thank you for any advice. 


-- 
Lori McGreal
Library Media Specialist
Lincoln Hall Middle School
6950 N. East Prairie Road
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
Phone: 847-745-3843
( tel:847-745-3843) 
lmcgreal at sd74.org
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