Meeting the Needs of School Librarians

With reliable, accurate, current information in a cost-effective package

FOR CURRICULUM-RELATED BOOKS AND BOOKTALKING:

   “Before school starts each year, I do an orientation with the new teachers on the electronic resources we have available. New Teachers love CLCD because they often feel their knowledge of titles is limited, but CLCD is so easy for them to use to find reliable, alternative titles for assignments and projects. They feel like they have the services of a knowledgeable librarian whenever they want it, without leaving their desk.”

Christine Findlay
CRC Director, Centerville City Schools
Centerville, OH

FOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT:

   “As a longtime children's book expert and enthusiast, but a new librarian, the CLCD has been a true gift in keeping up with the demands of collection development. Sure, I usually know the titles I am looking for, but your database affords me quicker and more extensive access than my tired old brain and files could ever match. It is the perfect compliment to my work.” Walter is coauthor of Valerie & Walter's Best Books For Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide and Walter The Giant Storyteller's Giant Book of Giant Stories.

Walter M. Mayes
Library Media Specialist, The Girls' Middle School
Mountain View, CA

FOR BEST BOOKS, STATE READING LISTS AND AWARD WINNERS:

   “The CLCD searches, reviews, and other information in the book records help me greatly in the selection and purchase of books. I work on a small budget, am maintaining a collection over the age span of kindergarten to eighth grade, and need to target purchases precisely. I find that the detail and search parameters of the CLCD database help me to make better purchase decisions, saving time and money, and increasing the quality of what I purchase.”

Roberta Cole Lader
St. Louis Catholic School
Alexandria, VA

   “By using CLCD, I just prepared a list of fantasy books with some connection to cats for a ten-year-old girl reading just above grade level. Including the searching, selection, looking at some suggested links, copying and pasting into a Word document, arranging the titles, cleaning up the fonts, and individualizing the annotations for the student, it took about twenty-five minutes!”

Barbara Ripp Safford
"Don't Judge a Database by Its Search Screen"
School Library Media Activities Monthly, Vol XXII, Number 2

FOR READING MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS:

   “The elementary reading and language arts teachers really like the lexiles, and reading and interest level features of the database. It really helps them recommend books to their students.”

Quinby Frank
Librarian, Green Acres School
Rockville, MD

FOR EASE OF USE:

   “This database was tested with preservice teachers and librarians who wanted to see specific search capabilities. The ability to quickly locate reviews from various professional journals, as well as having the reading and interest levels of books both searchable and accessible to the school's online catalog were a big plus. CLCD deserves a solid A.”

Shonda Brisco
"The Best in Kids' Books--at Your Fingertips"
School Library Journal, 10/01/2009

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Updated 9/19/11