The presentation of the collection

Students learn things better if they have good background knowledge of any  new material. So we cannot assume they have certain amount of background knowledge or their background knowledge is same (Rosenshine, 2012, p.13). I remember when I was a primary school librarian; I used to visit Wikipedia for general knowledge of a topic and then listed all knowledge regarding the topic in a mind map. Sample of information content is in the screenshot below. Our students were very fond of display. I have not done this at my current school. The good thing to have all different sources related to the same topic put toghter expands the scope of knowledge of our students to a topic but also enhance students’ background knowledge regarding the topic (Wikipedia, n.d.). The arrangement will is easy for them to understand the concepts of the topic.

Figure 3. Screenshot of Content of Romeo and Juliet taken by Qing Zhao, accessed 9^th May 2020, Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

Summary

The collection development is not about how much resources library is going to buy. It is how to find useful resources and how best use them to support teaching and learning, how easy they are accessible. There are procedures to go through. Procedure are important to ensure we are on the right track. What is more important? I think the more important object is the person working in the library. The level of their professional knowledge, the depth understanding of patron needs, the openness to new change, the capability of their interpersonal skills will affect the quality of the collection development. 

References:

Figure 3. Content of Romeo and Juliet information. (n.d.). Wikipedia, Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

Loertscher, D.V., & Crompton, M. (2018). Collection Development using the Collection Mapping Technique: a Guide for Librarians. (3rd ed. PP.121).  Salt Lake City, Utah: Hi Willow Research and Publishing