Acquisitions Accomplished

My school librarian was excited to see my acquisitions list when it was completed because she was planning to order some if not all of the materials that I recommended.  She couldn't believe the work that went into the list (it definitely was a little tedious at times - compiling all the information for each source) but she was very impressed with how thorough the research was for selecting materials.  Overall, I think that I chose 10 materials that will bring some "new life" to the 520 section in our library.  My goal was to make the information more updated which I think was accomplished.  Most of the materials I chose were current within the past few years.  I did choose a few older materials for the collection but they came VERY highly recommended as must-haves for school libraries.  I found an article, "What makes a good space book?" that helped me a great deal in choosing resources and also knowing what to look for in good materials on the topic.  I didn't realize that images were so important in this section but it definitely makes sense - especially for the Elementary age student.  The quality of the images was what I mainly looked for when I was able to examine my materials in person.  I even took a few materials off of my list after examining them and seeing that the image quality was not up to par.  Being able to track down the materials, although it was time consuming, was very helpful in determining if I wanted to add them to the collection.  I didn't feel like I was making such a "blind" decision after I was able to hold the book and flip through the pages.