Collection

Library Collection

The total number of books on hand in the Georgia Avenue Elementary School Library is now over 12,000. The strength of our library collection lies in the many accelerated book titles and the multicultural book collection. Georgia Avenue received the Improving Literacy through Libraries Grant in the fall of 2003 and the Laura Bush Grant in May, 2004 to improve the library. Fiction--1,963 books Easy Fiction--4.276 books Nonfiction--6,000 Professional Collection--171 To build a better collection to fit the needs of the students and the curriculum, we are constantly evaluating the library's collection to determine what needs to be weeded. Due to the merger of Locke Elementary with Georgia Avenue Elementary the libraries were weeded quite extensively. AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTION Videos--675 Tapes--33 CD-ROM--5 Videodisc--4 Kits--181 REFERENCE Our reference collection contains over 453 volumes including five sets of encyclopedias. We also have an encyclopedia set on CD-ROM and several other specialized sets. We have dictionary, atlas, and almanac sets for whole classes and many reference books and sources. PERIODICALS There are 10 subscriptions to children's magazines and seven professional subscriptions. Return to Georgia Library Homepage When you are average you are as close to the bottom as you are the top. Sue N. Howard Georgia Elementary howards@k12tn.net