[CASL-L] Follett Book Recommendations

[Shannon McNeice]

Our district receives a box of ARCs from Follett twice a year.
Perhaps that is what they are referring to?


Shannon McNeice

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:39 PM Pam Begin <pbegin at milforded.org> wrote:

> Follett has information available and reviews available.  I do not feel
> that they push an agenda.  I have been a CT librarian for 14 years.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:24 AM Maureen Schlosser via CASL-L <
> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Everyone!
>> Does Follett market books to persuade librarians to purchase the books?
>> This seems like a ridiculous question to me, but I am retired in Florida
>> now, and the local superintendent and a BOE are investigating the following
>> question:
>>
>>
>> "Investigate the Follette Learning School System’s process for
>> recommending books to our schools. Are there other library/media center
>> library systems that offer the same or similar services as Follette and
>> Renaissance but with stricter practices on their recommendations?"
>>
>> They believe that Follett pushes books that are inappropriate for school
>> libraries. I loved Follett when I worked in CT. I remember being able to
>> read book reviews and click on collections based on awards.
>> I don't like the picture they are painting of the school librarians here.
>> This whole idea makes the school librarians look like they have no agency
>> over what Follett sends them. To me it's absurd, but if there is any truth
>> to it, I'd like to find out before I speak at the next BOE meeting.
>> Thank you for your help!
>> I miss CT!
>>
>>
>> Maureen Schlosser
>> Author: Lessons Inspired by Picture Books for Primary Grades
>> <https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/lessons-inspired-picture-books-primary-grades-aasl-standards%E2%80%93based-learning-series>
>> Blog: Library Lessons With Books
>> <https://wordpress.com/view/librarylessonswithbooks.com> and
>> KnowledgeQuest <http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/author/mschlosser/>
>>
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