Budget Area Cost Estimates % of Budget Rationale Citations

$3,100
Total ($5.35 per student)
Fiction Texts (Picture,
Chapter Books, Graphic
Novels
Nonfiction Texts
Magazine Subscriptions
DVDs
Office Supplies (Paper,
pens, incentives, etc.)
100%
The majority of the books in this library are fiction School Library Journal. (2016, March 7).
(picture books, chapter books, and some graphic SLJs average book prices for 2016.
novels). These books circulate the most. This is Retrieved from
$1,727 56%
why the largest portion of the text budget is spent http://www.slj.com/2016/03/research/sljs-
on fiction texts. Approximately 90-95 books are average-book-prices-for-2016/#_.
expected to be ordered at about $19 per book.
According to my research, most primary Gallo, G. & Ness, M.K (2013).
elementary students prefer to read nonfiction or Understanding the text genre
informational texts. I want to make sure our preferences of third-grade readers.
library has an assorted selection of nonfiction Journal of Language and Literacy
$576 19% texts that may interest elementary students. Education, 9(2), 110-130.
Much of the nonfiction books currently in the
media center are leveled for intermediate grades.
I would like to order more lower level texts to
widen the level range.
Students come into the school library as a reward
to view magazines, or they view them while
waiting on classmates to finish finding books to
$150 0.05%
check out. Magazines are great to have for
students who might be interested in reading
something other than books.
Many of the videos offered as a resource for School Library Journal. (2016, December
classroom teachers are outdated. The media 8). Top 10 DVDs/2016. Retrieved from
center has more VHS videos than DVDs. The http://www.slj.com/2016/12/reviews/best-
collection that is currently in the media center has of/top-10-dvds-2016/.
$647 21%
some information that is no longer fact. We need
an updated collection. The School Library DVDs for schools. (n.d.) Retrieved April
Journal has lists of recommended DVDs for 5, 2017, from DVDs for Schools website
school libraries. https://www.dvdsforschools.com/.
In order to successfully run a media center, the
library needs to keep basic office supplies on hand,
such as paper, pens, pencils, post-its, markers,
$350 11%
etc. Incentives such as small toys, bookmarks,
candy, etc. are needed to reward students for
completing reading tasks or meeting reading goals.