vocab

3. An award such as the Newberry Medal or an American Library Association Award that a book or author has received for their work. Here in Indiana, there are several specialty book awards, but many are national.
6. library media specialist examines the current holdings of the library media center, categorizes them according to age and classification, identifies areas of need, and creates a list of new acquisitions.
8. difference variety; a condition of having many different types of forms. In a library, the degree to which the library has materials and services matching unique patron groups.
9. The books and other materials that a library currently has available to patrons.
10. the process of evaluating the library's holdings against what is most popular and/or holes in the collection.

1. A process by which a patron asks a library to acquire a new book for the purposes of being borrowed.
2. A literature-based reading format in which small groups of people read and discuss the same book.
4. Discarding worn or outdated materials. It should be an ongoing process.
5. often taking place in our world, these stories feature things like vampires or ghosts
7. Adding new, purchasing new; In libraries, usually of books, materials, or personnel.