nonfiction sports wemta 2014 jeff schreiber [email protected]
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Nonfiction SportsWEMTA 2014Jeff Schreiber
Motivations –Why invest?
O Sports are popular, always will beO Sports is a common societal languageO Breaking the stereotypesO Compelling situations and plotsO Why nonfiction sports over fiction?
O VarietyO ClichesO Credibility
Evaluation of CollectionO What do you have?O Reference or stories?O Are gender, culture, and time
represented?O What are your collection and
circulation numbers in 796?O Gtown: 4% of total collection -- Avg 13% of circs
per year
O What is being checked out in 796?
Develop a plan-Research
O Recognize “what” sport isO Evaluate your schoolO Evaluate your regionO What is the athletic history of your districtO Talk to kidsO Talk to coachesO Talk to teachers and administrationO Recognize the nontraditional “sports” that
have grown
Beefing up the collection
What plays well?O Sports book market is a reflection of sports
TV marketO ClassicsO Search for compelling storiesO Small town stories play well in WisconsinO Local anglesO MoviesO TravelO Inspirational stories
Where do I get ideas?O General sports magazinesO Sport specific magazines--often connected to
publishing outfits (Rodale)O NY TIMES Sports section will often run first
chaptersO BooklistO Local papers/beat writers often put out booksO Bob Wolfley column has booksO Watch TVO Not School Library Journal
Great Sports Books!!O My Germantown School District
resource lists in Destiny!O Top nonfiction sports at GHSO Top Lists from Media and websites
Common core connections
O Historical contextO Analytical contextO Thematic elementsO Curricular connections-Sports
Combo-packsEat and Run NutritionUnbroken HistoryThe Sports Gene ScienceBorn to Run Culture
Bulletin-Board MaterialO Create a displays around major sporting
eventsO Coaching seminarO Look into bringing in sports figures with
book outO Communicate with teacher/coachesO Coffee Table books, SI Top 10, Book of WhyO Revise Dewey codes to keep sports togetherO Biographies mixed in
FictionO FeinsteinO LupickaO DeukerO LipsyteO CrutcherO ConroyO DygaardO Meyers
Thank You!O Contact me for anything at:
[email protected] Visit the GHS Library Media PageO A couple of cool articles:Basketball and BooksLeBron and ReadingSports and Books