Whether you call it beginning readers, early readers, or easy readers, your collection for kids just starting to read on their own can often pose a number of unique challenges. Together we'll explore the needs of new readers and how to meet those needs through collection development, collection organization, and readers' advisory.

Please bring:

• a description of how you catalog, label, and shelve your beginning reader collection
• examples of how this collection is promoted
• resources you use for developing this collection
• any recommended book lists you've created for this collection

Meeting goals:

• Participants will discuss ideas and recommendations for supporting beginning readers.

Meeting outcomes:

• Participants will use crowdsourced resources and recommendations to evaluate their beginning reader collection in relation to community needs and library resources (i.e. space, budget, etc.)
• Participants will have a network of youth services library staff available to advise on various aspects of beginning reader collection development.
• Participants will collectively develop a beginning reader collection resource guide to be shared on the Children's Services Roundtable LibGuide.

About the Children's Services Roundable (CSRT):

CSRT is a community of practice that welcomes children's librarians from public libraries, elementary and middle school librarians, and library school students concerned with all aspects of library service to children. CSRT collaborates to produce timely book and resource lists to support librarians and library staff serving children and their families.