ETL503 - Collection evaluation

FROM JANUARY 17TH

The things that really stood out to me about collection evaluation come from Hughes-Hassall and Mancall's 2005 text 'Selecting resources for learning.'
While it does seem important that resources shouldn't be too old or out of date, I think what is most important is that the resources are meeting the needs of those that use them.
In the selection criteria they propose "emphasis in all selection decisions is on whether the resources match learner characteristics and address the teaching context" (p. 43) transposes neatly into a criteria for evaluation also.

It also seems very right to me that the learners, their needs and context, should always be on the mind of the TL.