The collection serves as a resource for use in classrooms, including lesson planning and student teaching. In general, selection of materials for inclusion in the CRC is based on the expertise of the CRC librarian, School of Education faculty recommendations, student requests, and reputable published reviews. The collection includes elementary school textbooks, curriculum guides, teacher resource materials, activity books, reference books, audio and video cassettes, posters, maps, sample lesson plans, manipulatives, pictures, kits, games, puzzles, educational product catalogs, and educational software. Instructional equipment such as computers, scanners, digital cameras, a laser printer, a color printer, video cameras, a TV and VCR, a slide projector, laminators, a binding machine, and art supplies are available for faculty and student use. This is a representative demonstration collection of children's literature appropriate for the preschool through young adult readers.
Emphasis is placed on acquiring multicultural and award-winning books.
The collection contains virtually all of the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal award winning books, in addition to a broad selection of the honor books in these categories. Another goal is acquiring children's literature and other materials which are culturally relevant to Micronesia and the Pacific. The children's literature collection is comprised of both recent publications and classics in children's literature. Types of materials includes works of fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, folklore and picture books. All rights reserved.