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Budget Budget Items: Profit Depends On Book Fair Purchases

The budget for Taylors Creek Elementary Media Center for the 2016-2017 school year totals $9700.00. The largest portion, $7400.00, is allocated for printed books, while $1300.00 is for general supplies. An additional $1000.00 from Title I funds the staff for the Book Nook program. According to its budget and student/teacher population of 694 patrons, Taylors Creek Library spends around $9.38 per patron on media materials. While the current budget meets basic needs, more funding will be needed to improve accessibility and attractiveness of the library. Fundraising, particularly the biannual Scholastic Book Fair and potential cash-based activities like snack sales, a

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Budget Budget Items: Profit Depends On Book Fair Purchases

The budget for Taylors Creek Elementary Media Center for the 2016-2017 school year totals $9700.00. The largest portion, $7400.00, is allocated for printed books, while $1300.00 is for general supplies. An additional $1000.00 from Title I funds the staff for the Book Nook program. According to its budget and student/teacher population of 694 patrons, Taylors Creek Library spends around $9.38 per patron on media materials. While the current budget meets basic needs, more funding will be needed to improve accessibility and attractiveness of the library. Fundraising, particularly the biannual Scholastic Book Fair and potential cash-based activities like snack sales, a

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Budget

Budget Items
Printed Books $7400.00
Supplies $1300.00
Book Nook Staff $1000.00
Total $9700.00
Patrons
Teachers 53
Students 641
Total 694
Fundraising Efforts
Scholastic Book Fair Profit depends on Book Fair purchases
(Fall and Spring)

Analysis
Taylors Creek Elementary Media Centers budget for the 2016-2017 school year totals
$9700.00. The allocation for printed media is $7400.00 and the media supply budget is
$1300.00. The supply budget includes materials for fixing damaged books and color printer
cartridges. Title I provides $1000.00 to fund the Book Nook staff. Book Nook allows the library
to stay open on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 5:00p.m. to check books out to families, monitor
computer use, and give homework help.

According to SLJs 2014 Spending Survey: Savvy Librarians Are Doing More with
Less, most elementary libraries designate around $8.80 per patron on books (Barack, 2014).
Taylors Creek Library funds are sufficient for this, spending around $9.38 on each of its 694
stakeholders. While the budget is adequate for printed media, more funds will be necessary to
make the library more accessible and appealing to stakeholders. These goals are detailed in
Section VII of this report.
Because monies will be required for decor and construction, fundraising will be the key
to Taylors Creek Librarys success. The current fundraising technique that is implemented twice
a year is the Scholastic Book Fair. Profits depend on how many books are sold, but the funds are
limited to purchasing items in the Scholastic Dollars Catalogue. Some cash-based fundraising
considerations are:

Selling popsicles, snacks, and bottled water during recess

Lunch on the Lawn- students pay $2.00 to eat lunch with their friends outside

Pennies for Pies- students bring as many pennies as possible and the student with the
most pennies gets to pie the principal

A series of $1.00 events such as hat day, sock day, or crazy hair day

School Store- sell school supplies

Yard sale with donated items

Polar Express Day- students pay $2.00 to watch The Polar Express in pajamas

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