Reading Counts, Lexile, and Accelerated Reader Helping school and public library users find appropriate material Janifer Meldrum

MARCIVE can enrich MARC records with data from: Accelerated Reader (Renaissance Learning) Lexile® Framework for Reading (Metametrics®) Reading Counts! (Scholastic)

How are these programs used? Encourage reading Measure comprehension –Evaluate a book’s level of difficulty –Provide lists of books and associated quizzes Help teachers, parents, and librarians match readers to books Fulfill adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements

Who uses them? School systems School libraries and media centers Home schooling Public libraries supporting schools and reading programs

How can the library be involved? Put reading program notes into MARC records –521 for Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts –526 for Lexile Cataloging customers: Add labels to book spines indicating –Lexile® measure –Accelerated Reader points –Reading Counts

Cost Special project –$26 one time setup, per school –$0.04 per record enriched Plus nominal fees for output, loading >500K titles, and optional report Part of authorities processing or conversion –$26 one time setup, per school –No per record charge (free) Part of cataloging –No setup or per record charge (free) –Label customers can get bonus label free

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