Annual Report
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Libraries
Highlights of 2011-2012 • Completed Policy and Procedures manual for libraries • Created interactive library manual for iPads for library assistants to refer to • Increased print and non-print collections at all of our schools • Started two new library facilities in Pharr and Edinburg • Library team collaborated extensively with ELA Coordinators and Humanities Coordinator • Brought three new campuses online with an automated cataloging and circulation systems, bringing total to eleven active OPACs at IDEA schools • Streamlined MARC records across that district to ensure uniformity of catalog and processing standards
IDEA Libraries IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA
Donna Quest Frontier Mission San Benito San Juan Academy San Juan CP Alamo Pharr Edinburg
STAFFING MATTERS IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIBRARIES STATISTICS
AVERAGE HOURS OPEN PER WEEK (BASED ON A 40 HOUR WEEK)
DONNA- 44 hrs.. ALAMO- 37.4 hrs. SAN BENITO- 36.37 hrs. MISSION- 31.5 hrs. SAN JUAN CP- 30.29 hrs E FRONTIER- 27.76 hrs. QUEST- 19.06 hrs EDINBURG- 0 hrs. PHARR- 0 hrs. SAN JUAN ACAD. - 0 hrs. WESLACO - 0 hrs.
AVERAGE ITEMS CIRCULATED PER STUDENT
DONNA- 21.59 items FRONTIER- 11.27 items SAN JUAN CP- 10.32 MISSION- 7.98 items SAN BENITO- 6.65 items ALAMO- 5.55 items QUEST- 5.13 items PHARR- 0.65 items SAN JUAN ACAD –0.0005 EDINBURG- 1.46 items WESLACO – 0.0004 items
Celebrations and Reading Incentive Programs included: Teen Tech Week Wrestlemania Reading Challenge Banned Books Week Teen Read Week National Library Week Dr. Seuss’ Birthday/Read Across America Poetry Week
How do our libraries measure up according to Texas Library Standards?
Ratings measured according to School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas Available at: http://tinyurl.com/TSLStandards
Did you know your District Librarians do THESE things? • Seek professional development that will help you grow even if it is not offered by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS? • Build personal/professional learning network using social networking tools • Guide teachers/colleagues in setting up their classrooms to use PLNs. • Read both edtech journals and blogs, beyond the print literature of our own profession. • Follow selected educators, experts, authors, etc. with microblogging apps like Twitter • We Twitter to realtime chats about professional interests. using hashtags like #tlchat and #edchat • Learn by visiting the webcast archives of conferences we cannot attend. (For instance, ISTE) • Share new knowledge with others using social bookmarking tools like Delicious and Diigo • Set up feed readers to push the blog of experts and educators you respect to you on a regular basis. • Share newfound information on blogs and Scoopit magazine pages
Personal Learning Networks
21st Century Libraries Libraries will always exist as places for learners to find information, resources, services, and instruction. But formats, technologies, learning needs, and our schools are evolving. And so are students themselves. Our entire information and communication landscapes have shifted—and this shift will only continue. Good searching is not just about using Google, accessing databases, or teaching Boolean logic. It’s about teaching how to search and evaluate information coming from wikis, blogs, Twitter, and whatever comes next. It’s about understanding and using tags, about sharing and harnessing the power of a wide variety of information feeds. It’s about teaching how to aggregate RSS feeds, to gather useful widgets, and to create personal information portals. Librarians must be able to retool and stay ahead of teachers and students. We believe that librarians cannot adequately retool if they do not develop PLNs (personal or professional learning networks). Which leads us to... Are we preparing our libraries to serve a post-‐literate society (See Doug Johnson’s “Libraries for a Post-‐Literate Society” in Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, July/August 2009), one in which people can read but prefer to meet their information, communication, and recreational needs in formats other than print? How do we begin to understand that literacy is no longer restricted to print? Learners must be able to construct and deconstruct messages in a multitude of media. They need to read, interpret, and create all types of writing and scripting: YouTube video, Tweets, blog posts, digital stories.
These excerpts were taken from: Valencia, Joyce. "Things that keep us up at night." School Library Journal. 2009): n. page. Print. <http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6699357.html>.
DATABASES FOR STUDENT RESEARCH AND DATA *Not all databases subscribed to by all campuses
COLLEGE PREP
MIDDLE SCHOOL
ACADEMY
ABC-CLIO
ABC-CLIO
ABDO ONLINE
ALUKA
ALUKA
BRAIN POP
BRAINPOP
BRAINPOP
BRITANNICA ONLINE
BRITANNICA ONLINE
BRITANNICA ONLINE
CAPSTONE INTERATIVE
CULTURE GRAMS
CULTURE GRAMS
ESBSCO HOST
DISCOVERY EDUCATION
DISCOVERY EDUCATION
MYON READER
EBSCO HOST
EBSCO HOST
PEBBLE GO
FACTS ON FILE
FACTS ON FILE
ROSEN ONLINE
GALE RESOURCES
GALE RESOURCES
TEACHING BOOKS.NET
JSTOR
JSTOR
WORLDBOOK ONINE
NEWSBANK
NEWSBANK
NOTICIAS
NOTICIAS
QUESTIA
ROSEN ONLINE
ROSEN ONLINE
TEACHING BOOKS.NET
TEACHING BOOKS.NET
TEXAS STATE HANDBOOK
TEXAS STATE HANDBOOK WORLD BOOK ONLINE
WORLD BOOK ONLINE ROSEN SPOTLIGHT
Advantages of using Databases • • • • • •
Authentic, reliable information Information resources are all together Accessible anywhere Easily retrievable Many patrons can access the same database at the same time
IDEA LIBRARIES COLLECTION STATISTICS
ABOUT OUR COLLECTIONS
PRINT ITEMS: DONNA ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP- 27,606 QUEST ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP- 12,083 FRONTIER ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 12,753 SAN BENITO ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 6,251 SAN JUAN ACADEMY 6,089 SAN JUAN COLLEGE PREP 8,892 MISSION ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 6,287 ALAMO ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 12,303 PHARR ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 3,418 EDINBURG ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 2,612 WESLACO ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 3,482
E-BOOKS DONNA ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP- 392 QUEST ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP- 279 FRONTIER ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 130 SAN BENITO ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 106 SAN JUAN COLLEGE PREP 39 MISSION ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 81 ALAMO ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 194 PHARR ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 12 EDINBURG ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 0 WESLACO ACADEMY AND COLLEGE PREP 0
COLLECTIONS ARE SELECTED USING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM:
Teachers Parents Students Alex Award Amercian Library Award Book List Book List Starred The Book Page Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Caldecott Medal/Honor Children’s Books Coretta Scott King Award Education Review Education Software Review Follett TITLEWAVE Horn Book Kirkus Reviews Library Media Connection Library Talk Michael L. Printz Award Multicultural Book Reviews New York Times Best Seller Lists Newberry Medal/Honor Pura Belpre Award/Honor School Library Journal School Library Journal Starrred Teacher Librarian Theodore Seuss Geisel Award YALSA’s top 10 YALSA Non-‐Fiction
IDEA DONNA LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA DONNA LIBRARY
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Over 50 subscription database resources to support IB inquiry and DP Extended Essay Installed monitor for video and booktrailer displays New mural in Everybody reading section
IDEA QUEST LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA QUEST LIBRARY
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Installed additional shelving, computer carrels and technology storage cabinet New, library-quality tables and chairs Teen section updated 1,621 books, 30 movies, 291 audio & catalist books, and 279 eBooks added to collection
IDEA FRONTIER LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA FRONTIER LIBRARY
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Additional shelving installed for non—fiction collection Computer carrels installed for student use Added eBook, audio book, and videos to collection Print collection increased by more than 20%
IDEA SAN BENITO LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA SAN BENITO LIBRARY
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Installed library-quality shelving and computer carrels for student use Collection increased by 716 books, 48 videos, 174 audio & catalist books, and 106 eBooks Library hours doubled from 20102011
IDEA SAN JUAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA SAN JUAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY ANNUALSUMMARY
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Opened library on new campus Purchased second Destiny cataloging/circulation software license to split collection with Academy Fiction section reshelved by genre to assist students in locating materials Over 2,500 print resources to support STEM curriculum
IDEA ALAMO LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA ALAMO LIBRARY
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Increased collection by 162 items, per Junior Library Guild subscription With over 12,000 items, Alamo has one of the higher book:student ratios
IDEA MISSION LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
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Installed library-quality shelving Added, 1,181 books, 54 Catalist (online audio), 54 eBooks, 79 Playaway audio books Circulation per student increased by 6 items
IDEA PHARR LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA PHARR LIBRARY
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Increased collection by 1,476 items, nearly doubling collection
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Installed shelving and recreational seating area, circulation desk, and computer work stations for students
IDEA EDINBURG LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA EDINBURG LIBRARY
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Installed library-quality shelving, circulation desk, and book drop Added 2,612 print resources Two parent volunteers regularly helped with set up and maintenance of library
IDEA WESLACO LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA WESLACO LIBRARY
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Added 3,482 print resources
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Circulation was voluntarily handled by 6th grade teacher
IDEA SAN JUAN ACADEMY LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMARY
IDEA SAN JUAN ACADEMY LIBRARY
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Purchased 134 new titles to support science curriculum Split collection with SJCP and purchased separate Destiny Quest circulation/cataloging software license Two parent volunteers helped set up library in Fall
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
Monday iRead @ the Library Write an online review in the library catalog!
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Visit http://ips.follettdestiny.com Login with YOUR username Find your favorite book
Write a review One submission will be selected at random to win a Kindle Tuesday iCreate @ the Library Tell us about your library favorite book through Moodle or Animoto
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Visit Wordle.com and create a word picture about a book OR your library
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Using Animoto, create a Book Trailer
Email or print and deliver to library OR
Email submission to your District Librarian One trailer will win a Flipvideo Camera! Wednesday iDiscover @ the Library Follow your library on Facebook.
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OFF-CAMPUS, find your library and LIKE it on Facebook.
Create a Scoop!IT page Win Dr. Dre iBeats! Thursday iLearn @ the Library Visit the library for a FREE subscription to Google SketchUp Pro (value = $495) Friday iSearch @ the Library
Notable Trends Most of the IDEA Libraries are in their first or second years of operation. However, there are two IDEA Libraries with statistics dating back three years or more. At IDEA Donna and IDEA Quest libraries, the total number of annual circulations has dropped over the past three years. One possible factor is the hours of operation have been reduced at each library from more than an hour both before and after school to less than 8 hours a day. Another contributing factor may be the reduction of library staff to one non-certified employee per campus. Surprising to note is that the introduction of the AR Zone did not significantly impact the overall circulation numbers, neither decreasing circulations as students gained another access points to reading materials, nor increasing circulations as reading abilities increased.