Ogden Preparatory Academy Libraries
August and September Library Report 2012-2013 School Year Compiled by: Katherine Witt Input from: Andrea Dosier, Dayna Smith & Jana Whitby
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Library Department Goals 2012-2013 The goals for the school year 2012-2013 are based on the Utah State’s Library Media Program Standards: http://www.schools.utah.gov/CURR/library/Resources/Standards.aspx
DRSL's
•Continue to incorporate the school DRSL's into the library media curriculum. •Focus on incorporating more Spanish into library instruction and reader’s advisory with students. •Focus on meeting goals laid out in the school’s action plan.
•Continue to provide signage, labeling, and displays that will encourage students to check out materials and increase circulation.
Facilities
Access
Personnel
•Inventory and Weeding schedule: Inventory and weed the collection to maintain its currency and relevancy. •Explicitly teach students how they can access their library information using the OPAC.
•Pursue professional development opportunities such as: UEN courses, conferences, web casts. •Staff should familiarize themselves with the collection through shelf reading, reading reviews, recommended booklists, publisher’s websites and reading.
•Continue to abide by school-wide policies and the library circulation policies and procedures.
Policies
Resources
Technology
Budget
•Add materials and titles needed as shown by the collection evaluation and teacher requests •Add titles to the collection that will enhance teacher’s use of the Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/. •Continue to tie book titles to education standards by adding standards that titles meet in the local notes of the bibliographic record.
•Continue to update the library websites to provide resources for students, parents, and teachers. •Continue to incorporate ALA’s Standards for the 21st century learner into the library media curriculum.
•Continue to keep track of budget expenses on the Y drive. •Research and continue to apply to grants.
Library Budget
All Schools
1,056 students
$14,000
Elementary
531 students or 50%
$7,000 or 50%
Intermediate
216 students or 20%
Secondary
309 students or 30%
$2,800 or 20% $4,200 or 30%
Library Collection Development Goals 2012-2013
Action Plan & DRSLs
Common Core Standards
Collection Analysis Needs
Patron Request and Needs
•Purchase materials to support the school DRSLs and action plan: •Spanish and bilingual materials •Career and Secondary Education titles •Character education related titles: respect, friendship, cooperation, bullying, cyber bullying, etc.
•Purchase materials to support the Utah State Core (esp. new common core standards in LA & Math) •Greater emphasis on informational text •Purchase titles on standards which students were not as proficient on as shown by CRT results
•Purchase titles shown as needed by collection analysis needs: •Geography & History, Social Sciences, Technology •Age Sensitive Dewey Ranges: older copyrights are more likely to have outdated information •The following ranges have more than 70% of the titles aged. •003-007, 361-369, 380-389, 570-579, 910-919
•Fiction—add materials to increase student circulation by finishing series and acquiring new high interest fiction •High Interest/Low Level—Purchase high interest low level materials for struggling readers •New Classes/Interests—Supplement new classes and activities with titles i.e.: jump rope, archery, basketball, guitar, etc. •Faculty & Staff requests—If feasible purchase materials that will supplement faculty and staff curriculum and instruction as requested
Overview of rules and procedures Hosted Book Fair and sold $7,000 which earned a credit of $4,000 worth of books for the school library
Introduction to the library Overview of rules and procedures 5th & 6th grade has an origami club hosted at the secondary school library 5th grade book club
1st & 2nd grade book club
6th grade book club
3rd & 4th grade book club
Storytelling Club
Storytelling Club Yoga
Secondary Library
Introduction to the library
Intermediate Library
Elementary Library
Library Programming and Curriculum
Immersion classes introduction to the library, overview of rules and procedures, Spanish language materials Hosted Book Fair and sold $1800 which earned a credit of $600 worth of books for the school library. Compiled information on: country reports, wolf reintroduction
Total Circulation 3000 2580
Number of Materials Checked Out
2500
2000
1548
Elementary
1500
Intermediate Secondary Staff
1000
875 597
500 147 12 5 18 22
82
17 0 17 1
280 184 105
310337 243
0 Summer: June
Summer: July
August
Months of the Year
September
Librarian
Total Circulation by Grade Level 700
Number of Materials Checked Out
600
500
400
Kinder
300
1st 2nd 200
3rd 4th 5th
100
6th 7th 0
Summer: June
Summer: July
August
September
Kinder
22
8
179
403
1st
31
22
248
393
2nd
50
20
388
590
3rd
11
22
345
473
4th
0
1
313
597
5th
0
0
394
566
6th
12
17
209
304
7th
0
0
105
89
8th
5
0
85
137
9th
0
0
79
90
Months of the Year
8th 9th
Total Circulation by Dewey Decimal System
Number of Materials Checked Out
350 296
300
000's Generalities
276 269
100's Psychology & Philosophy
250 200
180 140
150
200's Religion
209
199 195
300's Social Sciences
178 148
140
400's Languages
144
500's Sciences
102 100 50
70 44
83
81
600's Applied Sciences
48 23
12
700's Arts
33
17
800's Literature
0
900's Geography & History August
September
92's Biographies
Months of the Year
Circulation by Genre: Secondary School
Number of Materials Checked Out
350
328
300
279
Adventure Fantasy
250
Historical Fiction 200
168
161
Horror Mystery
150
Realistic Fiction
100
70
59 50
28 6
69 38 11 17
64
50
61 36
31 11
10
0 August
September Months of the Year
Science Fiction 46
Graphic Novels Nonfiction Total Fiction
Materials Added August to September 600
Number of Materials Added
500
400
300
200
100
0
Copy Types
Audiobook
2
Big Book
6
Book
503
Book Club
43
Equipment
4
Graphic Novel
18
Library Use
2
Professional Development
5
Secondary Fiction Genres
119
Secondary Graphic Novel
12
Secondary Magazine
1
Secondary Nonfiction
77
Secondary Picture Book
3
Secondary Professional Development
10
Secondary Reference
3