Normal West High School
IMC Annual Report 2015-2016
Tera Hafermann Librarian Lisa Nichols Library Assistant
Book “Shelfies”
News from Your IMC 20 14 - 20 15
Top 10 Checkouts
Altered by Jennifer Rush
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The Young Elites by Marie Lu
This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer Smith
Winger by Andrew Smith
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight by Jennifer Smith
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Throne of Glass by Sarah Mass Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
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2014-2015 Highlights 2014-2015 has been a year focused on information literacy, digital citizenship, collaboration, and digital shift as we move towards a 1:1 environment.
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Students continue to visit the IMC physically and virtually to search scholarly databases, discover search tools and strategies, “book shop” for independent reading, explore online presentation and creation tools, work in groups, meet for book club, play chess, and collaborate. Through the IMC website, students and teachers have 24/7 access to research databases, class hotlists/guides, online re-
sources by subject area, online reference tools, reading resources, how to guides, and much more. The use of research databases continues to grow among students as I work with more classes on research and the benefits of using databases. We have seen an increase in on-campus and remote database usage with our Gale database subscriptions. (Right: database usage statistics)
for our Science curriculum.
Due to continued budget constraints and after evaluating database usage statistics, we decided to eliminate both World News Digest and Today’s Science. This allowed us to add Gale Science in Context which will be a valuable resource
About Reading We worked this year to market and feature a variety of books that appealed to different interests and reading levels. Monthly book displays featured a variety of non-fiction and fiction books to heighten students interest in reading. In addition, book talks, book trailers, and book shopping by genre helped expose students to a variety of books for their reading pleasure. The Abraham Lincoln Readers’ Choice Award Reading Program This year we had several students participate in the monthly “Read an Abe, Win an Abe” program and voting for this year’s Abe book award winner. Zach Greene was our April winner of “Read an Abe, Win an Abe”. Zach read Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden and stated, “I would recommend this book because it tells the harrowing, true story of a boy who lived in a North Korean prison camp.”
due to PARCC testing I was surprised to see that circulation continued to increase! Fiction continues to circulate more which is likely due to our increased focus on independent reading and our reading culture. Students tend to check out fiction books for pleasure reading. Our non-fiction and reference collections continue to be an integral part of the curriculum and are regularly used to support classroom and individual learning.
Right: 2015 Abe Book Award winner—Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Circulation Given the number of days we were closed this year
Circulation Statistics for Independent Reading 5000
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Total # books checked out (primarily fiction)
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News from Your IMC 20 14 - 20 15
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Use of the Library Space
Students in the IMC working on laptops, reading, and playing chess.
While the IMC lab is often used for instruction, we have a steady flow of students who visit the IMC on their own time— before/after school, during lunch, and study hall. Right: A class researching in the IMC lab. Above: Students book shopping
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Above: The addition of chess boards in the IMC has been a huge hit!
Promotions & Special Events Summer Reading Check Out! Students will have the opportunity to check out up to 10 books to read over the summer on Monday, May 18th! Books will be due on Monday, August 24th or they can return books to the main office over the summer.
took “shelfies” with their favorite books to display in the IMC. Book Madness & Read Across America Week
Ani Chalian's uncle gave an amazing presentation to observe the 100th year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and
“Let Me Take A Shelfie” donated a number of books to the IMC to honor the lives and history of the Armenians.
Summer Reading Promotion display
Scholastic Warehouse Book Sale! Up to 80% off everything! May 12-14 at the Holiday Inn & Suites (Airport Location)
Students and staff members
More Reading Promotion Events from this year ... ALA Banned Books Week Teen Read Week Holiday Wrapped Book Event Bingo Reading Contest Book Bracket Battle
News from Your IMC 20 14 - 20 15
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IMC TV IMC Survey Once again, I would love to have your feedback in order to evaluate the library collection, resources, environment and myself to better serve you and your students. In order to do this, I am kindly asking you to take just a few minutes to complete this anonymous survey. I appreciate your time and your honest feedback!
The IMC TV can be used to display a device screen for instruction or demonstrations. This has created another instructional area in the IMC that teachers are welcome to use.
The IMC TV is also used to promote books and display student book reviews, spotlight IMC events, display the daily announcements, and keep students informed about all the great things that are happening at West!
About our Collection Collection Analysis by Classification We added 406 items to the collection this year, making our total number of available physical items 41,160. Proceeds from two book fairs, candy sales in the IMC, and a PTO grant have helped supplement our IMC book budget in order to buy needed books to support the curriculum and independent reading.
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