Library Collection

29,231 Volumes Total

Library Circulation

7,124 Circulations Total

Fiction Nonfiction eBooks

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Fiction Reference 100s (Philosophy and Psychology)200s (Religion) 300s (Social Sciences) 400s (Languages)500s (Hard Sciences) 600s (Technology) 700s (Arts and Sports)800s (Literature) 900s (History) Biography

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6%2%Circulation has never been higher!

Over the past three years, circulation has doubled.

While we can’t track exact numbers before 2008; anecdotally, we believe that it was even lower before the computer system was put into place.

We attribute this rise to:1. The expansion of the YA collection and a

huge increase in reading for fun.2. Increased collaboration with teachers that has

created opportunities for students to use library resources for assignments.

While circulation is still at historic highs, it has stayed level over the past year. We attribute this to:

1. A new policy that requires students with overdue books to return them before checking out a new book.

2. Increased use of databases instead of print books.

SFP Library Annual Report 2012-2013

Collaboration and Instruction

This year, 380 classes

visited the library.

(That’s nearly double the amount of classes we hosted last year.)

(It’s more than 10 times the amount of classes

from the 2009-2010 school year.)

What did we work on?

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Science Social StudiesEnglish ReligionHealth Business and Comp. Sci.

Who used the library?

• The science department’s most used month was October.

• Social Studies used the library more at the end of the year (March and April).

• The teacher who used the library most often was Caitlin Donovan (Social Studies).

• We had three days this year where the library was fully booked every period, on both sides.

Next year, we would like to increase classes held

in the library by 25%.

We hope to do this by focusing on working with

9th grade teachers to ensure that all students

are familiar with the library and have adequate

research skills to start their high school careers.

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Database Sessions

Technology in the Library

• NoodleTools is a bibliographic management service.• It helps students not only to format their citations

correctly, but also to organize their research, take better notes, and break the research process down into manageable steps.

We currently have more than 800 active Noodle Tools users.

After two years of low use, database searches have nearly quintupled

since 2009-2010 and doubled

just since last year.

•We have more than 500 ebooks in the collection. •eBooks have circulated more than 300 times this year.

Next year, we plan to subscribe to a database that houses over 100,000 unlimited use ebooks - this will

essentially triple the size of our entire library.

Other Highlights• Turnitin has been well received by faculty and students. Currently, we have 1,917 active student

accounts, so nearly 3/4 of the student body has used the service. During the month of April alone, 850 papers were submitted. So far this year, we have had 5,221 papers submitted.

• However, only 30 faculty members have actively used their accounts. Next year, we hope to have faculty members from every department and at least 50% of the total faculty using their accounts regularly. To accomplish this, we plan offer more professional development.

Collection Maintenance

•For the first time since moving to a computerized catalog, we will make a complete inventory of library resources by the end of the year.

• We continue to remove outdated, incorrect, and otherwise unusable books from the collection, as well as books that are in poor physical condition.

• Our collection of Nook eReaders continues to circulate, but down from last year’s peak.

• We anticipate this trend will continue, as interest in dedicated eReaders continues to be replaced by multipurpose smartphones and tablets.

• We continue to look for ways to deliver popular fiction for independent reading in ebook form.

Preparing for the Common Core• This is not just about buying more nonfiction - we are concentrating on specific types of nonfiction:

• Readable, narrative nonfiction that provides a story as well as information• Varying text complexities: some very basic books, as well as some that present more complex

language and ideas• Books that explore an event, idea, or person from multiple points of view - or, multiple books that

we can package and pass along to a teacher• Collections of related primary sources

We also hope that the Common Core and it’s focus on research will drive more teachers to the library, where we would love to collaborate to plan Common Core appropriate lessons.

Goals for next year:1. Modernize Nonfiction Collection• The average copyright date of our books (fiction and nonfiction) is 1991 - but many nonfiction sections are

much older.• The age of hard sciences section? With an average copyright of 1995 - 18 years!• Oldest section? Literature - 1984! Turning 30 next year!• Newest section? Philosophy and Psychology: Copyright date 2001 (this is the only section that meets state

recommendations)

- We hope to achieve this goal by aggressively weeding out old books that are no longer relevant or correct. We estimate that this will be quite a few books.

- Next years state funding will then be spent less on fiction titles for English classes (which currently eat up more than 50% of our spending) and focus on introducing new, up to date resources in nonfiction.

- This will shrink our collection somewhat, but it will enable us to have a quality collection.- We plan to bring the average age of the collection up by at least 3 years, and ensure that at least

half our nonfiction sections meet state standards.- We hope that filling our shelves with newer books in smaller, easier to browse sections will

help students access our nonfiction better, which should improve our circulation.

2. Greater focus on creating a culture of independent reading in school a. Programming

- Emphasis on finding fun ways to increases student body’s dedication to reading for pleasure- This should be a way for likeminded students (readers) to connect, meet, and find peers to share

books with c. Rearranging the library space, so that YA fiction (independent reading materials) are more accessible

- This will help to make the collection more browse-able as well as better organized- An attractive new space will draw readers, increasing the potential that they might check out a book- During the school day, the new reading space will be a place to for readers congregate together,

creating a reading community center that the school currently lacks.

3. Increased embedding of library and research skills into the curriculuma. Although our collaboration with teachers has been a huge strong point of the past three years, we

must continue to grow in that area. This is, by far, the most important long term goal.b. We must continue to make progress on developing a comprehensive research curriculum for all

students- This year, all freshman science classes met in the library at least twice- Next year, we hope to work with 9th grade English teachers to achieve the same attendance

with 9th grade English classes

5. Continue to modernize and streamline library procedures! - Rethink the way library space is used

- Develop a better procedure for holds and orders- Relabel Young Adult books to make them more accessible- Design and display better signage throughout the library- Refine printing procedures to reduce paper and toner waste