SJSD Secondary Libraries - Monthly Report Newsletter October 2013

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SJSD Libraries Summary ofActivity - October 2013

Our middle school and high schoollibraries have been busy this school year!Librarians have already been checking outbooks to students, assisting with researchprojects, collaborating with teachers, andassisting with technology needs in theirrespective buildings!

This month, many librarians held bookfairs during parent/teacher conferences as ameans of fundraising for their library budgets.Librarians also conducted a variety of lessonswith students, including getting students set upto use the librarys shared ebook collection on

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78%

Total Circulation of Books

Fiction Nonfiction

19%

81%

Total Circulation of New Books

Fiction - New Nonfiction - New

Print Circulation Statistics

Our print circulationstatistics showedapproximately 5,500books checked out in aone month period.

These statistics were compiled fromOctober 1, 2013, until October 31, 2013.These circulation statistics also representthe checkout activity of all 4 middleschools and all 3 high schools combined,for a total of 5,500 students. On average,each secondary student in the St. JosephSchool District had the opportunity tocheck out at least one book. This is a hugesuccess for our students who are selecting

readings in the English Language Artsclasses as well as for their own leisurereading.

As well, our nonfiction statistics werestrong. Students and staff checked out

over 1,200 nonfiction texts during thistime. This shows that our librariesnonfiction collections are supporting the

Common Core state standards as well asdistrict initiatives to increase the amount ofinformational texts read by students.

Finally, our librarians have beguntracking how our newer books areperforming compared to the rest of theexisting print collection. By our definition,we are tracking new books that werepurchased beginning in the 2012-13school year. These books are a little over ayear old or newer in many cases.

The proportion of the print collection

that is checking out that is new is veryhigh. Out of the 4,390 fiction bookschecked out, approximately 1/4 were newbooks. Out of the 1,203 nonfiction bookschecked out, approximately 1/6 were newbooks.

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Online Access Statistics

Library Assistance and Operations


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Lessons and Collaboration

Library lessons are correlated to the following standards:

Common Core State Standards for ELA Literacy including Reading: Literature, Writing,

History/Social Studies, and Science

National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S)

American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner

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SJSD Secondary Libraries - Monthly Report Newsletter October 2013