Dorman high school annual library report 2010 final

Dorman High School Library Program

2009-2010 Library Media Center Annual Report

Created by Cathy Nelson, Melanie Dillard

June 2010

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Dorman High School Library Program

2009-2010 Library Media Center Annual Report Table of Contents

Serving the DHS School Community ............................................................................................................ 2

Managing the Collection .............................................................................................................................. 4

Remaining Current in our profession .........................................................................................................11

Reading Advocacy ......................................................................................................................................13

Goals for 2010-211 School year .................................................................................................................15

Appendix 1: By the Numbers .....................................................................................................................17

Appendix 2: DHS Library Budget ................................................................................................................18

Appendix 3: High School Library Resource Collection Standards ..............................................................19

Appendix 4: June 2010 Follett Tidewater Analysis ....................................................................................22

Appendix 5: Information Literacy Standards Alignment ............................................................................22

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Mission Statement Our mission is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of information and ideas and to

promote reading as a lifelong pastime.

Library Faculty/Staff:

Cathy Nelson, MLIS, NBCT Melanie Dillard, MLIS

Jolene Barron, Media Assistant

Purpose of this Report

The purpose of this report is to share information about the library media center’s programs and

resources.

I. Serving the DHS School Community A. Individual Student Visits

The media center is open from 7:30 to 4:00, providing time before and after the school day for teachers

and students to visit and use our resources. There were 3,592 individual student visits (from passes)

during the school day first through fourth block. When including students visiting with classes, there

were 23,987 students using the LMC during the 2009 – 2010 school year.

During student visits, we are often asked to provide assistance with locating resources and using

computer programs. We use every opportunity possible to enable students and teachers to increase

their information literacy skills.

B. Class Visits

The media center was open for class visits 180 calendar days this year. During that time, 850 classes

visited the media center to use its resources. Total students using the library as a result of class visits

equals 19,264. 55 classes were used for administrative purposes (various testing programs, TAC, Flu

Clinic, etc.)

C. Before and After School Use

Each morning there were approximately 50 students a day visiting before school. The library was open

every morning of the school year except one day (a faculty make-up meeting.) While we did not count

the actual number of students visiting in the morning, we sent out fifty passes each day, and so our

estimated number of students using the facility before school is 8950. After School use was significantly

less, and an estimation of 1800 students used the library at this time (based on ten students a day for

180 days.)

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Summary of Student Usage Data

Type/TimeFrame of Use Students

Students from classes on passes 3,592

Students with classes 19,264

Students visiting before school 8,950

Students visiting after school 1,800

Total 33,606

D. Collaboration

Many of our faculty use the library’s resources to facilitate learning as students research and complete

projects. Although very little formal collaboration occurs, some teachers do request our help in

planning portions of projects or in helping students begin their research.

We continue to teach information literacy skills to classes as requested. These skills include locating and

using resources in our electronic book catalog, on SC DISCUS, Internet searching strategies, web page

evaluation, and citing sources using the MLA format.

Several research projects completed this year have been successfully used by teachers in the past so

now that we are very familiar with the students’ needs, we anticipate better service In this area for the

upcoming school year. Both media specialists continued efforts to encourage more in-depth

collaboration between teachers and the library. This is an area that needs improvement and will be

addressed in our goals again next year.

D. Departmental Usage

This year our English department continued to use the media center and its resources more than other

departments.

Department # of Class Visits

Business 2 Math 0

Career Specialists 4 Physical Education 7

Consumer Science 1 Science 64

English 556 Social Studies 130

Fine Arts 11 Exceptional Students 24

Foreign Language 47

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E. Media Center Staff Involvement on School Instruction and Leadership Teams

At this time no media center staff members serve on a school instructional or leadership

team. We would like representation in the following:

Principal’s Leadership Team / Department Heads’ Focus Group

School Literacy Team

High Schools That Work Professional Development Team

High Schools That Work Guidance Team

F. Staff Development

1. Formal Presentations

August: New Teacher Orientation Packet

August: Back to School Faculty Meeting – brief introduction to staff

2. Informal Sharing

Several teachers requested assistance this year on various topics, and Mrs.. Nelson or Mrs. Dillard

worked with these teachers on a one-on-one basis as needed. Some topics and tools covered:

Finding resources on SC DISCUS

Using/setting up Streamline SC Accounts

Finding videos on TeacherTube/YouTube/Discovery Streaming

Using the electronic catalog

Scheduling in the media center

Using V-Brick

Using Flip Video Camera

Creating Movies using Windows Movie maker

Using the library laptop/projector

Adding content to and/or planning for class use of the library wiki

II. Managing the Collection

A. Circulation Statistics

13,511 resources were checked out during the 2009 – 2010 school year. This is an average check out

per student/faculty/staff of estimated 5 books during the year.

Students often ask us for reading recommendations due to our familiarity with the library’s collection,

and by asking a few questions of the student, we can help them locate one or more titles that might

interest them. Our success rate in so doing has been high, thus leading to more requests and, therefore,

more checkouts.

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As of May 28, 2010, 75 books and resources were still checked out to 54 students. A total of $3,446.54

in fines were owed by students in grades 10-12. Only two students classified as 2010 graduates showed

in Destiny as owing library books or fines, and both were inactive/withdrawn students.

DHS Student Library Fines Summary

Fines owed to DHS $3,183.61

Fines owed to DFC $89.21

Fines owed to RPDMS $168.72

Fines owed to LEGMS $5.00

DHS Students Owing Books (and their value)

School owed Value # of Books # of Students

DHS $706.99 51 41

DFC $99.84 10 6

RPDMS $119.22 10 5

WVES $19.61 2 2

Totals $945.66 73 54

B. Top Circulating Books

Our collection is made up of 68% Nonfiction and 32%fiction. Our top circulating titles reflect usage of

both sections of the library, but the nonfiction is target to a set of books we have often considered

pulling into the fictions section (graphic novels, which are categorized as art instead of literature.)

Rank Title Author call

1 Twilight Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- FIC Meyer

2 Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- FIC Meyer

3 New moon Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- FIC Meyer

4 Naruto. Vol. 36, Cell number 10 Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

5 Naruto. Vol. 38, Practice makes perfect Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

6 Naruto. Vol. 33, The secret mission Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

7 Keysha's drama Sewell, Earl. FIC Sewell, Earl

8 Naruto. Vol. 35, The new two Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

9 Naruto. Vol. 37, Shikamaru's battle Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

10 The pact : an Indigo novel McKayhan, Monica. FIC MCKAYHAN

11 Wake McMann, Lisa. FIC McMann, Lisa

12 Naruto. Vol. 45, Battlefield, Konoha Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

13 Tears of a tiger Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) FIC Draper, Sharon

14 Thirteen reasons why : a novel Asher, Jay. FIC Asher, Jay

15 Bleach. 13, The undead Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB/V13

16 Bleach. 20, End of hypnosis Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB/V20

17 Breaking dawn Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- FIC Meyer, Stephenie

18 Dirty Jersey Duck, Phillip Thomas. FIC Duck, Philip

19 Naruto. Vol. 39, On the move Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- 741.5 KIS

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20 Bleach. 4, Quincy Archer hates you Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB/V4

21 Bleach. 14, White Tower rocks Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB/V14

22 Bleach. 21, Be my family or not Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB/V21

23 Courtin' Jayd : a novel Divine, L. FIC Divine, L.

24 Bleach. 1, Strawberry and the soul reapers Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB

25 Bleach. 8, The blade and me Kubo, Tite. 741.5 KUB/V8

The top circulating books are dominated by the Twilight series, the Drama High series, the Kimani Tru

series, the Bluford series, and the graphic novels’ series Bleach and Naruto.

There were a total of 13,511 circulations, which averages out to approximately 5 books/library resources

per patron (student and or faculty/staff).

C. Collection Status

Our fiction collection was outgrowing its available space, causing the need to shift books around in the

library. When a set of books is relocated, every book in the library shifts, so we aggressively weeded

some of the sections before beginning.

The LMS’s work to update the collection’s average age and relevancy to the curriculum through a three year collection development plan to address all areas of the collection. This plan will begin over in year four and be a continuous cycle every three years. This year concludes Year 1 of our plan. Year 1 2009-2010

Sections Weeded August 2010 Age June 2010 Age Gains

000s Generalities 1994 16 1998 12 4

100s Philosophy and Psychology 1996 14 1999 11 3

200s Religion 1989 21 1997 13 8

300s Social Sciences 1998 12 2001 9 3

400s Language 1993 17 1996 14 3

900s Geography and History 1990 20 1998 12 8

Fiction/Literature 1999 11 2001 9 2

Year 2 (2010-2011) Weeding Project Goals

Sections to be Weeded Year 2 June 2010 Age

500s Natural Science/Mathematics 1997 13

600s Technology 1999 11

Story Collection 1988 22

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Year 3 (2011-2012) Weeding Project Goals

Sections to be Weeded Year 3 June 2010 Age

700s The Arts 1997 13

800s Literature and Rhetoric 1985 25

92s Biographies 1998 12

The state department recognizes three levels of resource collections: At Risk, Basic, and Exemplary. The

following chart compares DHS LMC’s collection (as of June 16, 2010) to these three levels.

TitleMAP™

TitleMAP Strategy Paul M Dorman High School TitleMAP

By: Jason Smith (17-Jun-2010)

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At-Risk Goal Max. Vol. Cap.: 25,000 1996 Average Age

Basic Goal Max. Vol. Cap.: 25,000 1999 Average Age

Exemplary Goal Max. Vol. Cap.: 25,000 2001 Average Age

To accomplish this goal... Weed: 0 [0.00%]

Weeding Candidates Purchase: 1,329

[$31,563.75] Additional Titles

To accomplish this goal... Weed: 1,322 [15.23%]

Weeding Candidates Purchase: 2,651

[$62,961.25] Additional Titles

To accomplish this goal... Weed: 3,968 [45.71%]

Weeding Candidates Purchase: 5,297 [$125,803.75]

Additional Titles

This will place you at... 10.00 Items Per Student 1998 Average Age



By weeding, we lowered the number of items per student, but we brought the age of the collection up

two years.

D. Changes to the collection during the 2009 – 2010 school year:

Purchased:

1500 print books

14 DVDs

3 VHS

1 Nikon Coolpix digital cameras

1 Sony mini video camera and tripod

1 Ultra Flip Video Camera

Donated:

12 fiction titles (Romano, dedicated book in Ashley Adkins’ name, by student Benjamin Fleming)

3 VHS tapes and 2 DVDs (various teachers)

Weeded:

1995 items (including outdated or worn out books, VHS tapes, old equipment)

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E. Online Resources

1. DHS LMC Web Site & Online Portals

The DHS LMC Website was moved over to the district/school OrangeEd web application. It is up to

date, but points users to other online web presence the library has, including our online catalog and

linked resources (Destiny), the DHS WetPaint Wiki, and our DHS Library Blog.

Research has proven that teenagers want to interact with websites so in the fall, we added a

“Cavalier Book Recommendation” form on our various online portals for students to use to request

the library purchase of a book of their choice. Several students completed the form and the books

they requested were added to the Consideration File. Many of the titles were found worthy of

purchase and now reside in the library. Adding this form has given students a voice in library

purchases.

The DHS Library wiki was created with the goal of teachers making online contributions to

pathfinders to enhance the search process for students while in the media center. Teachers have

contributed not only links, but also downloadable handouts to enable students to obtain missing or

lost material. The wiki is a place to truly implement cross-curricular projects, as well as maintain

subject specific information for classes.

The DHS Blog is a place to discuss titles, activities, or events that teen readers may be interested in.

The English Department coordinates with the library to utilize the blog as a place for student to get

answers to questions over the summer or debate issues in the required reading.

2. SC DISCUS

The South Carolina State Library provides schools with access to many excellent databases through

SC DISCUS. We promote these databases as authoritative and reliable resources and recommend

that our students begin their online research with them.

(Usage data can be provided, but was not available at the date of this report)

3. Ebooks

With the implementation of Destiny, our library offers 66 e-books. The books range from classical

literature (Alice in Wonderland, Black Beauty) to the complete works of Shakespeare.

4. StreamlineSC/SCETV Discovery Education Data

Usage Report -DHS- DE Streaming

Logins 944

Total Videos or Video Segments Accessed 2,081

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F. Collection Analysis

The following chart represents the percentage of each main classification of our collection based on the

analysis performed on May 19, 2010:

Our collection at this time reflects an age of 13 years, with a total of 23,801 materials available (9.52

items per student)

Because the age of a collection is one of the criteria used by the state to determine a school library’s

rating/level for the SC SDE, it is also important to note the age of each of the main classifications:

The Hundred Divisions Average Age Total Items % of Collection

000s Generalities 1998 149 0.63%

100s Philosophy and Psychology 1999 307 1.29%

200s Religion 1997 147 0.62%

300s Social Sciences 2001 2185 9.18%

400s Language 1996 122 0.51%

500s Natural Sciences/Mathematics 1997 969 4.07%

0.63%

1.29%

0.62% 9.18%

0.51%

4.07%

5.86%

6.16%

9.89%

9.12%

32.22%

8.81%

6.75%

1.19%

2.50% 1.20%

000s Generalities

100s Philosophy and Psychology

200s Religion

300s Social Sciences

400s Language

500s Natural Sciences/Mathematics

600s Technology

700s The Arts

800s Literature and Rhetoric

900s Geography and History

General Fiction

Reference

Biography

Professional

Story Collection

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600s Technology 1999 1395 5.86%

700s The Arts 1997 1465 6.16%

800s Literature and Rhetoric 1985 2355 9.89%

900s Geography and History 1998 2170 9.12%

General Fiction 2001 7668 32.22%

Reference 1998 2097 8.81%

Biography 1998 1606 6.75%

Professional 1994 284 1.19%

Story Collection 1988 596 2.50%

Easy 1995 286 1.20%

Hundred Divisions Totals 1996 11264 47.33%

Additional Category Listings Average Age Total items % of Collection

General Fiction 2001 7668 32.22%

Reference 1998 2097 8.81%

Biography 1998 1606 6.75%

Professional 1994 284 1.19%

Story Collection 1988 596 2.50%

Easy 1995 286 1.20%

Additional Category Listings Totals 1999 12537 52.67%

Totals

Average Age 1997

Total items 23801

III. Remaining Current in our Profession

A. Training and Conferences

Upstate Technology Conference June 2009 – Cathy Nelson

International Society for Technology Educators/National Education Computing Conference June

2009 (Cathy Nelson)

Joined Discovery Education Network Leadership Council August 2009 – Cathy Nelson

South Carolina EdTech October 2009 – Cathy Nelson

School Library Journal Leadership Summit October 2009 – Cathy Nelson

Recognized as a Discovery Education STAR Educator 3rd consecutive year January 2010 – Cathy

Nelson

South Carolina Association of School Librarian’s Annual Conference March 2010 – Cathy Nelson

Scheduled to attend the upcoming Upstate Technology Conference June 2010 – Cathy Nelson

Scheduled to attend upcoming ETV Summer Workshops July 2010 – Cathy Nelson

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B. Offsite Presentations

Copresented with Mary Friend, Shepard, Christopher Harris, and David Loertscher at the Special

Interest Groups Forum “ The School Library 2.0 and Beyond” International Society for

Technology Educators/National Education Computing Conference June 2009 (Cathy Nelson)

Copresented with Joyce Valenza, Karen Kliegman, Wendy Stephens, and Keisa Williams in an

interactive “Bring Your Own Laptop” Panel discussion/interactive session – “Library Learning

Tools Smackdown: A Sharing Session for Teacher-Librarians” International Society for

Technology Educators/National Education Computing Conference June 2009 (Cathy Nelson)

Presented “Ten Tools to a More 2.0 Library” South Carolina Association of School Librarian’s

Annual Conference March 2010 – Cathy Nelson

Scheduled for Upstate Technology Conference June 2010 – Cathy Nelson to co-present with Fran

Bullington (Boiling Springs media specialist) and Heather Loy (Wagener-Salley High School media

specialist): “There’s An App for That! Using Web Tools to Simplify, Organize, and Enhance Your

Life”

Scheduled for ETV Summer Workshops July 2010 – Cathy Nelson to co-present with Fran

Bullington (Boiling Springs media specialist) and Heather Loy (Wagener-Salley High School media

specialist): “There’s An App for That! Using Web Tools to Simplify, Organize, and Enhance Your

Life”

Scheduled for ETV Summer Workshops July 2010 – Cathy Nelson to present: “Words 2.0h!”

C. Professional Blog: TechnoTuesday: Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts

Cathy Nelson began her blog four years ago as a way to connect with educators and reflect on learning

and making the classroom/library engaging. The blog provides an opportunity to explore ideas that are

relevant to our library. http://blog.cathyjonelson.com (October 2006 – present)

Cathy’s blog was named by Scholastic as one of the “Top Twenty Blogs for Educators” in September

2009.

Cathy’s blog received an “Edublog Nomination” for Libraries and Librarians category as an exemplary

blog. The “Edublog” Award program is a peer reviewed and nominated awards program. This is the 3rd

consecutive years she has been nominated.

Cathy’s blog recently received “starred” status by Salem Press. Salem Press created a Library Blog

Directory with School Libraries as one of the five categories of blogs they reviewed. Starred status is an

indication that a blog is considered by Salem Press’s judges “to be of significant quality that [it] stood

above the norm.” http://salempress.com/Store/blogs/school.htm (June 2010)

http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/

http://salempress.com/Store/blogs/school.htm

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IV. Promoting Reading

Our mission is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of information and ideas and to

promote reading as a lifelong pastime.

Half of our mission statement addresses promoting reading for not only learning, but also for pleasure.

The DHS LMC has created many reading programs and events to encourage our students and staff to

read

No Book Left Unread – September 2009

The summer reading campaign came to a close August 31, and students, staff members, and teachers

alike have steadily been turning in logs. No Book Left Unread asked all members of the school

community to log pages read, including not only books, but also magazines, newspapers, and even

websites--practically anything that is read.

We compiled our data, and have our final number of pages read! Dorman High School submitted to the

SC Department of Education NBLU Headquarters a whopping 237,004 pages read for the summer!

Congratulations all and thanks for contributing!

Noteworthy participants include:

Our top 2 students:

Angel Y., who recorded 35,803 pages

Staci S., who recorded 6,399 pages

Comment from Staci, regarding her success: "I could have probably logged 10,000 pages easily, because

I read a tremendous amount online."

Our top 2 faculty/staff participants:

Ms. Bishop, who logged 41,817 pages read.

Ms. Murphy, who logged 8,985 pages read.

Both of these educators turned in multiple page documents of their summer reading.

Comment from Ms. Bishop: "I really do more than just read! I just love series, and am a fast reader. I

tend to devour a series once I discover the author. But please realize I really do not just read, though it

comes quick and helps pass the time when I am doing things that call for waiting."

The top 20 students and these top two educators celebrated their success the next morning (September

15, 2009) in the media center at our NBLU Breakfast. We rewarded the top 4 with $25 gift cards to

Barnes and Noble, and presented the rest of the group with a paperback book of their choice dedicated

with an NBLU bookplate.

Banned Books Week

We promoted Banned Books Week by displaying titles that have been challenged in schools, and aksing

kids to tell us what they had in common. Most kids did not realize the titles were from a banned book

list. Students enjoyed exploring and checking out the titles. Satteria Broomfield did a spin off unit on

our display, having students in her classes research authors or titles of censored content.

Teen Read Week

The media center planned a five day week of activities to promote teen read week that was filled with

contests and fun for all. Fine amnesty was a big hit. We also prepared a small “library” in the faculty

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lounge and set up a room filled with our newest acquisitions, which allowed us to continue service

despite Fall HSAP testing taking place during this week.

Tim Hamilton / Fahrenheit 451

IN coordination with the Spartanburg County Public Library (Ashley Layne, liaison,) the DHS LMC hosted

graphic author novelist Tim Hamilton. He talked with our English 10 Honors classes and Susan Eleazor’s

Art classes. The SCPL provided copies of his newest book, Fahrenheit 451 to all our classes that listened

to him.

Meet me on the Equinox

November 19, 2009, in honor of the release of the Twilight sequel "New Moon" DHS Media Center had a

small get together for interested students and staff. We played trivia games, seeing who knew the

characters best, discussed the book before it hit theaters, and enjoyed food, fun, movie trailers, and

more. There were prizes including posters, games, the movie soundtrack, and more. Students had their

picture taken with our life-sized cutouts of Edward and Jacob.

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Program

We used book displays, video book trailers, book talks, blog posts and more to promote the books

throughout the entire school year. Friday, March 12, DHS students participated in a statewide election

on the SCYABA of the year. Our students selected Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why as our school

winner, though it was not the only title receiving votes. I am happy to report that our votes were sent in

to be added to all the rest of the students voting in this annual election, and the title that won for our

school ALSO won for the state of South Carolina. We are already promoting next year’s titles with two

displays in the medioa center and spine lables to esily identify the books. There are ready made

bookmarks available, and they are alos being encouraged as a component of this summer’s NBLU.

National Library Week

To encourage reading from our library, we sponsored daily drawings form that week. We used PA

Announcements as well as a blog post on the DHS LMC Blog that went as follows: Ok, Cavaliers...time for

some give-aways! But first, you have to come to the library to get a book! What???? A book, you say???

Yep! Check out a book any day (or every day) this week, and your name will go in a drawing for free

Dorman t-shirts and caps. We will give away three items each afternoon this week! So Cavaliers, READ

and WIN!

Poetry Café

Students and teachers were invited to bring a lunch and share a poem in our small sectioned we called

“The Poetry café” We had approximately 40 students each Friday come and either listen or read a poem.

We also had several teachers, including Mr. Clowney, Mrs. Sturm, Mrs. Greene (Broomfield’s student

teacher) and Mr. Urban and his class participated.

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Current Summer Reading Promotions:

Required Reading /English CP

2010 NBLU

Goals for the 2010-2011 School Year

The results of our annual report have increased our awareness of both our strengths and weaknesses.

Our goals for next year are based on the results of this report and on the South Carolina State

Department of Education’s Achieving Exemplary School Libraries report.

1. Increase collaboration with classroom teachers.

“Collaborative planning—the joint working of two or more educators (e.g., teachers, library

media specialist(s), reading teachers, itinerant teachers, resource teachers) to plan lesson

and/or unit content, the delivery of instruction, and the assessment of student

achievement—exists between the classroom teachers and the library media center

professional staff. At least 50 percent of the classroom teachers actively participate in a

collaborative partnership with the library media center professional staff to plan, deliver,

and evaluate lessons that link information literacy, technology, and academic content and to

assess student learning” (“Achieving Exemplary School Libraries,” 8).

2. Continue to improve both the content and currency of our collection.

“The library media center resource collection of print and electronic resources (including

computers) is carefully selected and aligned with the school’s curriculum. The collection is

systematically organized and is sufficient in quantity and quality to meet the information

and recreational reading needs of the school community. The resource collection is

continuously monitored for currency and relevancy to the curriculum and to students’

general interests” (“Achieving Exemplary School Libraries,” 12).

3. Increase participation through Reading Advocacy Activities.

“The library media program supports the school-wide reading initiatives and emphasis by

encouraging reading throughout the school, offering a variety of reading materials, and

participating in various state and national reading programs (e.g., S.C. Book Award Program,

Children’s Book Week, Teen Read Week, National Library Week).

At least 30 percent of secondary students participate in one or more reading initiatives, events, or activities throughout the school year…” (“Achieving Exemplary School Libraries,” 14).

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Report submitted by Cathy Nelson & Melanie DIllard

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Library Media Specialist. American Libary Association, 5 June 2010. Web. 5 June 2010. Path:

http://www.ala.com.

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Appendix One: By the Numbers

15,569 ............................................. Number resources circulated throughout this school year

23,987 .................................................. Number of items in the DHS LMC collection June 2010

1500 ............................. Number of new books purchased for the collection during 2009-2010

14 ................................. Number of new DVD’s purchased for the collection during 2009-2010

7 ........................................... Equipment items purchased for the collection during 2009-2010

850 .............................................................................. Number of classes that visited the LMC

3,592 .................................................................... Students visiting on during classes on a pass

33,606 ..................................................................... Total number of student visits to the LMC

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Appendix Two: Budget

2009 -2010 DHS Library Budget

The DHS LMC’s budget for 2009-2010 school year: $48,420.00.

Dollar Breakdown:

2009-2010 Budget Info

Account Description Amount Budgeted Amount Spent Amount unused

Books $37,660.00 $35,932.54 $1,727.46

Suppies/Periodicals $10,760.00 $7,746.93 $3,013.07

Totals $48,420.00 $43,679.47 $4,740.53

$37,660.00

$35,932.54

$1,727.46

$10,760.00

$7,746.93

$3,013.07

$0.00 $10,000.00 $20,000.00 $30,000.00 $40,000.00

Suppies/Periodicals

BooksAmount Unused

Amount Used

Amount Budgeted

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Appendix Three: HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCE COLLECTION STANDARDS

Grades 9-12

At Risk Basic Exemplary

□ A minimum of 11 books per

student. These books should meet

the following age criteria, be

aligned with the curriculum, reflect

students’ interests, and be age and

developmentally appropriate.













Fiction and Nonfiction

□ At least 5 percent of the collection

is updated annually.

□ The average copyright date for the

fiction book, including paperback

books, books-on-tape and e-books,

is no more that 20 years from the

current calendar date.


non-fiction books, including books-

on-tape and e-books, is no more

than 10 years from the current

calendar date.


total collection is no more than 14

years from current calendar date.1



□ 10 percent of the collection is

updated annually.


fiction books, including paperback


is no more than 17 years from






calendar date.







fiction books, including paperback


is no more than 15 years from the






calendar date.




1 Here is the formula used to calculate the average copyright date for the total collection. The

collection percentages for fiction and for nonfiction were multiplied by the number of years from current calendar date (e.g., 20, 17, 5). The results were added together and rounded to the nearest whole number, where necessary. Example: For calculating the total collection average copyright date for the Basic level: 17 (years from current calendar date for fiction section) X .35 (percentage of total collection for fiction section) = 5.95 years. 7 (years from current calendar date for nonfiction section)

X .65 (percentage of total collection for nonfiction section) = 4.55 years. Add 5.95 and 4.55 and round to the nearest whole number (5.95 + 4.55 = 10.50). The average copyright date for the total collection at the Basic level should be no more than 11 years from current calendar date.

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Standards for Technology

Computer workstations for student and teacher use have LAN connectivity, providing access to all local

software and Internet resources, including DISCUS and Streamline SC.


Computer Workstations

□ The library media center should

have computer workstations for

student use equivalent to 1 percent

of the total enrollment.

□ At least 1 computer is available for

teacher use in the professional

room.

□ At least 2 computers are available

for administrative purposes.

□ One computer is dedicated to the

circulation process.

□ The library media center should

have computer workstations for

student use equivalent to 2 percent

of the total enrollment.

□ At least 2 computers are available

for teacher use in the professional

room.

□ Each library media specialist has a

computer workstation.

□ At least one computer is dedicated

to the circulation process. An

additional computer is available for

clerical use and for circulation.

□ Each member of the library media

center staff has a computer

workstation.

□ At least 2 computers are dedicated

to the circulation process.

□ Wireless access is available for one-

to-one computing

Other Equipment

□ One networked printer

□ 1 digital camera for library use and

for check-out

□ 2 DVD player/recorders for library

use and for check-out

□ 1 TV with cart available for library

use and for check-out

□ 1 data projector

The library media center should also

have the following:

□ One networked black & white laser

printer

□ One color printer

□ 2 flatbed scanners; one of which is

connected to a library staff

workstation; one of which is

available for student use.

□ 2 digital video cameras; one of

which is for library use; one of

which is available for check-out

□ 2 digital still cameras; one of which

is for library use; one of which is

The library media center should also

have the following:

□ One networked color laser printer

□ 2 flatbed scanners and 3 handheld

scanners

□ 3 digital video cameras one of

which is for library use; 2 of which

are available for check-out

□ 3 digital still cameras; one of which

is for library use; 2 of which are

available for check-out

□ 1 DVD player/recorder for library

use; 3 DVD players for check-out+

□ 1 multimedia projector for

The library media center should have the same technology available for

instruction as found in classrooms, including an interactive whiteboard and a

data projector.

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available for check-out

□ 1 DVD player/recorder for library

use; 2 DVD players for check-out

□ 1 television for library use

□ 1 document camera for library use

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS

□ 1 photocopy machine for student

use

checkout

□ 1 document camera for library use;

2 available for check-out

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS

□ 1 photocopy machine for student

use

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Appendix Four: Title MAP Analysis June 2010 (attached)

Appendix Five: Information Literacy (Library) Standards correlated to

Collaborative Research projects from the 2010-2011 School Year

(Attached)