Wilbury Crockett Library

Wellesley High School 2010-2011

End of Year Report

Submitted by: Deeth Ellis and Rose Flaherty

June 20, 2011

Academics: Teach to Improve Learning

• Freshmen Skills Pilot• Collaboration on Core Projects

– Junior Thesis (11th)– American Author (10th)– iMovie Global Issues (10th)

• Library Resources – WHS Research Wiki– Databases – Books: eBooks and print

• Technology and Tools

Freshmen Skills Pilot in the Library

Research• Critical Analysis• Resilience and

Responsibility• Transliteracy• Source Selection• Assessment of Skills

(C&I’s, 2010 and 2011)

HITS

Homepage:

36,280 hits

Database Pages:

10,101 hits

Ready Reference:

1,205 hits

New WHS Library Website 2010-2011

Collection HighlightsCirculation

• 2009-2010 3,449

• 2010-2011 4,652•Print book 3,211•Equipment 1,435

• Average age of Collection - 1990 (compared to 1983 last year)

• Total Volumes: 13,000• Weeded: 8,000 books

Classes Taught or Co-Taught with Librarians

• Junior Thesis, Author Thesis, Poetry, Climate Change, Literary Criticism, PowerUp Booktalks, Personal Budget, iMovie Global Issues, Popular Culture in China, Islam, Extreme Weather, Constellations, Mythology, Eastern Asia, Volcanoes

2009-2010 2010-2011

83 185

Focus on Citation• Citation Information Page on Research

Wiki - 643 hits

• Noodlebib Citation Tool

2009-2010 2010-2011

790 2,072

Bibliographies Created

WHS Library Research WikiMost Frequently Viewed Class Project Pages

2009-10 2010-11• Junior Thesis 2,7433,683

• iMovie (10th) 1,4241,873

• Literary Criticism (11th) 5371,122

• American Author (10th) 314 646• East Asia (9th) 24 490

New Project PagesResearch Wiki

• Popular Culture in China 510 hits(with C.Holownia)

• Personal Finance 728 hits(with J. Milne/K. Robers)

• Whistleblower (English) 268 hits(with A. Brown)

• World History Essay (9th) 208 hits(A. Robbat and A. Bel)

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Database Usage

Database 2009-10 2010-11

Searches Searches

ABC/Clio 17,900 12,927

JSTOR 12,3345 15,395

Historical Newspapers

2,570 4,875

Gale Databases

7,569 11,054

eBooks Usage Statistics

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2009-10 2010-11 290 2,155 *

* Does not include most ABC-Clio eBooks.

The Library Uses Technology

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Library Money Spent• $15,628 - Operating Budget

• $12,054 - WEF Grants– 8,926 - Lights, Camera: A Call to Action (with Mike

Reidy)– 3,127 - On Demand Library Services with Kindles

• $15,000 - PTSO

$15,628 Operating Budget Highlights

• $8750 - Databases

• $988 - Automation System

• $671 - DVD’s

WEF Grant- Fall 2010Lights, Camera: A Call to Action

(with M. Reidy)

$8926 - For 10th grade social studies core iMovie project included:– CQ Researcher and Global researcher

database– 6 additional video cameras with tripods– documentary filmmaker from Brown Univ to

work with students

WEF Grant - Spring 2011Kindles in the WHS Library

• $3127 - Will provide books to students “on demand” thus allowing students to obtain what they want or need immediately.

• Fiction collection is improved without taking up shelf space.– 12 Kindles with covers– 150-200 eBooks

– Will debut Fall 2011

PTSO Funds$15,000

• $3,333 - Gale eBooks

• $11,667 - Print Books - Art, college information, fiction, world history, U.S. history, earth science, genetics

Author, G. Lemmon with senior, Courtney Green

The Child Lab visits the “big” library

Events in the Library

WHS Library Student Appreciation Breakfast

Banned Books Week -WHS Students Celebrate the Right to Read

Student Outreach• WHS Students Read Banned Books

• Student Appreciation Breakfast

• Student Library Advisory

• Teen Poetry Slam

• Advisor to Anime/Manga Club

• Student volunteers (6 volunteers, senior volunteer day)

Available for Students to Checkout in the Library

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Cameras and tripods

Flash Drives

Netbooks

iPod Charger

In Collaboration with Wellesley Free Library

•Teen Poetry Slam

•Wellesley Reads program included on WHS Summer Reading Brochure

•Wellesley Free Library Research Guide for high school students

•New Databases from Wellesley Free:

•Credo Reference

•Pop Culture Universe

Looking Forward:New Resources 2011-12

•Social networking to connect with students and teachers

•Kindles for on demand library services and to increase collection without taking up space

•LibGuides to better present library resources with multi-media component (C&I 2011)

•OPALS automation system

•Federated Search - one search for books, ebooks and databases

Managing the Library 2011-2012

•Increased planning with department heads and teachers

•Strategic Planning to set goals that align with school and district

•New Staff - Carmen Rondash and Jana Pollack

•The Move - Plan with teachers about affected research projects, organize move and packing, work on layout of collection and flexible furnishings.