Did You know?Cimarron Library

By Pat White, Librarian

Number of books in our library 22,353

That’s 45 books per student

47 % of Library Collection is fiction

26% Easy books

27% Intermediate fiction books

51% of our collection is non-fiction

Number of New Books added to the library in the last 1 year:

2318

Number of New Books added to the library in the last 3 years:

3287

1,964 books are checked out per week

68,740 books checked out

in one year !!!

Checkouts by grade:

Kindergarten 8%

1st Grade 13%

2nd Grade 16%

3rd Grade 21%

4th Grade 22%

5th Grade 20%

NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO VISIT THE LIBRARY PER WEEK

490 Students

21 classes plus special groups

NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO VISIT THE LIBRARY PER MONTH

2128

NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO VISIT THE LIBRARY PER YEAR!

20,216

CIMARRON LIBRARY IS RECOGNIZED BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A

POWER LIBRARY !

19 MAJOR STUDIES SHOW student achievement grows based on the:

SIZE OF the library COLLECTION

AGE OF COLLECTION

NUMBER OF STUDENT VISITS

A CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN RUNNING THE LIBRARY

A STRONG LIBRARY PROGRAM CONTRIBUTES TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS

NOW YOU KNOW!

2010 National Center for Educational Statistics Study

Found that having a certified school librarian resulted in higher reading scores

What does all this mean?

A strong library program like Cimarron has contribute to academic success

Now you Know!!!

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