wilbury crockett library end of year report 2011
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End of the year report for Wilbury Crockett Library, Wellesley High School, 2010-2011TRANSCRIPT
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.