LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13Prepared by Natalie Sapkarov, Teacher Librarian, June 2013

✓ Implemented the Big 6 Guide to Information Problem Solving

✓ Re-organized the nonfiction section

✓ Cataloged, processed, and organized the materials in the Teacher Book Room

✓ Published an online, bi-monthly newsletter highlighting library activities & statistics

✓ Created a Book Club collection

New this Year

✓ Decorated the walls with literary quotes to promote reading

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Library Collection

Graphic Novels3,417

Other707

Book Room2,467

Nonfiction3,710

Audiobooks284

Fiction10,678

Total Library Circulations by Material Type

21,263library materials

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18%

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Library Circulation by Grade Level

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Whole-Class Library Checkouts

280total

Language Arts and Reading teachers schedule time for their classes to visit the library specifically for students to browse the collection and check out materials.

Variations each month can be attributed to testing, grading period deadlines, and/or scheduling conflicts.

What does it mean?

What does it mean?

Sixth grade students check out more library materials than both 7th and 8th grade students combined.

It helps that 6th grade Language Arts classes visit the library on a scheduled bi-weekly basis! (To be fair, so do 7th/8th Team C Language Arts classes.)

What does it mean?

Fiction materials account for half of all library circulations, which shows the need to keep up with new releases.

With such a high circulation of graphic novels as well, this collection will need to expand greatly.

Nonfiction circulation will surely increase next year as the collection is brought up to date.

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From the Spring Reading Challenge to rotating themed book displays, the library is a vibrant place where reading is shared and celebrated. Check out the Blind Date with a Book display below!

But we’re not limited by physical space! Check out the Smith Book Blog or some of our social networks too, linked from the library’s website.

Library & Reading Promotion

Global Connections

Curtis Jobling

Breathless Reads YA Tour

Maureen Johnson

The library hosted seven authors this year (right), courtesy of Flyleaf Books.

The Battle of the Books Club (top left) met during lunch

every Wednesday to prepare for the district competition - we came in 3rd.

Other events included Global Connections (bottom left), book fairs, Geography Bee, Poetry Cafe & more!

Events & Clubs

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Professional growth

Librarian IslandDuke University

September 5, 2012

Looking Ahead to 2013-14

District TrainingApril 25-26, 2013

District TrainingMay 17, 2013

*NEW* TO DO: Select and purchase an e-book collection with PSF grant Host a teacher orientation to the library & resources Supervise & mentor an intern from UNC-CH SILS Genre-ify the fiction section with spine labels Promote student book clubs using new LC collection Create themed reading week library programs Explore ways to use the library’s e-readers within the school