WISS Library

Annual Report

June 2010

Library goals

• developing a library that supports the IB

curriculum from PYP to DP

• promoting a love of reading within the

WISS community

Library promotion

• Displays

• Newsletter articles

• Author visits

• Book week

• Scholastic book club

• Skills share

• Collaborative teaching opportunities

Patrons & Circulation

• Students – 280 (includes departed students)

• Faculty – 76

• Parents – 29

• Circulation – 19,754 loans (9,651 to Faculty members)

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Average Circulations per Patron 2009-10

Collection Development

• The collection has doubled in size this year to 16,419 titles (19,811 copies).

• Current collection value –~2,400,000 RMB.

• Cataloguing has extended to include several new categories and all Classroom resources.

Support for the PYP Curriculum

Future plans

• Library induction for all Faculty members to include Library services and introduction to the Destiny system;

• Destiny system introduction and use for all students;

• Promotion of the Destiny Web Path Express search engine;

• Expansion of electronic database access to include Britannica Online, Brain Pop & Book Flix;

Future plans cont.

• Consolidation of Library policy documents and skills programme, http://wisslibrary.wikispaces.com/

• Creation of WISS Virtual Library using either the WISS Intranet, http://intranet.wiss.cn/php/viewpage.php?level=library&section=xdiyigex&page=1or Netvibes as a platform, http://www.netvibes.com/wisscn#WISS_Library_Home

Fiona CollinsWISS Librarian

Email: fcollins@wiss.cn