WISS Library Annual Report June 2013

Fiona CollinsHead Librarian

Email: fcollins@wiss.cn

Library goals

• developing a library that supports the IB curriculum from PYP to DP

• providing more targeted curriculum support with the additional of another teacher librarian

• developing and maintaining an expert database• promoting a love of reading within the WISS

community

Library promotion• Flexible scheduling continues to promote maximum usage

throughout the school.• Regular magazine and newsletter articles.• Author visits – Alan Gibbons, Ji Li Jiang, Neil Griffiths, Jan

Latta, Anne Spudvilas.• 2 different Book clubs offered throughout the year and a 3

day Book Fair during Book Week.• Collaborative teaching opportunities greatly expanded

across the whole school with additional support during the PYP exhibition.

Patrons & Circulation

• Students – 777 (40% increase, includes departed students)

• Faculty – 193• Parents – 73• Circulation – 45,552 loans • Summer borrowing – 925 loans• All Secondary textbooks and Primary Chinese

texts are now circulated through the Library.

Collection Development

• The collection has grown 17.5% to 26,136 titles (46,596 copies);

• Growth areas have centered around Magazines, Chinese and the Foreign Language collections;

• This year has also seen the addition of a Kindle and 4 iPads which are be used to trial digital magazine subscriptions and e-books.

Information Literacy

• Head librarian led grade 10 MYP Personal Project, highlighting research skills and academic honesty

• Emphasis on bibliographies from PYP upwards

• Librarian collaborated on 9 PYP units of inquiry to integrate information literacy into classroom curriculum

• Currently developing PYP information literacy skills continuum in line with research skills in Making the PYP Happen

WISS Library Collection June 2013(excluding readers & classroom resources)

E Books0%

EAL3%

Everybody13%

Fiction Adult1%

Fiction Middle7%

Fiction Primary11%

Foreign Languages7%

Non Fiction25%

Teacher Resources8%

Reference1%

Read Along1%

Parent Resources0%

Mulit Media0%

Magazines2%

Graphic Novels3% Fiction YA

2%

Chinese Books16%

Big Book1%

Electronic Databases

• Britannica Online & Global Reference Centre, Brain Pop, Teen Health & Wellness, and Questia continued to be used this year;

• Tumble Books has proved a popular replacement for Bookflix

• Turnitin and Newsbank databases were introduced. Turnitin is being used in the Secondary school as a tool to teach students about Academic Honesty.

Future plans

• Library expansions to develop a dedicated Secondary Library space and a storytelling theatre space

• More collaborative teaching support across all programmes