State of the Media Center Report

Circulation Statistics 400 books per month

What are we doing to increase circulation? Weeding More displays Booktalks at the beginning of classes More teachers using books in research

Average Class Visits per Week 80% or more bookings per week –Guest speakers –Library skills/research classes –Use of the computers –Student presentations

Number of Students Using the Media Center per Day Approx. 250

Number of Teacher Collaboration Efforts 1-4 per week

Number of Classroom Teaching Visits 5 – Gopalsingh (Powerpoint) 5 – Thompson (Practice to Fluency) 3 – Cox (Google Docs)

Number of Classes Taught per Month Approximately 25 –Practice to Fluency, Proquest, Citation machine, Research Skills, Google Docs, Powerpoint, and Faculty Trainings

Collection Statistics 1980 – Overall Collection (+3 years) Focus (this year) on Science and Fiction –500s –600s –Fiction Section

Collection Statistics

*Media Budget Plans* $7800 for books –Building Science Collection (due to need in Collection Development and test scores) –Building more YA interest novels in fiction –Building the Graphic Novel section $3600 for technology DVD burner 2 Flip video cameras New scanner for Circulation, etc Digital Cameras

Technology Involvement 3+ Classroom/Site visits per day 21 st Century Classrooms Laptops Printers (ink) School and Teacher Websites Gradebook

Other Programs and Services Copying Laminating Creating flyers, posters, etc.