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The Library @ MMRHSEnd of Year Report
2010-2011
Prepared by Kara Staunton-Shron
Library Media Specialist
A Year of Change
This was a year of change in the library, and rebranding the facility as the information center of the school.
New flexible floor plan instituted along with new shelving.
Many new technologies brought into the library.
Most importantly, more students accessed the library.
Library Usage
Students in Library by Month
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Students in Library
Library Usage
Comparative Numbers: 2010 to 2011
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340
345
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355
360
Classes Served
Number Totals
2009-2010
2010-2011
Library Usage
Library Usage by Departments
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Library Usage Analysis
March was by the far biggest month in terms of students in the library. This is a result most likely of there being no vacations that month and it being the end of third quarter.
The number of classes served is around the same as last year (357 in 2011, 344 in 2010). However, the new floor plan allows the library to be open to other students when a class is in. Thus, an increase in the number of students using the library.
The English and Social Studies departments are the biggest users of the library.
Book Circulation
Book Usage by Month
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Number of BooksUsed
Book Circulation
Comparative Numbers: 2010 to 2011
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Number Totals
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2010-2011
Book Acquisitions
444 Books were added to the collection this year.
There are about 150 more books to be cataloged and added to the collection, but running the library solo has left little time for cataloging.
Eric Wilska at The Bookloft was incredibly generous and donated many new titles to the library throughout the year. It has created a wonderful community partnership.
Electronic Resources
Huge changes in the library technologically: 2 New Macbooks added for video editing, both
loaded with iMovie, one with Final Cut Pro 10 new flat screen monitors for the desktops 8 new laptops 50” flat screen TV added for running
announcements 4 cameras purchased (3 Flip, 1 Sanyo) 3 Kindles added to the collection
Electronic Resources
The library has subscriptions to the following electronic databases: Gale Infotrac (through MA Library System) NoodleTools Oxford English Dictionary Facts on File SIRS
Electronic Resources
A new library webpage was started this year with links to class pathfinder pages and databases.
Links by departments is coming. The webpage can be viewed at:
http://sites.google.com/site/monumentmountainlibrary/
Grants and Budget
Much of the technology was purchased through grants and endowments. New monitors for desktops: The Student Senate
Tag Sale Fund Flat screen TV: Donated by a family Macbooks, Video Editing software, and Kindles:
endowed by Lisa Baldwin and the Kapteyn Fund Flip video cameras came out of the library
budget
Program Highlights
Chess and Checkers Tournaments – a huge success! Hundreds of students and staff participated
Program Highlights: Arts and Ideas Forums
Gil Jackson: Cherokee Language Bobby Houston: Filmmaker and Academy
Award winner for his documentary Mighty Times: The Children’s March
Eric Stoner: from the group Waging Non-Violence sharing stories from his time in Afghanistan
The Interlopers: a student band for a musical Arts and Ideas
Program Highlights
WISE PresentationsFreshman Awards CeremonyPoetry Outloud Grade Level
FinalsNational Spanish Exam
Book Clubs
Faculty Book Club read:Under the Dome by Stephen KingFreedom by Jonathan FranzenThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by
David WrobelewskiMe Talk Pretty One Day by David
Sedaris
Book Club
The Student Book Club was a great success – growing to 18 students by the end of the year
Due to funding by the Kapteyn fund and School Center, Inc., each student was able to have their own book
We read: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Room by Emma Donoghue Everything Matters by Ron Currie, Jr.
Student Book Club
Professional Development The library hosted a series of mini-workshops on ways to
integrate technology and library resources into the curriculum.
The topics were: Ten Minute Tip #1: Beyond Powerpoint: Animoto, Prezi, and Glogster Ten Minute Tip #2: Streaming Video Sites and How to Splice a YouTube
Video Ten Minute Tip #3: Ways to Use Flip Video Cameras in the Classroom Ten Minute Tip #4: Organizing Research: NoodleTools and Evernote Ten Minute Tip #5: Google Tips and Tricks Ten Minute Tip #6: How To Do Voice Narration and Recordings
These can be accessed via the library website at: http://sites.google.com/site/monumentmountainlibrary/homepage/ten-minute-tips
Goals for 2011-2012 With the coming of student wireless access, I need to be able to
have the library be on their computers. This means: Finalize the library webpage Upgrade to a web-based catalog such as Follett Destiny
Continue to build a culture of reading at Monument through the faculty and student book clubs
Build collaborative lessons with teachers on research and information literacy skills, making the library not just a place for classes to come to use the computers but also a place for instruction. This requires coming up with a better “classroom” space within
the library. That space is currently right by the main entrance to the library and it can be disruptive with people coming and going.