BLUE VALLEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL

Library Media Center

Annual Report

2009-2010

Becca Munson Kathy Morefield Library Media Specialist Library Paraprofessional Amanda Davis Debbie Mallinckrodt Library Media Specialist Library Paraprofessional Judy Troester Library Paraprofessional

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Highlights of 2009-2010

Continued progress integrating 21st Century Skills

Senior Research Papers in Communication Arts IV sections including Advanced Placement

Research Argumentative Papers in 75% of CAIII classes

Integrated Web 2.0 tools into projects (Wiki, Podcasting, Vodcasting, iGoogle).

Incorporated Libguides as a instructional tool (http://libguides.bvwlmc.com)

Rearranged library fiction section by genre

The Library Media Program continually strives to meet the needs of all students and staff. We continue to focus on how to best impact student learning by integrating 21st century literacy and college readiness skills into the curricular areas which is dependent upon the quality and consistency of the collaboration between the library media center and the classroom.

Kansas State Reading Assessment

Indicator # of classes

1st semester 2nd Semester

1.3.1 Context Clues 30 65

1.3.4 Figurative Language 30 *

1.4.2 Text Features to gain meaning 26 55

1.4.5 Inferences/Conclusions 28 60

1.4.6 Authors use text structure 1 4

1.4.7 Persuasive tech, literary devices, ideas & concepts, viewpoints, cause-effect

18 24

1.4.8 Cause-effect relationships 17 41

1.4.9 Paraphrasing, summarizing, organization 30 72

1.4.10 Topic, main idea, support details 22 39

1.4.11 Author’s style & purpose 1 5

1.4.14 Persuasive text, credibility of information 11 18

1.4.15 Fact vs. opinion, propaganda, bias, stereotypes 18 30

2.1.2 Historical, social, cultural context influence characters, setting 1 9

2.1.3 Plot elements analysis & evaluation 1 7 *1.3.4 – did not emphasize second semester

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Total classes using the LMC Number of

Classes

August/September 198

October 131

November 146

December 98

Total Classes: 573

January 103

February 104

March 139

April 145

May 132

Total Classes: 623

Total classes in LMC: 1196

Usage Patterns The LMC continues to strive to meet the needs of all curricular areas. Our usage remains high as the LMC averaged 132 classes each month (increase from last year – 105). The Communication Arts Department remains the most frequent users of the LMC.

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Web Page Statistics http://www.bvwlmc.com

1st Semester 32,013 Visits

2nd Semester 26,093 Visits

LibGuides http://libguides.bvwlmc.com/

99 guides created 18,978 hits on guides

Senior Research Paper – 1798 hits U.S. History Paper – 1779 hits What is a Libguide? Specific to an assignment, librarians create a web page includes links to credible sources and helpful instructional tools.

Search boxes to credible sources (ebooks, magazines, newspapers, essays) from our databases

Handouts for class assignments, research

guides, and how-to

Meebo Widget – Instant Message a librarian from anywhere/anytime to get additional assistance.

Additional tabs take you to web pages with more links specific to an area of the assignment. For this example, students would find a video created by the librarians about how to arrange note cards for an outline along with

links to online note cards.

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Student usage JAG

# of students

8/18/2009 115

9/1/2009 136

9/8/2009 125

9/15/2009 125

9/22/2009 122

9/29/2009 111

10/6/2009 78

10/13/2009 82

10/20/2009 121

10/27/2009 113

11/3/2009 115

11/17/2009 120

11/19/2009 55

11/24/2009 125

12/1/2009 112

12/8/2009 120

12/10/2009 120

1/12/2010 100

1/21/2010 98

1/26/2010 116

2/2/2010 88

2/9/2010 75

2/16/2010 130

3/2/2010 90

3/9/2010 105

3/23/2010 96

3/30/2010 125

4/6/2010 111

4/13/2010 85

4/20/2010 88

4/27/2010 126

5/4/2010 133

5/11/2010 66

5/13/2010 77

5/18/2010 98

5/20/2010 77

Total 3779

Late Arrival

# of students

8/20/2009 45

8/27/2009 60

9/3/2009 45

9/10/2009 64

9/17/2009 63

9/24/2009 75

10/1/2009 56

10/8/2009 56

10/22/2009 68

10/29/2009 68

11/5/2009 69

11/12/2009 64

12/3/2009 56

1/28/2010 68

2/4/2010 53

2/11/2010 52

2/18/2010 66

2/25/2010 88

3/4/2010 68

3/25/2010 72

4/1/2010 56

4/8/2010 59

4/15/2010 55

4/22/2010 71

4/29/2010 68

5/6/2010 64

Total 1629

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Online Subscription Databases

Our subscription databases provide access to credible scholarly sources with a variety of reading levels to meet the needs of all learners. Students can access these databases from school or home 24/7. As noted in the chart, database usage has increased again from 2008-2009 in all areas except ProQuest and Testing & Reference Center . Database usage is consistent with content areas that collaborate with the library media specialists.

EBSCO PROQuest SIRS Gale eBooks Britannica TERC

Sessions

Searches

Sessions

Searches

Sessions

Searches

Sessions

Searches

Sessions

Searches

Sessions

Searches

Sessions

Aug-Sept 112 1,718 300 1,834 168 801 3,966 12,597 1,459 1,618 1,411 1,555 76

Oct 61 801 139 741 1,501 7,893 1,609 7,510 380 53 985 918 40

Nov 202 3,881 330 1,609 1,410 12,096 5,528 24,082 1,105 6,589 980 1,665 7

Dec 68 1,245 107 480 574 4,288 1,901 9,618 733 3,093 140 276 19

Jan 20 432 24 131 628 5,778 288 1,109 182 201 115 205 37

Feb 52 806 243 1,559 797 4,584 1,236 3,703 578 1,305 1,277 453 20

March 46 645 135 678 946 7,797 735 3,068 357 605 1,966 1,096 7

April 38 780 84 346 563 3,497 2,291 4,398 3,243 3,841 1,553 1,642 75

May 32 563 50 157 319 1,570

331 318 TOTALS 631 10,871 1,412 7,535 6,906 48,304 17,554 66,085 8,037 17,305 8,758 8,128 281

Libguides ABC-CLIO Total

Guides Views Sessions Searches Sessions Searches

Aug-Sept

7,492 20,123 Increase usage from previous year

Oct

4,715 17,916

Nov

9,562 49,922

Dec 58 13,939 3,073 21,150 3,542 19,000

Jan

1,294 7,856

Feb

4,203 12,410

March

4,192 13,889

April

7,847 14,504

May

18,978

732 2,608

TOTALS 99 32,917 3,073 21,150

- -

46,652 179,378

*District funded: Ebsco, SIRS, Ebooks, Gale (includes Global Issues & Galenet) *BVW Library funded: ProQuest, Britannica, TERC, ABC-Clio, and Libguides

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Beyond the Walls of the Library Presentations:

Becca and Amanda presented twice at the state library conference, Library 2.0 and Working with Widgets. Becca presented at District I, Working with Widgets. School Leadership: Amanda serves as the Blue Valley Educational Foundation Faculty Fellow. Amanda serves on the AVID Site Team. Becca serves on the Leadership Team and as PDC rep. Becca and Amanda supervised an Emporia State University graduate student in Library Information Management. District Leadership: Becca serves on a district committee addressing Cyber-bullying through the use of social networking tools and the district Web 2.0 Committee Amanda presented twice at the October 9th Staff Development Day, Online Resources for Social Studies. Becca presented twice at the October 9th Staff Development Day, Web 2.0 Applications and Putting Technology to Work in Social Studies. National:

Amanda received National Board for Professional Teaching Certification.

Becca authored a lesson in the American Library Association Choose Privacy publication.

Becca nominated for Partners for 21st Century Skills Summit Representative. Amanda and Becca each nominated for the Salem Press Library Blog Awards.

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1. By the end of 2009-2010 school year, the library media specialists will integrate 21st Century Skills into 50% of the lessons collaborated.

Initiatives: Training for teachers New knowledge of Web 2.0 tools Integration strategies

Based from the collaboration model, the library media specialists collaborated with classroom teachers on 57% of the lessons in the library (33% in 2007-08 and 53% in 2008-09). Of those lessons, 75% of the lessons integrated Web 2.0 tools and 21st Century Skills.

2. By the end of 2009-2010 school year, the library media specialists will develop and implement assessment for learning strategies for the library curriculum and reading assessment indicators for 50% of the school population in communication arts, social studies, and science courses.

Initiatives Create database of 9th & 10th grade students with indicators Use the database as AFL tool

Based off of the district curriculum mapping initiative, we are currently analyzing how the Rubicon mapping software can aide us in the endeavor. For 2010-2011 school year, this goal will reflect the future plan of action.

3. By the end of 2009-2010 school year, 80% of students will indicate that they have a greater appreciation of literature.

Initiatives: Semester Surveys Funds provided for literature Web page promotion of books Podcast/Vodcast – BV West Reads Novelist resource (cut by state for 2010-2011) Rearrange fiction be genre to improve browsing experience

Circulation statistics show an increase in book checkout from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010 by 2%. Although not a significant increase, we can attribute the increase to the rearrangement of the fiction section due to student feedback. Through Polldaddy and other survey tools, students have a greater appreciation of literature by 85%.

SMART Goals

2009-2010

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4. By the end of 2009-2010 school year, 50% of students utilizing the library will have completed a rigorous research project and utilize specific reading strategies. Rigorous – research not reports

Initiatives: Utilize and further enhance Essential Question Guide Collaborate with classroom teachers Utilize various databases (ProQuest, Gale, Ebsco, etc.) Integrate technology effectively to further enhance engaging projects

49% of the projects completed were research specific involving specific text type reading strategies and not reports of only information gathering. This is a 1% increase from 2008-2009 and an 11% increase from 2007-2008.

5. By the end of 2010-2011 school year, all parents/community members will have greater awareness of library resources provided to the BV West community.

Although specific data cannot be collected at this time, specific initiatives provide opportunities to meet the needs of our community. Such instances include West Works podcasts, attending the BOE meeting for projects, promoting the Testing database in JagWire and working with PTO on numerous projects. In addition, setting up equipment for banquets and other community events (92) also impacts the school community.