Did you know?

Our media center has 7,590 books.

That’s 10 books per student and meets minimum state standards.

The average copyright age of our nonfiction books is 6 years (2002).

That exceeds minimum state standards by 4 years.

Last year we added739 new books.

Most of these were new fiction, graphic novels, and geography and history titles.

44% of our total collection is fiction.

That’s 3,309 books.

11% is geography and history.

That’s 814 books.

9% is natural sciences and mathematics.

That’s 652 books.

Our media center circulated almost 16,000 books last year.

That’s an average of 530 books each week.

43% of these were checked out to6th graders.

That’s 6,880 books.

44% were checked out to 7th graders.

That’s 7,040 books.

13% were checked out to 8th graders.

That’s 2,080 books.

47% of books that circulated were fiction.

15% were graphic novels.

6% were sports.

19 major studiesshow that a strong school library media program leads tostudent achievement.

The three main factors that influence this are ...

Collection size, collection age, and number of student visits per week.

What does all of this mean?

A strong school library media program ...

Contributes to your academic success.

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Becky PalgiMedia Coordinator/NBCT

Archer Lodge Middle SchoolFall 2008

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School Libraries Work!Scholastic Research Foundation Report

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