Year- End Report MHHSE Library

Goals Increase use of quality informational text in both print & electronic formats. Create themed displays featuring quality informational text. All displays this year included both fiction & nonfiction titles Feature at least 1 Narrative Nonfiction title and one informative website in each monthly newsletter. Did not do monthly newsletter this year due to time constraints. Work with teachers to plan research activities using these quality materials. Springboard eliminated this possibility for English. Necessity of training on Gaggle, Office 365, & Schoology, plus testing left little time for research projects for many

Maintain or increase current levels of student checkouts Goals Totals for each year include statistics from the first day of school in August through April 30.

Student Checkouts (Circs) Students with 5+ Circs Students with 1+ Circs vs. 0 Circs

Maintain or increase current levels of student checkouts (8,759 circs ) Goals Continue to solicit student requests through visits to classrooms, social media, and library suggestion box & purchase as many requested materials as possible. Regularly change displays on 2 nd floor bulletin board and create themed booktalk podcasts – with help from Library Aides & SLAB Did not do this due to time constraints Post pictures of students holding materials they requested on Library Facebook page. Posted several pictures at the beginning of the year, but did not maintain Encourage more teachers to set up regular biweekly checkout visits. Actually had fewer teachers bringing classes for biweekly checkouts. Some who set up checkouts did not bring their classes each time. This year 2 teachers brought all 3 of their classes biweekly, while 7 other teachers brought their classes to check out at some point

Goals Continue to weed and develop target areas in print collection. 600s – Technology, Health, & Cooking +91 books – 103 books = 751 total items Raised Avg. © from 1989 to s – Literature +13 books – 559 books = 565 total items Raised Avg. © from 1972 to 1976 Also reorganized this section & made separate sections for Poetry & Theater books ( = 470 books reclassified) 400s – Language +7 books – 16 books = 126 total items Raised Avg. © from 1982 to 1984

Goals Increase Awesome - delegate to SLAB Select no more than 4 students per grade level from Student Library Advisory Board (SLAB) applicants in August to provide suggestions & input regarding Library programming, policies, & environment SLAB continued to provide valuable input into potential promotional activities, fundraisers, policy decisions, etc. at our monthly meetings during Advisory. However, next year, we will make shirts to help SLAB members be more visible to the general student population & train them to answer basic questions about Library policies & services. Possibly also have SLAB members to assist with creation of promotional materials including posters, booktalk podcasts, social media posts, etc. 4 students per grade were selected from the pool of applicants. At least 10 freshmen applied, but most other grades had 4-6 applicants Did not do this, but SLAB did assist with implementation of Library Mini Golf for National Library Week in April

HCBOE Funding Total # materials added each year includes those purchased with grant funds and donations Last year, we received $4, from HCBOE ($2.99 per student based on 1383 – Nov enrollment) Added 1,109 books and 7 AV materials = $18, value This year, we received $5, from HCBOE ($4.11 per student based on 1414 – Nov enrollment) – we believe this includes periodical funds of which we were previously unaware Added 1,358 books and 5 AV materials = $20, value

Goals Increase circulation of nonfiction. Create themed displays featuring quality nonfiction text. Market Library on basis of student choice, personalized learning, "Choose your own education" Feature a different Dewey section every 2 weeks. Solicit specific requests for each featured section. Create related book displays & a video on FB & Schoology. Hold a trivia challenge each week for each featured section. Students submit answer in Excel form via Office 365, with MLA citation for their source. Randomly draw correct answer for a prize each Friday. Encourage student reviews in Destiny of nonfiction by offering incentives for submitting reviews.

Goals Increase awareness of Library services in addition to book checkout & computer use. Increase visibility of SLAB members by purchasing SLAB T-shirts for students to wear periodically. Ensure that all SLAB members & Library Aides can answer basic questions about Library services. Create very short videos featuring SLAB members & Library aides demonstrating how to renew a book online, how to request a book for purchase, requesting reference assistance, how to search the Library Catalog, and how to create a book review in the Library Catalog.

Goals Encourage development of a more respectful culture and academic atmosphere. Reduce number of students coming in during lunch. Students must obtain a lunch ticket good for one day only from a librarian. Students may use the ticket to come directly to the Library or as a one-time pass to leave the Cafeteria. Only 10 passes will be available per lunch period each day. Freshmen will not be eligible for these lunch passes. Return to no food & drink policy due to repeated issues in the year. Students accessing the library independently will be required to have a pass from their teacher & a specific purpose. Students without a pass or purpose will be sent back to class.

It’s been a great year! We look forward to !