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rundlett middle school library annual report august 2010 june 2011 submitted by nancy j keane library media specialist june 2011 1

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rundlett middle school library annual report june 2011 highlights of 2010 2011 hosted one author visit hosted skype author visit hosted 2 successful book fairs concord trust grant to purchase kindles ms keane completed year three of doctoral program ms keane presented at two conferences expanded library web page and pathfinders curriculum highlights the school year saw ms keane returning full time to the library mrs casko returned to the classroom full time resulting in the loss of the technology integration position as a result ms keane spent more time in the computer labs than in the past this year ms keane emphasized note-taking skills will research projects in the past each teacher chose their own note taking method ms keane worked with several clusters on teaching a common note-taking method 2

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ms keane also spent more time on video creation skills this required holding classes in the 515 computer labs students worked on psas in health in plain english videos in science and book trailers in content literacy class visits and usage patterns the year began with an orientation for all incoming 6th graders students participated in the amazing library race students raced to around the library collecting clues and answering questions in an effort to keep from being eliminated from the race students reported that they wished that research could be taught this way too the winning teams were able to choose a poster from our collection of donated prizes for the first time the library experienced in a decline in class use this decline was caused by a number of changes in the program as can be seen in the chart there was a dramatic drop in use during the month of january the library was closed most of the month due to the relocation of classes displaced by the flooding 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 aug/sept oct nov dec jan feb mar apr may june library 2010/11 library 2009/10 ms keane also made the decision to create thematic book carts that could travel to classes these had been used sparingly in the past but not to the extent that they were used this year 3

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due to the closing of the library on several occasions and the fact that ms keane spent a lot of time in the 515 labs these thematic book carts were seen as a service that would help students 6,289 books were loaned to the classrooms as part of this effort another new service was the rms book mobile ms keane loaded a cart of books and her laptop and visited classes to encourage students to take out books this was very popular during the time the library was closed for necap testing ms keane continued to prepare monthly library reports and reported highlights from the month statistics and the level of collaboration rubric developed by londonderry high school and based on national standards a sample of the information displayed in the level of collaboration report 4

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we schedule our program on a flexible schedule this ensures that the lmc is open to students when they need it we do not close to drop-ins when classes are using the lmc usage during the 2009-2010 school year increased for both 6th and 7th grade but has decreased for 8th grade usage during the 2010-11 school year has increased overall this in an indication that students are using the library independently even though fewer classes are scheduled in the library 1000 800 600 400 200 0 aug/sept oct nov dec jan feb mar apr may june 6th grade 2010/11 6th grade 2009/10 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 7th grade 2010/11 7th grade 2009/10 aug/sept oct nov dec jan feb mar apr may june 500 400 300 200 100 0 aug/sept oct nov dec jan feb mar apr may june 8th grade 2010/11 8th grade 2009/10 5

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in addition to walk-in traffic the library was also used by 3,463 students in small group settings and 1,814 patrons who stopped in to return a book ask a question or pick up a document from the printer during the 2010-11 year the library saw 36,575 students use the library and the lab about the collection in order to create a collection that is relevant the library collection has continued to be weeded we concentrated on the 600s science and technology this year as that collection has not been weeded in many years we were able to weed out those materials that were outdated in bad shape and those that had not been used in many years and do not fit our current curriculum we added 736 titles to the collection during the past year our non-fiction is our largest collection these are the books that the students use most for school assignments the reference collection is also a prime source of information for student researchers we began reassigning books from reference to the circulating collection so they are more available to students our fiction collection continues to be heavily used for leisure reading and selecting materials for silent reading this collection is an outstanding collection of new and classic literature i have been able to donate hundreds of titles to this collection keeping it dynamic fiction accounted for 6,197 check outs or 46 of our total circulation the e is for everybody picture book collection continues to be used by students and teachers alike picture books are a good starting point when introducing new material they are also helpful for struggling readers there were 419 books circulated 6

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the graphic novels collection has continued to grow and is one of the most popular collections in the library in addition to the fiction novels we have been purchasing many non-fiction materials in graphic novel format this past year saw circulation rise to 607 check outs the circulating video collection has added a few titles from the bargain bin at local stores this has become a very popular collection for our ell students there were 120 check outs our audio book collection was increased primarily with the addition of more titles on mp3 both teachers and students have been using these heavily in addition to the titles owned by rms holders of concord public library cards can access the overdrive collection which consists of thousands of titles our mp3 players have seen a great deal of use and will need to be replaced in the near future a collection analysis was run on our holdings in june using the follett titlewise software these reports compare the average age number of titles and percentages of the main dewey ranges of our collection with those of grade-appropriate wilson s standard catalogs as can be seen by the chart the collection is in-line with national averages for the most part our numbers are a bit low but we are making progress 7

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age sensitivity many library materials can stand up to time and are not weeded based only on age however there are certain key dewey ranges where titles with older copyrights are more likely to contain outdated/inaccurate information this report identifies those dewey ranges and shows how many titles in the collection are outside the acceptable age range titles with copyrights outside the acceptable age range should be reviewed to determine if the information they contain is still accurate these will be addressed in the coming year rundlett middle school is fortunate to be part of new hampshire nhewlink this gives us access to several subscription databases that we would otherwise not be able to purchase for 8

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our students the new hampshire state library provides all public schools in the state with reduced cost to an outstanding collection of full-text and bibliographic databases we can provide our students with a wealth of materials to assist them at all grade levels with valuable curriculum related resources including · · · · access to hundreds of full text magazines daily newspaper articles to provide up-to-date coverage of current events academic resources for students of all abilities more than 80,000 biographical sources in addition teachers and administrators now have access to a variety of materials for professional development and curriculum preparation through the concord public library the rms community has access to additional library databases and hundreds of downloadable audio books overdrive is a growing collection of audio books available 24/7 it is always open students and staff need to have a concord public library card to use this service additionally concord public library has begun loaning e-books as well students need to have a library card to access these services about service the lmc continues to disseminate information to the rms community in a variety of ways there were several lmc newsletters this year and targeted information was sent to interested parties via emails one-to-one dissemination was used to ensure the information would be received by those who would benefit the blue duke blog continues to offer reading 9

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suggestions the blog for teachers media center tidbits which highlights web 2.0 sites has also been maintained the blog will be aggregated for dissemination new library holdings have been added to our librarything site this year monthly reports were created by ms keane and distributed to administrators they were also published on the libguides site http rundlett.concord.nh.libguides.com/reports the library ran two book fairs during the school year these book fairs raise money to fund author visits to our school both book fairs saw a cash profit and we were able to purchase books from the book fair to add to our collection the lmc hosted one face to face author visit during the year author kelly milner halls spoke with 6th graders about her research into cryptids ­ animals that may or may not exist ms halls has written books on cryptids and delighted the students with her work she also spoke about dinosaurs and shared fossils with the students she had lunch with representatives from each 6th grade cluster all students were invited to a meet and greet at the end of the day the library also hosted our very first skype visit with an author students in cluster 6-3 were invited to bring their lunch to the library and have lunch with author sarah prineas ms prineas read from her new book and answered questions from students we are hoping to make lunch with an author a regular event in the future several school wide events were hosted by and/or planned by the library staff the annual geobee was held in january the spelling bee was also held in january and the cluster champs gave it their all back by popular demand the mythology bee was held in may meteorologist kevin skarupa spoke with 8th grade science students about new england weather 10

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ms keane received a grant from the concord trust to purchase kindles for the school in collaboration with jane merrow the kindles were used in the title i program we used the kindles with the 8th grade students in the program and after an initial adjustment period found that the students really enjoyed using the kindles during 2011-12 three kindles will stay in title i and three will come back to the library for use of other students staff and hours our library team is incredibly devoted to service sandy soucy and ruth perencevich are committed to helping our students our library s success is in large part dependent on their efforts ms keane went beyond the library walls to work with students this year she went to classrooms to co-teach lessons she also spent a great deal of time in the 515 labs working on multimedia projects with students the lmc is only open during school hours the lmc is not available after school for student use the library is used for after school tutoring and many students took advantage of that the physical library space the library continued to evolve into a more student centered learning commons as we migrate from a 20th century library media center to a 21st century learning commons the space is getting a new look a learning commons is more student centered flexible and format agnostic to allow students to find the information they want when they want it no matter the format or location the learning commons allows students to work alone or in groups and to access tools they need we made significant progress towards this goal but look forward to continuing the development the community and beyond the effects of the library program are felt beyond the walls of the library in addition to the events held in the library we were involved in organizing and participating in other school wide and district wide activities 11

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during the month of april ms keane coordinated the fourth annual doors of rundlett contest each classroom had the opportunity to decorate their door to celebrate children s reading this year s theme was poetry and the halls were turned into an amazing poetry gallery the administrators served as judges and there were many excited children working for a week on the doors pictures are available on the rms website http concord.rms.schoolfusion.us the library is a natural place to share classroom projects we have rotating displays all year of student work additionally ms keane established a flickr account for the library and created many slideshows of library events that were added to the web page ms keane served on the professional development committee and was one of the pd coaches for rms she also served as technology representative ms keane was also on the elementary technology task force additional activities ms keane presentations using libguides christa mcauliffe technology conference he said she said what s new in children s literature nhslma annual conference merrimack nh web 2.0 smackdown nhslma annual conference merrimack nh classes taught new hampshire technical institute it 102 pc applications university of rhode island lsc 502 management for library and information services plymouth state university lm 5000 cataloging and organization of library materials ala yalsa ­ booktalks quick and simple web pages blue duke reads http blueduke.blogspot.com nancy keane s children s literature http www.nancykeane.com booktalks ­ quick and simple http www.nancykeane.com/booktalks atn reading lists http www.nancykeane.com/rl 12

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atn wiki http atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com rundlett libguides http rundlett.concord.nh.libguides.com/index.php memberships/committees new hampshire educational media association 1992 president 1999-2000 new hampshire educators online 1998 american library association 1979 alsc online courses 2008 aasl affiliate assembly ­ nh delegate aasl conference technology planning committee 2009 yalsa online courses 2006yalsa technology for young adults 2007-2009 concord school district professional development council technology planning committee goals the coming year will be an exciting one for rms library as many changes are in store the district is purchasing a new automation system for the district libraries destiny will bring a new dimension to our ability to serve students and staff everyone will be given an account on the system that they can use to check their circulation information including overdues and they can track their usage they will be able to reserve material and to create lists of materials for projects they will be able to read reviews of books and get suggestions of other materials that may be of interest using a single search in destiny patrons will be able to search for books and our databases at the same time and they will be able to access the system from home we are sure that the rms community will love the new system 13

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another new product we will be purchasing is noodlebib students and staff will get a logon to the system they will be able to create bibliographies take notes electronically and share their notes and bibliographies with the classroom teacher this is the same product the high school is using so we feel it will add continuity to the library programs and it is accessible from home the computer labs have been moved from the 515 rooms and are now adjacent to the library learning commons this will centralize all the labs to make it easier to oversee the 402 lab is scheduled to be upgraded to a multimedia production area which will allow our students to really be creative and show what they can do ms keane will be looking for more ways to expand the services of the library in addition to carts of books and libguides ms keane will be investigating opportunities to bring new services to rms we will be facilitating a collaboration between snhu and rms via skype we will also be hosting more lunch with a virtual author visits the library courtyard is undergoing a redesign and we will be making plans to use this space for students the book collection will be inventoried using destiny and will undergo more weeding we will be able to use the destiny data to help with ensuring our collection is aligned with our curriculum we will be adding our first electronic books this year we will add titles to the kindles we will also be adding e-books that will be accessible via computer so that students can access them from home we will be looking at more ways to move our services beyond the walls of the library ms keane continues work on her doctorate the plan is for the dissertation research study to be conducted in the spring 2012 the library was chosen as a site for a fundraiser pop up dinner to benefit the friendly kitchen 14

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