DISCOVERY COLLEGE

Library Annual Report

LIBRARY

20102011

Mrs Sercombe came on board as our new PYP Teacher librarian, the secondary fiction section dou bled in size, more students used the physical and virtual spaces of the library plus much more!

What a Year This Was!

The library is central to implementing, enriching and supporting the teaching learning program of the school. We are proactive in developing information literate students and supporting an information literate community.
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DiscoveryCollegeLibrary
MissionStatement
Thefollowingareessen8altothedevelopmentofliteracy,informa8onliteracy, teaching,learningandcultureandarecoreschoollibraryservices: support and enhance educa8onal goals as outlined in the school's missionandcurriculum, develop and sustain in children of allagesthehabit and enjoymentof readingfor pleasureand theuseof librariesthroughouttheirlives, oer opportuni8es for experiences in crea8ng and using informa8on for knowledge, understanding, imagina8onandenjoyment, support all studentsin the learning and prac8sing of skills for evalua8ng and using informa8on, regardless of form, format or medium,includingsensi8vitytothe modes of communica8on within thecommunity, provide access to local, regional, na8onal, global resources and opportuni8es that expose learners to diverse ideas, experiences and opinions, organise ac8vi8es that encourage cultural and social awareness and sensi8vity, work with students, teachers, administrators and parents to achieve the mission of the school; proclaiming the concept that intellectual freedom and access to informa8on are essen8al to eec8veandresponsibleci8zenship andpar8cipa8oninademocracy, promote readingand the resources andservicesoftheschool libraryto the whole school community and beyond,invariousformats, promote ethicaluse of informa8on and intellectual property through educa8on andbeingan exampleof thevalueofacademichonesty.

Index
PolicyDevelopment2 Achievements 3 Collec8onDevelopment4 DepartmentCollec8ons6 OnlineResources7 Circula8on 8 Periodicals 10 UseofLibrary11 Budget12 TeachingandLearning13 Bookweek15 AuthorVisits16 Displays17 LibrarySurvey18 LibrarySta20 Volunteers22 Branding23 Plansfornextyear24 ClosingComment25 StocktakereportApp.1

PolicyDevelopment
A library policy procedures manual was con8nued from last year,withfurtheraddi8ons toacquisi8ons,cataloguing, shelving, crea8ngnewlists,essen8ally crea8ngstandardsandprotocols for all sta tofollowas they dotheir dailywork. This willbehelpful fornewsta,andhelptomaintainsystemsandstandards.

Ini8a8ves
SelfCheckout SecondaryCheckoutonupperoor Displayofcurriculumtexts Picture books labelled and learner prolesubjectheadingsa>ached Casse>e recordings reforma>ed into digital. Parent educa@on workshop beyond Google Netvibespageforprimary NewshelvingforSecondaryFic@on Newshelvingforprintmagazines Year8MuseumDisplay setupinlibrary forSLCinFebruary Workshopsfor EAsonusing thelibrary resources Userguideforsta Library website redesigned for ease of access Goodreadsimplementedyear7&8 Digital display opera@ng on large monitor and desktop digital photo frame FluencybooksborrowedthroughEAsin sharedareas. Surveyofsecondarystudentsandsta Longeropeninghours Newsignage Laminatorserviceforschool Introduc@onofAdultcollec@onforyr10 andup. Introduc@onofQRcodes Crea@onofaLibrarylogo InformalgiYingofdonatedandweeded bookstoPrimrosePrimarySchool. Sc ho o l w i d e re a d i n g p ro m o @ o n program Fullschoolstocktake Senior graphic novels given a special loca@oninthereadingarea

Achievements
LibraryFunc@on
Self checkout was introduced at the beginning oftheyear,this hasnot been as successful as the self checkout sta8on is also being used for other func8ons. We will need to make this morefunc8onalnextyear. A member of sta was also situated on the upper oor to help secondary students look for and checkout resources when required. They also helped to prepare displays of resources to support the curriculum and other special events. This has been well receivedbystudents. Fluencybooks weresetup to belent by theEAsto thechildrento reducelosses and to keep a record of what the students are reading and taking home. AQer a few hiccups,the system worked well to track the books,with minimum losses. Picture books were allocated learner proles andother subject headings,and l a b e l l i n g o f p i c t u r e b o o k s w a s completed. Assis8ng in nding required supportforthecurriculum. Weeding was undertaken of junior non c8on, junior c8on, and c8on with about 400 8tles removed form the collec8onduetoage,makingmoreroom fornew8tles. CasseUesreformaUedintodigitalformat readyforuploadingontoMP3s. Series books labelled in order to help withselec8on. Afullstocktakewasundertakenoverthe summer holidays see report in appendix.

Thelibraryandstahavebeenverybusyworkingonanumberof projectsthroughtheyeartoenhancethelibraryservicesandspace.
OPAC was enhanced with more pictures &subjectheadingsaddedtoresources.

PhysicalSpace
A new secondary c8on and magazine area was created with the purchase of new shelvingand removal of some non requiredangs. Largecanvasposterswerehungfromthe mezzanine level which hasadded colour andbroughtthetwolevelstogether. A large monitor was installed with the ideaofshowingdisplaysof booktrailers and other reading promo8ons.This has not been as successful as it could have been as the control is not with the library,resul8nginthedisplaysnotbeing changed as oQen as need be. A large digitalphotoframewasalsoinstalledon the circula8on desk to highlight and promotenewreadingopportuni8es. New signage was created for various partsofthelibrarypar8cularlythenon c8onbayends. Senior graphic novels were placed on a trolley in the middle of soQ furnishings andhasbeenverypopular.

ClientSupport
Stausers guide was developed to help teachers and other sta access the onlineresources. Thelibraryextendedopeninghoursfrom 8am4:30pmwithmanystudentstaking advantageofthelater8mes. A survey was undertaken of the secondary students and sta on library services. PYP teachers were asked for f e e d b a c k o n t h e s u p p o r t a n d improvementsforlibraryservices. A number of workshops were held through the year one for Parents on accessing the online resources, one for EAs on accessing the OPAC and online resources, and workshops for teachers and other sta on twiUer, inquiry & usingthelibraryonlineresources. Workshops for secondary students on Ethicsandresponsibility. PYP & MYP TLs planning units with teamstoaddtocurriculum. A school wide reading program was introduced Read around the world in 80 books with students being given passportstorecordtheirreading.

VirtualSpace
The library website front page was redesigned to make it easier and more visualforstudentstonavigate. The Primary Netvibes page was created to support the PYPcurriculumacrossall yearlevels. The number of online databases was increased to cater for the upper and lowerschools. Goodreads was promoted as a reading loginyears7&8inenglishclasses. Introduc8on of QR codes as a meansof c o m m u n i c a 8 o n a n d s o u r c e o f informa8on.

Sta8s8csCollec8onDevelopment
Collection Development
Totallibraryholdings34,563,Resourceroomholdings17,588(includesequipment,textbooks,readingclub books,guidedreaders,uencybooks,learningresources....)Totalcataloguerecords52,151.Weedingwas undertakenthroughtheyear,but7503newitemshavebeenaddedtothecatalogueinthepast12months. Weedingisanessen8alpartoftheprocessofdevelopingavibrantcurrentcollec8on.Manyoftheresources weededwereleQoverfromtheopeningofBauhinia,hadbeenhandedonfromotherschoolsandwere extremelyoldanddirty.Weedinggivesusroomtopurchasenewresources,andkeepsthecollec8onfresh.635 resourceswereweededfromthecollec8onthisyear. 324resourceshavebeenmarkedasmissing,lost,lostandpaidfor,orstudenthastakenthemwhentheyleQthe school.Thisisahighnumber.
LOCATION OPENING CLOSING ADDITIONS DISPOSED MISSING GROWTH %
TOTAL OF COLL. GROWTH %

Adultreading Audiobooks ChineseCollec@on DVDforgeneral circula@on DVDforTeacher resource Fic@on GraphicNovel Interna@onalLanguages JuniorFic@on JuniorNonc@on Korean Nonc@on Parents Periodicals PictureBooks SecondaryChinese SecondaryFic@on SecondaryGraphic Novel TeacherResource

0 42 544 215 97 2854 169 98 2208 3244 318 5179 16 29 2187 200 982 10 471

9 52 757 244 132 3,394 229 315 2,720 3,511 355 5,331 17 49 2,567 291 1,486 76 728

9 10 213 29 35 540 60 217 261 267 37 152 1 20 380 91 504 66 257 6 2 4 0 0 38 0 15 0 2 172 104 0 20 0 47 34 0 30 0 1 6 0 316 4 4 15 0 78 4

900 23 39 17 36 18 35 221 12 8 11 3 6 68 17 45 51 660 54

1 3 7 1 1 16 2 7 8 8 1 5

1 12 3 16 2 8

Sta8s8csCollec8onDevelopment
% of overall collection growth according to location Fiction Secondary Fiction Picture Books Junior Fiction Junior Non ction Teacher Resource International Languages Chinese Collection Non -ction Audio books Secondary Chinese Graphic Novel Secondary Graphic Novel DVD for Teacher resource Adult reading DVD for general circulation Korean Periodicals

1% 1%1% 2%1% 2%1% 3% 3% 5% 7% 7% 8% 8% 8%

16%

15%

12%

Oneofourgoalsthisyearwastofocusondevelopingthec8oncollec8onsacrosstheboard.Thischart indicateswedidthiswith50%ofthenewaddi8onsgoingtothe4c8oncollec8ons.

Statistics -

Collection Development

Department Collection Development

Alldepartmentspurchaseresourcesusingtheirownbudgets,andtheresourcesarehousedintheir ownareas,howeveralltheresourcesarecataloguedthroughthelibrarysystemtoensuredouble orderingdoesnotoccurandtobeabletolocateresourceseasierwhenrequired.

DEPARTMENT

OPENING

CLOSING 15 506 65 455 164 3,195 7,468 3,393 126 2,281 1,570 1,731 3,648 200 1,410 495 226 863 129 293 98 352

ADDITIONS 5 21 30 96 26 76 49 124 37 724 321 -90 -569* 121 271 80 45 166 32 30 81

Art Big books^ D&T Drama Equipment Fluency Books* Guided readers* Mandarin room Music Primary Inq, Texts* Primary Lit. Texts* Primary Mathematics Resource Room* Sec. Drama Text Sec. English Text* Sec. Humanities Sec. Inquiry Texts Sec. Lang A Sec. Maths Sec. Science Spanish Student Support

10 485 35 359 138 3119 7419 3269 89 1557 1249 1821 4217 79 1139 415 181 697 97 263 17

* items were relocated to other collections.

OnlineResources
Databases
EncyclopediaBritannica BritannicaGlobalReferenceCentre GaleInfotracJuniorEdi8on GaleGlobalIssuesinContext Brainpop Bookix Naxosmusiconline GroveMusicOnline TheSource

Database Use
ONLINE RESOURCE SESSIONS SEARCHES

COST HKD

AVERAGE COST / SESSION

Infotrac Gobal Issues in Context Naxos Music Grove Music Database Encyclopedia Britannica Brainpop Bookix

1,281 608 85 61 5,798 3,412 60

16732 1730

$9,360 $16,770 $3,510

$7.30 $27.50 $41.30 $89.20 $2.60 $3.40 $85.60

256 19157

$5,443 $15,589 $11,625 $5,140

OnlineMagazines
HistoryToday NewScien8st MakeMagazine Theeconomist MacLife SCMP TheWallStreetJournal NewsAcademic

Comments and Observations:

We had a few problems with access to the databases through the year, in particular Bookix, Naxos and Grove Music Online which would account for some of the low usage statistics for these databases. Global Issues in Context is a powerful database which was introduced this year, and needs a lot more promotion to the upper secondary students and staff. Bookix, Naxos, Grove, needs to be promoted more across the school. Encyclopedia Britannica was widely used throughout the Primary school as support for the units of inquiry and heavily promoted by the PYP TL. Brainpop is popular with all students as a recreational learning tool as well by teachers to support learning.

OnlineProfessionalResources
PhiKappaDelta ASCD eLit

Netvibes
The School Netvibes page was dividedintoPrimaryandSecondary. Leanne Sercombe, PYP TL set up a page for each of the Primary year groups and modeled how to add content to the teachers with the ul8mate aim to have the year teachers taking responsibility for adding to these pages.The response
Students using the library for different activities, using different tools to help them do what they need to do.

Facebook
The Library Facebook page was re createdasafanpage. This change of status allows for mul8ple administrators and is not linked to any personal pages. It con8nues to be fed into the fans newsfeedandassuchisagoodwayof dissemina8ng informa8on along with all the other pathways including email, the daily bulle8n and signage acrosstheschool.

has been posi8ve and allows the students to access resources that havebeen selectedfor theirleveland curriculumfocus.

Circulation - what is being borrowed? 13,096

Fiction

61,190
total loans
were made through the library this year, an increase of 1792 loans from last year.

11,681 3,896
Senior Fiction

7,656
Junior non ction

11,163
Picture Books

Junior Fiction

2738
Graphic Novels

2207
Non Fiction

8,753
text books, intl lang, periodicals,

Plus...

29104
uency books, managed by the EAs, only yr 1 & 2.

6727
Guided readers through Resource Room

2184
Resource room

MostPopularFic@on: WarriorsSeries DiaryofaWimpyKid PercyJacksonseries

MostPopularSeniorFic@on: Cherubseries MaximumRide JacquelineWilson

Circulation - who is borrowing?

Theresultsbelowareindividualloanswhichincluderenewals,uencybook,c8on,nonc8onandtextbookborrowing.Of par8cularconcernissomeoftheyear9and10classeswithverylowborrowingnumbersperstudent,averagingabout11peryear. Weneedtondiftheyarenotreading,oriftheyare,whytheyarenotusingthelibraryresources.Isitbecausewedonothavewhat theywant,ortheyndthelibraryservicesinconvenient? Year1and2numbersareveryhighasthenumbersincludetheiruencybookborrowing,wheretheytakeabookhomeeverynight.

Primaryclasseshave30studentsineachclass.

28

27

28

21

27

29

29

30

18

18

16

16

20

19

21

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Secondaryclassnumbersareinthecolumns. At the end of the school year we had an extraordinarily high number of overdue items 1084. Upon examining the breakdown there were about 60% of these whichwere student loans, 10% were loans to teachers, 15% were resources that had beenlenttoclasseswhichdidnotcome back, with the remainder belonging to the resource room which had not been returned properly, or were in 114 35 29 61 10 10 the wrong collec8on. The records will be adjusted overthesummer.

Periodicals....

Most popular
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Mac Life 8. 9. 10.
Seventeen World Soccer Inside Sport Girlfriend magazine DMag Typhoon Club Top Gear Good Food Rugby World

Ac8onAsia AsiaDiver AsianPassport AustralasianScubaDiver CNGMagazine Daily710Magazine DMag The Economist Girlfriend GolfDigest GoodFood HiCharlie HistoryToday InsideSport MacLife MakeMagazine Na8onalGeographic Na8onalGeographicKids

Na8onalGeographicLiUleKids Na8onalGeographicTraveler NewScien8st QueTal? ReadersDigest RollingStone RugbyWorld Seventeen SportsIllustratedforkids TBKMagazine TC2 TeenVogue Timeout TopGear TyphoonClub WorldSoccer

PRINT MAGAZINES

discussingthear8clesa thembythemselves.Iti picturesorevenquietly

ry popularwithstudentsev enwith thelureofonlineinform a8on. Theyenjoybrowsingthe minthe librarywiththeirfriends , nd reading

recrea8onaltopicsareve

Printmagazinesbasedo n

savery popularsec8onofthelibr ary.

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Use of Library Libraryopeninghours 8:004:30pm

Thelibraryextendedopeninghoursthis year by 30 minutes to cater for those who are wai8ng for CCAs to start and to support those who needed a place to nish homework,assignments orneededaclimate controlledplacetoread.Manystudentstook advantage of the extra 30 minutes in the aQernoon. Studentsusethelibrarytoread,dowork, borrowcamerasprint,makemovies,ndand borrowresourcesandtobewiththeirfriendsin acoolclimate. Stausethelibrarytoprint,borrowcameras, doworkinaquietspace,meetandworkwith studentsandwitheachotherformee8ngs.

Onaverage peoplecomeintothe libraryeachdayforPYPlibrary

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8mes,MYPenglishreading8mes,lunch8mes,recess, beforeandaQerschool,tomeetwithLibrarystaand toprint.

Visitors to our Library Wehadanumberofvisitstoourlibrarythisyearfromvariouspeople. StafromBradburyPrimarycametoseeourlibraryanddiscusssystemswehadinplacetopreparefortheirnew libraryspace. 3Mvisitedanumberof8meswithfacultyfromHKIns8tuteofVoca8onalTrainingtoshowhowtheRFIDsystem worked. AnumberofInterna8onallibrariansarrangedavisitbeforetheIBCat3WorkshopinHK AlargegroupoflibrariansvisitedaspartofaHKschoollibrarytourbeforethe21stCenturylearningconferencein HK. StephanieGilchristfromQuarryBaySchoolvisitedtodiscussourschedulingandsystemsforPYPsupport. ESFvisitedtodiscusstheRFIDsystemandhowitwasimplementedandsupportsthelibraryprogramme. DiscoveryCollegewasalsohosttotheALESSHKmee8nginFebruary2011where25HKschoollibrariansvisited.

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Budget 1% 2% 2% 5% 5% 7% 41%

15%
Books 41% Databases Library Operations Magazines Teacher Resources Author visits DVD Bookweek Displays

24%

The budget this year was $330,000 this was an increasefromlastyearof$20,000. Thisequatestoanalloca8onofabout$365(46USD) perchildintheschoolfortheyear. Our priority for collec8on development this year wasdevelopingthec8oncollec8onacrossallyear levels,butpar8cularlytheseniorc8on. Wealso increasedthedatabasefacili8estoinclude Naxos Music,GroveMusiconline,Bookix,andGale Global Issuesin context, hence alarger propor8on of the budget being allocated to these online resourcescomparedtolastyear. Libraryopera8onstook alargersliceof thebudget as we implemented self checkout which required

morehardwareandcostsroseduetotheincreasing popula8on. At the end of the academic year we were given more money to use toward purchasing resources which brought the budget up to $410,000HKD. (52,500USD) The budget is also supplemented by dona8ons of books from DC families as well as points earned through Paddyeld Bookclub. This year the DC communityearned$17,500worthofcreditsthatwe could spend at Paddyeld to supplement the collec8on. Nextyearwearelookingtomoveintotheareaof ebooks, which willmeanevenmoreof thebudget beingallocatedtoonlineresources.

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Teaching and Learning - PYP

2010/11 saw the recruitment of a PYP teacher Librarian/Informa8on Literacy Specialist who was responsible for connec8ng with the exis8ng PYP curriculuminauthen8cways.Thiswaspossibledue to the exible scheduling allowing for regular planning 8meswith year levels and a'just in 8me' approach to teaching and learning incorporated within adraQ Digital and Informa8onLiteracy (DIL) Curriculum. Netvibes,anonlinerepository of web resources, was also enhanced and made more Primary friendly. Resources were age and developmentallyappropriate. Overview Year1 Students were given an introduc8on to library systems and borrowing. Many connec8ons were made with PYP concepts and literature using Kidspira8on asan organising tool. Students also begantheirrstindependentresearchbasedinquiry and were also taught how to access content and resourcesviatheLibrary OPAC catalogue.Students alsoexploredtradi8onalstorytellingwithafocuson JapaneseKamishibai. Year2 Students explored the organisa8onal structures withinthelibraryaspartoftheirrstunitofinquiry. Students were introduced to a variety of search enginesfordierentpurposes.Amajorfocuswasto exploreaspectsof visualliteracylooking atfeatures of c8onand nonc8ontextsand imagesearching using thesafer domain of .edu andGooglecustom search and Google Wonderwheel were used to enhanceeec8vesearching. Year3 StudentsreviewedtheiruseofOPACtond resourcesquicklyandeec8vely,wereintroducedto Netvibes,examinedtheorganisa8onalstructureof thelibrary.Researchskillswereenhancedbythe broadeningofsearchengines.Websiteswere evaluatedcri8callyandstudentsweremadeaware oftheimportanceofwebsitecredibility. Year4 Studentsexploreddierentorganiserstorecord informa8ontosupporttheirinquiries.Literature wasstronglyusedtosupporttheirunderstandingof theconceptseg.change,causa8onandperspec8ve. Studentsexploredierenttypesofques8onsto promoteagoodindependentinquiry.Story elementswereexploredandorganiserswereused andchangedtoorganisetheirdiscoveries. Year5 StudentswereintroducedtoDiigoasasocial bookmarkingsitetoorganisetheirresearch. StudentsusedNetvibesextensivelytosupportthe languageandinquirylinks.Avarietyofdatabases wereusedtowidentheiravailableresources. Onlinenewspaperswerealsousedtoenhancetheir knowledgeofcurrenteventsrelatedtotheir inquiries.Visualliteracywasalsoexploredaspartof theunitonindigenouspeoples. Year6 StudentswereintroducedtoDiigoasasocial bookmarkingsitetoorganisetheirresearchand studentsusedthistocollabora8velyresearchandto shareandrecordnotes.Avarietyofsearchengines wereintroducedasalterna8vestoGoogleandthe purposesofeachwereiden8ed.Databasessuchas Britannicaweremoreac8velyused.Visualliteracy wasalsoamajorfocuswithstudentsiden8fyingkey informa8onrelatedtotheconceptsofeachunit. StudentsusedBibMetorecordappropriate bibliographicinforma8on.Supportwasalsogivenfor thePYPexhibi8on.

13% 13% 16% 16%

24%

19%

Year 6 24% Year 1 Year 4 Year 5 Year 2 Year 3

Thegraphillustrateswhere8mewasspentbythePYPTL workingdirectlywithclassesinateachingrole.Itdoesnot includeplanningmee8ngsorinformalsupport.

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Teaching and Learning - MYP

This year was the rst year that the MYP had a dedicated Teacher Librarian, it was a year of mappingandworkingouthowtheTeacherLibrarian could add value to the curriculum in the various subjectsacrossthecurriculum. Use of Databases & Diigo, wri8ng bibliographies, extrac8ng relevant informa8on, forming good researchques8ons, evalua8ng informa8on, crea8ng useful keywords, note taking, ethics and understanding copyright and plagiarism were all taught acrosstheyear groupsaspart of the Digital and Informa8on literacy curriculum. The Teacher Librarian mainly worked with english/ humani8es and science department, however oered support acrossallsubjectsindierentways. The Teacher Librarian worked closely with Year 8 English / Humanity unit What is the real HK working right through the unit from planning to assessment. The culmina8on of the unit was a museum display in the library based on student learning which formed part of their student led conferencediscussionswithparents. Literature and reading promo8on was also part of theprogrammewithGoodreadsbeingintroducedto Year7and8asanextensionof theirreadingaswell asbeingcreatorsofreviewstoaddtothisplavorm. QR codes havealsobeenplacedon thebackof the newseniorc8onbookswhichlinktoGoodreadsto promotereadingfurther. Having year 7 & 8 classes come into the library as partoftheirEnglish8mewas agoodopportunityto talktostudentsabouttheirreading,introducethem tonew8tlesorrecommendedreads,and,givethem some8metoreadandenjoyagoodbook.Wehope toextendthisacrossmoreyearlevelsnextyear. SpeedDa8ngwasalsointroducedduringLibrary LoversMonthtoencouragestudentstoreadbooks theywouldnotnormallyreadalongwithafull schoolreadingincen8veprogrammeReadaround theworldin80books. Resourcingtosupportthecurriculumwass8lla majorpartoftheTLsrolewithmanyonline resourcesbeingaddedtotheNetvibespageto supporttheunitsofworkthatrequiredspeciclocal informa8onthatwasdiculttondusinggeneral searchingtechniques. Thenextyearwillbringgreaterembeddingand infusionofinforma8onliteracyskillsacrossall subjectsandyearlevelswithacon8nuumdeveloped inconjunc8onwiththesecondaryliteracyworking group.

MYP TL working with classes

15% 33% 23%

Year 7 Year 8 Year 10 Year 9

30%

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Bookweek

Fly into Fantasy

Bookweek was ac8on packed thisyearwithac8vi8escentred around our Fly into Fantasy theme.
FantasyCreaturecrea-on Theweek kicked off with Primary classes creating fantasy creatures with air dry clay during library time. They were then put on displayfortheweekforalltosee. Bagabook Students wereinvitedtobagabook bycreatingavisualbookpromotion by taking a recycledshopping bag and attach pictures, reviews and realia to encourage otherstoread thebook. Compe--onsandfreegi8s. Therst compe88on washeld to createtheBookweekposte,then elements from all entrants were u s e d t o c r e a t e t h e n a l product.Every student in the s c h o o l w a s givenacustom m a d e M o o bookmark,one of 20 designs, t h e s e w e r e hugely popular. We then held a competition where the students identified the books the images came from. The highest identified was 17,thewinnerswerefromyear 8andyear5.Theyweregivena full set of moo cards as prizes. Every entrantwasawardedafewcardsas rewardforentering. A QR code treasure hunt was also part of bookweek, a few students participated in this while learning aboutwhatQRcodesareanddo. The annual Secondary literature trivia competition was held in SecondaryAssemblytime,withRed housewinninginaclosefinish. AuthorVisits We were happy to be hosts to Michael Pryor from Australia, and SarahBrennanfromHongKong. Michael Pryor is a steampunk fantasy author for young adults,he spoke to year 6 10 on writing techniquesandthestagesofwriting, emphasizingthattheplanningstage takesthemosttime. Sarah entertained yr 15 students with her tales of Chester, ZZZ and
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alsosharedthestagesofthewriting andpublishingprocess. Allthestudentsenjoyedthesevisits verymuch.

CharacterParade The annual Book Week Character parade wasagain ahugesuccess with many staff and students dressingupastheirfavouritefantasy character.

Author visits NuryVitacchi PYPLanguageCurriculumandtheLibrary worked togetherto bring Nury VitacchitoDC to support theyear4unitonstorytelling. Hetold many storiesof hislife, storieshe made up and asked the students to create their own storiestakingaliUlebitofthemselvesandmaking somethingnew. Theyallreallyenjoyedhissessions.

MichaelPryor Michael wowed the secondary school with his tales and 8ps of wri8ng techniques in a most entertainingwayduringBookweek. In some of the sessions he also impressed the students with a few magic tricks which he had learnedaspartofhisresearchforhisbooks.

SarahBrennan Sarah had each of theprimary classesfromyear 15ins8tcheswithherstories ofChester,Temujin, Rhonda, Oswald,alltheanimalsfromherzodiac talesadventuresduringBookweek. She took the students through the story developmentandpublishingphasessotheyallleQ withabeUerunderstandingabouttheamountof workthatgoesintowri8ngabook.

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Displays Thisyearwehadanumberofmajordisplaysthattookovertheen8relibrary,andthenafewsmaller onestocomplementandhighlightdierentcelebra8ons.Thedisplaysaremainlyfordecora8onandto createinterestbutarealsousedtoeducate. LargeDisplays Readaroundtheworldin80books MidAutumnFes8val Halloween Christmas ChineseNewYear LibraryloversMonth PoetryMonth FlyintoFantasy SmallerDisplays MaytheFourthBewithYou(StarWars) WorldAIDSday 40yearsofMrMen&LiUleMiss TheRealHK

Wealsostartedusingourdigitaldisplaymonitortopromotebooksthroughslideshowsdierentgroups ofstudentscreated,nextyearwehopetofeaturebooktrailersthatstudentsndandcreate. Wehavealsoinstalledalargedigitalphotoframewhichallowsustoshowfeatured8tles,andphotos takeninthelibraryandschool. Thestudentsseemtoenjoyandappreciatethelibraryanditsdecora8onsondierentthemes.

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BEST BITS

Respondentsfeltthatthefollowing werethebestpartsofthelibrary

Furniture: 60% Fiction Selection : 59% Resources: 38% Magazines: 31% Displays : 30% Staff: 21% Graphic Novels: 16% Other mentions : Range of non ction, biography & autobiographies, range of ction, quiet and relaxing feeling, secondary has their own area, DVDs, helpful staff.

Discovery College Secondary School Library Survey

224 SECONDARY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBRARY SURVEY IN EARLY JUNE. THIS IS 62% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION.
Thesurveywascreatedusing Zoomerangtondiftheserviceswe

USE OF LIBRARY

of respondents use the library space to do work weredeliveringwhatwethoughtweweredeliveringandtogauge

whatthe studentslikedaboutthe libraryservices,whattheywere using, andtondwhattheywantedinimprovements.Itwasalso tondwhat typesof ereaderstheir familiesownedsowe could cater fortheformatsaswe movedintoebooks.Togauge ifwhen the MYPTL wasinvolvedinteaching,if washavinganimpacton their learning and interestswhat their percep8on wasofwhat wasoered.

73% 70% 57%

of respondents use the library to select books

Improvements
Greater selection of books Returns box on uppe r levels Reduce noise in libra ry Supply e-books Improve Furniture Supply > audio book s Displays

Interes8ngly some of the sugges8ons made areserviceswe alreadyoersuchasawayto nd books ina techy oronline way (OPAC),a bookrecommenda8onlist(wehave a wishlist

64%

47% 32% 25% 23% 15% 14

of respondents read in the library online for students and Goodreads). This
indicatesthatwe are not geang our message acrossinourservices,soweneedtoimprovein thisarea. Manystudentsmen8onedthe noise levelbeing toohigh, thisis a combina8on ofthe designof the library and the mixing of primary and secondary students using the same space, and studentsnotitasaninside space. We will work onthisnextyear.

of respondents come to library with their classes

46% 20%

Other mentions : Keep 3rd the time, more Chine oor door open all se books, more printers,beanbags and cus hions, more space for working, cheaper and more efcient printing, more class time in the libr ary, longer borrowing time, more copies of po pular books.

of respondents come to library to read magazine

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One of the areas which has been an area of concern has been the students low use of the online resources, this may be through lack of understanding of the naviga8onrequired or not fully understanding how they can be helpful in what they need to nd. The survey also illustrated the low use ofthese resources. Most studentsusedthemsome8mes,while manysaid they use them whenreminded, and othersused them a lot, with a rela8vely few number using them all the 8me, withmany notusing them at all. Whatwas most apparentisthatthe year10 group used the online resources less than any other group per head. We will need to address this issue next year through teacher development, and con8nuous reminders and promo8onoftheseresources. Oneoftheques8onsfocusedonthevalueadding to learning of the TL. Most of the respondents indicatedthatwhattheTLwassharingwiththem washelpful, usefulandmostlyinteres8ng. Alow percentage found it not helpful interes8ng or evenuseful. Overall the feedback wasposi8ve with usdoing most thingsright. it isapparent that there are a numberofissuesthatconcernthe students, one major being the prin8ng process and cost of prin8ng in the school. This needs to be sorted out, it is a whole school issue, the library isthe hostoftheprin8ngprocess. Other issues that came up was the library does not have the verymostrecent books,we willtry toworkbeUeratthisnextyear,howeverordering processes and restraints hinder us in this at 8mes.

Staff Survey
Overall the staff responses were positive with appreciation of resourcing as needed as well as professional development the l i b r a r y t e a m o f fe r t h r o u g h workshops, twitter and email feeds, and planning of units. It was mentioned several times how they liked the librarys buzz with busy kids all the time, and that the library brings a heart to the school. Some of the suggestions included more mother tongue language resources, more suppor t for chinese language curriculum, a more structured and developed information literacy program, more activities for the students such as bookclubs and other literary events to be involved in. As well as increasing the resource level and variety. This was our 3rd year of operation, and the rst year of the MYP having a dedicated TL, so we still have room for improvement, but overall it appears we have provided a satisfactory service so far.

onderful rary is a w ink the lib nd the staff do a I th Ca place of D b to maintain and stic jo s. The fanta condition p it in top lways relevant kee are a displays gularly, pdated re . and are u h the latest trends and in wit acious keeping bright, sp ou It is a very onment. Thank y envir warm cKenzie! to Mrs M tu Year 10 s dent

The atmospher e in the library is nice and quiet, most of the time and a good plac e to on whatever yo concentrate u want to do there. Year 7 student

ry!! It is good libra is a really ul and there is a It urf very colo of books. E variety WID dent Year 9 stu
The library is a great place to read and relax at lunch. There is a great range of books and library staff are always happy to recommend books. Year 8 Student

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PYP staff survey What has worked well this year?

Assis8nginthegatheringofresourcesgoodquality onesandknowingwheretolook,whichwedont alwayshave8metodo. NetvibessuitableforUofIuploadedontoYearpage Justin8meapproachwhenskillsorneedsare iden8edmidwaythroughaninquiry Collabora8veplanningtomakemeaningful connec8onswithUoI.Worlingincoteaching&team teachingrolewithclassesforselectedUoI. Developingfurtheruseofgraphicorganisersusing varioussoawareprogrammetoenhancestudent thinking.Enablingstudentstomakeeec8velinksto concepts.

PYPteachingstaweregiventhree ques8onstoansweronaGoogle doctoevaluatetheroleoftheTLin thePYPprogramthisyearhereare theques8onsandtheresponses...

What are areas for further development?

Con8nuingtosourcegoodresourcesatvarious abilitylevels Con8nuetoiden8fybooksthatconnecttothe bigideaortheconceptinUoIforpowerful learning.Booksthatencouragestudentsto thinkbeyondandtakeideasfurther. FocusondevelopingILandlibraryskillsweekly orfortnightlywithauthen8cpurposesforusing thetoolspresented. Occasionalac8vi8esinthelibrarytoalsofoster aloveforbooksandreadingduringlibrary 8mes Con8nuingtomakenetvibesmorechild friendlyandaccessibleforstudents. Promo8onofOPACasawaytoaccessresources

How has the TL connected the UoIs with what has been taught?
Connec8onswithconcepts TransdisciplinarySkills ResearchskillsYr3Evalua8ngwebsites& reliablesourcesofinforma8on. ResearchskillsdatabasesYr6 ResearchskillsmorethanjustGoogle (usingavarietyofsearchenginesandstrategies) ResearchskillsYr1&2UsingOPAC ResearchskillsYr2Imagesearches Collabora8veresearchandorganisa8onalskillsDiigo Yr5&6 VisualLiteracyYr2Celebra8ons ThinkingSkillsYr5GraphicOrganisersrecauseand eect ThinkingSkillsGraphicOrganisersreChange, causa8onYr1 ThinkingSkillsEvalua8onofwebsitesYr3 Suppor8ngliteraturewithconceptsandlearnerprole oragtudes Netvibesdevelopmentofrepositoryforeasieraccess ofwebmaterialstosupportunits

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Library Staff - the people behind the service

ThisyearLeanneSercombejoinedtheteamasPYPTeacherlibrarian,alongwithMIchelle Chungaslibraryassistant,unfortunatelyMichellecouldnotstaywithus,StephanieRyanthen joinedtheteamforaShortwhilebeforeshewascalledbacktoAustralia.Thelibraryassistant posi8onhassincebeenlledwithRosannaRussoandKimGaasjobsharing.

CO N N I E
WHOLE SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION AttendedPrimarySportsday PaddyeldBookclubmanager LibraryassistantCCAtrainer Printingtroubleshooting LIBRARY CONTRIBUTION Circulation Cataloguing Customerservice Periodicalmaintenance Displaydevelopment Bookrepairs CollectingresourcesforUOI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Developedadvancedbookrepairtechniques StocktakeusingOliverLibrarymanagementsystem. UseofandcreationofQRcodes,Netvibes,creating digitaldisplaysusingkeynote Advancedcataloguing Changinganalogueintodigitalrecordings UsingTwitterforprofessionaldevelopment

A N N IE
WHOLE SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION AttendedPrimarySportsday PaddyeldBookclubmanagement LibraryassistantCCAtrainer LIBRARY CONTRIBUTION Circulation Cataloguing Customerservice Filingandadministration Displaydevelopment Overduenotices,resourceretrieval Borrowerrecordmaintenance QRcodegenerationforSecondaryction CollectingresourcesforUOI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AttendedlectureUnfoldingthechaptersof informationandknowledgemanagementHKU Space. Developedadvancedbookrepairtechniques StocktakeusingOliverLibrarymanagementsystem. UseofandcreatingQRcodes, Creatingdigitaldisplaysusingkeynote. Advancedcataloguing Changinganalogueintodigitalrecordings. LibraryvisitsacrossHKwithHKLA CompletedoneunitofBachelorofInformation Studies,Introductiontoinformationprofessions CompletedIntroductiontoAcademicwritingfor secondlanguagelearners

M I CHE LLE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY PROGRAMME Workedonidentifyinggenresofthecollection, designinglabelsandplacingthemonbookspines. DraftedthePolicyandProceduresmanual CataloguedJapaneseresources

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STE PHA NI E
CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY PROGRAMME Identied areas of weakness in the catalogue that neededattention Edited and reworked the Policy and Procedures manual Trainedlibrarystaonadvancedbookrepair Rearranged the 2nd oor of the library when new shelvingwasinstalled. RenedcataloguingstandardsforDClibrary.

K IM
WHOLE SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION Designedsignage Plannedandcreateddisplaysforthelibrary CreatedbookmarksandMoocardsforstudents Designed the Bookweek poster using student contributions ReorganisedtheKorean&Chinesecollection CatalogedInternationalcollection CreatedDCLibraryLogo

RO S A N N A
CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY PROGRAMME Completedassigning PYPlearner prolesto picture booksandlabellingthemforshelving. Reformatted cassette tape audio books to digital format Labelled books in series for ease of identifcation of theorderbystudents Maintainedthesecondaryarea

D IA N N E
WHOLE SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION MYPPersonalProjectCoordinator SocialCommitteeCoordinator ContributedtoSecondaryLiteracyWorkingGroup PartoftheDILcommittee MYPSportsday Year8ExcursiontoHKHeritagemuseum Year9ExcursiontoKowloonmosque Year10ExcursiontoTaiO Year8camp Ran PDworkshopsfor teachers and EAs onTwitter, usingdatabases.OPAC,Inquiry HeldworkshopforParentsonBeyondGoogle CCATrainingstudentlibraryassistants Workedwithteachers1:1toteachnewskills. ImplementedandtrainedstatouseTurnitin PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUendedIBCat3LibrariansCon8nuumworkshop Oct.2010.HK Presented&aUendedECISTeachersconference,Nov. 2010.Nice,France PresentedandaUended21stCenturylearning conferenceFeb2011HKDevelopingaPLN. PresentedandaUendedECISLibrariansConference, May2011,Istanbul,Turkey Ac8vememberofALESSHK Ac8velyengagedwithothereducatorsonTwiUer PUBLISHED ProfessionalBlogLibraryGrits LMCAr8cleonebooks,January2010.

LE A NNE
WHOLE SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION HeldworkshopforParentsonBeyondGoogle LanguageCoordinatorforPYP ImplementedwordstheirwayintothePYP AttendedPYPsportsandswimmingdays. Year4campMuiWo. PartoftheDILcommittee Workedwithteachers1:1toteachnewskills. Year1admissionstesting Reliefforabsentteachersandcurriculumplanning SupportforPYPproductionofAladdin TeacherManagerforPYPExhibition PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUendedIBCat3LibrariansCon8nuumworkshop Oct.2010.HK PresentedandaUended21stCenturylearning conferenceFeb2011HKUsingNetvibes LaneClarkMarch2011,ESFCentre. PYP5Essen8alElements2010HK(2days) Cat3ConceptDrivenCurriculumSept.2010HK(3 days) PatEdgarPhonologicalawarenessworkshop CommonsenseMediawithRobynTrevaud2days

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Volunteers Thisyearwehadanumberofparentsand studentswhohelpeduswithvarioustasksfrom buildingmodels,crea8ngdisplays,cataloguing, stampingandcoveringbooks,retaggingand reshelving,allimportanttaskswhichhelpusto deliverthebestservicewecantotheschool community. Thisyearweloggedover700hoursbetween studentassistantsandparenthelpersthisis equivalenttoonemorefull8mestamember! Thankyousomuchtoeveryonefortheirhelp andprac8calsupportovertheyear,wecould notdosomuchwithoutyou.

Branding Wedevelopedalogoforthelibrarywhichincorporatesaspectsoftheschoollogoaspartofthebrandingof thelibrarytotheschoolcommunity.ThiswillbeusedonourFacebookpage,Webpage,correspondence fromthelibrary,andinallpromo8onalmaterial.

Theschoollogo

Thelibrarylogo

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Plans for 2011/12 WHOLELIBRARYSERVICES Tohavemoredisplaysthatarebasedonworld eventsandimportantcelebra8onstoactasavehicle foreduca8onontheseevents.Preschedulecalendar ofeventstohelpwithplanning. HavecontroloverandoerbeUerdigitaldisplays whicharestudentini8ated. Con8nuetopromotethedatabaseuseofour subscrip8onsandthoseoftheHKlibrary. Improveandexpandthestudentvolunteerprogram. Fixsubjectheadings&otherrecordsinthecatalogue Improvethefunc8onofOllyforthejuniorstudents. IncreasestudentpersonaluseoftheOPACacrossall yearlevelsthroughspecicorienta8onlessons UpgradetheLibrarymanagementsystem Morereturnboxesthroughouttheschoolon dierentlevels. LibraryconsultantKevinHennahvisi8nginAugustto helpusmakebestuseofourspaceandresources Improve&increaseselfcheckoutuse Newreturnboxesonthreelevelsoftheschool. Readingincen8veschemeFic8onFocusacross thewholeschoolwithdierentlevelsfordierent yearlevels. Increasemothertongueresources Con8nuetooerprofessionaldevelopmenttoall staondierenttopics Holdatleast2parentworkshopsintheyear Streamlinetheprin8ngprocessforstudents IntroduceebooksanddownloadableAudiobooks Createausersguideforallusersonline&paper, withsuppor8ngscreencasts Introductorypackageforallstaforthebeginningof theyear. PLANSFORPYP SupporttheliteracyfocusofthePYPbyholdinga FamilyLiteracyeveningamongotherevents. Touselibraryvisit8metoworkwithclassesinto promoteauthors,new8tles;helpstudentselect suitable8tlesetc. BookFaironstudentledconferenceday. Developacon8nuumforDigital&Informa8on LiteraciesacrossthePYP Bed8mestorywithyourteddybeardayon Interna8onalbookday. Assemblyspotlights AUendcurriculumplanningmee8ngs PLANSFORMYP Promotegreaterreadingacrossallyearlevels throughtheuseofGoodreads,QRcodes,book trailers,Facebook,booktalks,assemblyspotlights Yammerandhavingthemostcurrentbooks. FocusoninfusingInforma8onliteracythroughout thecurriculumtobuildaninforma8onliteracy community. PromotetheHKlibrarydatabases,andhelpstudents havealibrarycardsotheycanaccesstheHKlibrary services. Ini8ateareadingbookclubwithSecondarystudents takingtheleadtomaintainit. TLtoaUendandbepartofcurriculumplanning mee8ngsacrossallyears

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Closing Comments Thishasbeenachallengingyearforthelibraryteamforanumberofreasonsincludingstaturnover, increaseddemandsonservicesduetoanincreasedstudentandstapopula8on,redeningtherolesofthe therespec8veteacherlibrariansforeachoftheprogramsandanewlibraryteamlearningtoworktogether. Overallinamongstallofthis,Ibelievewehavemanagedtofulllourobjec8veswesetoutatthebeginning oftheyearandareabletomoveforwardintoanewyearwithamorestableworkenvironment.Having conductedthesurveywithsecondarystudentsandsta,wecanusethisfeedbacktocustomiseourservices toourcommunitysrequirements,withmanyoftherequestedchangesbeingabletobeimplementedupon thestartofthenewyear. Compilingthisreporthasgivenusachancetoevaluateourstrengthsandweaknessesandlooktohowwe canimproveintheareasofinforma8onliteracyinfusion,increasingreadingthroughthewholeschooland useofthelibraryfacili8esandstaservices. Wewouldliketothankourmanysupportersfortheirhelpthroughtheyear,withoutwhomwecouldnot deliversomuch,tosomany,insuchashort8me. Welookforwardtoanotheryearofstrengtheningthelibraryprogrammenextyearthroughnewand exci8ngini8a8ves. DianneMcKenzie HeadofLibrary DiscoveryCollege

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Discovery Library Stocktake Report

August 2010.
A comprehensive stocktake was undertaken in July / August 2010 the results are below. Collection Picture Books Junior fiction Fiction Junior Non Fiction Graphic Novel Senior Fiction Non Fiction Secondary Periodical Senior Graphic Novel Periodical International Lang Chinese Junior Secondary Chinese Korean Senior Korean Junior Big Book Prim Inq. Text Prim. Lit. Text Secondary Lit. Text Teacher Resource Guided readers Fluency Books Total Records 2169 2074 2480 3181 145 753 5127 336 42 249 98 533 190 193 113 497 1390 1287 1163 347 6974 3288 32629 Scanned 2138 2026 2419 3140 137 736 5091 326 41 239 97 525 186 193 113 487 1386 1248 1148 309 6707 2764 21630 Missing 31 48 61 41 8 17 36 10 1 10 1 8 4 0 0 10 4 39 15 38 267 524 1181 Percentage 1.4% 2.3% 2.4% 1.2% 5.5% 2.2% 0.7% 2.9% 2.3% 4% 1% 1.5% 2.1% 0 0 2% 0.2% 3% 1.2% 10.95% 3.8% 15% 3.6%

Results
This was the first comprehensive stocktake undertaken since we moved to the new campus. I am not sure if a stocktake had been done before this.
The stocktake was undertaken for a number of reasons:
To identify the loss rate and if it is within accepted limits To identify the resources that are missing from the collection, so they can either be replaced or the records purged from the catalogue. To return items that may have been on loan but for some reason were not returned through the system. Identify incorrect records, classifications and rectify the problems Identify where class sets or small sets are no longer complete for replacement. Identify overdue items. Results of the stocktake We have about 1181 resources missing from the collection. (3.6% loss rate - an industry acceptable loss is 4%,) This loss rate will increase when some of the overdue loans that have not been returned (597) are also marked as missing. * A number of resources needed their records fixed. * About 100 resources had the status of overdue, but then were scanned and became available - or returned. * There were 597 loans still outstanding from the 2009/2010 academic year. * Approximate cost in monetary terms is $94,480 basing the lost as an average of $80 HKD per item lost. Possible Reasons for losses Students leaving the school without returning resources. Teachers borrowing resources without going through the library system and not returning the resources. Teachers loaning books to students without the books being borrowed through the library system. Students taking resources out of the library without borrowing the resource. Students claiming they returned items they borrowed and refusing to pay for the item. Students removing books from classroom loans without going through the library system. In the case of the fluency and guided reader losses - the record keeping of resources students are taking home may not be consistent. Staff do not return items lent to them in due course and then lose them after a period of time. Strategies to overcome loss Fluency books are marked as text books in the catalogue and the Ed. Assistants lend and return the books to the students through the Oliver system in the shared area using the shared area imacs and scanners. The student sign out sheet minimised loss this past year, however, there was a fairly casual attitude toward the completion of the form - it needs to be emphasised that all items need to be returned and marked off before students leave. A teacher /class / year clearance form for the end of each year would be a worthwhile exercise. Staff being made aware of the problem of loaning books on trust to students without going through the library system. Educate the students on the importance of looking after school property. Dianne McKenzie Head of Library Discovery College August 2010.