Professional Documents
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Annual Report
2009-2010
Becca Munson Kathy Morefield
Library Media Specialist Library Paraprofessional
Judy Troester
Library Paraprofessional
Highlights of 2009-2010
Integrated Web 2.0 tools into projects (Wiki, Podcasting, Vodcasting, iGoogle).
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.
January 103
February 104
March 139
April 145
May 132
Total Classes: 623
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.
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.
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
46,652 179,378
*District funded: Ebsco, SIRS, Ebooks, Gale (includes Global Issues & Galenet)
*BVW Library funded: ProQuest, Britannica, TERC, ABC-Clio, and Libguides
Presentations:
Becca and Amanda presented twice at the state library conference, Library 2.0 and
Working with Widgets.
School Leadership:
Amanda serves as the Blue Valley Educational Foundation Faculty Fellow.
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:
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.
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%.
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.