Media Center News
2014-2015 A Year in Review
The mission of the South Central School Library Media Center is to:
- Ensure that students and staff are users of ideas and information
- Promote Reading
- Integrate Technology Skills
- Foster Collaboration
By the Numbers
- CIRCULATION 36216
- CLASSES IN FOR CHECKOUT 713
- LESSONS 256
- PROJECTS/ASSISTED 293
- SIGN INS WITH PASSES 3779
- SST SIGN INS 3078
- COLLABORATIONS WITH TEACHERS 33
- LAB USE / COW USE 608 / 299
- BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY 29630
Project Collaborations
READING COUNTS... IMPRESSIVE RESULTS
LIBRARY FUN
- High School Book Club
- Name that Book Contest
- Read Across America
- Reading Counts Celebrations
- Night at the Library
- Book Fairs
- LaPorte County Library Monthly Read
- LaPorte County Library Summer Read Program
- SSR Grades 7-12, 20 minutes daily rotated through the departments
Professional Growth Opportunities and Organizations
Webinairs- Google for Education, Blended Learning, Working with Databases, +
Five Star Academy- Integrating Technology and Blended Learning
Technology Committee
Book Club Sponsor
Mentor
Association for Indiana School Library Educators
Indiana Library Federation
GOALS:
- Get "versed" with our new OPAC VERSO and continue to promote our collaboration with LaPorte County Library
- Continue collaboration with all teachers with an emphasis on Blended Learning
- Create quarterly newsletters of technology ideas for the teachers as we incorporate BYOD
- Maintain Reading Counts K-6
- Begin weeding Non-fiction sections of library