Marshalltown High School Library
2014-2015 Annual Report
New Paint!
Outstanding School Library Award
MHS Library was awarded Outstanding School Library Program by the Iowa Association of School Librarians at the April, 2015 conference!
MHS Library!
The place to go when you want to know!
Highlights
- Orientation for all 9th graders introducing MHS Library resources and network opportunities; Google Drive; Google Classroom; Infinite Campus; Destiny Library Catalog; Email; and more!
- Information Literacy and Digital Citizenship instruction to all 10th grade Language Arts students and Senior Composition II Dual-credit students with Big 6 and NoodleTools.
- Participated in statewide IASL Pop-Up PD with Shelly Chandler
- Added additional charging stations (5 total now) for students to use at tables with their personal devices; added technology table where students can connect to an LCD television; added 60" TV on wheels connected to computer for portable use.
- Co-hosted monthly Lit over Lunch (LOL) with public librarian, poet Purvi Shah visited and shared about writing poetry
- Coordinated and hosted state-wide Iowa High School Battle of the Books year-long competition
- Provided flexible meeting space for staff trainings, student visits with ISU President, College Visit Day, Veterans, Violence Prevention, Work Experience, and more!
- Created and reset passwords for students in all accounts (Infinite Campus, Network, Email, Library, Learning.com, NoodleTools, GAfE)
- Created new accounts for parents in Infinite Campus on demand!
- Began Genrefying the Fiction section to increase independent browsing
- Participated in planning sessions for roll-out of Chromebooks Fall 2015.
Genrefying Fiction
ISU President Visit
GAfE is in the House!
Student Visits
Student visits (independent): average 150/day
Student visits (with a classroom): average 4 classes per day; 120/day
Martha Ellen Tye
Visiting Author
Revamping the Website
Classroom Visits and Meeting Space
Our conference rooms were continually used for testing, MEP, ETS, teachers meeting with students, student group study, community meetings, IEPs, 504s, and more. A large screen TV connected to computer was installed in each room (thanks to Martha Ellen Tye!).
Instruction
- Introduced Google Apps and Google Classroom to 10th graders.
- Minor and Major Research Unit for Senior Comp I and II classes.
- Introduced NoodleTools to 10th graders and Senior Comp students.
- Library Orientation to all 9th Grade Students
- Coached IT-Hyperstream Multimedia Team
IT-Olympics
Tech Fixes
766 were recorded from the library, and
Sue closed 16.7% of the tickets!
That time I wished for running water in the library.....
Collection Stats
Total collection: 16,175
Circulation Print: 7,901Circulation eBooks: 718
OneSearch Database Searches: 313,015
Average Non-fiction Print Copyright: 1998
Average Fiction Copyright: 2008
What this means.....
Our nonfiction collection ranks in the 75th percentile compared to other Iowa high schools of similar size.
Our circulation ranks in the 90th percentile compared to other Iowa high schools of similar size.
Financial
Budget
2014-2015 Budget $16,935Martha Ellen Tye Donation $2,500.00
Poetry Out Loud Award $200.00
Purchases
Media (Print and Electronic) (873) $12,341.66
Databases (3) $3,646.90
Equipment and Furnishings $2,972.83
Periodicals $705.20
Supplies and Printing $865.98
Overdues and Lost Copies
Fines Collected $2,743.07
Fines Outstanding (Grad 2014-2018 students) $10,972.90
Theft
Missing Books: (Fiction section only at inventory): 36 ($504.91)
This means that......
An average of $15.71 was spent per student in the library.
Goals for 2015-2016
Student Tech Help Desk (School-to-Work course)
T*3: Tech Time for Teachers (pursue TQ funds)
Student Tech Team to help Teachers learn new tech
Sue presents at MCSD Tech Summit August 14, 2015
Sue Inhelder, Teacher Librarian
June 30, 2015