The King School Library Biennial Report summarizes the activities of the King School Library from August 2010 to May 2012 under the direction of Library Media Specialist Natalie Sapkarov. During this period, the library collection decreased in size due to weeding but circulation increased by 3,000 materials. Special events were held and grants totaling $9,705 were received to support new materials and technology, including student response systems. The library curriculum focused on instilling a love of reading and information literacy skills for students in grades K-5.

1. King School Library Biennial Report
August 2010 - May 2012
1108 W FAIRVIEW / URBANA SCHOOL DISTRICT 116 / PREPARED BY NATALIE SAPKAROV
Daily
Activities
Teach weekly K-5
library lessons, aligned
with Common Core & Illinois
School Library Media
Association Standards
Help students &
teachers find books of
interest & curricular
materials to check out
Special Events & Programs
Select books, DVDs, Youth Literature Festival 2010 - Judith Fradin Author Visit
and technology to
Family Reading Night 2010 “Fall Into Reading”
purchase for the Family Reading Night 2011 “Reading Takes You Places”
library collection
Illinois Readers’ Choice Awards
Monarch Award 2011 (1st & 2nd gr.)
Troubleshoot
Rebecca Caudill Award 2011 (5th gr.)
technology problems Monarch Award 2012 (1st & 2nd gr.)
around school Bluestem Award 2012 (4th & 5th gr., pictured above)
Kindergarten students (2010) select Fifth grade students (2011) practice Ms. Bundren’s 2nd grade class (2012)
and read books from the library finding books using Dewey Decimal dances the conga line in the library to
during their weekly lesson/checkout call numbers in a library scavenger learn the organization of the picture
hunt book section

2. Grants NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS!
Received by Ms. Sapkarov
Fourth grade ESL students (2010)
$480 cluster around the newest additions to
the King School Library, graphic novels
Splash Grant 2010
courtesy of Donors Choose
picture books to replace last year’s
weeding
$440
Donors Choose 2010
graphic novels to support ESL
students & struggling readers
$850
Snapdragon Grant 2011
multiple copies of 2012 Bluestem
Award nominees to promote the Ms. Sapkarov eagerly checks out new
reading program to 4th & 5th gr. graphic novels to 4th grade ESL students -
over 40 books totaling $440 were
$300 carefully selected and added to the library
LBSS/ISLMA Grant 2011
set of 2012 Bluestem Award books
Additional Funding
$3,000 State School Library Per Capita Grant 2010
$435
Dollar General 2011
geography & history books in the Books By the Bushel 2011
$150
900s to get this section up to date Urbana Free Library Video Giveaway 2011
$1,400
State School Library Per Capita Grant 2011
$350
$2,000 Scholastic Book Fair Dollars 2012
$150
Beyond Question 2011 Books By the Bushel 2012
$150
student response systems
(“clickers”) to use with a computer
and/or SmartBoard TOTAL: $9,705
WORKROOM RENOVATION - SPRING 2011
WORKROOM
MATERIALS WEEDE
D
Science Kits
76%
Professional
54%
Multiple Copy Fictio
The teacher library workroom all The newly renovated, spacious, n
cleared out and ready for a makeover bright, and inviting teacher library 35%
(check out those new floors!) - the workroom - with new built-in
bookshelves, cabinets & flooring
Foreign Language
collection was heavily weeded; a major
undertaking! (see chart to right) 30%

3. King Library Collection Statistics
Number of Library Materials Number of Circulations
41000 23000
30750 22000
20500 21000
10250 20000
0 19000
2010-2011 2011-2012 2010-2011 2011-2012
NUMBERS
Even though we have
almost
10,000
less materials in the
King School Library
this year because of
the intense weeding
we have been doing
LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY
1 SmartBoard + speakers
3,000
more materials were
1 Smart Airliner checked out this year!
1 Smart Document Camera
This may also be due
1 Librarian MacBook
to the increase in our
student population by
17%
30 Student Response Systems
6 iMac Workstations
2 PC Workstations

4. ABOUT ME Library Curriculum
Kindergarten
Highlights
Thematic Literature Units
Author Studies
Book Care
1st Grade
Book Care
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Monarch Award
Name: Natalie Sapkarov
Fractured Fairy Tales
Chapter Book Read-Aloud
Title: Library Media Specialist
2nd Grade
Book Care
Certification:
Mysteries
IL Type 10 Special Teaching -
Monarch Award
K-12 Library Media Specialist
Library Catalog & Call #s
& IL Type 3 Initial Elementary
Chapter Book Read-Aloud
Education:
••• 3rd Grade
Story Elements
Master of Science in Library &
The Library Curriculum is a
Trickster Tales
Information Science from the
Library Catalog & Call #s
University of Illinois at fine balance of ...
Fiction & Nonfiction Genres
Urbana-Champaign
Book Care
Fables
Literature Appreciation
Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education from
4th Grade
instilling a love of reading &
Library Catalog
Loyola University Chicago
Mysteries
learning in students
Bluestem Award
Biographies
Professional Internet Safety & Book Care
Development:
Information Literacy Skills
African-American Folktales
Tall Tales
4/2012 - Take One! Entry teaching students to search,
1/2012 - Monarch Award collect, and evaluate 5th Grade
Bluestem Award
Committee Meeting, ISLMA information effectively both in
Dewey Decimal System
Genres
10/2011 - ISLMA Conference the library and online Internet Safety & Book Care
Reference Materials
Civil War Stories
10/2011 - Igniting a Passion for
Computer Lab Project
•••
Reading Book Discussion
9/2011 - Teaching African
Children’s Literature &
Culture Workshop
4/2011 - Introduction to
iMovie Workshop
10/2010 - ISLMA Conference