1. Library Presentation
JODI BENATOVICH, LIBRARIAN

2. Library Programs
2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR

3. Pembroke Intermediate School
Genre Project
• Ongoing project to organize fiction
books by genre:
• Mystery
• Fantasy
• Realistic fiction etc.
• Based on model at use at HS
Other projects
• Book swap, April 2014
• Read to Ride, grades 3-5
• Time for Kids Fundraiser
• Googledoc spreadsheets for computer
lab and cart sign out (new this year!)

4. Pembroke Primary School
Back Room Reorganization
• Cleared out 333 VHS tapes (donated to
Goodwill)
• New organization of resources
• Created upstairs reading room, Fountas
& Pinell levels L-R
• Google Doc Sign out sheet for reading
room and computers
Other projects
• Read to Ride
• Hit the Books with the Batavia
Muckdogs
• Summer reading partnership with
Corfu Free Library
• Time for Kids fundraiser

5. Pembroke Primary School
Author Visit
• Nancy Carlson
• November 22, 2013

6. Primary School Nonfiction
“Ditch Dewey”
• Summer of 2013 reorganized Nonfiction
section based on:
• Research and findings of other libraries
• CCLS
• Intention of increasing circulation of
nonfiction
• Increasing functionality of nonfiction
area and making students more self-
sufficient

7. Primary Nonfiction Reorganization
• Books are organized by subjects
• Each book has picture and words
instead of a number
• Students have ease of access
• Increased nonfiction circulation
• Students can find their own
materials

8. Current Primary Statistics: Book check-in
Fiction Nonfiction
5/2/14 7 35
5/27/14 5 27
5/30/14 13 34

9. Primary Circulation
• Fiction circulation used to
exceed nonfiction circulation 2
to 1
• New CCLS curriculum stresses
nonfiction reading
• Nonfiction reorganization has
increased circulation from that
area to 5 to 1, in favor of
nonfiction

10. Current Primary Statistics: Book check-out
5/30/14 Fiction Nonfiction
1st Grade 4 19
2nd Grade 3 17
2nd Grade 8 10
• Students are taking more
nonfiction than fiction
• Last year, students leaned toward
fiction
• Students are more able to:
• Find resources they want to read
about in nonfiction after the
reorganization
• Feel more motivated to search
independently
• Can better utilize their book checkout
time with limited help

11. Pembroke Intermediate School
A 4th grade student talks
about the problems
with the nonfiction
section.

12. Intermediate Circulation Statistics
6/2/14 Fiction Nonfiction
4th 19 3
5th 14 7
6th 3 0
6/3/14 Fiction Nonfiction
4th 14 2
5th 10 1
6th 10 1

13. Intermediate Circulation Statistics
5/14/14 Fiction Nonfiction
4th Grade 20 4
6th Grade 7 1
5/28/14 Fiction Nonfiction
3rd Grade 15 6
4th Grade 10 6
6th Grade 3 0
5/29/14 Fiction Nonfiction
4th Grade 8 5
5th Grade 10 3
6th Grade 7 0
• Currently, circulation at the
Intermediate school favors
fiction
• Students find the nonfiction
section cumbersome and
difficult to find what they want
• They can use the OPAC, but can’t
find what they need on the
shelves

14. Primary vs. Intermediate Statistics
Intermediate school Primary School
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Day 1 Day 2Day 3
Fiction
Nonfiction
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5
Fiction
Nonfiction

15. How Nonfiction Works!
Watch a second grade
student find the book
she is looking for with
no help!!

16. Upcoming possibilities
• Submitting proposal to present
at the upcoming AASL national
conference in Columbus, OH in
November 2015!