Plan to update the library.

1. Facilities Plan
Ashley Barnard
FRIT 7132

2. School Description
• The school I have chosen is Woodbine Elementary in Camden County Georgia.
The school has approximately 350 students, 20 regular education teachers, 2
EIP teachers, and 3 special education teachers. Woodbine Elementary is
located in the rural part of our county. Students are predominately Caucasian
and African American with a few Hispanic and Asian students per grade level.
• The library is currently located at the center of the school. There is one
certified media specialist and one media clerk that run the library.
Occasionally they have student and parent volunteers to help with checking
books in/out and reshelf books. The library is open between 7:30-3:30 each
day to provide time before and after school for students to check out books.
• The school participates in the AR program for grades 2-5. For students in
grades Pre-K-1 we have a reading program called “Dr. Jack Christmas Read
Aloud Club” to promote literacy in the earlier grades. Students are given a
reading log each month to fill out as they or their parents read books. The
students who read at least ten books, or have parents read at least ten books
per month are given a free book at the end of the month.

3. Facilities Layout and Analysis
• Surveys were given to both students and teachers
regarding the ease of use of the library and what
features they would like to see in the library. 50
surveys were given out (20 to teachers and 30 to
students), only 5 teachers responded and all
students did as they were given them in class.
• The consensus was the library facility is not easy
to for teacher or students and some students
suggested they would like to have a quiet area to
read in the library.

4. Floor Plan of Current Layout

5. Photos of Current Library
Non-fiction section is on the back wall
and the paperback non-fiction books
are on the backside of the shelf with
the paperback fiction books.
To the right is a picture of the fiction
books, the shelf in the front is the
paperback fiction section. These books
are organized by AR reading level.

6. Current area for story time
• The current story
time area is small
and doesn’t provide
a cozy environment.
The area includes a
smartboard as well
as computer
stations and is not
devoted strictly to
story time.

7. Student work areas
The tables are not located where the
students can sit as a class unless they are
sent in to learn as small groups. The
biggest group of tables has seating for 16,
but our class sizes are over 20.

8. Check in and Check out stations
The circulation desk allows easy
access for students checking
books in and out. Students have
their own barcode that they scan
first then checkout their books.
Students also check their books
in as they return them. The
media clerk is available in the
library if there are any problems
and can assist students with
anything. This allows the clerk to
be on the floor assisting other
students instead of behind the
counter the entire time.

9. Revised Floor Plan

10. Revised Floor Plan Costs
• Most changes are re-arranging
and adding a
computer lab. The computer
lab will need computer
stations, computers, and
chairs. The area will be bright
and colorful including
different colored chairs.
• Another change is adding an
additional round table into
the main part of the library to
create a place for a whole
class to sit.
For tables I went to the following site: http://www.bizchair.com/li36r-29-cmf.html
Cost of the round table: $434.99, Cost for new tables in the computer lab: $300.00
per station (2 students) need 14, total $4200, Cost for Chairs: $75.00 each, total
$2100

11. Revised Story Time Area
• For the story time area
I would remove the
computer stations and
move the smartboard
to a wall where more
students can see it. I
would add pillows to
the area to give
students something
more comfortable to sit
on and relax.
Pillows were found on:
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/seo/p%7CTS189~~.jsp?cs=PDP_1_TS189 Pillows
cost $129 for a set of 5. Total cost $774 for 30 pillows.

12. Changes to shelving books
• I have made a change to the way the books
are shelved. The current plan has paperback
books separate from hardcover books causing
students and teachers to search multiple
spaces for books. I have implemented placing
all fiction books on the same shelves in
alphabetical order by author and all nonfiction
books on the same shelves by category.

13. Relevant Policies
• Unfortunately the current board policies do not
cover relevant information. The board policies
are provided below in a link and they basically
state the superintendent and media committees
can develop procedures for the library. Also the
committee is responsible to meet annually and
come up with an improvement plan for the media
center.
• https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/ePolicy/poli
cy.aspx?PC=IFBD&Sch=4025&S=4025&RevNo=1.0
1&C=I&Z=P

14. Additional Policies Needed
• I feel that many policies should be adopted at our
board level in order to maintain a balanced
school system effort.
• Media Specialists should be required to work
with other media specialists in the county and
maintain facilities in similar ways.
• I also feel that the committee deciding how the
facility will be managed should conduct surveys
throughout the year to have input of teachers
and students. Without the input of patrons it will
be difficult to help the center.