The 2014 progress report from the library and resources centre discusses highlights from the past year including new furniture, programming like puppet shows, and increased classroom use of the library. Statistics are provided on book circulation, top borrowing classes and students, and purchases. Looking ahead, plans include adding Wi-Fi, reorganizing sections, and improving the catalogue system.
2. Let talents be seen in 2014
Matthew 25: 22-23 “He also who had
received two talents came and said,
‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents;
look, I have gained two more talents
besides them.’ His lord said to him ‘Well
done, good and faithful servant; you
have been faithful over a few things, I will
make you ruler over many things. Enter
into the joy of your lord.”
3. Are you developing your
talents, to bring God
glory?
The library can help you.
4. EDUCATION
EDIFICATION
Enterprise
Empathy
Encouragement
Excellence
Elucidation
Empowerment
Talents are the special abilities that make us unique. Education is
gathering information and experience. Edification is building on
what we have learnt, so that we develop our faith, moral status, and
social responsibility. The Library is the catalyst for balanced, dynamic
growth towards maturity in all these areas, based on education and
edification.
13. New things to see
Colourful displays Book care tips
14. The Library has
155 eBooks 18,869 printed
books
http://writerswin.com
15. Special thanks to the monitors:
These students
developed servant
leadership.
16. More features
In the library
There are magazines,
graphic novels and
displays to develop your
curiosity and literacy.
‘PCSchool’ seamlessly
synchronises the student
database with ‘Access-it’.
Teachers are now able to
view and book time in the
library, online, which has
led to more classes
studying in the library.
There are often more than
a hundred students
enjoying the library facilities
during breaks!
In the Resources
We are re-labelling the
Resources to display the
Dewey number, so that
they are easier to find.
We moved the Staff Library
of motivational books into
the Resources area, where
teachers are more likely to
use them.
Students are issued with
textbooks individually and
take responsibility for
returning them on time.
17. Library Circulation
Circulation
statistics
Year
group
Fiction
2013
Fiction
2014
Non-fiction
2013
Non-fiction
2014
Total
2013
Total
2014
More/
Less
1 2,391 1,916 1,345 1,254 3,736 3,170 <
2 1,961 1,966 1,251 775 3,212 2,741 <
3 2,563 2,709 1,616 1,818 4,179 4,527 >
4 2,453 2,807 1,778 1,394 4,231 4,201 <
5 3,543 3,484 1,803 1,395 5,346 4,879 <
6 2,892 2,952 1,467 1,460 4,359 4,412 >
7 3,245 3,644 618 844 3,863 4,488 >
8 959 1,211 278 244 1,237 1,455 >
9 1,156 741 235 179 1,391 920 <
10 479 584 79 82 558 666 >
11 196 172 76 85 272 257 <
12 569 173 119 52 688 225 <
13 105 226 43 76 148 302 >
Totals 22,512 22,585 10,708 9,658 33,220 32,243 <
• Generally speaking, fewer printed books were borrowed this year. Even so, Year 3, 6,
7, 8, 10 and 13 borrowed more in 2014 than 2013.
• 303 of our eBooks were borrowed, but many others were read via privately
downloaded eBooks.
• Circulation statistics do not accurately reflect reading levels, so we should be
checking comprehension and/or other sources of reading material.
18. Statistics may have some
value though:
There are 1,964 potential
library users.
B2 (Year 2 class) borrowed
the most books for their
classroom library.
Year 5 borrowed the most
books, individually, namely
4,840 books, followed by
Y7, with 4,465.
D4, a Year 5 class, with 28
students, borrowed the
most books over the year.
They borrowed 1,523,
which is an average of 54
per student.
Jagkirat Kaur (Year 5)
borrowed 251 books
during 2014, so was the
most active borrower.
Kate Armstrong (Year 8)
borrowed 165 books.
Adara Price (Year 10)
borrowed 64 books.
Brown team members
borrowed 4,358 so they
were the top house!
19. More statistics
1,216 borrowers read
27,168 books, giving an
average of 22 books each,
during 2014. Did you read
more, or less than that?
12,154 books were read by
males and 14,901 were
read by females. There
were 897 males so the
average was 13 each.
There were 1,555 females
so the average was 17
each.
27,168 books were issued
to individuals, valued at
$320,624.00
4,953 books were issued to
classroom libraries, valued
at $56,340.00
There are 19,908 books in
the library, with a net value
of $181,036.67 after
allowing for depreciation.
The gross value is
$422,860.60, so we have a
valuable collection!
21. Adult -
Fiction
0%
Adult - Non
Fiction
0%
Fiction
30%
Fiction - Easy
5%
Non-Fiction
52%
PictureBook
12%
Reference
1%
Book Stock
National Library will no longer be sending Non Fiction books on loan for
topic studies, so up-to-date books will have to be purchased to replace
our aging collection. We will have to review topics studied, so that
students have a variety of sources, at their reading level.
22. Resource purchases
Games 21
Secondary textbooks 703
Primary textbooks 263
Secondary resources 27
Primary resources 279
1,293
New items
added in 2014
were valued at
$24,721.00
Resources Centre
Resource usage
Teacher Resource - Primary 10
Textbook Primary 517
Textbook Secondary 2922
Resources, Equipment 17
Teacher Resource - Primary 79
Resources, Game 34
3,579
As we don’t yet have all items on
the database, many items are still
issued manually. Therefore more
items than this were actually issued
and returned.
23. Looking forwards
There will be two Wi-Fi nodes in the library, enabling more
students to use their own devices in the area.
Secondary Fiction will spread across the southern wall of
the room, giving better access and seating options.
Study tables in the centre of the library will provide more
focused work areas.
The Non Fiction area will become a quiet section, so talking
must be kept to a minimum.
There will be new cushions and murals in the Primary Library.
Some shelves will be on wheels to add flexibility to the way
we make use of the spaces.
OPACs (i.e. the catalogue) will be available on iPad kiosks.
The appearance of the OPAC will be even more user-
friendly.
