Annual Report 2009-2010

The Dixie Grammar School Library Annual Report 2009-2010

The Dixie Grammar School

Library
Annual Report 2009-2010
Contents
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................2
2 Management .................................................................................................2
2.1 Library Policy..........................................................................................2
2.2 Library development...............................................................................2
2.3 Monitoring and evaluation ......................................................................3
2.4 Library Departmental handbook .............................................................3
2.5 Financial Management...........................................................................4
2.6 Meetings and Professional Development...............................................5
3 Curriculum ....................................................................................................6
3.1 Library Inductions...................................................................................6
3.2 Cross-curricular use ...............................................................................7
3.3 Reading development ............................................................................9
3.4 Role of Library in developing technologies...........................................11
4 Pastoral .......................................................................................................11
4.1 Gifted and Talented students ...............................................................11
4.2 Students with learning difficulties .........................................................12
5 Meeting the needs of the school community...........................................12
5.1 Extra-curricular activities ......................................................................12
5.2 Provision of resources..........................................................................12
5.2.1 Book Stock .......................................................................................... 12
5.2.2 Multi-Media Resources ....................................................................... 13
5.3 Provision of services and facilities........................................................13
5.3.1 Information services ............................................................................ 13
5.3.2 ICT facilities......................................................................................... 13
5.4 Helpers.................................................................................................14
6 Community .................................................................................................14
7 Recommendations for Senior Management ............................................14
8 Appendix.....................................................................................................15

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Library Annual Report 2009-2010
1 Introduction
This report covers the use and development of the Library during the Academic Year
2009-2010.

The newly refurbished Michael Parker Library was opened in October 2009 with a
formal ceremony taking place in March 2010. We then began the exciting process of
making use of the new Library. Teachers brought in classes to work collaboratively
with the Librarian on reading development and information literacy skills, making use
of the resources, services and facilities. This report will examine the impact of the
Library on the school community, stating the progress made for each target of the
Library Development Plan 2009-2010.

2 Management
Development Plan targets:
1. Develop Library Policy → 2.1
2. Complete first phase of Library development → 2.2
3. Ensure systems in place to monitor and evaluate library’s effectiveness → 2.3
4. Create Departmental Handbook for Library → 2.4

2.1 Library Policy
Development Plan actions:
 Write draft policy to be agreed with SMT
 Distribute policy

The Library Policy was agreed with Senior Management on 23 June 2010. The
Librarian will make it available for the school community via the Library Online
website. A Staff Guide to the Library, based on the policy, is in preparation for the
new school year. The policy will be revisited in the summer of 2011.

2.2 Library development
 Complete redecoration of staircase etc.
 Organise and arrange equipment, resources and furniture
 Create guiding and signage
 Create displays
 Plan for murals and other finishing touches
 Plan official opening

The Library was opened for use in October 2009, with all resources shelved, furniture
arranged and displays created. The staircase was finished in time for the official
opening ceremony in March 2010 – Kay Alexander, from BBC Midlands Today,
officiated graciously with invited guests from the school community, including the
Library Student Helpers.

The top of each shelving bay has guiding in place, but there is a need for further
signage to assist students and staff in locating resources. This is to be addressed in

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the Autumn Term 2010. The slatwall panels have greatly enhanced the ambience of
the Library and facilitate attractive displays.

Some Art work has been installed on the shelf above the storage space, but more
should be added. The plan for a mural is on hold for the time being so that we can
assess the necessity of this – modern library design emphasises the need to allow
the books to have centre stage to attract students to borrow them!

2.3 Monitoring and evaluation
 Write Annual Report for 2008-2009 and present to SMT as appropriate
 Develop collection of statistical data
 Develop ways of assessing quality of use

The Annual Report was presented to the Headmaster and copies were sent to Senior
Management and the Chair of Governors. It was also made available online through
the Library Online website.

The Library Management System, Eclipse2, enables a range of data to be collected
showing issue figures and the development of the collection. Tables and charts may
be found in the Appendix at Section 8 below on page 15. During the year, all Library
bookings were entered into a file. These sheets were then collated on Excel to show
use by Subject Departments. The data collected by these methods are mainly
quantitative; assessment of the type/quality of use is more difficult. There are various
methods that can be adopted. Verbal feedback from users is very important and can
be used by the Librarian to improve lessons or activities taking place. The Librarian
is also developing feedback forms, questionnaires and surveys which, for example,
can be used at the end of a series of lessons to assess impact. We can then take
the results and improve the quality of lessons for future students. An example of this
can be found in the section on Reading Development at 3.3 below on page 9.
Accountability for the investment the school has made in the Library is a vital
consideration for a librarian.

2.4 Library Departmental handbook
The Library Handbook was created during the Autumn Term of 2009 and it will be
continually developed and updated. The handbook is a record of the development of
the Library and is also a practical tool for the Librarian. It contains the policies and
guidelines for the running of the Library and shows the impact of the Library and
Librarian on teaching and learning. During the Inspection of March 2010, the
Librarian discussed the handbook with Inspectors and it was commented on
favourably during the interview.

A separate Staff Procedures Manual is also available which focuses on the day-to-
day procedures for running the Library.

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Other aspects of the management of the Library not covered by the Library
Development Plan follow:

2.5 Financial Management
A proper system of financial management and accountability is now in place. Copies
of all invoices are kept on file in the Library and all orders and running totals are
entered into Excel to enable careful management of the library budget.

During 2009-2010 the budget allocation was £3,600, consisting of:

£500 library stationery
£500 newspapers and magazines
£2,000 replacement stock
£600 subscriptions

A sum of £10,840 remained from the Library Development Budget after £2000 had
been drawn down in the previous year. This was spent on books for the new Library
mainly during the summer of 2009. A further £5,000 was available to resource new
library equipment and fittings.

Chart 1: Share of Budget Allocation by Cost Heading – 2009-2010

Library Accounts 2009-2010
Share of Budget by Cost Heading ADMIN
14%

NEWS & MAGS
14%

STOCK
55%

SUBSCRIPTIONS
17%

Chart 1 above shows the percentage of the Library budget allocated under each cost
heading by the Librarian at the beginning of the Financial Year. This excludes the
Library Development Budget.

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Chart 2: Library Accounts - Share of Budget by Amount Spent – 2009-2010

Library Accounts 2009-2010
Share of Budget by Amount Spent

ADMIN, £490.37, 14%
SUBSCRIPTIONS,
£597.00, 17%

NEWS & MAGS, £365.98,
11%

STOCK, £1,984.05, 58%

Chart 2 above shows the actual amount spent by the end of the Financial Year under
each cost heading. This excludes the Library Development Budget.

Between 1 May 2009 and 22 July 2010, 1844 new books were added to stock – the
combination of the Replacement Stock Budget and the Library Development Budget.
The Admin cost heading covers specialist library stationery and equipment.
Subscriptions paid for the support package for the Eclipse Library Management
System and the subscription to the School Library Association. The Excel file is
available from the Librarian.

From April 2009, we have subscribed to Leicestershire Services for Education, our
local Schools Library Service, using funds drawn down from the Library Development
Budget for 2010-2011. This will enable the Librarian to support the curriculum by
borrowing resource collections and also gives us access to a wide range of services,
including four online subscription databases and artefacts.

2.6 Meetings and Professional Development
Meetings:
 Full Staff Meetings
 Head of Department Meetings.
 Line Management Meetings.
 Local area school librarians meetings, organised by Schools Library Service.
 Leicestershire 20/20 Vision Group meetings – local school librarians interested
in further development of their libraries.

INSET and CPD:
 School INSET sessions as appropriate.
 JISC Collections for Schools training day (our online databases).
 Took part in two international online conferences, organised by Your School
Library: YSL3 “Designing the Future” and YSL4 “Reading 2010”. During the

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first conference, presented on our new library development, and during the
second, moderated a discussion forum for other participants.
 Attended the Literacy Forum at the Education Show, entitled “The Future of
Reading”, organised by the National Literacy Association.
 School Library Association Weekend Training Course, June 2010 – “The
Magic Threshold: Step into new Worlds”.

Visits:
 Peters Bookselling Services and other book shops to choose new resources.
 Attended the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2010 Celebrations at
London Zoo.

Professional development:
 Presented at YSL3 “Designing the Future” on “How to create a 21st century
school library in an 1828 building: a case study”.
 Wrote a chapter on how ICT can enhance the work of school librarians for a
School Library Association publication – Tarter, A and Dubber, G (2010) “SLA
Survival Guide: Making it Through Your First Few Years as a School
Librarian”.
 Asked to contribute examples of working with Web2.0 technologies for a new
book on Information Literacy by James Herring of Charles Sturt University,
Wagga Wagga, Australia.
 Continued to support school librarians nationally and internationally with the
“School Librarians Ning” and the “School Librarians’ Toolkit Wiki” knowledge
base, which can be worked on collaboratively.
 Continued the development of a blog to track developments in web
technologies and their impact on the future of school libraries.
 Continued to contribute to international discussions on school library and
technological developments.
 Worked to develop a PLN (Personal Learning Network) using a range of tools,
including mailing lists, wikis, blogs, social bookmarking (Delicious and Diigo),
Netvibes, Nings and Twitter. This facilitates collaborative learning between
librarians internationally and enables up-to-date thinking in school librarianship
and technology to be fed back into work in school.

3 Curriculum
1. Introduce students and staff to the new library facilities → 3.1
2. Promote and develop cross-curricular use of the new Library → 3.2
3. Support reading development using the new Library → 3.3
4. Promote and develop role of Library in developing technologies → 3.4

3.1 Library Inductions
 Short induction for all students
 Year 6 Induction lessons
 Sixth Form Induction sessions
 Short induction for all staff (teaching and support)

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An induction was undertaken with Year 6 in the November after the Library opened.
This covered a basic orientation of the Library, treasure-hunt style, and how to find
and choose non-fiction (using the Dewey Detective Game). Feedback from students
was very positive. Further induction sessions then took place during weekly English
lessons, covering how to choose fiction books (using the Reading Game) and the
use of SearchStar (the Library Catalogue).

Students in Years 7 and 8 had a series of Induction sessions during their weekly
English lessons in the Library, covering similar ground to Year 6. Years 9 to 11 did
not have formal sessions – some classes were brought in for visits. The Librarian
took two sessions with Lower Sixth students, which will be discussed in more detail in
Section 3.2 below. Staff were introduced to the services of the Library more
informally, when they visited, or during meetings, such as Heads of Department.

3.2 Cross-curricular use
 Librarian to create Library Development Plan
 Librarian to discuss with individual HODs
 Departments to integrate use of Library into SOWs
 Librarian to begin development of generic teaching materials
 Librarian to continue developing Library Online Services – web-based
resources for teaching
 Librarian to begin development of Information Literacy policy to ensure
progression of skills teaching across all years

The Library Development Plan for 2009-2010 was written in August 2009 and
submitted to Senior Management for approval in September 2009. Some informal
discussions took place during the year, particularly with the Heads of English,
History, Geography, MFL, Science, Music and Art.

The following sessions took place in the Library, planned collaboratively and then led
by the Librarian:

 Lower Sixth – two sessions “Working Independently – Part 1: Being
Organised” and “Effective Research: Avoiding Plagiarism”. These areas were
requested by the Head of Sixth Form.
 Geography – Year 10 – lesson on “Effective Research: Referencing”, covering
recording, referencing and bibliography, at the request of the Head of
Geography. This was to help prepare students for the Geographical
Investigation for their GCSEs.
 History – Lower Sixth – lesson on “Effective Research: Advanced Search”.
We are planning to further develop sessions like this with History in the next
academic year.

All materials are available for viewing and download from the Library Online website.
The presentations have been made with PowerPoint or Prezi (an online tool) and can
be adapted for use with a range of subjects and year groups. Teaching materials,
such as booklets, will also be uploaded to our website in the near future.

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The Librarian was also able to support teaching staff in the classroom and individual
students by gathering evaluated weblinks and, in the Summer Term when we had
subscribed to the local Schools Library Service, supplying book/resources
collections. Some examples are:

 Physics – Year 10 – Electricity in the UK for the next generation. Evaluated
weblinks. Book collection.
 History – Tudor Day – book and resource collection.
 Chemistry – Acid Rain – evaluated weblinks.
 MFL – News in French, German and Mandarin – Netvibes site made with
automatically updating RSS feeds from a range of sites.
 Biology – Year 6 – Animal Adaptation – evaluated weblinks.
 Cross-curricular – General Election 2010 – addition of new page to Netvibes
site with updating news feeds and links about the Election, plus weblinks on
the main Library Online site.
 Cross-curricular – World Cup 2010 – as above.

The Library was also booked by teachers, mainly to use the ICT facilities – some of
these lessons did not make use of the Librarian’s expertise as advanced joint
planning did not take place. The Librarian often became involved in supporting
students using ICT for research on an informal need-to-know basis!

Library Online Services, giving 24/7 access to the Library, continued to develop and
flourish during the year. The Librarian uses an extensive list of websites to develop
the virtual library, including Animoto, Delicious, Diigo, Flickr, Netvibes, SlideShare,
Prezi, Twitter, YouTube and more. Some of the sites used are listed below:

 Library Online Website
(http://www.library-online.org.uk) which includes:
o Regular updates showing the progress of the library development.
o Information and news about new resources and services.
o Pathfinders made by the Librarian to support departments. Pathfinders
are pages bringing together evaluated weblinks on a range of topics
and the range of multimedia resources available from the Library.
o Pages on research and study skills – Learning Skills.
o Pages to support reading for pleasure.
 Library Online @ Delicious
(http://delicious.com/DixieLibrary) Links to recommended websites, tagged on
the Delicious social bookmarking site.
 Library Online @ Flickr
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/library-online/) Photos on the Flickr site of the
library as it develops.
 Library Online @ LibraryThing
 (http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dixielibrary) Our book catalogue on the
LibraryThing website.
 Library Online @ Netvibes
(http://www.netvibes.com/library-online) Our news services from the UK,
France, Germany, and China using the Netvibes Platform. Sports, Business

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and topics of current interest, such as the General Election and the World
Cup, were also added as needed.
 Library Online @ Twitter
(http://twitter.com/Library_Online) The Library’s news updates using Twitter.
 Library Online @ Wiki
(http://library-online.pbworks.com/) A reading development wiki, currently
being used with members of the Reading Group and with the English
Department during the next academic year.
 Library Online @ YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOnline) Our channel on YouTube.

Teaching Information Literacy – research skills, study skills, independent learning
skills – is an essential function of a school library. Comments in the Inspection
Report make it clear that the school should address the issue of independent
learning:

“The school is anxious to promote independent research skills. The senior school
library has been totally rebuilt and is beginning to be used well to develop such skills.
However, the results are yet to permeate into general lessons…” ISI 2010

Observations of students researching and writing presentations for homework
suggest that many do not have the skills they need or that some students are content
with “just good enough”. Sometimes the homework task may lead to “cut-and-paste”
rather than encouraging higher-level skills – for example “find out about X”, “gather
information on X” or “make a presentation on X” leads to paragraphs and images
copied from websites and pasted into a presentation or document, which is then
made as attractive as possible. Often appearance seems to take precedence over
the quality of the content for students. Almost never are students observed to
acknowledge the sources of their material or create a bibliography and they express
surprise if this is suggested to them by the Librarian. It would be interesting to find
out how mark schemes address issues like this.

Universities are expressing concern at the lack of preparedness for study of today’s
undergraduate students when they arrive in Higher Education. As a school, we need
to begin the development of a progression of Information Literacy skills teaching
across the curriculum and across all years – this is not a task that can be
accomplished by the Librarian in isolation, but is a long-term collaborative
undertaking. The Librarian began to discuss some of these issues during Head of
Department Meetings – such as developing a Dixie “house style” for bibliographies
and referencing and a progression of teaching these vital skills from Year 6 onwards.
This needs, however, support from Senior and Middle Management to have any
effect.

3.3 Reading development
 Librarian to work with HOD English to plan reading development into English
SOW
 Librarian to continue developing Library Online Services – web-based
resources for reading development

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 Plan for Book Week in 2010
 Librarian to continue work with Reading Group , including Carnegie
Shadowing
 Librarian to develop other opportunities to encourage reading for pleasure,
such as promotions, displays, competitions.

During the academic year 2009-2010, English classes from Years 6 to 8 visited the
Library for one lesson each week. The first few lessons were used to give Year 7
and 8 students a basic induction to the new Library, Year 6 students had already had
their Inductions prior to the English lessons starting – see Section 3.1 above on page
6. The Librarian worked with English teachers during the rest of the year to
encourage students to read for pleasure, using a range of activities. She also used
questionnaires and observations to create a baseline assessment which could then
be fed into planning a Reading Programme for these year groups starting in the
Autumn Term of 2010. A meeting with the English Department was held in July 2010
to discuss this programme.

Some key points from the programme are:
 Years 6 to 8 will visit weekly.
 Reading Records will be used with each student. They will be kept in the
Library and may be used by staff at Parent’s Meetings.
 To support keen and also more reluctant readers a balance of silent reading
sessions and more active lessons will be planned.
 In response to student questionnaires, more technology will be used to
engage students. For example, the wiki used with one Year 8 class was very
popular – students enjoyed sharing their book choices with each other and
commenting helpfully on each other’s pages.
 The programme will be evaluated at the end of the academic year 2010-2011.

The main Library Online website was used to promote many books during the year –
often using book trailers, short videos created by the Librarian or book covers. This
site, however, has to serve a wide range of purposes and so it was decided to
develop a wiki to use with students. This wiki “Library Online – Reading is Fun”
http://library-online.pbworks.com/ - was first tested with members of the Reading
Group and then rolled out to one Year 8 class, as mentioned above. Its use will be
extended to more students next year and will be closely monitored by the Librarian
and evaluated at the end of the year. Students each have their own page where they
can write about their reading. They are also encouraged to comment positively on
each other’s pages and suggest books to read. The Librarian also adds in comments
to help students develop their pages and their reading choices – teaching staff may
collaborate with this if they so wish.

A Book Week was held in the first week of March 2010. The Librarian organised a
range of activities including a Book Trailer Show, a visit from the writer Dave Cryer
on World Book Day, a book sale, the Year 6 Book Quiz and a fun competition
supported by many staff. The week was generally successful, however, the Librarian
is planning to spread activities out over the whole year in 2010-2011, rather than
concentrate on one week. Part of the Library Budget has been designated for
author/illustrator visits and it would also be possible to look at asking for a

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contribution towards the costs from parents to enable the school to have more
events.

During the year the Reading Group, consisting of students from all years, met
regularly in the Library. In the Summer Term, they met weekly to shadow the
Carnegie Medal – this was not as popular with the students as had been expected
and, early in the Autumn Term, the group will discuss the kinds of activities that they
wish to take part in. They have expressed the hope that the group can continue to
meet weekly to create consistency.

3.4 Role of Library in developing technologies
 Librarian & ICT Department to discuss role of Library in supporting ICT
 Librarian to integrate use of ICT into lessons taking place in Library, where
appropriate
 Librarian to continue to develop & to teach use of Library Online Services to
staff and students

Staffing issues in the ICT Department, meant that the Librarian was unable to take
discussions very far. With the appointment of a new Head of ICT, it is hoped that
new links will be forged and that the Librarian’s expertise in many aspects of
developing technologies will be utilised to support teaching and learning in the
school. The excellent facilities in the new Library enabled the Librarian to use ICT in
lessons on a regular basis – for example, presentations using the drop-down screen
in English, History and Geography; students using the laptops to develop their wiki
pages in English; staff and students being able to use the Library Catalogue to
search for resources.

The development and use of Library Online Services has been mentioned in several
places in this report. The Librarian is continuing to demonstrate these in teaching
and has noticed that many students now access the sites during lunchtimes. During
2010-2011, further developments are planned to make these services an important
part of the Library’s services to the school community – including enabling access to
the JISC Collection for Schools online databases through the main Library Online
site.

4 Pastoral
1. Develop Library support for Gifted and Talented students → 4.1
2. Develop Library support for students with learning difficulties → 4.2

4.1 Gifted and Talented students
 Investigate ways in which Library and Librarian could offer support
 Attend committee meeting to discuss this
 Begin to plan activities, resources & services in Library

School library collections and services should be wide-ranging and both support and
extend the curriculum. They should offer exciting and challenging opportunities and

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vision to students – in terms of resources in a wide range of media, support in
making the best use of these resources, the chance to use creativity and imagination,
and help in the use of developing technologies. This item will be repeated in the
Development Plan for 2010-2011 to ensure that progress is made in this area as the
Library develops.

4.2 Students with learning difficulties
 Discuss with DH and new member of staff a range of strategies, resources
and services that could be offered by Library and Librarian

As the new member of staff was not appointed during the academic year 2009-2010,
little progress was made with this action. The Librarian did observe classes using the
Library during the year to assess the range of student abilities and to begin planning
some strategies to support all students. This item will be repeated in the
Development Plan for 2010-2011 to ensure that progress is made in this area as the
Library develops.

5 Meeting the needs of the school community
5.1 Extra-curricular activities
Lunchtimes – the Library was open every day from the beginning of October 2009
for the whole lunchtime session and was well used by students. The maximum
number (around 40) was reached on many days with a throughput of around 70 to 80
students on busy days. In the main, use was productive, with students doing their
homework, changing books and reading quietly. The Librarian was supported by a
small Student Helper Team.

After school – the Library was open after school until 5.15 every day. A varying
number of students attended.

Activities and events was organised by the Librarian during the year:
Reading Group
Book Week
These are discussed in Section 3.3 above on page 9.

5.2 Provision of resources
5.2.1 Book Stock
A full stock-take was undertaken in July 2010 together with an analysis of the book
stock in terms of age, condition and suitability. On the final day of the stock-take, 15
July, 114 books were missing (3% of the total stock); worth £908.26 – see Table 2:
Stock-take – July 2010 on page 17. Some of these items may be returned over the
coming weeks. This loss level is not significantly high, especially as the previous
stock-take took place in September 2008.

A large part of the budget for stock was spent in the summer of 2009 with most of the
fiction purchases being catalogued and processed over the Summer Holidays and
the non-fiction during the Autumn and Spring Terms. The fiction collection is now
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areas. During the coming year, whilst we need to continue to actively manage the
fiction collection, the emphasis has to be on improving the Library’s support for the
curriculum. This could be in book form, but will increasingly also be in a range of
media. The Librarian would welcome support from Senior Management to
encourage Heads of Department to respond to resource requests.

The Schools Library Service (LSE) has enabled us to support the curriculum in a
more flexible way. Since we started the subscription in April, we have borrowed book
collections for History and Science topics, which can be used in the classroom or the
Library and then returned when no longer needed. It is also possible to borrow
artefact collections – this would be an excellent way to support the school’s
international work. All teaching staff are able to request resource collections from the
Librarian, who will then select suitable stock during visits to LSE in the school
holidays.

Book issues continue to rise, with younger students having the highest level of
borrowing – this is in line with the experience in most school libraries. A particular
concern is the low level of borrowing by Sixth Form students. Despite efforts to
support their courses with book purchases, very few of these are being officially
borrowed. A range of tables showing issue figures and stock levels can be found in
the Appendix – on page 15 and following.

5.2.2 Multi-Media Resources
A range of curriculum-based magazines are purchased for the Library, with new titles
being added at the request of subject staff. Many of these are not often used by
students – work needs to be done by the Librarian and teachers to encourage Sixth
Form students, in particular, to read these resources. More popular comics and
magazines are purchased on an ad-hoc basis and these are read avidly by many
students.

During 2010-2011, the Librarian is asking subject departments to request suitable
DVD purchases. We also now have access to four online subscription databases,
through our subscription to LSE, and the Librarian is also looking into a range of
others to support A-Level courses.

5.3 Provision of services and facilities
5.3.1 Information services
The Librarian aims to support the school in terms of developing an information
service, thinking and working beyond the physical space of the Library and reaching
out to staff, students and the community through Library Online Services. This has
already been discussed in several sections of the report and so will not be repeated
here.

5.3.2 ICT facilities
The new Library has a range of ICT facilities, which were extensively used during the
year in and outside lessons for formal teaching, group work, private study and leisure
interests. The drop-down screen and projector are very easy to use and have been
very successful. The six laptops have been very busy all year.

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5.4 Helpers
During the year, the Student Helper Team continued to go from strength to strength.
Students chosen from Years 6 to 9 have had basic training in the Eclipse Library
Management System, shelving and display work. The students gained some skills in
teamwork and time management, and gave the Librarian invaluable assistance.

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The Librarian attended local school librarians’ meetings organised by the Schools
Library Service and also 2020 Vision Group Meetings. The Library Online website
has been well-received by many students, staff, parents and governors and also by
international colleagues – it is a way of showcasing the work of the Library in the
school. The Librarian also attended Open Morning and spoke to parents and visitors
at other school events.

7 Recommendations for Senior Management
It is recommended that:

The whole school embraces the importance of books and reading, in the light
of international research showing the impact of reading for pleasure on student
achievement:
 All staff are seen to support reading for pleasure.
 The importance of reading is reinforced by all staff with all students.
 National and local reading and book initiatives are supported by the school.
 The role of the Library and Librarian in developing reading for pleasure is
assisted by the school management, pastoral teams and subject teams.

Senior Management assists the Librarian in the development of Information
Literacy Skills as a progression across the school. This supports our
students’ independent learning and helps raise achievement:
 By encouraging subject departments and pastoral teams to work
collaboratively with the Librarian on suitable Schemes of Work.
 By embedding these SOWs in the work of departments to ensure that all
students are able to access these lessons.

Senior Management ensures that the Librarian is fully informed about
developments in the school:
 By ensuring that HODs give outlines of the curriculum and information about
new developments and projects to the Librarian.
 By considering the impact of new courses and projects on the provision of
resources and services in the Library.

Senior Management recognises the role of the Library in relation to information
services and resource provision beyond its physical space:
 By enabling the Librarian to assist in the planning, co-ordination, integration,
development and delivery of ICT across the curriculum.

Anne M Robinson, MA, MA, SLYA 2005
Librarian September 2010

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8 Appendix
Chart 3: Issue figures - totals for each term since autumn 2008

Book Issues by Term
Autumn Term 2008 onwards

3000 Note: This chart shows
2678 book issue figures
since the appointment
of a full-time
2500 professional Librarian

2000
Number of Issues

1786

1500

919 977
1000
782
673
561 552
500
2008-2009

2009-2010
0
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Total Books
Term

Chart 4: Issue figures – by fiction/non-fiction - 2006-2007 onwards

Book Issues by Fiction/Non-Fiction
2006-2007 onwards
3000
2678

2500

2000 1929
Number of issues

1786

1500 1360

1000
749 764 801

562
500 426 413 2006-2007
351
239 2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
0
Non-Fiction Fiction Total Books

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Chart 5: Issue figures - by year group

Book Issues by Year Group

3000

2500

2000
Number of Issues

1500

1000

500
2008-2009
2009-2010
0
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Staff Totals
Year Group

Chart 6: Issue figures - by gender

Book Issues by Gender
3000

2500
Number of Issues

2000

1500

1000

500
2008-2009
2009-2010
0
Female Male TOTAL
Gender

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Chart 7: Issue figures – by form

Book Issues by Form

Number of Issues
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

6M
6S
7L
7W
8D
8J
9B
9E
9M
10K
10P
11D
11GB
Form

11H
L6DB
L6DCB
L6FW
L6GH
L6JD
L6RJT
L6SMK
U6DB
U6DCB
U6FW
U6GH
U6JD
U6RJT
U6SMK

Table 1: Stock levels - comparisons
Eclipse Fiction: Non-fiction: Total items in Total missing:
stock:
11/09/08 1586 2274 3860 796
21/07/10 1674 2113 3787 114*
* At stock-take finalisation on 15 July 2010

Table 2: Stock-take – July 2010
Type Total On Shelf On Loan Missing
Fiction 1885 1556 (83%) 251 (13%) 78 (4%)
Non-Fiction 2176 2088 (96%) 52 (2%) 36 (2%)
Reference 128 121 (95%) 2 (2%) 5 (2%)
Total 4061 3644 (90%) 303 (7%) 114 (3%)
Cost £36,993.85 £33,558.30 £2,526.29 £908.26

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Table 3: Age of Library stock by publisher date - September 2008
Total on Eclipse Less than 5 More than 10 More than 20
LMS years old years old years old
All items: 295 – 8% 2742 – 71% 1311 – 34%
3860
Total fiction: 158 – 10% 1078 – 68% 397 – 25%
1586
Total non-fiction: 137 – 6% 1664 – 73% 914 – 40%
2274

Table 4: Age of Library stock by publisher date - August 2009
All items: 1157 – 32% 1469 – 41% 350 – 10%
3563
Total fiction: 861 – 43% 632 – 31% 101 – 5%
2016
1547

Table 5: Age of Library stock by publisher date - July 2010
All items: 1502 – 40% 1335 – 35% 356 – 9%
3787
Total fiction: 863 – 52% 337 – 20% 42 – 3%
1674
2113

Table 6: Age of Library stock by acquisition date - July 2010
Total on Added to Added to Added to
Eclipse LMS catalogue before catalogue catalogue
on 21/07/10 01/09/08 01/09/08-19/08/09 20/08/09-21/07/10
All items: 1501 1448 838
3787
Total fiction: 351 1123 200
1674
Total non- 1150 325 638
fiction:
2113

Table 7: Stock withdrawals August 2009- July 2010
Total on Eclipse LMS Number of items Total on Eclipse LMS
on 19/08/09 withdrawn on 21/07/10
All items: 3563 634 – 18% All items: 3787
Total fiction: 2016 563 – 28% Total fiction: 1674
Total non-fiction: 1547 71 – 5% Total non-fiction: 2113

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