The library circulated over 3,000 items in 2012-2013 and added nearly 1,300 new items while weeding over 1,800 outdated items. Popular fiction titles and DVDs circulated most. The Great Gatsby and other assigned readings made up the top 10 most circulated titles. Online database usage peaked in September, January, and March for student projects. The library hosted a book club with a local high school and National Library Week events. Usage of the SIRS CultureGrams database was highest in September, October, and January.
Presbyterian Homes & Services welcomes community leaders and guests to break ground for the construction of Folkestone, a new senior living community in Wayzata, Minnesota.
Presbyterian Homes & Services welcomes community leaders and guests to break ground for the construction of Folkestone, a new senior living community in Wayzata, Minnesota.
Global Ties Akron's global education program "Know Your Community-Know Your World" part of the #KYCKYW project.
#21st century skills, #6th, #core #curriculum, #global education, #middle school
Global Ties Akron's global education program "Know Your Community-Know Your World" part of the #KYCKYW project.
#21st century skills, #6th, #core #curriculum, #global education, #middle school
5. Top 10 Titles Circulated
Top Title Statistics
Title Author Call # Circulations
1. [ Book ] The great gatsby. Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
F
FIT
20
2. [ Book ] Pure Baggott, Julianna.
SF
BAG
13
3. [ Book ] Ready player one Cline, Ernest.
F
CLI
13
4. [ Film/Video ] Baseball 1840s-2009
a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV, Washington ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn
Novick writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns.
DVD
BAS
12
5. [ Book ] The Butterfly revolution. Butler, William.
F
BUT
11
6. [ Book ] The hot zone. Preston, Richard, 1954-
614.5
P
11
7. [ Film/Video ] The hunger games
DVD
HUN
11
8. [ Book ] I am legend Matheson, Richard, 1926-
F
MAT
11
9. [ Book ] Lands and peoples.
R
910
L
11
10. [ Book ]
Left to tell : discovering God amidst
the Rwandan holocaust.
Ilibagiza, Immaculée. B ILI 11
Show the top 10 titles
For the past 10 Months
Include - All Material
Types -
Report generated on 5/24/2013 11:29 AM
14. * Circulated Items: Fiction and DVDs have traditionally been our
most circulated materials.
* Top Ten: Required reading for English classes and Student
Book Club selections make up the majority of the top ten items
circulated.
* Online databases: The greatest activity is usually in
September due to Freshman Seminar Library Orientation.
However, significant spikes were seen in January for National
History Day research, as well as in March for the Junior
Research Paper.
16. Student Book Club
Mondays 2:30pm- 4:30pm
(monthly meeting with Seton Keough
High School)
Book Club Members: 14 (on average)
Some Titles Read & Discussed:
◦ The Road
◦ The Devil in the White City
◦ Pure
◦ Sphere
◦ Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
◦ Ready Player One
◦ Stiff
◦ Carrie
◦ John Dies at the End
◦ The Hobbit
◦ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
17. Library Hours: 7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Monday through Thursday
7:00 am – 4:00pm
Friday
Library Staff: Mrs. Judy Byron
Respectfully Submitted by Mrs. Paula Wichmann
Director of Library Services
May 28, 2013