2013-2014 End of Year Report for the High School Media Center

1. BBS HSMC End of Year Report
2013-2014
Ms. Kathleen, Media Specialist

2. A Year of Transition
As BBS forged ahead with the Strategic Plan to
implement a wireless campus and the BYOD
policy for students, a welcome challenge
presented itself in the HSMC. Keep up with
current trends in student learning by changing
the delivery of information and the way we
envision library services or become obsolete.

3. We Chose CHANGE!

4. 24/7 Ubiquitous Access
April was an especially busy month for the
HSMC website—with over 80 page views
on April 30—due to Honors 10 database
research.

5. Anytime, Anywhere Research
• Eleven databases for classroom/home use:
– Science: Facts on File Health and Wellness
– English: Bloom’s Literary Reference Center
– Humanities: ABC-CLIO Humanities Suite
– General Reference: Encyclopedia Britannica,
Newsbank
– Arabic: Al Manhal (trial)

6. Follett Shelf eBooks
• 30 Reference Titles Added for
classroom/home use
• 120 checkouts for 2013-2014
• 15 Titles Added for 2014-2015
• Usage will improve as teachers promote and
use these resources with students.

7. Maker Space
The Green Screen arrived in late November.
Once word leaked out that it was set up,
students began to come. Students from Ms.
Candice’s speech classes filmed first, and then
Mr. Steve’s English classes scheduled extensively
in March and April for Project Based
Assessment. Thinking forward, the Green
Screen could be the beginning of a Broadcast
Journalism class in the High School or Middle
School.

8. Gathering Space
• Follett Tea for Kuwait
Librarians—November
• Arabic Author Visits—
December
• Buffalo Program
• Turnitin.com
Seminars—April

9. Gathering Space
• Professional
Development Seminars
• Weekly Staff Meetings
• Nerdy Book Club
– Of Mice and Men
– To Kill a Mockingbird
– Pride and Prejudice
– Lord of the Rings

10. Instructional Space
• Academic Integrity Seminars—all incoming Grade
9 students
• Database Instruction—Humanities, Science &
English Classes
• Google Scholar/JSTOR Instruction—Honors 10
• MLA/APA Citation Instruction—Psychology
• Literacy Skills (using Table of Contents/Index)
• As always, books—Arabic book circulation was
over 400 books per month this year, on a
consistent basis.

11. Challenges Ahead
Encouraging teachers to utilize the HSMC space
and resources, even with BYOD and wireless.
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60%
70%
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90%
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014
Percentage of HSMC Bookings from
2011/2012 to 2013/2014
Percent

12. Challenges Ahead
Continue to assess and
re-evaluate the High
School Media Center
Vision and Mission in
light of student learning
needs through the
resources and services
provided.