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WISS Library Annual Report 2012
- 1. WISS Library Annual Report June2012 Fiona Collins Head Librarian Email: fcollins@wiss.cn
- 2. Library goals • developinga library that supports the IB curriculum from PYP to DP • promoting a love of reading within the WISS community
- 3. Library promotion • Flexiblescheduling introduced to promote maximum usage throughout the school. • Regular magazine and newsletter articles. • Author visits – 6 major author visits this year including the Graphic artist Kazu Kibuishi. • 2 different Book clubs offered 3 times this year and a 3 day Book Fair during Book Week. • Collaborative teaching opportunities and expanded support to MYP and DP students.
- 4. Patrons & Circulation •Students – 555 (53% increase, includes departed students) • Faculty – 140 • Parents – 59 • Circulation – 51,808 loans (31,714 to Faculty) • Summer borrowing – 678 loans • All Secondary textbooks are now circulated through the Library.
- 5. Average Circulations perPatron 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Parent Nursery Pre K Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
- 6. Collection Development • Thecollection has grown 30% to 22,841 titles (39,427 copies); • Growth areas have centered around Magazines & newspapers, Chinese and the Foreign Language collections;
- 7. WISS Library CollectionDevelopment 2009-12 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 BigBook ChineseBooks Classroom ResourcesEBooks EAL Everybody Fiction Adult Fiction M iddle Fiction Prim aryFiction YA Foreign Languages GraphicNovels Guided Readers Hom e Readers IndividualReadersM agazines M ulitM edia Non Fiction ParentResources Read AlongReference TeacherResources May-09 Jun-10 Jun-11 Jun-12
- 8. WISS Library CollectionJune 2012 Big Book 0% Chinese Books 7% E Books 0% Individual Readers 0% Magazines 1% Read Along 0% Mulit Media 0% Teacher Resources 4% EAL 1% Fiction Adult 1% Everybody 9% Fiction Middle 4% Fiction Primary 7% Fiction YA 1% Reference 1% Classroom Resources 18% Home Readers 15% Non Fiction 16% Guided Readers 10% Parent Resources 0% Foreign Languages 3% Graphic Novels 1%
- 9. Electronic Databases • BritannicaOnline & Global Reference Centre, Brain Pop, Teen Health & Wellness continued to be used this year; • Tumble Books replaced Bookflix and Childroad was introduced for Chinese language; • Questia High School database was added; • Turnitin and Newsbank are under consideration for 2012-13.
- 10. Future plans • Additionof another Librarian to provide more collaborative planning opportunities across the whole school and develop the Library programme thoughout the school. • Introduction of iPads in the Library.