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DrSteveT.com - SL Support Resources. How is Our Collection Being Used? Cross-posted from the New Canaan High School Library blog.

How is Our Collection Being Used?

As we move into budget season, we reflect on how students use our collection. This year, we noticed a few trends we wanted to share. Students are borrowing more books! In response to a slight dip in circulation in 2017-2018, we amped up our independent reading program this year. As of October 18, 2019, our booktalking activity is up 220% (16 classes in September and October), our print book circulation is up 20%, and our eBook circulation is up 25 % as well. While the graph below shows that student use of ABC-CLIO, EBSCO, and Statista dipped last year, use of Gale (social studies research database), the newspaper collection (Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post), and JSTOR (peer-reviewed academic journal articles) doubled.

This may sound like a mixed report, but it is a great one. Is Geography Destiny (9th grade Global I) Teacher & Librarian Collaboration Rubric (2nd draft) MLA 8 Slides – Google Drive. MLA 8 Video Tutorials Playlist on YouTube. Moodle Bibliography or works cited comments bank. Bibliography Checkbric PDF. Comment bank examples – Google Drive. THE ANNEX@ - Citing Sources. How can your libraian help you? OK to copy and reuse - Google Slides. A Day in the Life of a Librarian. We have several openings for school librarians in our district: two in elementary schools, and one at the high school - my counterpart, Christina Russo is retiring.

A Day in the Life of a Librarian

In a recent interview, one candidate asked "What does an average day look like for a school librarian at New Canaan High School? " It was a great question - one I have been thinking about quite a bit. We have new leadership in our district. I recently mapped out leadership changes over the past four years, and I realized that I have had six different supervisors in that time span. New supervisors create opportunities for self-reflection.

So back to that question, "What does an average day look like for a school librarian at New Canaan High School? " I created a ComicLife! Eight periods per day over 44 days makes for a lot of data points. The end result follows. Documenting all this without compromising the outcome was probably the biggest challenge. Mid-Year Reflection 2016. - Document - READING CHAMPIONS: A Leadership Opportunity for School Librarians. "Reading is the core of personal and academic competency" (AASL 2018, II).

- Document - READING CHAMPIONS: A Leadership Opportunity for School Librarians

This common belief is a call to action for school librarians to serve as reading champions in their communities. Effective school librarians help grow students as avid readers and lifelong inquirers. They collaborate with classroom teachers to infuse the curriculum with opportunities for students to improve the literacies they need to be successful in school and in life. In their leader and instructional partner roles, effective school librarians co-lead a culture of reading and learning in their schools.

Whether the text is printed on paper or presented digitally, today's students are required to make sense from what they read. Why school librarians matter: What years of research tell us. When schools have high-quality library programs and librarians who share their expertise with the entire school community, student achievement gets a boost. Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high-quality library programs and student achievement (Gretes, 2013; Scholastic, 2016).

Data from more than 34 statewide studies suggest that students tend to earn better standardized test scores in schools that have strong library programs. Further, when administrators, teachers, and librarians themselves rated the importance and frequency of various library practices associated with student learning, their ratings correlated with student test scores, further substantiating claims of libraries’ benefits. Skeptics might assume that these benefits are associated mainly with wealthier schools, where well-resourced libraries serve affluent students. Librarians and student achievement References DEBRA E. School Libraries Work! Evidence-Based Advocacy: Using Data to Demonstrate the Impact of Library Programs on Student Learning (AASL 2019) - Google Slides.