2. Events and Trends in 2012-
2013
• 46% increase in classes in the WHS library
• 12% Increase in circulation
• 80% Increase in student volunteers
• 10th
Grade Research Skills Proficiency
• WPS Overdrive Pilot (WEF Funded)
• New Freshmen Orientation Video
• WHS Library: Teacher/Staff Survey
• Two school library practicum students: Jaime Bears,
Simmons College; and Lisa Rogers, Cambridge College
• Strategic Plan Work: WHS Library and Wellesley Public
Schools
3. WHS Library - Looking Forward
2013-2014
• Continue collaborative work to integrate and assess
students’ research and information literacy skills.
• Support Social Studies Curriculum development.
• Support Science Curriculum review.
• Ensure role of department of libraries is defined in
WPS Strategic Plan.
• Present Library Strategic Plan to WPS.
• Advocate for reinstatement of second professional
position at WHS.
• Overdrive eBook Evaluation Program Continues.
• Evaluate WHS Library’s web presence and usefulness
to the community. Make recommendations for
improvements.
4. Classes in the WHS Library
Reasons for more classes:
• 2 spaces available for teachers (1938 Room & Lab 358)
• Increase in 10th
grade research assignments.
• More teachers integrating library skills independently in
their lessons and projects (ex. Earth Science, World
History, US History).
2011-2012 2012-2013
176 258
6. Overdrive Pilot
WEF Grant – Fiction eBooks on Demand
• $6,000 ($3000 for content) for Overdrive
Digital Library to provide content from “Big
Six” publishers.
• K-12 – to support iPad initiative, SPED
students, and reading for pleasure.
• 12 Devices purchased for WHS Library (6
Nooks, 6 Kindles)
7. Overdrive Pilot - Goal
To create a digital library of trade
(fiction/high interest non-fiction) titles that
support WPS curriculum and reading for
pleasure. Titles can be viewed or listened to
on any device (computer, iPad, iPod Touch,
phone, Kindle, etc.)
9. Overdrive Pilot:
General Challenges
• Each device required a different way to download and
different way to log in.
• Elementary and WMS Students need parent information
which was not always available. Syncing turned off at home.
• Not always intuitive.
• More than one copy of many of the audio books/ebooks
needed.
• Someone in each building needed to promote, support and
train.
• Planning from staff before they need the books.
• Teachers need easy access to account information.
• Creating more training opportunities.
10. Overdrive Pilot: Questions
Looking Forward
•Collection Development: Building a
collection tailored to schools’ needs.
•Marketing/PR/Training: Increased
and more effective training and
promoting staff’s independent use of
digital library. Professional
development?
•Funding/Sustainability: Budget –
who pays? Subscription model.
11. Strategic Planning
• Department of Libraries, Wellesley Public
Schools K-12
• Final Draft aligned with WPS strategic plan to
be completed 7/2013 by Carolyn Markuson,
director of libraries, Elisabeth Zimmer,
librarian, Schofield Elementary & Deeth Ellis,
librarian, Wellesley High School.
• Wellesley Public Schools Strategic Planning
• Deeth Ellis, librarian, Wellesley High School
served on Strategic Plan Advisory Committee
(SPAC).
12. Strategic Planning, Libraries K-12
Vision Statement DRAFT
The Wellesley Public School’s Library
Program reinforces the system’s core values
through the support and implementation of the
district’s instructional goals. As a vital
component of the educational experience, the
Library Department helps develop curious,
creative, independent problem solvers who are
responsible global citizens able to demonstrate
academic scholarship, information literacy, and a
love of reading.
13. Strategic Planning, Libraries K-12
New Mission Statement DRAFT
• The Wellesley Public School Library Program supports the teaching
and learning of faculty and students in all grades, fosters a life-long
love of learning and reading, and encourages the development of
critical thinking and digital citizenship skills.
• The mission is accomplished through a WPS library curriculum with
literary and information literacy benchmarks and by:
• Collaborating with the faculty to develop effective learning strategies that
address the needs of students in an ever-changing global environment;
• Providing instruction to foster research competency and stimulate interest in
reading, viewing, using, and producing knowledge and ideas;
• Providing guidance and access to informational and recreational materials for
the school community.
14. Teacher/Staff Library Survey
– Identified Trends
35 respondents
• Staff want to be introduced to and learn about digital
resources in particular those that could be used as digital
textbooks or course material.
• Over 50% of respondents ask students to complete a
research project in their class each year.
• Students need help with breaking down a large topic to
start a research project, finding and selecting digital
resources independently and citing sources properly.
15. WHS Library Money Spent
2012-2013
• $15,300.00 - Operating Budget
• $10,000 - PTSO - For Print and eBooks
• $6000 WEF Grant for Overdrive for WPS district.
Approximately 1/3 went toward content for
secondary level.
16. In Collaboration with Wellesley
Free Library
• WHS Library Strategic Plan
• eBook/Overdrive Meeting, May 2013
• New from Wellesley Free Library:
•Historical Newspapers database
(starting FY 2014)
•Nature magazine (starting FY2014)
• Promoting Summer Reading 2013
22. Research Project Resource Guides
– WHS Library Research Wiki
Project Page Number of Hits (2012-2013)
Independent Research Project –
11th
Grade English (Honors)
1,406
Climate Change – 9th
Grade Earth
Science
1,230
Mythology – 9th
Grade English 714
African Imperialism – 10th
Grade
World History
1,056
American Author – 10th
Grade
English
944
26. Available for Students to
Checkout in the WHS Library
Splitters
Digital Voice
Recorders
Cameras and
tripods
MacBooks
iPod Charger
eReaders
Headphones &
silencing
headphones
29. Student Volunteers
2012-2013
• 32 student volunteers
2011-2012
• 18 student volunteers
Students volunteered for National Honor Society
or Key Club hours. Some in order to get junior or
senior passes.
30. New! – Two Group Study Rooms
in Library
1189 student groups used Study
Rooms
Students are encouraged to use studyrooms to
work in groups of 5 or more. They reserve and sign
in to use the rooms in a book at the front desk.
31. Decorating the WHS Library with
Favorite Poems – April 12, 2013
Master of Ceremonies, Tom B.(left).
Seniors, Charlotte and Susannah
share a favorite poem.
During National Poetry
Month in April students
posted, read and
listened to peers read
poems.
32. Gayle Forman, author of Just One Day, If I Stay,
and Where She Went speaks to students
in the Wilbury Crockett Library
33. Bradford Articles on WHS
Library
• "Panelists encourage students to join scientific
debate” on Henrietta Lacks assembly – p. 1 (Oct.
2012).
• "Black History Month commemorates black
accomplishment”– p.1 (Feb. 2013).
• "Author Gayle Forman spreads awareness for
young adult fiction” on author’s visit with
English classes in WHS Library – p. 4 (Feb. 2013).
• "Wellesley High School Library displays
appreciation towards Asian-Pacific immigrants” -
Page 6L ((May 2013).
34. Advising Student Clubs
•Mrs. Ellis, Adviser to Anime/Manga
Club
•Tabletop Gaming with C. Rondash,
instructional library assistant
•Movie Club with J. Pollack,
instructional library assistant
35. New 9th
Grade Library Orientation Video,
Senior Project by L. DeFazio & T. Berman, Class
of 2013 with A. Jamali