Rundlett Middle School Library

Monthly Report

February 2012

Staff:

Nancy J. Keane, LibrarianSandy Soucy, Library AssistantRuth Perencevich, Library Assistant

Program Highlights

*Four clusters collaborated on a research project for Ancient Egypt. The classes shared the library space and the resources.*The annual spelling bee was held in the library. Congratulations to our winner, Kelly Varnell and our runner-up, Hannah Miller.*Ms Keane worked with Mr. Tuttle’s classes on using Excel to chart their weather buoy data.*Mr. Magarian’s cluster researched New Hampshire animals.*Visitors to the library were treated to displays

by Cluster 7-1 and 6-2.

*Ms Keane extensively weeded the fiction

section.

Rundlett Middle School Library

Monthly Report – February 2012

Rundlett Middle School Library

Monthly Report – February 2012

Rundlett Middle School Library Learning Commons Statistics

Current month Last year

Number of Days in Session 18 17

Number of class sessions served 86 59

Number of Class Sessions Served in Library Lab 78 113

Number of Class Sessions Served in 404 Lab 34

Number of Class Sessions Served in 406 Lab 121

Total Number of Classes 319 172

Number of Walk in Visitors

6th grade 688 690

7th grade 751 399

8th grade 554 384

Walk through (printer, book return, etc.) 113 119

Number of Visitors in Small Groups 447 523

Total number of Walk ins 2,553 1,559

Total number of visitors to the Library 10,528 5,859

Total books on carts sent to

classrooms

885 1,118

Total circulation 1,224 2,115

Total books added 35 124

Libguides created 7 47

Libguides accessed 1,566 1,130

Schoolfusion page assessed 1,617 1,699

Rundlett Middle School Library

Monthly Report – February 2012

Library Utilization and Collaborative Highlights

(not all classes using the library are listed)

Name or Topic of Unit Grade Level and Subject Area *Level of Collaboration

1 2 3 4 5

Ancient Egypt* 6th grade Social Studies X

NH Animals* 6th grade Science X

Charting scientific data 7th grade Science X

Health PowerPoint 7th grade Health X

Cryptids* 6th grade Language Arts X

Historical Fiction* 8th grade Language Arts X

* LibGuide created