2015 mid year report

The Loquacious Library

Mid Year Report - 2015

http://loquaciouslibrary.com

Staff:

Susan Myers srmyers@spart7.org

Ashley Layne aylayne@spart7.org

Derrick Means dtmeans@spart7.org

By the Numbers

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5,569

3,740

Number of Physical BooksChecked Out

Aug - Dec2014

Aug - Dec2015

EBooks Checked Out This Year

94

5663Items Circulated

Top Ten Books

1. Pretty Guardian Sailor2. Bleach 53. Virals4. Blue Exorcist 15. Go Set a Watchman6. Diary of Pelly D7. Red Queen8. Secret Sky9. Uglies10. 24 Girls in 7 Days

Top Ten E-Books

1. Blood and Chocolate2. Croak3. The DUFF4. Breadcrumbs (Audiobook)5. Asylum6. So Yesterday7. The Princess Bride8. The Earth, My Butt, and Other

Big Round Things9. Far Far Away10. How to Draw Manga

Speaking of Ebooks …

EBooks Available Through Overdrive

Visit http://loquaciouslibrary.com

Click on SHS Ebooks on the right

Students:Use your Powerschool username and password

Teachers:Please email Susan Myers, and she willset up an account for you

NEW NEW NEW !!! Electronic Magazines!

Now offering magazines through Zinio!

Visit http://loquaciouslibrary.com

Click on Electronic Magazines on the right

Be sure to create your account WHILE AT SCHOOL. Once you create your account, you can log in and access the magazines ANYWHERE.

Students: Use your powerschool username and the EMAIL VERSION of your Powerschool password (add SD7 to the front of the password)

Teachers: Feel free to create your own accounts.

Use of Library Space

Use By School/Grade Level

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28

56

84

112

140

112

135

FreshmanAcademy

Senior High

We collaborated with 54 classes.

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15

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45

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75

90

105

120

135

Soc Studies Health English Foreign Lang SPED JAG General Use Testing

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21

411

4

84

5

129

Special Highlight

Meet  Charles  Gray.  I  first  met  Charles  as  a  6th  grader  at  Carver.  Quiet  and  unassuming,  Charles  came  to  our  Carver  book  clubs  religiously.  Quite  honestly,  I  was  never  sure  if  Charles  actually  read  the  books  or  came  for  the  fabulous  book  club  food.    

Now  in  ninth  grade,  Charles  has  really  surprised  me  this  year.  SCll  a  quiet  young  man,  as  a  ninth  grader  Charles  is  definitely  a  reader.  Charles  selected  the  Virals  book  as  his  7Reads  book  and  came  to  the  Freshman  Academy  ready  to  read  the  remaining  4  books  in  the  series.  Unfortunately,  we  were  missing  the  series  finale.  Charles  quietly  and  paCently  came  

daily  to  ask  if  our  order  of  the  final  book  had  arrived.  The  book  arrived  the  day  before  Thanksgiving,  and  Charles  was  able  to  have  the  book  during  the  break.  Upon  our  return  on  Monday,  Charles  brought  the  book  back  before  school  and  said,  "He  needs  to  write  more  books."  Asked  why,  he  conCnued,  "Because  Tory's  green  eyes  turned  blue."  We  emailed  the  author  who  sent  us  Advance  Reader  Copies  of  the  follow-­‐up  short  story  collecCon  for  readers  who  have  to  know  what  happens!!!  

Long  story  short,  Charles  and  others  like  him  are  why  7Reads  is  so  cool.  Students  who  may  otherwise  not  have  access  to  authors  or    perhaps  even  an  avid  interest  in  reading  may  connect  with  authors  and  books  in  a  new  and  meaningful  way  -­‐  a  way  that  truly  changes  lives  and  promotes  lifelong  love  of  reading  and  learning.    

So  excited  about  changes  to  7Reads  in  the  coming  year  and  the  opportuniCes  these  changes  will  present  to  our  students!!!    

WriUen  by  Ashley  Layne

August

Orientations

Take Notes (How to)

First classes check-out books

Researching World Religions

September

Scavenger Hunt

Making Graphs

Caught Reading

October

Banned Books

Squish!

7Reads - Reichs

Teen Read Week

November

Write Around and Digital

Decorators

Book Tasting

Santa Turkey

December

Make and Take

Merry Squirrelmas!

Infinite Book Check-Out