[CASL-L] Requesting Print, Fiction Circulation Stats, HS

[Nancy Carlson]

My circulation of fiction runs around 400 books checked out per month.
I work closely with our English department for their choice book units,
which for the freshmen occur once a quarter.  Example of some of the
Student choice units has been
memoirs, World War II, limited choice with book groups and teenage
protagonist to go with a research unit about the teen experience.  I pull
the books and we do a speed dating
activity with the classes.  During the speed dating time, I book talk some
on the ones I have read and try to make recommendations to individual
students who are having trouble finding their book.
After the activities, the students give their teachers their 1st and 2nd
choices. I work hard to make sure most students get their first choice. We
are a school of 1300 students and I have a healthy
book budget to be able to support the English department.

Nancy M. Carlson
Farmington High School
Farmington, CT  06032
carlsonn at fpsct.org
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On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 8:41 AM Juliann T. Moskowitz <juliann14 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I work in an independent school. We have about 800 students in grades
> 9-12. My circ stats are abysmal. As of today there are 140 circs in fiction
> for the entire year. Our English teachers do assign outside reading but
> very few students borrow books. Most of our students buy books that they
> are going to read. Next year I will meet with the English department and
> remind them to suggest that the students borrow books from our library for
> their independent read.  Our fiction section is very up to date. I buy most
> of the well reviewed YA and adult books and I have a very good budget.
> Earlier in the year, I posted a question about this topic on the
> independent school list serv that I am on and there was a lot of
> commiseration. A lot of teens just don't read. On a related note, my
> magazines go unread. I can probably count the number of times on one hand
> that I have seen a student pick up a magazine. I keep cutting the numbers
> every year.
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> Juliann T. Moskowitz
> Director of Library Media
> St. Joseph High School
> Trumbull, CT 06611
> juliann14 at hotmail.com
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> *From:* CASL-L <casl-l-bounces at mylist.net> on behalf of Mr. McKenna <
> mmckenna at simsburyschools.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2019 11:19 AM
> *To:* casl-l at mylist.net
> *Subject:* [CASL-L] Requesting Print, Fiction Circulation Stats, HS
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> Hi All!
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> I have an inquisitive, curious building admin who would like to know what*
> print, fiction circulation numbers* are like at *high school* libraries
> similar to our school's enrollment (approx. 1,400 students) and in our
> geographic area (Farmington Valley, Hartford County).
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> For context, we've circulated about 500 fiction titles in print to
> students and staff this year (2018-19). This is about the same number of
> similar circulations as last school year (2017-18) for us. I think this
> admin wants to know if this is typical of other high schools like ours, in
> order to gauge the level of student interest in reading through this medium.
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> If you have the available time and will to generate these *stats (2017-18
> compared to 2018-19 would suffice)*, and don't mind sharing them with me
> to share with my curious admin, I'd be very grateful. Thanks for your
> consideration, and thanks for all you do!
>
> Best,
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> *Mike McKenna, MLS, M.Ed.*
> *Library Media Specialist*
> Simsbury High School
> 34 Farms Village Road
> Simsbury, CT 06070
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