[CASL-L] Circulation numbers

[Jessica-Lynn Johnson]

Hi Matt,

We are a school of 1270 students.  This is my third school year and this is
our first year with a block schedule.  The 84 minute period and a culture
change in our English department to embrace independent choice reading has
had a significant impact on our circulation numbers this school year.
Additionally, we also have a multi-collection with 5-20 copies of popular
texts used for book clubs. (We do have a book room for English teachers,
which does not get included in our circulation numbers.) Last year's
numbers were impacted by 40% of our students being remote.  These numbers
do not include audio/ebooks and are from 9/1 to 2/13.

2017-18: 2868
2018-19: 2728
2019-20: 2315
2020-21: 1829
2021-22: 5,757

If you're looking for more information about changes we've made this year,
let me know.  While we've put forth several new initiatives to increase
circulation, they pale in comparison to the impact of our block schedule
and choice reading.

Take care,
Jessica

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 11:31 AM Pellegrino, Janice <pellegrino at stratk12.org>
wrote:

> Hi Matt -
>
> I moved districts so this is only my second year in this building. Our
> student population is about 1050.
>
> I was very surprised when I just ran the circ figures because the student
> body, as a whole, doesn't seem to have a huge group of passionate
> readers, yet our numbers look pretty good.
>
> 2016-17:    2959
> 2017-18:    2094
> 2018-19:    2828
> 2019-20:    3212
> 2020-21:    1233  (we had a ton of students 100% remote learning plus for
> a good part of the year our kids who were attending in person were divided
> into cohorts where they came in only two days per week and the other cohort
> came two different days.)
> 2021-22 (as of 2/14/22):     1838
>
> I think there are a few factors which are influencing this:
>
> 1. Our students love graphic novels/manga. Our 2021-22 circ figure (to
> date) is 1838, 505 of which are circs of graphics/manga.
>
> 2. Our English teachers have been bringing their classes down to the
> library every few months to do book exchange.
>
> 3. The English department books are also cataloged within our Destiny
> system, and the teachers typically circulate the required English texts to
> their students from the classroom. So while we're not seeing those students
> nor checking out the English department books ourselves in the library,
> we're scooping up those circ figures in addition to the circs from the
> library collection itself.
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 10:25 AM Matthew Cadorette <
> MCadorette at waterfordschools.org> wrote:
>
>> My superintendent just asked for library circulation numbers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone else have these on hand for their school?
>>
>>
>>
>> Waterford has about 800+/- students.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just wanted some way to compare in case I’m asked.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Waterford High School Library*
>>
>>
>>
>> Circulation numbers for print and video
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sept. 1, - June 1*
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-2018 - 1,078
>>
>>
>>
>> 2018-2019 -  1,594
>>
>>
>>
>> 2019-2020 - 1,175
>>
>>
>>
>> 2020-2021 - 1,429
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sept. 1 2021 - Feb 13, 2022*
>>
>>
>>
>> 2021-2022 - 1,146
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>
>> *Matthew Cadorette*
>>
>> *Librarian*
>>
>> *Waterford High School*
>>
>> *20 Rope Ferry Road*
>>
>> *Waterford, CT 06385*
>>
>> *(860) 437-6956*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time*
>>
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> *Ms. Janice Pellegrino, M.P., M.L.S.*
> *Teacher Librarian*
> *Frank Scott Bunnell High School*
> *Stratford, CT 06614*
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