Mike—

 

Our school is probably half the size (approx.. 650) and I don’t feel that our fiction collection circulates very well, despite having an excellent selection, but we had 1155 fiction checkouts this year.

 

Hope this is helpful. I’d love if the high school librarians in the group could share ways to boost our circulation. I know I have some strategies that have worked to boost ours, and I’d love to think up more!

 

Casey LaPlante

Library Media Specialist

Granby Memorial HS

Granby, CT

 

From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces@mylist.net> On Behalf Of Mr. McKenna
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 11:19 AM
To: casl-l@mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] Requesting Print, Fiction Circulation Stats, HS

 

Hi All!

 

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).

 

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.

 

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,

 

Mike McKenna, MLS, M.Ed.
Library Media Specialist
Simsbury High School
34 Farms Village Road
Simsbury, CT 06070
mmckenna@simsbury.k12.ct.us
(860) 658-0451 x. 161
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