When you start off the year with a cyberattack, how do you recover? My district was without internet and wi-fi for over a week at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year. That threw all of our well-laid plans into disarray. I was planning to target all of the English I & II classes this six weeks to do my beginning of year library introduction. To be honest, I am at the end of the six weeks, and I am just now planning those classes. I was able to see the Junior English classes for Book Speed Dating and a quick library introduction. The seniors are on their own this year.
Having said all that, it has been a productive 6 weeks - at least when I look at my library usage statistics. We have way more students coming into the library this year. Our numbers are up before school and during lunch. I even get a few students after school who need to print or check out a book before the busses roll away. Yay! I love a full library.
Here are the 1st Six Weeks Usage Statistics for the SHS Library. They are a bit longer this year. After doing so many presentations with Pam last year about telling our library's story (see presentation here), I realized that the library is more than just numbers. So the 2nd page of my statistics includes snapshots of tangible things that happened in the library. You have to show the "fun stuff" as Pam said so often during our presentations. That is what I am doing this year. Showing the quantitative and the qualitative information in my report which seems to broaden my range of people who are interested. Nice!
This year started off a bit of a nightmare, but we are slowly starting to gain momentum. By the end of the next 6 weeks, I am hoping to have all of my library introductions done. I guess only time will tell if that will come to fruition.
I'm still planning to have a fantastic year. I hope you are too.
