In looking at the last six weeks, everything slowed down except the number of students coming to the library and the number of book check outs. Our database usage slowed down to a crawl, but we did have a lot of state testing in December. I guess that doesn't leave a lot of time for research.
I also found it interesting that the top 5 books this 6 weeks were mostly fantasy, and the last 6 weeks it was manga. So funny what the kids read, and how those trends go.
My goals for the 4th Six Weeks is to push Beanstack again. I did a combo December/January challenge, and it didn't go over as well as I thought. I think the students were so used to one challenge a month, & I need to stick to that. Then I can just raise or lower the amount of minutes they need to complete. Funny how I wasn't really pushing the Dec/Jan challenge yet there were so many more books checked out this six weeks compared to the 3rd Six Weeks last year. It was 561 books circulated last year at this time, and this year it is 810. Yay! So something is going on. I love students who love to read.
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