Second 6 Weeks Check In

So I am pretty excited about my library statistics.  We had over 1,500 books circulated and over 6,000 student visits.  Last I checked, we only had 1875 students enrolled.  That means we have repeat visits.  Love that!  In addition to the student visits, we also had 146 class visits to the library or one of the labs.  It was a very busy 6 weeks.

I guess my elevator speech might look a bit different now.  I would still talk about how many students have visited the library.  I might also talk about how the top 5 books checked out are manga/graphic novels.  We have a lot of students checking out from that section of the library.

In my effort to raise the number of books checked out per student, I am also announcing the top 5 students who have checked out the most books every 6 weeks.  I am putting their names and how many books they checked out in the morning announcements, and then giving them a small prize when they come to the library to say they heard their name on the announcements. I'm not sure if that is working or if it is something else, but we have checked out more books at this point in time compared to last year.  Last year we checked out 1842 books in the first 12 weeks of school.  During the first 12 weeks of school this year, we have checked out 2596 books. Let's hope we can keep up the momentum.  Go Jags!