Take a look at the end of the year report for the Wilbury Crockett Library, Wellesley High School, 2011-2012.

1. Wilbury Crockett Library
Wellesley High School
End of Year Report
Submitted by Deeth Ellis
June 12, 2012

2. The New Wilbury Crockett
Library
Former English
Department
Heads, Ronna
Frick and Brooks
Goddard at the
Rededication of
the Wilbury
Crockett Library

3. Slideshow of Names
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4. Library Presentations
• Future of School Libraries - To Strategic
Planning Committee, Jan. 2012
• Freshmen Skills Pilot Findings - To teachers
and administrators, Dec. 2011
• GLBTQ Booktalks - To teachers districtwide,
May 2012
• Ecology Roundtable Project and Common
Core - To Librarian Group at EDCO, June
2012

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6. Freshmen Skills Pilot
Findings Presented
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9. Strategic Planning
• Re-wrote Vision and Mission
Statements
• Conducted SWOT (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
Analysis at WHS with 12 teachers
• Action Plan - Wrote preliminary 2012-13
Action Plan for WHS Library

10. Strategic Planning
Participants
• Becky McFall, Director C&I, K-12
• Carolyn Markuson, Director, Libraries, K-12
• Stephen Goodwin, Principal, Sprague Elementary
• Elise MacLellan, Asst. Director, Wellesley Free Library
• Jamie Chisum, Interim Principal, WMS
• Rosey McQuillan, Assistive Technology Specialist, K-12
• Ranjani Sriram, Instructional Technology Specialist, WHS
• Stephanie Cacace, Social Studies teacher, WHS
• Deeth Ellis, Librarian, WHS
• Sarah Chessman, Librarian, WMS
• Elisabeth Zimmer, Librarian, Schofield Elementary
• Linda Buffam, Instructional Library Asst., Schofield Elementary

11. Strategic Planning, Library K-12
Vision Statement DRAFT
The Wellesley Public School’s Library
Program reinforces the system’s core values
through the support and implementation of the
district’s instructional goals. As a vital component
of the educational experience, the Library
Department helps develop curious, creative,
independent problem solvers who are responsible
global citizens able to demonstrate academic
scholarship, information literacy, and a love of
reading.

12. New Mission Statement
DRAFT
The Wellesley Public School Library Program supports the teaching and
learning of faculty and students in all grades, fosters a life-long love of
learning and reading, and encourages the development of critical thinking and
digital citizenship skills.
This mission is accomplished through a WPS Library curriculum with
literary and information literacy benchmarks and by:
• Collaborating with the faculty to develop effective learning strategies that
address the needs of students in an ever-changing global environment;
• Providing instruction to foster research competency and stimulate interest in
reading, viewing, using, and producing knowledge and ideas;
• Providing guidance and access to informational and recreational materials for
the school community.

13. Usage Statistics
2011-2012

14. WHS Library Website
2011-2012
HITS
Homepage:
66, 962 hits
Databases A-Z List:
20,219 hits

15. Collection Highlights
Circulation
• 2011-2012 16,063
• Books/DVDs 4,111
• Equipment 11,952
(laptops, cameras, headphones)
• 2010-2011 4,652
• Books/DVDs 3,211
• Equipment 1,435

16. Classes Taught or Co-
Taught with Librarians
2010-2011 2011-2012
185 176
Reasons for fewer classes:
• Reduction to 1 FTE Librarian (from 2)
• Move to new building. Some projects were not given
this year because time required to move.
• More teachers integrating library skills independently
in their lessons and projects (ex. Earth Science,
World History, US History).

17. Citation
• Noodlebib Citation Tool
Bibliographies Created
2010-2011 2011-2012
2,072 2,801

18. WHS Library Databases

19. Database Usage Highlights
Database 2010-11 2011-12
Searches Searches
ABC/Clio 12,927 33,575
JSTOR 15,395 20,975
Proquest 4,875* 7307
(CultureGrams
& Historical *only Hist
Newspapers) Newspapers
Gale Databases 11,054 13,721
and eBooks

20. Technology

21. Available for Students to
Checkout in the Library
MacBooks Cameras and Digital Voice
tripods Recorders
Flash
iPod Charger Drives
Splitters

22. Library Money Spent
2011-2012
• $15,850.00 - Operating Budget
• $8,147.00 WEF Grant
– On Demand Library Services with Kindles
• Includes 6 Kindles, 6 Nooks and subscription to
the Overdrive eBook/Audiobook Library
• $11,000 - PTSO - For Print and eBooks

23. Author Event in the
Library
Holly Thompson,
author of
Orchards, speaks
to English classes

24. Author Event
Author and
Wellesley High
graduate, John
Smolens, spoke
to English
classes in
September.

25. Student Outreach
• WHS Students Read Banned Books,
September 2011
• Student Appreciation Breakfast, November
2011
• Student Library Advisory - Sam Sims, new
President for 2012-13
• Teen Poetry Slam, April 2012
• Ms. Ellis, Adviser to Anime/Manga Club
• Tabletop Gaming with C. Rondash,
instructional library assistant

26. Student Volunteers
2011-2012
• 18 student volunteers - in response to a
library initiative asking students to help
with checking out the new laptops.
• 2010-2011 - There were only 6 student
volunteers.

27. In Collaboration with
Wellesley Free Library
•WHS Library Strategic Plan
•Teen Poetry Slam
•New Database from Wellesley Free Library:
•JSTOR
•Promoting Summer Reading and Book in
Common

28. Looking Forward
2012-2013
• Overdrive eBook library
• Kindles and Nooks
• Continue Strategic Plan
• Simmons Library Graduate Student
• Library Instructional Videos
• Book in Common Event