Library Advocacy NOW!

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• Library Advocacy NOW!
• How to Promote Your Library to Your School
  Community

Holly Bunt Library Director bunth_at_wra.net
Jane Spencer Lead Service Librarian spencerj_at_wra.n
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Library Advocacy NOW!

• The Goal
• To help school librarians promote themselves
  to their
• Administrators
• Faculty Members
• Students
• Parents
• School Community

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• Your Goal
• Be able to justify how your library program
  enhances your schools mission
• In turn, this could protect
• Your Program
• Your Budget
• Your Job

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Know Your Library Program

• The WRA Library has 2 Components
• Library Instructional Program
• Library Service Program

Document List Instructional Program Library
Services
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Instructional Program
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Advocacy Its All About the Data

• Always be prepared to justify how your library
  program enhances your schools mission
• Make time to collect the Data
• No Data No Evidence
• Share this Data with your Administrators

STATISTIC QUEEN
Document Time to Collect the Data
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Data Collected for Instructional Program

• Library Class Statistics
• of Faculty/Subject Areas
• of Students Participating
• of Classes Taught
• Topic/Skills Taught
• Individual Student Conferences
• Faculty Collaboration Training
• LibGuide Number of Views
• Hours Tracked for Instructional Program
• Student Assessments

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Collecting Data Library Class Stats
Dept Class Instruction/Topic ILS RS Teacher Period Attending Date
His. MWH Pre-Research Assignment 1   Mogel/1st 11 9/10
His. MWH Introduction/Pre-assessment 1   Robinson/4th 12 9/10
Sci. Chem. History of the Atom/LibGuide Intro/NoodleTools 1   Butensky/1st 16 9/15
Sci. Chem. Research Session   1 Butensky/5th 16 9/15
His. MWH Background Reading 1   Schnupp/3rd 12 9/16
ILS Information Literacy Skills (we teach)
RS Research Session (we guide)
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Collecting Data Library Class Stats
September 2015 September 2015
Departments Departments
  Sessions
English (E)  
Fine Arts (FA)  
History (H) 33
Language (L)  
Library (Lib) 2
Mathematics (M)  
Science (S) 6
September 2015 September 2015
Library Instruction Library Instruction
Sessions 41
Students 483
ILS 32
RS 9
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Share Library Class Statistics
Number of Library Classes
Number of Students Participating in IL Program
14-15
2008-09 2014-15
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Collecting Data LibGuides
Guide Name Total Views
Modern World History 14,414
Ong Library LibGuides 7,153
Biology Research Project 3,088
Student General Information 1,101
Chemistry The History of the Atom 825
AASL Conference Presentation 655
Cool Tech Tools! 558
General Research Guide 420
U.S. History Project 360
Library Services 2015-2016 292
From August 2015 To March 2016
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Collecting Data IL Time Chart
IL Program - Category Descriptions
CR - Citation Reviews - Reviewing student citations
CI - Classroom Instruction - Instructional classes research sessions
LP - Lesson Plans - Updating creating
ISA - Individual Student Appointments - Working with a student for longer than 10 minutes, conferences
IA - IL Assessments - Creating, grading, analyzing data and generating a report Student self-assessment surveys
IE - Instructional Enhancements - Updating creating instructional sheets, handouts, presentations, Libguides
PM - Program Management - IL Meetings, Scheduling classes conferences, Planning, Working with statistics, Creating proposals, Evaluating resources, Promotion, emails, Database accts., Writing student conference reports or other reports/notes related to student interviews, citation reviews, etc.
PD - Professional Development - Conferences, Webinars, professional meetings Writing reading conference summaries Practicum students Presentations
ST - Support Tasks - New Staff Training, looking for sources for students, Class set-up, Reviewing lesson plans handouts, Observing a librarian teaching a session, sitting in on student presentations (e.g., ST), running reports through Turn It In
O - Outreach - ECHO in Library category Cool Tools Personal research assistance for teachers and staff Year-end faculty survey Instructional Program LibGuide
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Collecting Data IL Time Chart
Record time on TASK Calendar in Google Calendars

• Format
• Minutes
• (Date)
• Subject
• Description
• Category

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Collecting Data IL Time Chart
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Share Hours Devoted to IL Program
  2012-13 2012-13   2013-14 2013-14
  Hours   Hours
Library 381 19 725 30
English 185 9 197 8
History 164 8 1021 43
Senior Thesis 1,144 56 273 11
Science 153 8 189 8
Total Hours 2027 2405
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Share IL Program Reports

• Tabs
• Program Overview
• Teaching Calendar
• Conference Schedule
• Statistics
• Outreach
• Archives Overview
• Archives Outreach

http//libguides.wra.net/IP2015-2016
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Collecting Data Student Assessments

• Overall increase in scores

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Collecting Data Self-Reflection Surveys

• Google Forms used to administer survey
• Students provide feedback on
• Project/Research Process
• Librarians/Classes/Conferences
• Resources Used

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Student Self-Reflection Surveys Student Comment

• I learned which sources were reputable and which
  were not. I could not tell before we started
  this project.

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Student Self-Reflection Surveys Student Comment
AA Assessment

• I learned about the importance of checking the
  accuracy of a source and the authority of the
  author. I also learned about how much personal
  bias can affect a piece of informational
  writing.

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Student Self-Reflection Surveys Student Comment

• Although I knew a lot of the information
  beforehand, I never really knew how to use a
  database. It is a great tool that I will be able
  to use from now on.

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Student Self-Reflection Surveys More Student
Comments
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Library Service Program
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Library Services Defined

• Acquisitions/De-Selection
• Cataloging/Processing
• Circulation
• Communications
• Displays
• Faculty Support

• Leisure Reading
• ONGoing News blog
• Library Handbook
• New Materials List
• Marketing
• WRA Authors Artists Collection

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Data Collected for Library Service Program

• Number of Students in the Library
• Day, Evening, and Weekend
• Circulation
• Items Ordered
• Special Requests
• Computer Lab Usage
• Study Room Usage

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Data is Collected in Many Formats
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Collecting Data Google Forms
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Collecting Data Study Hours
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Collecting Data Defending the Building
February 2014 Student Survey
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Collecting Data Study Rooms
Tuesday - Night Rm. 1 Rm. 2 Rm. 3 Rm. 4 Rm. 5 Rm. 6 Rm. 7 Rm. 8
700pm-800pm 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 3
800pm-900pm 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 3
900pm-Close 3 4 6 2 3 3 4 4
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Share Library Service Program
http//libguides.wra.net/Libraryservices
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Share ONGoing News blog

• The blog postings emphasis our events, reading
  recommendations, and activities
• The blog has a very free-flowing and spontaneous
  nature.

http//wralibrary.blogspot.com/
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Library Service Having Some Fun!
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Library Service Host Events
Parent Dialogue
Board of Trustees Dinner
Community Service Day
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Library Service Special Events
Candy Guessing Jar
Chocolate Day For Faculty Staff
Toys for Tots Cookie Reception
Sunday Coffeehouse
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Library Service ATT Collection
http//libguides.wra.net/ATT
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Library Services Cool Tech Tools!
TOTAL VIEWS 551  Monthly Breakdown Aug. 2015
- 91 Sept. 2015 - 105 Oct. 2015 - 149 Nov.
2015 - 84 Dec. 2015 - 55 Jan. 2016 - 36
http//libguides.wra.net/cooltechtools
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Data Collection Instructional Library Services
Accomplishment Sheets
Library Accomplishments Name
Completed Tasks Date

2.
Upcoming Tasks
1.
2.
Document Sample Accomplishment Sheet
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We Must be Doing Something Right!

• Ong Libray received the highest percentage of
  votes for
• What is your favorite non-dormitory building on
  campus?

WRAs Viewpoint - 2015
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Library Advocacy NOW!

• Who will be your cheerleaders?
• Administrators
• Faculty Members
• Students
• Parents
• School Community