Thank you for your help Becky. Best, Anne Anne Detwiler Middle School Librarian, 6th Grade Advisor KEYS SCHOOL p 650.328.1711 x219 adetwiler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lower School 2890 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 f 650.328.4506 Middle School 3981 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 f 650.855.9547 On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Becky Zeren <bzeren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Anne, > Trinity School has 165 students on 2 campuses, Preschool through G5 > We have approximately 17,000 books evenly divided between fiction and > nonfiction; more than 5000 books are shelved in 10 classrooms; the actual > number shifts as books and projects come and go. > I have approximately 1000 books in circulation off campus with students and > parents. I check books in 2 or 3 times a week > > I am constantly weeding as well as buying new books; I have a new online > catalog and have not had time to create monthly reports this fall. > > I have no ebooks except a Tumble Book subscription. I have no data bases; > students use their public libraries and other online resources. > > Shelving is a constant struggle; I count on circulation of books to reduce > the stress. > > Joan Young can tell you a little more about the Trinity Library. I am a > little bit non-traditional; and the fact that we only go to G5 affects my > responses to collection management issues. I also double, and triple stack my > older fiction books. Painful, but keeps duplicate copies in the library > rather than in basement storage. > > You are welcome to visit if it would help; good luck, Becky Zeren, Librarian, > Trinity School > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Anne Detwiler <adetwiler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > Dear All, > > I am trying to prove to my Head of School why I need more shelving space in > my Middle School library. She would like to compare our library collection > to other independent school libraries. Could you please help me by taking a > few moments to answer the following questions? I would be forever grateful! > > Thank you kindly, > Anne Detwiler, Keys Middle School Librarian > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1) How many students do you have in your school? > > > 2) Total # in Collection > > 2a) Fiction: > > 2b) Non-Fiction > > 3) e-books > > > 3) Number of Databases > > > > 4) Circulation Statistics for Sept. Oct. and Nov. > > > > Thanks again, > > Anne Detwiler > Middle School Librarian, 6th Grade Advisor > KEYS SCHOOL > p 650.328.1711 x219 > adetwiler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Lower School > 2890 Middlefield Road > Palo Alto, CA 94306 > f 650.328.4506 > > Middle School > 3981 El Camino Real > Palo Alto, CA 94306 > f 650.855.9547 > >