[baisl] Re: Quick survey questions

  • From: Anne Detwiler <adetwiler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:00:22 -0800

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
> 
> 

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