Library media services

1. Program Evaluation Plan Report Board of Education Meeting February 2012 Library media services

2. Purpose of the Program • The Park Hill Library Media Program provides a variety of resources and current technologies for students, staff and teachers.

3. Service Delivery Model • Media Specialists purchase books for their individual media centers based on curricular needs while remaining cognizant of content, reading and interest levels. • Central Processing receives and processes all library and textbook materials. • Each media collection is inventoried in the fall. • New textbook adoptions are delivered to Central Processing to be cataloged, tracked and sent to the schools. • Media staff receives textbooks, delivers them to the classroom, checks out textbooks to students and staff and requests textbook materials for the staff.

4. Program Deployment Status • All library and textbook materials are sent to Central Processing to be cataloged in Destiny and made shelf-ready. Materials are then sent to individual schools. • Each school maintains and organizes their collections. • Inventory results are analyzed within Destiny, a software management system, to determine what new purchases will best enhance the collection and what items need to be removed. • District Media Coordinator analyzes all collections in the spring to determine how they are meeting state recommendations and Park Hill requirements. • Textbooks are cataloged and processed to be returned to individual schools. Any materials, not currently in use are stored and delivered to schools as requested.

5. Progress Toward Previous Program Goal GOAL 1: All schools will meet DESE and Park Hill standards of currency and quality RESULTS: All schools meet or exceed a 70% currency in their Fiction, Non-Fiction and Audio-visual collections. 70% of the total collection is newer than 1997. All schools meet or exceed level 2 or level 3 standards for quantity as determined by DESE standards. Fiction : Elementary 3, Middle School 3, High School 2 Non-Fiction : Level 3 – all grades Audio-visual : Level 3-all grades

6. Goal 2: The district media centers will increase circulation by 1.5% over a five year period. RESULTS: Park Hill has increased total circulation by .43% circulating 41, 007 items in year 2.

7. Goal 3: Increase the use of technology as a means of communication and curriculum enhancement with teachers, students and parents. RESULTS: • We found that the district survey answered our questions and we are overlapping our efforts in this area with the 21st century media center task force.  At this time we are reexamining this goal as it relates to library media services.

8. Plan for Evaluation Measurable Outcomes Data Collection Methods What does current literature indicate is the future of technology in media centers. What does the 21st century media center look like and what types of resources are available at these sites. . What does an on-line media center look like and what types of resources are available on these sites. What role does the media specialist play in a 21st century media program. • Observations • Interviews • Task force interactions

9. FUTURE PROGRAM GOALS TO BE EVALUATED • All schools will meet DESE and Park Hill standards of currency and quality. • The district media centers will increase circulation. • Develop a more efficient and timely delivery of library materials to the media centers.

10. Plan for evaluation Measurable Outcomes Data collection methods • Evaluate the processes for ordering, receiving materials, processing materials and delivering materials to determine areas that can be adjusted to shorten the turn-around time from order placement to receipt in the media center. • Interviews • Observations

11. Next Evaluation Report FEBRUARY 2013 library media services