Bathgate Educational Complex Library Report ~ November/December 2011

Educators Evening Beyond Planet Earth

New Visions Campus Librarians Network The Campus Librarians Network meeting was on December 14, 2011. During the meeting, we worked collaboratively to align the Danielson Librarian rubric with the School Library Services Reflective Practice rubric. Additionally, we reviewed the Best Websites for Teaching and Learning created by the American Association of School Librarians. Lastly, we focused on the NYC Information Fluency Continuum alignment with the NYS Common Core States Standards in literacy. Our next meeting is on January 25th, 2012. Winners for the eReader grant will be announced at this meeting. Educator’s Evening @ AMNH Several times throughout the year, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) organizes an evening, presenting their new exhibit, just for teachers. This evening celebrated Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration. The exhibit speculates on our next steps into the solar system. The event is free and AMNH is an amazing resource we can use throughout the year. It was great to see teachers from AMS and MHBX at the event as well. Website Updates The library website (tinyurl.com/bathgatelibrary) has updated links for the following

• Student Research and Databases • College and Career Resources • AMS Literature Blog

REACH grant We submitted a Library REACH (Revitalizing Education for Adolescents and Children) grant. This grant will provide the winners (hopefully us) with $10,000 to update our Library Management Software and buy new desktops. We will find out if we received the grant before the end of the January. Library Closing The library is closed from 2:10- 2:55. Students should not be in the library, with or without a teacher, at this time and classes will not be scheduled. This is the only recovery (restocking shelves, circulation, cataloguing, computer maintenance) time built into the schedule.

Enjoy all you have while pursuing what you want. ~ Jim Rohn

Circulation stats - 462 books Computer Usage -834 VPA Classes – 11 AMS Classes – 14 MHBX – 12