State of the Library: February Edition

Hello all,
It's a short one this time around, but you'll find several attachments and articles of interest. Happy weekend!

New Additions

There have been many recent additions to the collection, the vast majority at the request of various members of the community. You can download the list here and peruse requests for psychology classes, current issues, English, and science, with subjects ranging from Calvin & Hobbes to Jackie Robinson. We added recent speaker Kortney Clemons' biography as well as some other interest books on the military and The Paralympic Games.

We have also recently received a generous donation of fantasy and science fiction books. Visit http://library.sagehillschool.org/, click "Sage Hill School Library", then on the left click "Resource Lists", and then click the tab on the right "Public Lists" to view continually updated lists of requests for various classes (and from students!).


Featured Resources

The new edition of Independent Schools features the article Gordon mentioned in the staff meeting, highlighting schools with a strong public purpose. The library subscribes to Independent School, which is published by NAIS and publishes four issues a year. (I found the article on "They Myth of the Model Minority" in the Winter edition very interesting.) You can read the article on Sage in the current issue in the downstairs library, as it is not live on the internet yet.

Also downstairs are other periodicals on education you might find intriguing, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, which has lately featured articles on financing college and the digitization of education.

Usage
We had over 160 books go out last month (significantly less than January but still high!) and our students accessed more than 1,700 full-text articles from our various databases. Nothing to sneeze at! Check out the wiki for more detailed statistics.

Note that Oxford English Dictionary statistics aren't available for the last two months; their new statistics program is glitchy, but they promise me numbers soon!

Library Environment
We're in the home stretch for the end of the year, and the library is very busy this season. If you would like to bring your classes into the library, please give us time to put it on the calendar so we can ensure adequate coverage--and if you want some research backup, I would love to assist, so I want to make sure I'm immediately on hand! Email me with times and classes, and I'll be able to better support your projects.