Barret Annual Reports: 2016-17

*The year started out with an inventory of the library on August 12, 2016. The information gathered was used to cross check the collection and identify any lost items.

*From September until March 2017, I weeded/discarded non -fiction material that was outdated or worn out.

*We have had two book fairs. The first was Scholastic, It was November 14- 18, 2016. The second book fair was the Barnes Noble book fair on March 3 through March 5, 2017.

* This year at the Barnes & Noble book fair, we had student spot light events. The cast of the drama club performed scenes from the Dr. Seuss and Emily Lancaster sang in the cafe.

* On April 12, 2107, there was a special Pop-Up book fair at Barnes and Noble with a guest author Rebekah Gregory (a Boston Marathon bombing survivor)

Money is budgeted for supplies, A.V. Equipment, magazines, and books.  The library purchases twenty magazines. These are used for teaching supplements and student leisure reading. Books are purchased through Perma Bound and Jr. Library Guild. Jr. Library Guild books are highly reviewed and curriculum related.  It includes a History, Science and Social Studies book.  The rest of the books fit into a genre category such as “mystery, fantasy, etc.”  It is a set of twelve books that come monthly to the school. Perma Bound books have library binding, which handles the high use. The PTSA donates to the library to buy books. The last two years that PTSA money has been spent on Nonfiction curriculum content books.

At the Barret Library: we have a computer lab with 32 work stations and 10 Nooks. Technology is used for CITTS, Moby Max, Web Quests, student research, citation & copyright laws, Microsoft Office, KET EncylcoMedia, and e-Hub (Perma Bound eBooks) online books data base.