Assignment+Three

Citadel Middle School Library Collection Analysis


 * Quantitative Analysis **

The Collection of the Citadel Middle School Library contains a variety of materials including, general and specialized encyclopedias, audio-visual materials, fiction and non-fiction print materials, a collection of graphic novels, picture books, and magazines, as well as a variety of online resources available through the Destiny Library System's '[|Webpath Express]', and through a variety of [|databases].

The Library holds:
 * Titles: 7,208
 * Copies: 8,648
 * Non-Fiction: 5080 copies
 * Average Age: 17 years
 * Circulations this year: 7,110
 *  ﻿ Estimated value: $333,802.96



**Collection Mapping**

The following information includes data tables generated using the Destiny Library System, Citadel’s on-line public access catalog. The non-fiction part of the collection shown here includes 5080 titles,circulated 2603 times during this school year and the average age of this part of the collection is 13.6 years. The percentages in this table represent percentages of total circulation, and percentage of total collection, therefore do not add up to 100%. Titles in this area make up 36.62% of the circulations in the 2010/2011 school year. It must be said however that graphic novels, which are labelled with the Dewey decimal number 741.5 are included in this number, which has skewed the results.

Table 1. Collection Map Citadel Middle School Library



For the purposes of this analysis, I have chosen to focus on the 7 Social Studies Curriculum, Ancient Civilizations. The [|IRP]documents state that "for the purposes of Grade 7 social studies, “ancient civilizations” includes cultures up to approximately 500 CE (e.g., Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China in the Hsia-Shang-Chou dynasties, Celts, Nubia, CityState Japan), although it may also include a study of more recent civilizations such as the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Incas, North American Aboriginal societies, or the Norse." In general, books on this topic are to be found in the 900s or History section according to the Dewey Decimal classification system. This section is by far the largest area in the non-fiction print section, and the second largest in the AV collection. In the entire History section there are 1481 copies. The average age of this part of the collection is 17 years, which as you can see from the Collection Age Report above, is the oldest part of the collection, and definitely in need of weeding and updating.

Table 2. Collection Map of Dewy Number Range 900-999.

The titles related to the particular curricular focus of my analysis, Ancient Civilizations, are to be found in the 930-939 section, "History of the Ancient World". There are 296 titles in this section, which include non-circulating reference materials, AV materials as well as information books. Examining this part of the collection further we see that Egypt (932) is that largest part of the collection with 81 copies, followed by Rome (937) with 75 copies, and Greece (938) with 54 copies. Other civilizations such as the Indus Valley (934), Mesopotamia (935), and China (931) are under represented. It must be noted however that there are some further titles that (particularly on the Inca, Aztec, and Mayan Civilizations) collocated with the contemporary history of their geographic region.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">Table 3. Collection Map Dewy Range 930-939.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">Within the Ancient civilizations titles I wished to examine the part of the collection pertaining to Archaeology, in order to support PLOs relating to the skills and processes of Social Studies, using a variety of sources including artifacts. These books are found in the 930. 1 section. Below is the age of each of the titles that I found in this section through an “Enhanced Shelf List” report, a list of 16 titles. The average age of this selection of titles is 17 years. The Ancient Civilizations curriculum was last taught during the 2009-2010 school year, but 7 of these titles did not circulate during that year, or since. This small collection even includes some duplicates. There are three copies of Eyewitness guide's "Early Humans", each of which is a different edition with different call numbers, there are also two copies of Tomb & Treasure.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Table 4. Enhances Shelf List- Dewey Decimal Numbers 930.1- Topic- Archaeology
 * || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Call number** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Title** || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">**Year Published** || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">**Age**  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">**Last Date Accounted For**  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**1** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Early humans || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">2005 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">6  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/8/2010  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**2** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 ARC || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Archaeology (DVD) || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1997 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">14  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">10/16/2009  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**3** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 AST || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The atlas of archaeology || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1998 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">13  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/16/2006  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**4** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 AVI || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Dig this! : how archaeologists uncover our past || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1993 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">18  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">11/26/2003  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**5** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 BAL || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The lost wreck of the Isis. || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1991 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">20  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">5/17/2004  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**6** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 CAS || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The first civilizations || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1985 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">26  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">5/12/2010  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**7** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 CHA || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Tombs & treasure || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1994 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">17  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">3/21/2006  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**8** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 CHA || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Tombs & treasure || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1994 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">17  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">4/5/2011  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**9** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 DIN || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">100 greatest archaeological discoveries || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1997 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">14  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">4/29/2009  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**10** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 EAR || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Early humans || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1989 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">22  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/8/2010  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**11** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 EYE || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Early humans || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">2000 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">11  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/8/2010  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**12** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 LIP || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Dating dinosaurs and other old things || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1992 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">19  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/20/2008  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**13** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 MCI || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Archeology || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">2000 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">11  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/16/2006  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**14** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 MYS || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Mysteries of mankind (VHS) || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1988 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">23  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">2/3/2011  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**15** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 SAI || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The first settlements || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1986 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">25  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">5/17/2005  ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**16** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">930.1 STO || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Stones and bones! : how archaeologists trace human origins || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1994 || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">17  || <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right;">1/16/2006  ||

= **<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Qualitative Analysis ** = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">Materials in Citadel's Ancient Civilizations collections are housed in several different sections in the library: the AV, Reference, Periodicals, and the non-fiction section. = = = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">In AV the majority of materials are in the VHS format. While there are still VHS players and TVs in the school (one per team), most teachers prefer to use DVDs which they can show on projectors through their laptop computers. One of the videos is “Archaeology” from the Bill Nye the Science Guy series. This series is very popular with students and teachers in the school, so it seems likely that this would be a well-used resource. Other videos such as the Nova series 'Secrets of Lost Empires', in VHS format looks well worn. =

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Audio Visual Section: <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; line-height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; line-height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">In periodicals there is a selection of back issues of Calliope Magazine housed under the window ledge on the other side of the library from the non-fiction books. They are arranged in magazine file boxes labelled by civilization. There are no current issues, indicating that the subscription lapsed at least three years ago.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">The print resources on Ancient Civilizations show low circulation for the past year, which do not reflect their actual use. The grade six and seven social studies curriculums are taught alternately in A and B years. The Ancient Civilizations curriculum was not taught in the past school year therefore will be taught this coming year. Most teachers teach units on Egypt, Greece, and Rome, so these books generally see the most use. This is clear when looking at the titles in this section, there are several whose spines should be before students use them. In general, though, the books are in fairly good condition, despite their age. Several show evidence of past repairs. Because the ancient Rome section in particular sees use from not only the grade 6/7s and the grade 8s, this portion of the collection did circulate this year. It is also the portion of the collection that is showing the most wear. According to the grade 8 teachers, the section on Rome did not really meet grade 8 needs in that in general they cover life at the height of the Roman Empire, and does not cover the end of the Roman Empire in as much detail. While the condition of the books themselves is fair, some of the books have relatively unattractive covers and illustrations of artifacts rather than photos which may make these titles less appealing to students. These covers with their illustrations of artifacts are not as appealing as titles with photographs of artifacts.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">In addition to AV and print materials, the reference section of the library contains several non-circulating reference materials on Ancient Civilizations, including titles such as //The Kingfisher illustrated history of the world : 40,000 B.C. to present day// and //The Guinness encyclopedia of world history.//

The Archaeology section of the library was found on these shelves.

=<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary =

<span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">this year  || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"> Estimated <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"> Value || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">The collection of books for the Grade 7 curriculum on Ancient Cultures is aged and needs to be thoroughly weeded. While the physical condition of the books are largely adequate, there are several books that need to be repaired before they continue to be circulated.The major aesthetic problem with the collection is the dated and unappealing illustrations in many of the titles. In general the collection does have a good broad range of materials at a fairly wide range of reading levels. The civilizations that are the main focus of most teacher units Egypt, Greece, and Rome have a large number of resources. Other civilizations are not well represented. There is a great opportunity for these sections to be developed.
 * || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Copies || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Age || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Circulations
 * <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Total Collection: || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">8648 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">17 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">7110   || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"> $333,802.96 ||
 * <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Non-Fiction Collection (000-999): || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">5040 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">13.6 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">2603   || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"> $266,581.99 ||
 * <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">History Collection (900-999): || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1481 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">17 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">307   || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;"> $134,128.81 ||
 * <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">History of the Ancient world (930-939): || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">296 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">14 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">60   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Archeology (930.1) || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">16 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">17 || <span style="color: #009999; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">2   ||   ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Reflection: ** <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 120%;">I was only able to evaluate the collection by examining the collection directly, and by looking at various reports generated by Destiny, including age, value, and circulation. I was not able to talk to the teacher-librarian and social studies teachers, or observe students using the collection. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> In a future analysis I would like to have the opportunity to examine the collections usage patterns by students, and try to gather more information about the non-circulating and in library use of these resources, something only possible if it were term time, and also if the curriculum are under discussion was currently being taught. Using Destiny to run reports was very easy, as there are an incredible number of report that you can run, and there are many different ways that you can have information displayed. Getting to know how to use your automated system in order to generate the most useful reports must be a priority for any new TL.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Recommendation for development: The collection under examination (930-939) needs a thorough weeding, as many titles are older that the 10-15 years recommended for history books. The collection of archaeology books, as well as those of civilizations other than Egypt, Greece and Rome, need to be augmented as well in order to provide a greater degree of choice. By providing archaeological titles related to each of the major civilizations it is more likely that teachers will be able to work archaeology into their existing units, if they are not willing to develop new archaeology units. This will ensure the greatest amount of participation from teachers. In addition attention needs to be paid to Ancient Rome in order to ensure that this subsection meets the needs of grade 8 teachers as well as those of grade 6/7 teachers.