Iowa City High School Library Practicum Daphne Foreman
Winter – Spring 2011
City High Adapts
•WPA-Built in 1939 with many additions and renovations
•1350 Students: in Grades 9-12
•100+ Teachers, 3 Principals
Renovated Library Facility 7600 Square Feet
Study, Research Areas
2 Teaching Areas
3 Labs, 235 Computers
Library Staff Two Full-Time
Certified Librarians Two Media
Secretaries
Technology Services Staff
Tech Services Director
Tech Services Secretary
Areas of FocusTeaching and Learning with
TechnologyManaging a Well-Funded Collection
Focus Area 1: Teaching and Learning with Technology
Marketing Class: iMovie Commercials
Creative Writing Color Poem Podcasts
Creative Writing Digital Poetry Collections
Marketing Class Commercials
Students developed product proposals that embodied marketing principles and I-Movies to promote them
Creative Writing Poetry Collections
Art and Creative Expression Need Time to Develop
Focus Area 2: Collection Management
5300 Fiction Books 9500 Non-Fiction
26 Print Magazines 5 Print Newspapers
20+ Electronic Databases
Magazine Survey
Students 40 % of Student
Respondents Prefer Seventeen and ESPN
31% Read National Geographic
Teachers Few Teachers
Responded to Survey
Most Never Read Magazines in LMC
Weeding the Fiction Collection
For each volume, we examined:
Condition / Circulation History
Wilson, Award, Curriculum Collection Stickers
Related Titles, Other Editions
For each discarded volume, we ordered replacements or substitutions on the spot
Resource Lists Unite Library and Curriculum
Other Weeding Decisions
Reparable? Appropriate?
Other Management Challenges
Equipment Storage
New & Old Equipment and Supplies Pile Up
Extended Hours
Homework Club Needs a New Home
Reflections
Reflections