Library+Snapshot+Day

=The ASD Library Snapshot Day will be the week of October 17th, 2011!= Click Here for the Form to collect data

Pictures from Oct. 2011

__Plan now to participate! Why?__

 * The district is facing $30 million dollars in cuts next year, and we need to start advocating now. Several librarian positions were cut in Mat-Su last year. We don't want that to creep into our district!
 * It will make you feel really good at the end of the day when you see hard proof of everything you do (and how much your students love you)!
 * You will have amazing statistics to share with your administrator, fellow teachers, PTSA, students--//and the school board!//
 * The students will be eager to do it. They love the library too and they will want to know what you find out. Share the results with them!
 * It's actually not that hard, and it's not that much extra work. All the documents you will need are provided below. Just run them off and add a camera. Voila!
 * **Everyone needs to participate to make this meaningful!**

====__Setting up a snapshot day does not need to be hard or complicated. All you are doing is documenting what you do every day! Just follow these simple instructions, and use the forms at the bottom of this site, and you are all set!__====
 * Pick a busy day (for obvious reasons) during the week of October 17th. It does not have to be the busiest ever, or include a special event. Just an average busy day in your library.
 * Do a little bit of advertising so students and teachers know what is coming up. Put it on the announcements, in the newsletter, on your website, hang up a couple of signs, send an email, use word of mouth, etc. It's ok to advertise! Feel free to use and change the **library_snapshot_flyer** (below) for your purposes.
 * On your library snapshot day give the survey form **ShapshotDayhandout** (below) to students to fill in. This will give you good statistics on why students come to the library, plus they'll write nice things about you and your program!
 * Collect data using the **Snapshot_Tally_form** (below) on how many questions you get asked, how many students use the library at various points in the day, and how many teachers use the library.
 * Take lots and lots of pictures. Ask teachers or an administrator or an assistant to take some pictures too. Don't forget to have them take a few pictures of you!
 * Run off a one day circulation report the next day (Reports>Public Folders>Statistics-Counts>Location>Activity Summary by Date Range).
 * The next day, if you find the **LIBRARY_SNAPSHOT_DAY_survey_results** form (below) handy, you can compile your statistics there.
 * After you have compiled all of your results, please use the Google Doc form that Ann created to list all the data from your school. The document is in your Google Docs and is called //ASD Library Snapshot Day Data Collection// or it can be linked to here.
 * How do we share pictures?

Questions? Contact Nicole Roohi or Ann Morgester.