Checklist Item #5: Activities Report

The activities report infographic gave me the opportunity to play around with a new web 2.0 tool - www.piktochart.com . I've never used it before, but I enjoyed being able to design the infographic any way I liked with the help of template examples to guide you. The activities report was based on the past 4 weeks (end of Sept - present) so it was interesting to see what happens in the library over that course of time. I was not surprised to see that "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" is the most searched item in the library. Students of all ages, but especially between 2nd-3rd grade LOVE this series. I really would like to extend their reading from this series, but haven't had a chance to research similar series that work for this age group or interest level. I was surprised, however, to see that we've only had 1722 check outs this past month. I expected slightly less due to the fact that we're settling in more to the first half of this school year so I thought teachers would have most of their items. On the other hand, this high number shows me that I still play a big role in bringing awareness to teachers about new items for them. We recently ordered class sets of novels and informational texts, so I expect the checkout number to increase as teachers come in to gather these items.