Carla Avitabile Teen and Adult Services Librarian II · Novato Public High Schools • 3 public...

CarlaAvitabileTeenandAdultServices

LibrarianII

NovatoPublicHighSchools

• 3publichighschools• 1/3ofstudentsqualifyforfree/reducedlunch• TownssouthofNovatospendupto$7,000moreper

studentthanNUSD• NoLibrarians• 2NUSDdatabases• FundsforschoollibrarymaterialsarefromPTSA• ResearchinstructionisdonebyMCFLLibrarians

Howcanthelibrarymarketneededfreeservicestostudents?

• Accesstobooks,DVDs…• Accesstoremoteservices• Volunteeropportunities• Libraryprograms

Whatifwecreatedagamewherestudentscouldgetpointsforusingthelibrary?

Couldtherealsobeadigitalliteracycomponent?

Weshouldalsoaddaresearchliteracycomponent.

IamsuremyFriendsgroupwouldbewillingtopayforincentiveslikegiftcardsandagrandprizeofalaptopcomputer.

Maybewecouldsetupmoduleswithfactsheetsandquizzes.

TeacherBuyIn

• RequireFreshmanatSanMarintosignup• SanMarin11th gradeEnglishteachersagreedtoofferextracredittostudentswhoparticipated• AllieGreenFreshmanEnglishteacherhelpedwithcontentcreation

Stats:QuickStats

• 242Studentsregistered• 100%ofregistrantsparticipatedinatleast

oneactivity• Featureddatabasegot500moreuses

comparedtothesameperiodlastyear.

TeenCommentsandWhatTheyLearned

It(thegame)wasconfusingIkeptforgettingaboutit(thegame).

Ijustdon’t feellikelogging ontoonemorething

Classpresentationsweremoreusefulthanthemodules

Ilearnedhowtododefinesearchesusing“Booleans”

Ilearnedabouttheevenwidervarietyofarticlesandpapersweasstudentshaveavailabletous

Thatevensome.edu,.orgresourcesarenotcrediblesites

Youareneversupposed togiveoutanypersonalinformation online,especiallyifyouhavenevermettheperson

Sustainability

• Teachershaverequestedaccesstoexistingmodulecontent• ThemodelhasbeenabsorbedintotheMCFLTeenSummerLearningprogram

MCFL

LSTAFunds:• GameSoftware• StaffTime

FriendsoftheNovatoLibraries:• Laptop• VisaGiftCards

MCFL:• StaffTime

LSTA

Friends

Thanks!