Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Staff
Hours: 7:00 – 3:00 Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fri. & 7:00 – 2:30 Thursday.
1 part time librarian
1 full time librarian: neither librarian has a planning period.
We currently do not have an instructor III or clerk.
Manual Information
Manual has a student body of approximately 1950 students.
Magnets include: MST (Math, Science, and Technology), Visual Arts, Youth Performing
Arts, Journalism and Communications, and High School University.
We have a self-contained ECE unit as well as mainstreamed ECE students.
We have an ASL department. I have one of the deaf students as a student aide and have
become acquainted with the deaf community and their specific needs. FYI: deaf students
prefer the term, ‘deaf’ rather than, ‘hearing impaired’.
Library Usage
71,388.00 student library visits via classes, study skills with notes, lunch sessions, and
before and after school were documented. This means on average, we had between 400 to
600 students a day visiting the library depending on the schedule.
The library is an alternative to the cafeteria during all five lunches. We average between
100-120 students a day during third block just from, ‘lunch’ students in addition to the
regular study skills students and any classes scheduled.
Crimson Hour: during randomly held, ‘Crimson Hour’ sessions students may come to the
library if they reserve space in advance. Crimson Hour is an hour of flexible time in the
building in which students may flow freely between teachers, cafeteria, library, etc.
435 classes were held in the library.
2297 were checked out. Students prefer online databases for research. The preponderance
of books checked out were fiction. That information to follow.
Funding
28,000.00 A combination of student library fee (5.00), regular budget funds, and an extra
dollar amount second semester allocated by administration.
The student library fee includes the following for all students: free printing services
including color, photocopier use, lamination, spiral binding, general supplies. I also do
not charge overdue fees if books are returned rather than lost. I have found that my
overdue list decreased as a result by avoiding the stigma and fear of charging late fees.
Communication
Mrs. Causey created a library Twitter page to reach more students in an effective social
media format.
Remind.com – I created a text alert profile using remind.com that students may subscribe
to for library information, updates, and schedule/hours changes.
Website: I created a library web page for students and faculty with electronic resources,
tutorials, and music for relaxation and study time. The website was designed as a,
‘mobile library and research center’. www.manuallibrary.weebly.com
Regular communication via email with faculty and staff regarding local events and
library updates including: Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education, U of L Diversity
Program, free audiobook access online information, library schedules and activities, etc.
I provide hard copy flyers with information that I am not allowed to publish online such
as ID and password information for online databases such as KYVL and flyers with
tutorials and usage tips for said sites as well as free online test preparation links.
Students are provided information in casual seating areas related to self-help and crisis
management information such as suicide hotline information, etc.
Y-Club students received service hours for providing help in the library during end of the
year closing storage and cleaning.
The mission for the duPont Manual Library is to maintain what we have diligently worked to
create which is a high school library that is a microcosm of the larger public and college
libraries. It is a home away from home for many students. We work to cultivate a sense of
ownership and belonging for our kids…with rules of course….and found that we have our,
‘regular’ students that visit each day. Most of the students come from study skills classes, but we
do have a large number of students who come to the library in lieu of the cafeteria during lunch.
The library is heavily utilized and an integral part of the students’ school day. A soon to be
graduating senior came to say goodbye and told me that the library is the biggest resource for
Manual students and in fact, a home base.
Holly McCullough
Christie Causey