Collection Analysis Countryside Elementary 1-800-245-9540 FAX: 1-800-369-5490 Email: [email protected] web site: www.mackin.com 3505 County Rd 42 West, Burnsville, MN 55306-3804 Collection Analysis Summary Countryside Elementary Thank you for using Mackin's free Collection Analysis service. We will be contacting you to review the analysis and consult with you about free solutions to improve your collection. In the meantime, here is a summary of your analysis. In putting the analysis together, we first indicate the average age and number of titles in each part of your collection, then we compare it to a brand new "exemplary" collection that would meet size standards for the number of students in your school. You should then be able to see some of the potential problem areas in your collection and where the collection may fall short of standards. Obviously, what is exemplary for one school may not be completely right for another school, but this does give us a good starting point. You know better than we how your collection is used, so please adapt these recommendations as you see fit. The following summaries highlight the areas that seem the most in need of attention in the report on the next few pages. Please look at your report closely to determine detailed size, age and weeding needs. v With the information you supplied, we were able to successfully categorize 100% of your MARC records. v Throughout the collection, the average date of publication is 2006 or 15 years old. v The average age is 5 years older than recommended. v You currently have 24,863 titles in your collection, of which 24,858 were classified. v When looking at the overall balance of each Dewey section, additional titles needed are 261. v Overall your books per student is 34, while your goal is 15 books per student. This calculation does not include the "Unclassified" Category. v Size deficits are greatest in the 300s, 500s and 700s areas. v The oldest areas are the Reference, 900s and 500s. "Research consistently demonstrates that well-equipped, quality school library media centers with professional staff directly relate to the academic success of their students." --Keith Curry Lance, 2005 These facts may be helpful when presenting your analysis to others: v One of the primary features of the LSL program—increasing the size of the book collections—was significantly related to increased test scores. On average, each additional book per student that libraries obtained was associated with an increase of 0.44 percentage points in student test scores.¹ v Students are more likely to succeed when they have library programs that are well staffed, well funded, technologically well equipped, well stocked, and more accessible.² Reference: 1. Michie, J. S., Chaney, B. W., & Office of Planning, E. S. (2009). Second Evaluation of the Improving Literacy through School Libraries Program. US Department Of Education. 2. Kachel, D. E., & Lance, K. C. (2013). Librarian Required. 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Page: 1 Mackin Collection Analysis (Dewey 100s) Countryside Elementary District: Loudoun Contact: Countryside Elementary # of Students: 731 Your Current Collection Recommended* Differences Category Avg Age Collection % Collection Avg Age Collection % Collection Age Additional Needed* 000 Computer Science & General Works 2013 146 0.6% 2016 66 0.6% 3 yrs 1 100 Philosophy & Psychology 2006 109 0.4% 2010 60 0.6% 4 yrs 3 200 Religion 2009 88 0.4% 2010 59 0.6% 1 yrs 6 300 Social Sciences 2008 753 3.0% 2010 712 6.5% 2 yrs 75 400 Language 2005 103 0.4% 2009 109 1.0% 4 yrs 39 500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics 2004 2,414 9.7% 2013 1,372 12.5% 9 yrs 72 600 Technology 2004 1,299 5.2% 2012 547 5.0% 8 yrs 1 700 The Arts 2007 1,218 4.9% 2012 657 6.0% 5 yrs 60 800 Literature & Rhetoric 2006 337 1.4% 2010 273 2.5% 4 yrs 4 900 Geography & History 2003 1,509 6.1% 2013 714 6.5% 10 yrs 0 Total Nonfiction 2005 7,976 32.1% 2012 4,569 41.7% 261 Additional Categories General Fiction 2007 5,652 22.7% 2009 2,412 22.0% 2 yrs 0 Reference 2001 505 2.0% 2014 55 0.5% 13 yrs 0 Biography 2004 1,606 6.5% 2011 603 5.5% 7 yrs 0 Professional 2005 255 1.0% 2012 252 2.3% 7 yrs 0 Story Collection 2006 13 0.1% 0 0 0.0% 0 Easy 2004 6,145 24.7% 2010 3,070 28.0% 6 yrs 0 Media 1998 277 1.1% 0 0.0% 0 EBook 2016 1,834 7.4% 0 0.0% 0 Graphic Novel 2013 415 1.7% 0 0.0% 0 Media 2011 96 0.4% 0 0.0% 0 World Language 2004 84 0.3% 0 0.0% 0 Collection Subtotal 2006 24,858 Classified 2011 10,961 261 Unclassified Categories (not calculated on graphs) Other 2006 5 Unclassified Total Collection 2006 24,863 Total Titles * Recommendations are based on your goal of 15 books per student. 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Page: 2 Mackin Collection Analysis Dewey Breakdown Countryside Elementary District: Loudoun Contact: Countryside Elementary # of Students: 731 Your Current Collection Recommended* Differences Category Avg Age Collection % Collection Avg Age Collection % Collection Age Additional Needed* 000s 000 Computer Science & General Works 2014 83 0.3% 2016 44 0.4% 2 yrs 0 010 Bibliography 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 020 Library & Information Sciences 2007 23 0.1% 2011 9 0.1% 4 yrs 0 030 General Encyclopedic Works 2014 36 0.1% 2015 11 0.1% 1 yrs 0 040 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 050 General Serials Publications 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 060 General Organizations & Museology 0 0 0.0% 2015 1 0.0% 1 070 News Media, Journalism, Publishing 2001 3 0.0% 2014 1 0.0% 13 yrs 0 080 Quotations 2004 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 090 Manuscripts & Rare Books 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 100s 100 Philosophy & Psychology 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 110 Metaphysics 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 120 Epistemology, Causation, Humankind 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 130 Paranormal Phenomena 2008 13 0.1% 2010 15 0.1% 2 yrs 2 140 Specific Philosophical Schools 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 150 Psychology 2006 34 0.1% 2009 22 0.2% 3 yrs 0 160 Logic 2013 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 170 Ethics (Moral Philosophy) 2005 61 0.2% 2012 22 0.2% 7 yrs 0 180 Ancient, Medieval, Oriental Philosophy 0 0 0.0% 2016 1 0.0% 1 190 Modern Western Philosophy 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 200s 200 Religion 2013 5 0.0% 2010 5 0.1% 0 210 Philosophy & Theory of Religion 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 220 Bible 2000 1 0.0% 2008 5 0.1% 8 yrs 4 230 Christian & Christian Theology 2006 4 0.0% 2007 1 0.0% 1 yrs 0 240 Christian Moral & Devotional Theology 2001 2 0.0% 2008 1 0.0% 7 yrs 0 250 Christian Orders & Local Church 0 0 0.0% 2008 0 0.0% 0 260 Christian Social Theology 2015 3 0.0% 2011 1 0.0% 0 270 History of Christianity 0 0 0.0% 2011 1 0.0% 1 280 Christian Denominations & Sects 0 0 0.0% 2009 1 0.0% 1 290 Other Religions 2009 73 0.3% 2009 44 0.4% 0 * Recommendations are based on the goal of 15 books per student. 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Page: 3 Mackin Collection Analysis Dewey Breakdown Countryside Elementary District: Loudoun Contact: Countryside Elementary # of Students: 731 Your Current Collection Recommended* Differences Category Avg Age Collection % Collection Avg Age Collection % Collection Age Additional Needed* 300s 300 Social Sciences 2015 60 0.2% 2011 66 0.6% 6 310 Collections of General Statistics 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 320 Political Science 2015 46 0.2% 2011 22 0.2% 0 330 Economics 2013 39 0.2% 2011 44 0.4% 5 340 Law 2016 12 0.0% 2011 13 0.1% 1 350 Public Admin. & Military Service 2015 41 0.2% 2015 11 0.1% 0 360 Social Problems & Services 2013 72 0.3% 2011 36 0.3% 0 370 Education 2014 31 0.1% 2010 5 0.1% 0 380 Commerce, Commun., Transportation 2012 13 0.1% 2011 44 0.4% 31 390 Customs, Etiquette, Folklore 2003 439 1.8% 2006 471 4.3% 3 yrs 32 400s 400 Language 0 0 0.0% 2009 11 0.1% 11 410 Linguistics 2005 5 0.0% 2009 27 0.3% 4 yrs 22 420 English & Old English 2005 76 0.3% 2009 55 0.5% 4 yrs 0 430 Germanic Languages German 1999 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 440 Romance Languages French 2007 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic 2008 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 460 Spanish & Portuguese Languages 2004 5 0.0% 2009 11 0.1% 5 yrs 6 470 Italic Languages Latin 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 480 Hellenic Languages Classical Greek 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 490 Other Languages 2010 11 0.0% 2009 5 0.1% 0 500s 500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics 2003 55 0.2% 2014 49 0.5% 11 yrs 0 510 Mathematics 2002 64 0.3% 2011 121 1.1% 9 yrs 57 520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences 2003 124 0.5% 2015 110 1.0% 12 yrs 0 530 Physics 2001 140 0.6% 2013 60 0.6% 12 yrs 0 540 Chemistry & Allied Sciences 2006 23 0.1% 2015 38 0.4% 9 yrs 15 550 Earth Sciences 2003 275 1.1% 2011 154 1.4% 8 yrs 0 560 Paleontology Paleozoology 2008 105 0.4% 2015 88 0.8% 7 yrs 0 570 Life Sciences Biology 2004 187 0.8% 2014 143 1.3% 10 yrs 0 580 Plants 2001 73 0.3% 2011 33 0.3% 10 yrs 0 590 Animals 2004 1,368 5.5% 2012 576 5.3% 8 yrs 0 * Recommendations are based on the goal of 15 books per student.