Annual Report

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Annual Report
Irondale IMC 2003 - 2004
2
Learning Community Served

• Staff 200
• 9th Grade 446
• 10th Grade 424
• 11th Grade 401
• 12th Grade 381
• Other Students 139
• Total 1991

3
Media Center Staff

• Aaron Blechert
• Media Center Director
• Eileen Nelson
• Media Center Paraprofessional
• Katherine Johnson
• Volunteer
• London Burt, Alice Lin, Jennifer Sheaser, Nicole
  Jackson
• Student Assistants

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Print and Non-print materials available to staff
and students

• Fiction 2,453 AV Equipment 198
• Reference 2,353 Videos (VHS/DVD) 814
• Biography 2,044 Professional 72
• Non Fiction 12,682 Cultural Center 51
• Story Collection 456 Software 21
• Paperback 2,151 Periodicals 1,627
• Total 25,175

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Print Collection Information
Average Age 31 Average Publication
Date 1973
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IMC Facility Usage
Classes Accommodated 626 (3.8 classes/day
average) Walk-in Students 9,074 (51.8
students/day average) Staff Requests 496
(2.8 requests/day average) Based on 175
student contact days.
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Access to resources including technology
3 Circulation Workstations
3 copiers for students and staff

• 2 B/W Laser Printers
• 1 Color Laser Printer

Also, 4 LCD Projectors, 4 DVD Players and
software!
26 Patron Workstations
6 Subscription Databases, Web access, card
catalog
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Extra Curricular
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IN WITH THE NEW

• 20 New Books for the Cultural Collection thanks
  to a
• grant from the 621 Foundation.
• 21 New videos (both VHS and DVD).
• Several new paperback, reference and non-fiction
  titles.

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Goals for 2004-2005

• Update and enhance print collection in
  Non-Fiction and Reference
• Establish a better system for A/V equipment
  checkout
• Increase communication between IMC and computer
  lab functions
• Create awareness among staff of Media
  Technology Literacy
• standards
• Continue to support Media Center goals through
  grants and other fund-
• raising activities

Submitted by Aaron Blechert 6/7/04