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What I learned - Alexandria program - need for better record keeping - including data entry of resources - better promotion of resources so students and staff will use them - better communication with departments to meet their needs - review Grade Collections for each subject - need to make catalogue more accessible to staff and students - I did not know how user friendly it was - and fun too! - I want to "fix" errors in data - eg. publication dates, where are the "missing" items? - the 900 section has the most resources - it appears from the numbers (class library users) that this is because the Social Studies Department uses the library the most. This is also because the current librarian teaches two blocks of Social Studies 9 this year. - although not related to the subject area I am evaluating, the fiction section in the library is a mess - it is in 4 different parts of the library and the hard covers blend in and sometimes even share shelving, with the non-fiction section. - This is not an inviting place to read or research. - walking the stacks and shelf reading was actually fun for me - although I'm sure I will tire of it once it is actually my job. I had the same feelings I get when I am in a book store; I just wanted to sit on the floor and browse the shelves around me. - the look of our library shelves is a big deterent for students - they are not visually appealing - little books get lost among big books - books are turned so you can't see the spine because they are too tall for the shelves - how do I fix this? - library is in desperate need of better signage - even I was squinting to see the labels on the ends of the shelves - and they are only on the one end - missed opportunity with respect to First Nations resources - purchases for school without consultation - waste of money - books are too academic and sit on shelf untouched - period fiction - early Canadian authors - Susanna Moodie - //Roughing it in the Bush//, Lucy Maud Montgomery - //Anne of Green Gables (1908),// Pierre Burton, John McCrae