6.03+Advocacy+Project

INTRODUCTION: Read through and view the following material. Advocacy takes all forms and one often overlooked technique is the monthly and annual report. It doesn't have to be a dry summary of circulation statistics and numbers of classes visited. There are various ways to present the information at our disposal and there are very significant reasons for doing so. > > > > > > > > > > > >
 * Advocacy Project (30 points) **
 * Arkans, Joanna. "2011-2012 NPHS Library Annual Report." //NPHS Library//. 14 June 2012. Web. 5 June 2013. < http://www.edcanvas.com/lessons/LIGENwt81Wzy9Q/school-library-annual-reports>.
 * Bates, Naomi. "NHS Library: State of the Library Report April 2012." Twitter. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 May 2013. <[]>.
 * Ellis, Deeth. "End of the Year Report, Wilbury Crockett Library, Wellesley High School." SlideShare. SlideShare, Inc., 13 June 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. .
 * Gick, Sherry. "Annual Report, 2009-2010 School Year." //Book Buzz//. May 2010. PDF File. 5 June 2011. < http://sgick.edublogs.org/files/2010/06/book-buzz-FINAL.pdf>.
 * Hamilton, Buffy. “ Advocating with More Dimension to Your Monthly Reports.” The Unquiet Librarian 30 Oct. 2009. 28 May 2011. <[]>. Even though there are some broken links in this posting, consider what Hamilton is trying to say about the kinds of material she wants to include in her monthly/annual reports.
 * LeGarde, Jennifer. "School Library Marketing 101: It's About Students Not Stuff." The Adventures of Library Girl. N.p., 23 Apr. 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. .
 * McKenzie, Dianne. “ Library Grits: Importance of Creating an Annual Report.” Library Grits 27 Jun. 2009. 27 May 2011. <[]>.
 * Nelson, Cathy. “Winding Down the School Year . . .” Cathy Jo Nelson’s Professional Thoughts, 20 May 2012. Web. 3 June 2012. <[]>. Nelson’s annual report is about two-thirds the way down the page. Arrow back to the cover page (the embedded image starts on the third page) and click on the image. The report will open up in Flickr.
 * Oldham, Martha. “The LHS Library Annual Report.” Lawrence High School Library n. d. Web. 18 May 2013. <[]>.
 * Plemmons, Andy. "November 2012 Monthly Report." Simplebooklet.com. Unlimited Publishing, n.d. Web. 18 May 2013. .
 * Valenza, Joyce. “ Reports.” Schoollibrarywebsites n.d. Web. 27 May 2011. . Note that Joyce has two parts to her annual report: the Animoto section and the Issuu section.
 * Weaver, Anne. "School Library Reporting by Anne Weaver." Issuu.com. Issuu, 6 Oct. 2011. Web. 08 June 2012. <[]>. Weaver has an extensive list of reports done in a variety of formats. You will get lots of ideas from this list.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Winner, Matthew. "Yearbook." The Busy Librarian. N.p., 30 Dec. 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <[]>.

PROJECT: So, you have ALL KINDS of ideas of ways to present monthly and annual reports, which direction are you going to go for your annual report next year? You are not restricted to any of the examples above. By all means, go forth and explore -- the world (well, Google anyway) is your oyster. For this project you are going to:
 * Do a screen grab for each of the elements below and paste them into your blog or some favorite tool that can be shared with the rest of the class
 * Decide on a format for your report and discuss the reason for the format and link to two examples of reports using this format
 * What format are you going to use for your reports? Find two examples and tell me why you like this format. Are you using Animoto? Wikis? Google Docs? Infographics? Give me two examples of models you will use for your own reports.
 * Select 6 images of ideas/techniques/source/components, etc. that impress you about the way the librarian has presented the library information and is something you could incorporate in **your own** annual report, discuss the information that the component will contain and tell us how you will collect that information during the year
 * From all of the reports that you have looked at, what are 6 elements that you would like to include in your report? Way the statistics are presented? Description of reading project? Video projects? Family night? Teacher collaboration? etc.
 * Include a live Web link to the image as well as the name of the original library and librarian
 * For your 6 ideas/techniques/sources/components be sure to include a live link back to the source where you got your idea. If I am having trouble following your comments, I can see the context of where you got your example.
 * Grading
 * 8 points - image with live link back to the original source
 * 4 points - discussion of the format of your report and why you have chosen this for your report
 * 18 points - discussion of the components of the report and collection technique

When you complete your project, post a link to your on the DISCUSSION BOARD.