Do you visit the BGCA library?
Yes - 3
No - 34
How many times do you visit the library each month?
Five times or more a
month
Three or four times
a month
Two or three times a
month - 2
Once a month - 1
Hardly ever - 32
Please circle all the reasons you visit the library:
Find materials for
assignments - 6
Find materials for
pleasure reading - 6
Do homework - 2
Study or do homework
before school starts - 1
Work on projects - 3
Other - 8
If other, please
describe:
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We don’t have one for 7th-12th
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If I did, it would be for pleasure reading
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7th-12th graders don’t
use the library
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I don’t, the library is mostly for TK-6th
·
Great library for elementary not much resources
for middle and high school
·
Well, I don’t go to the library ever at BGCA so
I never visit it
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Occasionally forced to
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The library seems aimed for younger kids
·
I don’t go because a lot of the books are childish
and it is tiny
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The pleasure of reading
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I need a book because I didn’t bring one
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Reading workshop
Do you have enough time to visit the library?
Yes - 7
No - 26
Comments:
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There’s not many books for middle/high school
·
I do, but I don’t go
·
When I ask to visit the library, most of the
time I’m told to ask later (mostly for reading workshop)
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I don’t have time to go
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I’m not in study hall so there is like no time
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During snack times
·
Maybe more time to go at the beginning of
relevant classes (English, literature)
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Sometimes
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It’s too elementary
·
We don’t really have a set time we are
advised/told we can go
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Class time takes up most of the day
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The library doesn’t have materials for my age
·
At times, depends on the day and the teacher
·
Usually don’t need to
·
All the stuff there is about sixth grade level
·
I don’t even really know where the library is
When you visit, do you usually find the materials you
need?
Yes - 11
No – 24
Are there titles you have looked for that are not in the
BGCA library's collection?
Please list:
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Some of the Left Behind series
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The Giver, Lois Lowry
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It’s not even worth trying
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Certain books that have not been in there like
The Maze Runner and Hunger Games
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Harry Potter, The Lunar Chronicles, and
basically every non-childish series
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Hunger Games and Harry Potter
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I don’t know! I don’t read!
·
Hunger Games
Yes - 27
No - 10
Local public library
- 26
College library - 5
Other - 2
If other, please
explain:
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Home – lots of books
·
Electronic books
If there was one thing about the BGCA library you could
improve, what would it be?
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Better books and a better place for a library
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Little bit more middle/high school books
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Have a time to go to it
·
Open it to middle/high school
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More selection of books for high older kids
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More mature books
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Books for high schoolers to read
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Having a high school program
·
Make it not all towards little kids, maybe have
a separate high school library
·
Ours is really small. It would be nice to have
a bigger library I actually know exists
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More books for high school age
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More things for high Lexile levels
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How it is organized (shelving, etc.)
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Wider range of books
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Some newer books
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The time to visit it
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Make it bigger and give it more selections
·
Having one for high school
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The selection
·
Have resources for high school students
·
Increase high school material
·
Size and content
·
I personally believe that the library we have
is directed towards the younger classes
·
Having it for high school and using the
materials there as well
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Book variety, less kids books
·
Have books for h.s.
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Offer books for middle and high school
·
The visibility
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Computers to research
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More challenging books
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The size
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Get a library for 7th-12th
·
Maybe let 7th-12th
visit/use the library more
·
A section for middle/high Not just Jesus books,
but some kind of other books
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John Green - Fault in Our Stars, Paper towns
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Gale Forman – If I stay, Where She Went
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John Green, Kasie West, Jenny Elliott, Romance,
teen fiction, etc.
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J.R.R.Tolkien
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Adventure and Fiction
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Mystery and fiction
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Non-fiction, factual
·
Science fiction and action books or history
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Historical fiction and sci-fi
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History, fiction, and mystery
·
I like action filled books, for example J.R.R.
Tolkien, Robert Louis Stevenson, etc.
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Fantasy, fiction
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Mystery and historical fiction
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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hunger Games, Star Wars
·
I like mystery, science fiction, and historical
fiction
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Sports or planes
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Frank Peretti
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Lord of the Rings series and related titles
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Fun and exciting books
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Veronica Roth, C.S. Lewis
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Fiction, action, fantasy, mystery
·
Francis Chan, John Piper, Louie Giglio,
Jefferson Bethke, Christian Life Books
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Realistic fiction, biography
·
Anything by John Green is good. I also read
some books about Christianity
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Fiction, sometimes political thrillers
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Action
·
I prefer Jane Austin, the Bronte sisters, and
modern fiction and romance
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Fiction, adventure, biographical
·
Sports books and fiction
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Fantasy, sci-fi, fiction, contemporary,
dystopian, and high fantasy
·
Suzanne Collins, Veronica Roth, and J.K.
Rowling
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Action books, like Maze Runner but I don’t know
author
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Athletic, mystery
·
Books with more action
Who are your favorite authors?
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Suzanne Collins
·
Gary Paulson
·
Mike Lupica
·
I don’t know, but Divergent and Maze Runner –
those authors
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Suzanne Collins
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Veronica Roth
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James Patterson
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Merissa Meyer
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Joelle Charboneau
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Gena Showalter
·
Rick Yancey
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Danielle Page
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Kierra Cass
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King, Poe, Clancy, Perretti
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Jane Austen
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The Bronte sisters
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John Green
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Jennifer E. Smith
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Zoe Sugg
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Francis Chan
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Lois Lowery
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J.K. Rowling
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Veronica Roth
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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James Dashnar, J.R.R. Tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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C.S. Lewis
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Tolkien, Rowling, Lewis, Author of the Avalon
and Web of Magic series
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J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Frank Perretti
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Lois Lowery, James Patterson
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Steven Galloway
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Frank Perretti, Evan Angler
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Erin Hunter
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Jerry B. Jenkins
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John Grisham
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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John Green, Kasie West, Jenny Elliott
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John Green
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Gayle Forman
What magazines do you read?
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Popular (star magazines)
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Sports Illustrated
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Game Informer
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Sports Illustrated and Game Informer
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Kentucky Afield, Bassmaster
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RC Planes (model aviation)
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Game Informer, Sports Illustrated
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Reader’s Digest
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Clothing catalogs
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HGTV magazine, Food Network, and several travel
or crafty mags.
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Sports Illustrated
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PB Teen, Seventeen, and Home Improvement
magazines
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People featuring Hunger Games or anything of a
band
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Seventeen Magazine
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Sports Illustrated
Do you use the BGCA
library’s online card catalog?
Yes
No - 36
Do you think the library should have a website?
Yes - 22
No - 16
Do you think the library needs to provide more access to
databases for research?
Yes - 27
No - 10
Other comments: (Library resources you would like to have
or see at BGCA)
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More teen books, not all kids books
·
A bigger library with desks and seating
·
It would be good to have a library with
computer work stations
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Something to look books up on
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Computers we can use that work
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A wider selection and more than just books
·
More computers
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Laptop, iPads
·
Computers for projects (being able to rent for
projects)
·
Computers that actually work, not netbooks
We have a lot of work to do to make the library appropriate for the older students at BGCA!
I also spent quite a bit of time reading aloud to students. Our favorite this week was Pippi Longstocking. We have made it through about half of the book, and it has been so fun to see them respond to what is being read.
This coming week I should finish my hours. Looking forward to completing the course!
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