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Invests Strategically in Digital Resources
Leverages an understanding of school and community needs to identify and invest in digital resources such as books and ebooks to support student learning
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
2018 -allocated a portion of our Common School Funds to join the WSDLC, the Wisconsin Schools Digital Library Consortium, which is a curated and shared collection of age appropriate ebooks and audiobooks which students access through the SORA app.
-Fall of 2022 - the library has diverted funds away from some duplicate and/or under-utilized digital tools in order to subscribe to a new application called FIERO.
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
2024-2029
Align CSF allocations to district strategic initiatives
Monitor usage of e-books and audiobooks via reports
Promote to staff offerings of and usage ideas for Badgerlink databases
Evaluate databases and digital apps by use to inform future purchases
2024-25 Year in Review Budget & Resources
-Management of online resources from teacher feedback: Discontinue Learning Literature, Add Book Creator licenses and Gale In Context: High School (new English curriculum)
-Addition of student interest resources for 2025-26: Comics Plus, Craft & Hobby; discontinue Fiero Coding (low usage)
-Addition of ebook and audiobook versions of all BOMC, Teen summer reading contest titles, Battle of the Books titles
-Addition of STEAM tools for students: keyboard and ukeleles purchased (music); purchase of set of Finch robots with microbits (computer programming) ; purchase of sticker printer (makerspace technology)
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