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District media specialist flags steep drop in high‑school circulation; officials propose phased collection refresh and staffing changes
Summary
The district’s media specialist reported a sharp decline in library checkouts at the high school and older average publication dates across the district’s collections; administrators proposed an inventory, use of a vendor collection service and adding media‑staff capacity at the high school.
Claudia Verbil, the district’s library/media specialist, told the Saint Francis Area Schools board on Sept. 22 that district library collections are aging and that student circulation — particularly at the high school — has fallen sharply over the past decade.
Verbil said the district’s collections total about 78,000 volumes and that average publication dates in some subject areas are decades old. At the high school she reported a decline from roughly 13,000 checkouts a decade ago to about 1,300 last year — a nearly 90% decrease in physical circulation.
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