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Mesquite ISD librarians report millions of digital searches, hundreds of thousands of checkouts
Summary
District library services reported 6.9 million digital searches, 647,597 items borrowed, thousands of teacher collaborations and learning sessions, and new district programs including summer reading initiatives and library share cards for all students.
Emma McDonald and Lauren Jones presented the library services effectiveness report, highlighting usage and program metrics and describing librarians’ roles as instructional partners, information specialists, program administrators and campus leaders.
"This year, librarians engaged in 4,161 collaborations with teachers resulting in a variety of lessons and activities connected to the curriculum and classroom instruction," Lauren Jones said. The presentation included usage figures: 6,900,000 searches on digital resources and 647,597 print and digital items borrowed by staff and students. Staff also reported 37,048 physical items added to campus collections and district programs including Mesquite Reads and a district summer reading program where students logged 2,018,150 pages so far.
Presenters described family engagement efforts such as library share cards for every student, events that distributed 5,000 books to families over two years, and outreach to take students to the North Texas Teen Book Festival. Trustees thanked staff for the report and noted the libraries’ role in supporting literacy and SEL on campuses.
