Oak Park and River Forest High School LibraryFebruary 2012 Monthly Report

HighlightsAdding LibGuides next year to

improve upon our highly utilized assignment pathfinders

Adding Gale Virtual Reference Library next year to shift to more

digitized reference materials.

HighlightsBook Club Meeting

Highlights

Nooks Fully Processed Nooks Cataloged

Highlights• Silver & Gold High School Librarian Consortium Meeting• Discussed OverDrive, Common Core impact on school libraries,

and librarian evaluations.• Ms. Blackwell’s class - Abraham Lincoln Book Award voting

party • Black History Month Book Display

Collaboration (Pathfinder created and books/materials pulled for following)

• Tyrone Williams – 2nd Semester Research Paper• Emmanuel Pena – Sept. 11th Debate• Dan Greenstone – Sept. 11th Debate• Dana Limberg – Immigration Policy Debate• Katie O’Keefe -- Immigration Policy Debate • Jessica Young – Slavery in World History Research• DiVerde – Cultures Glogster Project• Strimple – Monologue Selection• Strimple – Theatre Timeline Project• McGuckin – Primates• Bardo – Comparison Shopping• Hanson – Welfare Debate• Nash – Magazine Article Analysis• Bayer – Genetic Disorders Glogster Project• Dorame - Junior Theme 2012• Fox - The Crucible - Motif Project• Donatucci - African American History Month Project• McNary - Junior Theme• Bell - India Project

Collaboration• Hanson – 2-day Research Skills Lesson• Bardo – Complaint Letters• Hanson – Service Learning Project• Strimple – Acting Resumes• Stovall – 2 booktalks• Heider – 3 booktalks• Carts of books taken to the art classrooms for sources of

inspiration• Lindy Novotny’s student teacher (Carolyn Mullany) for “Found

Objects Sculptures”• Steve Weiss for “Robot Design”• Lindy Novotny’s student teacher (Carolyn Mullany) for “Painting in

the Style of Kelinde Wiley”• Steve Weiss for “Designing Skateboard Decks”

Library Statistics

Database Statistics (# of searches)

Database Statistics (# of searches)

Database Statistics (# of searches)