march 2011 monthly report
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OAK PARK AND RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY March 2011 Monthly Report
HIGHLIGHTS
Facebook plugin now on library webpage
40+ student book reviews added to the blog and catalog
HIGHLIGHTSAll faculty, staff, and students can now log in to Destiny Quest to put books on hold, recommend books to others, rate/review books, and suggest books for purchase.
Created an All About Abe wiki (about the 2012 Abe Lincoln book award nominees) for the Silver & Gold Consortium for the purpose of collaboration and sharing
HIGHLIGHTSCreated historical fiction display
Created crime scene display
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Created science fiction display
Attended LitWorks: A Teen Read Workshop 2011 on 3/19
HIGHLIGHTS
“I love the ‘virtual browsing’ feature.”
“Really nice resource; …It's easy to navigate, and the logic seems clear. Nice!”
Faculty/Staff reaction to catalog:
Faculty/Staff reaction to catalog:
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Participated in the Huskie Underground “Power House Women” panels for students
We hosted the Spring meeting of the Silver/Gold Consortium, a group of area high school librarians.
Presented a slide show detailing our library to the Board of Education
Participated in the Web Design Committee Session on 3/8
Developed JSTOR - Advanced Searching Tips
COLLABORATION (ONLINE PATHFINDER CREATED FOR THE FOLLOWING)
Young – Slavery in World History (1450-1800) Research (books gathered)
Crawford and Holtschlag – Haitian Cultures Project (books gathered) Mertz – Speeches by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Greenstone and Lind – Afghanistan Policy Research (books gathered) Limberg – American History Research Paper (books gathered) Burns -- American History Research Paper (books gathered) Maloney -- American History Research Paper (books gathered) Farley – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Bayer – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Grosser – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Strimple – Theater Timeline (books gathered) Wise – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Messer – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Lundgren – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Smith – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) Stow – Genetic Disorders Research/Glogster (books gathered) McGuckin – Primates (books gathered) Lundgren – Bio fuels Research/Prezi/Glogster (books gathered) Hanson – Nature Vs. Nurture Debate
COLLABORATION (ONLINE PATHFINDER CREATED FOR THE FOLLOWING)
Theen – Bio fuels Research/Prezi/Glogster (books gathered) Remack – Bio fuels Research/Prezi/Glogster (books gathered) Heidkamp –Harlem Renaissance Project: Bringing Poetry, Art & Music to Life Lopez – Ecuador Project and provided instructional support Ewald – Germany City Project and provided instructional support Ewald – Wartime Destruction of Dresden and provided instructional support Dorame - Junior Theme – provided instructional support Tolomeo – Ecuador Project – provided instructional support Ganschow - Art, Poetry & Social Issues Project – provided instructional
support Race - Folleto de Ecuador – provided instructional support Sahagun - Cocinar Animoto Project – provided instructional support DiVerde - Cocinar Animoto Project – provided instructional support Young, L - Research Paper – provided instructional support Cashman - Glogster Music Project – provided instructional Ponce - Folleto de Ecuador – provided instructional support Tolomeo - Glogster Music Project – provided instructional support Lopez, I - Glogster Music Project – provided instructional support Gargiulo - Victorian England Research Project – provided instructional
support Date - Japanese City Project - provided instructional support Torrez - Junior Theme-Research – provided instructional support
COLLABORATION
Campbell – Gathered graffiti books that demonstrated font styles
Schwartz – Gathered Chicago architecture books
Myers – Provided Reader’s Advisory services to students
Palmer – Held a storytelling and craft session for SPED students on Africa
Stovall – Provided Reader’s Advisory services to students
MARCH STATISTICS (RECORD FOR CLASS SESSIONS SERVED!)
MARCH DATABASE STATISTICS (# OF SEARCHES)
MARCH DATABASE STATISTICS (# OF SEARCHES)