Oak Park and River Forest High School Library

October 2012 Monthly Report

Highlights

Collins’s Art Foundations

“Thanks again for working with our students in the library. This type of work by Lauren really validates the effort we put in and the value of this project for Art Foundations students.” –Mr. Colllins

Highlights Attended Chicago Public Library’s “Teen

Volume” Conference where Markus Zusak spoke.

Highlights Added Orca Books (high interest books for

struggling readers) to our eBook Collection

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Meeting with new OPPL Teen Librarian

Silver/Gold HS Librarian Consortium Meeting

Discussed partnering for upcoming events

Discussed the following: Common Core in the

library Author visits Library Programming Booktalk tips Popular Non-fiction

titles

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Student Book Review: Drowned Cities

Student Book Review: Go Ask Alice

HighlightsKids Signed Up for Participation in Abe Award During Teen Read Week

“Library Resources for Teachers” LibGuide Created

Collaboration (LibGuide Created and Books Pulled)

Mark Collins’ Artist Report Penna’s Race and Discrimination Debate Goldberg’s Middle East Cultures Project Henning’s Advanced JSTOR Searching in Biomedical Research Ebsen’s Sculptors Research Project Goldberg’s Trial of Socrates Lauren Lee’s Career and College Project T. Williams’s African Americans in the Revolutionary War Research McGuckin’s Primates Project Erickson’s History of Fashion Project Dennis’s Affirmative Action Research Smith’s Bess Bug Lab Nash’s Sleep and Dreams Project O’Keefe’s Sleep and Dreams Project Tolomeo’s Cultures Project Walter’s Odyssey Salon Project Mertz’s Jefferson v. Hamilton Project

Collaboration Schwartz’s Chicago Architecture Project Booktalk for Claire Walter’s Women’s

Literature class 2 Booktalks for Ramilo’s Read 180 class Books pulled for Bayer’s scene selection in

Acting

Library Stats

Database Stats (# of searches)

Database Stats (# of searches)

Database Stats (# of searches)