September 2011 Monthly Report

Oak Park and River Forest High School LibrarySeptember, 2011 Monthly Report

Highlights

New Computer Classroom (294)New Book Configuration for

Reference

HighlightsBanned Books Week Display

HighlightsBooks into film/TV display

HighlightsOverDrive Digital Library Launched. Downloadable eBooks and audiobooks now available on personal devices. (Now including Kindle!)

Highlights

Re-classified Fiction SeriesPositive Teacher Feedback about

Freshman Orientation

HighlightsUpdated Webpage New Research Process Website

Updated Pathfinders

New Web Reference Page

Collaboration (online pathfinder made for each project)

• Williams –African American History Textbook Creation Project (books pulled)• Hennings –Advanced Seaching Tips for Research in Biomedical Innovation • Wise – Betta Lab• Hanson – Research Skills Lesson Soc.• Hanson – Service Learning Project and Class Wiki created• Erickson – Fashion Decades (books pulled)• Bardo – Complaint Letters• Strimple – Theatre Timeline (books pulled)• Nash – Article Analysis (periodicals pulled)• Bardo – Comparison Shopping (periodicals pulled)• Hanson – Welfare Debate (books pulled)• Bayer – Research Skills• Bayer – Phyla Safari Project (books pulled)• Hanson – Neurological Disorders Project (books pulled)• McGuckin – Primate Power Point (books pulled)• Walter – Holden Slang

Collaboration• Myers – 2 Nonfiction Booktalks• McNary – 2 Booktalks• Heider – 3 Booktalks• Gathered carts of beautiful books for the following Art classes: • Carrow – Kandinsky/patterns• Novotny – Silhouettes• Weiss – Designing Robots• Weiss – Designing Skateboard Decks

• Freshman orientation lesson for the following:• Ganschow• Lind• Walter• Blackwell

Library Stats

Database Stats (# of searches)

Database Stats (# of searches)