The document provides the October 2010 monthly report for the Oak Park and River Forest High School Library. It highlights that new pull-out collections for Chicago materials and drama scripts were created. It also notes that author Jennifer Donnelly visited the school. The report discusses positive student feedback on assignments and projects that incorporated library resources. It provides examples of staff collaboration with teachers on class assignments and projects, including the creation of research pathfinders and resource lists. Statistics on library use and activities are also included.

1. OAK PARK AND RIVER FOREST HIGH
SCHOOL LIBRARY
October 2010 Monthly Report

2. LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS
Chicago Pull-out Collection
Created
Drama Scripts Pull-out
Collection Created

3. HIGHLIGHTS
Jennifer Donnelly visited and spoke about
her latest novel, Revolution.

4. LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS
 “When researching in
the library with my
class it helps me keep
on track as to what
sources my teacher
wants me using.”
 “It’s almost like a
treasure hunt!”
Student reaction to
assignment pathfinder:
Student reaction to
historiography project:

5. LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS
 Gave presentation on
our collection of
playaways to special
education.
 397 books weeded
from 900s
 Three Cups of Tea
display on 2nd floor

6. LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS
 Changed our catalog
appearance to Destiny
Quest.
 Started student book
reviews on the blog
 Started a book
suggestion box on the
third floor
 Created Horror Fiction
Display on 3rd floor
 “I just wanted to say
thank you again - this
is such a help - I
cannot even express.
Looking forward to the
project!”
 “Thanks for the
awesome resource lists
and wiki page they’re
great!”
Teacher Reaction to wiki
pathfinder and resource
lists.

7. EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION
 Assignment pathfinder wiki pages created for:
 Bardo
 Costopoulos – Also provided books
 Crawford – Also provided books
 Erickson – Also provided books
 Hanson – Also provided books
 Messer – Also provided books
 Nash – Also provided books
 Remack – Also provided books
 Schwartz – Also provided books
 Walter – Also provided books
 Williams – Also provided books
 Vance – Also provided books

8. EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION
 Worked in the library on definitions of racism for
Coughlin’s class.
 Worked with Collins’s Art Foundations classes on an
Artist project. Pulled lots of art books on visual artists,
sculptures, graffiti artists, pop surrealists, etc.
 Worked with Steve Goldberg’s Middle Eastern Studies
classes on selecting a topic and researching a cultural
aspect of a country or ethic group. Pulled Middle
Eastern cultures books; also demonstrated how to use
JSTOR and Project MUSE for topic ideas
 Created Turabian handout
 Refined Assignment Strategy and posted to wiki
 Attended Illinois School Library Media Association
conference and brought back innovative ideas for our
library.

9. EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION
 Pulled Italian cookbooks for Italian class
 Taught a lesson on proper citations to Environmental Science
for their population paper
 Integrated web 2.0 into Remack’s Plate Tectonics project
using Glogster. Student Example
 Gave booktalk for Ms. Blackwell’s independent reading unit
 Presented Prezi, Glogster, and Xtranormal as web 2.0
presentation possibilities for Odyssey project.
 Created14 resource lists in catalog for Odyssey Project
 Pulled books for career/college project
 Gave booktalk for Curtis’s independent reading project
 Created resource lists on the catalog for various genres for
easier student searching

10. OCTOBER STATISTICS

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