1. Oak Park and River Forest
High School Library
October 2012 Monthly Report
2. 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
3. Highlights
Attended Chicago Public Library’s “Teen Volume”
Conference where Markus Zusak spoke.
4. Highlights
Added Orca Books (high interest books for struggling
readers) to our eBook Collection
5. Highlights
Meeting with new OPPL Silver/Gold HS Librarian
Teen Librarian Consortium Meeting
Discussed partnering Discussed the following:
for upcoming events Common Core in the
library
Author visits
Library Programming
Booktalk tips
Popular Non-fiction
titles
7. Highlights
Kids Signed Up for
“Library Resources for
Participation in Abe Award Teachers” LibGuide Created
During Teen Read Week
8. 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
9. 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