This document summarizes the activities and usage of the Library Learning Center at Roosevelt Middle School for the 2013-2014 school year. It provides statistics on materials checked out, popular titles, database usage, student research projects, author visits, and programs run through the LLC including reading programs and activities. The LLC served over 10,000 visits and supported student research, reading, and learning.

1. 2013 - 2014
Library Learning
Center
Center
Roosevelt Middle School
River Forest, IL

2. This year, Roosevelt Bulldogs . . .
Checked out 10,602 items, including:
4086 Fiction titles
3036 Nonfiction titles
576 Biographies
551 Graphic Novels
#1 Fiction checked out
Wonder
#1 Nonfiction checked out
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal
the World’s Most Dangerous
Weapon
#1 Biography checked out
Knucklehead: Tall Tales
and Mostly True Adventures
About Growing Up Scieszka
#1 Graphic Novel checked out
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3. Examples of student research
with the LLC
with the LLC
with the LLCAncient Chinese Inventions
Are the Wolves of Isle
Royale Going
Extinct?
Disease Research
Elizabethan/Shakespearean
Research
Exotic Animals
Famous Francophone
Project
Ancient Hindu Gods
and Goddesses
Google Earth Explorers Human Body Unit
Nonfiction Pages
Research Project
Out of the Dust
Research Project
8th Grade 20th Century
U.S. History Research
Paper
U-505 Research
Public Service
Announcement
Revolutionary War
Artifacts

4. Student Research by the
numbers
Database Searches
Biography Reference Bank/Center 1140
Columbia/Funk & Wagnalls 1255
Health Source 4870
History Reference Center (since March) 318
Middle Search Plus 5393
Newspaper Source 5203
NoveList Plus K-8 408
Points of View Reference Center 768
TOPICSearch 4829
Subscribed through EBSCO
Citations Created 6370
Notes Created 8374
Projects Created 1429
Visits 10,934
EasyBib Subscription

5. Student Tech in the LLC
LLC Tech Week
QR Code
Student Book Reviews
LibGuides
Student research guides
created by the Roosevelt librarian!
Over 2 dozen in our first year;
here are our Top Ten
LLC Tech Bingo
Guide Name Views
Human Body Unit 3208
Elizabethan/Shakespeare 1284
Revolutionary War Artifacts 1187
Wolves of Isle Royale 1172
PSA 935
Hindu Gods & Goddesses 772
Nonfiction Pages Research 501
U-505 735
Disease Research 295
Francophone 187

6. Reading Programs
Students who read 3 or more of the
Caudill Young Readers’ Award
books celebrated and voted for their
favorites at our LLC pancake
breakfast
Dozens of 5th graders
competed in 3 Reading Olympics competitions
throughout the year

7. The LLC had 5 authors visit with students this year!
Bob Rackza
Sheila Turnage
Ken Jennings
Joan Bauer
David Lubar

8. Student fun in the LLCNot everything that counts can be measured.
Not everything that can be measured counts.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
March Madness
Can you name all the presidents?
British Invasion
LLC Tech Week
Book Fair
Daily Google Doodle Book Display RFPL Visits
Learning about & reading
banned books!
The LLC comes to you! Annual visits
to Lincoln & Willard 4th graders to talk about Reading
Olympics and summer reading!
District90 Archive Program

9. Students can stay in touch
with the LLC . . .
LLC Web Site

10. Roosevelt Middle School
Library Learning Center
7560 Oak
River Forest, IL 60305
(708) 366-9230 x8648
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