The monthly report from Creekview High School's Unquiet Library summarizes program highlights from December 2010, including the circulation of Kindles to students and professional development led by the librarians. It also provides data on library use, including over 600 items circulated, over 2,600 sessions on Gale databases, and over 7,700 views of the library blog. One librarian received an award while the other gave a keynote speech.

1. CREEKVIEW
THE UNQUIET LIBRARY
HIGH
SCHOOL
DECEMBER 2010 MONTHLY REPORT
Buffy Hamilton, School Librarian
Roxanne Johnson, School Librarian
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2. On Kindle Circulation
“It is amazing the school has
Program Highlights offered students the opportunity to
check out Kindles.”
Rachel, 10th grade
The Unquiet Library receives Kindle ebook gifts
from librarians across the United States and On Presentation Zen
Creekview HS faculty http://goo.gl/krDdX . and Research
Ms. McManus’s French III students learned how
to use VoiceThread for storytelling based on his I learned how to listen to others
historic French events. better. I also learned how to talk
in front of a class and not be too
Ms. Hamilton led professional development on terribly nervous. I learned that not
Google Sites for the Foreign Language many people in the U.S think very
Department. highly of any countries in Africa.
The majority of us just considered
10th grade students in Ms. Lester’s World Africa to be a poor, uneducated,
Literature/Composition completed digital tribal continent full of dirty people
learning portfolios and engaged in peer who run around in loin cloths. I
realized that we all need to be
evaluation http://goo.gl/nYfiA . more aware of things going on in
Ms. Wallace’s students performed an places other than our backyard.
impromptu choral performance at The Unquiet We should be concerned with the
wellbeing of everyone and not just
Library http://goo.gl/7rxwB
the people within our borders. I
The Unquiet Library and 9th and 10th grade think I, in particular, should be
English teachers collaborated to develop a new more aware of other countries and
materials order to support a new folklore unit try to help in any way I can. I've
heard the phrase "it only takes one
for 2011. person to make a difference" my
Demand continued to be high for Kindle whole life. But, I've never
circulation as all Kindles were checked out and considered myself to be that one
person. And I've just been waiting
a waiting list of students eagerly awaited their for someone else to do something.
turn to use a Kindle eReader. I believe that most of Americans
Ms. Johnson received Teacher of the Month for are like that. However that needs
to change.
December 2010 from Dr. Bob Eddy.
Ms. Hamilton was the keynote speaker for the 10th grade student
New Jersey Association of School Librarians
Annual Conference.
The Unquiet Library Facebook page received
over 22,000 post views in December 2010.
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3. Data Snapshots
The Unquiet Library Statistics, December 2010
Number of Class Sessions Served 60
Number of Student Visitors (Lunch 730
Hours)
Total Circulation 630
9th Grade Circulation 310
10th Grade Circulation 140
11th Grade Circulation 92
12th Grade Circulation 88
Total GALE Databases Sessions 2669
Gale Virtual Reference Library 1419
GALE Discovering Collection 300
Gale Opposing Viewpoints 164
Gale Literature Resource Center 725
Global Issues in Context 61
The Unquiet Library Blog 7732
Collaborative Lessons
Please visit our monthly report at http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/september2010 to
see the collaborative research guides created in conjunction with our classroom teachers for
December 2010.
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