The Oxford High School Media Center had a busy September with 52 class visits and 462 book checkouts. Popular titles included books from the Hunger Games and Harry Potter series. The Kindle devices were being prepared for checkout with classics downloaded. Banned Book Month was celebrated by displaying banned titles. Collaborations included projects on cultural presentations, Iran, and a scavenger hunt to learn library resources.

1. OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER
Monthly Report for September 2011-2012
DANA BOLLE, MEDIA SPECIALIST
KIM MCISAAC, MEDIA CENTER ASSISTANT

2. September 2011 Highlights
 Our Kindle’s are getting ready to be checked out. We have had
a lot of interest by students to check them out when they are ready to go. So far we
have downloaded a lot of classics onto the devices but eventually we would like to get
most of our popular materials on each of them.
 September was banned book month in the media center and we displayed books that
have been banned somewhere in the country. Students found the information to be
interesting and read about which books were banned and why.
 We were extremely busy with class visits during September with 52 class visits to the
media center!
 Our first book order of the year came in during September with lots of student requests,
new books from series, and lots of multicultural reading materials were added for IB. A
list of all the books can be found HERE.
 We also had an immense number of checkouts during the month of September. Many
language arts classes are including silent reading into their classes and many students
are checking out materials from the media center to read!
Media Center Statistics
Class Visits:
 There were 52 class visits to the media center during the month of September; the area
with the most visits was the language arts department with 26 visits! The breakdown is
below:

3. Media Center Checkouts by Subject
Area
Language Arts Special Education Social Studies
Foreign Language Physical Education
10% 4%
15%
61%
10%
 77 classes reserved the media center computer lab throughout the month. The
department with the most visits was language arts with 30 visits, below is the
breakdown of the subject areas:
Media Center Lab Checkouts by
Subject Area
Physical Education Foreign Language Social Studies
Science Art Language Arts
19%
39%
19%
4% 12%
7%
 Teachers with the most visits: Gina Sambuchi-Black with 26 in the lab and Crystal Corbett with
23 in the media center!

4. Circulations
 There were 462 book checkouts during September by students/faculty
 Below are the Top Ten Books for the month:
September 2011 Top Ten:
1- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
2- Marked by P.C. Cast
3- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4- The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
5- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
6- Gunslinger by Stephen King
7- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
8- Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
9- The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
10- The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Collaborations
Teacher Project
Crystal Corbett LA 12 Cultural Presentations Project
Gina Sambuchi-Black LA 12 Iran Project
Paul Marfia AP World History Resources
Amy Sarris/Scott Couch Media center scavenger hunt using
online and print resources to learn how
to use the library
Professional
 Attended: Teacher-Librarian Virtual Café- Back to School Special Webinar
Submitted by: Dana Bolle 10.3.2011