The media center monthly report for March 2014 at Harris County Carver Middle School summarizes several activities: - 50 new books were added to the collection, including 32 fiction titles, 15 biographies, and 3 reference books. - Phase one of promoting e-books was completed through posters around the school and a display outside the media center. - Several classes collaborated with teachers on topics like cyberbullying, author's purpose, and copyright/citing sources. - The circulation report for March shows the top circulating materials were in the 000-999 and fiction sections, making up 23.03% and 66.24% of circulation respectively.

1. Media Center
Monthly Report
March 2014
Harris County Carver Middle
School

2. New Books Added to the
Collection
 Total of 50 new books added
 32 Fiction titles
 15 Biographies
 3 Reference

3. Promotion of e-books
 Action plan part one is done for the promotion of
e-books.
 Posters have been placed around the school
 An instructional display is located outside the
media center.

4. Student Work around Media
Center

5. Collaboration with Teachers
Class Description Date Teacher
Cyperbulling NLS: Standard 3 – Observes netiquette
conventions when communicating electronically
using modeled techniques.
3/18
3/20
McCall
Barnes
Author’s Purpose ELA7&8W1, 7&8W2, 7&8W4
d. Recognizes and traces the development of the
author’s argument for and against an issue.
e. Identifies evidence used to support and
argument.
h. Identifies and analyzes how an author’s use of
words creates tone and mood, giving supporting
evidence from text.
3/24 Attaway
Copyright/Citing
Sources
ELA7W3 The student uses research and
technology to support writing. The student uses
electronic media to locate relevant information.
L6-8RH1: cite specific textural evidence to
support analysis of primary and secondary
sources.
L6-8WHST8: Gather relevant information from
multiple print and digital sources, using search
terms effectively; access the credibility and
accuracy of each source; and quote or
paraphrase the data and conclusions of others
while avoiding plagiarism and following a
3/25-
3/28
Darbe, Drew,
Mabry

6. Circulation for March
Main Types of Media Count Percentage
000-999 458 23.03%
Fiction 463 66.24%
ELT/Class set of novels 7 1%
CD/Cassette 1 0.14%
Flashdrive 10 1.43%