The Oak Park and River Forest High School Library monthly report for October 2012 highlighted several events and collaborations. It noted that the librarian attended a conference on teen literature, added ebooks to the collection, and met with the new public library teen librarian to discuss partnerships. The report also listed numerous student projects that the library collaborated on and provided booktalks and research assistance. Database usage statistics were also included.

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

6. Highlights
Student Book Review: Student Book Review: Go
Drowned Cities Ask Alice

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

10. Library Stats

11. Database Stats (# of searches)

12. Database Stats (# of searches)

13. Database Stats (# of searches)