OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER

Monthly Report for September 2011-2012 DANA BOLLE, MEDIA SPECIALIST

KIM MCISAAC, MEDIA CENTER ASSISTANT

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:

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:

Teachers with the most visits: Gina Sambuchi-Black with 26 in the lab and Crystal Corbett with

23 in the media center!

61%

10%

15%

10% 4%

Media Center Checkouts by Subject Area

Language Arts Special Education Social Studies

Foreign Language Physical Education

19%

19%

12% 7% 4%

39%

Media Center Lab Checkouts by Subject Area

Physical Education Foreign Language Social Studies

Science Art Language Arts

Circulations

There were 462 book checkouts during September by students/faculty

Below are the Top Ten Books for the month:

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

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