Kim McIsaac

1. Oxford High School Media Center
Monthly Report for October 2011
Dana Bolle, Media Specialist
Kim McIsaac, Media Center Assistant

2. October Highlights
 Kindles are checked out: We have put almost 100 books on the Kindles,
some of them are free classics and then we have updated the Kindle book
collection with our most popular materials for students. So far we have
received about 15 permission slips with more coming in every day!
Students are VERY excited to get to use the Kindles and there is already a
long waiting list. More news to come later!
 Spooky books on display: The media center is all decorated for Halloween
with spooky or scary books on display. This is a great way to showcase
books that student may not have looked at on the shelf.
 LibGuides: More LibGuides webpages are being added to the collection
with resources for students and staff to use. These act as databases with
materials that are online, in the media center, or handouts. We try to set a
page for teachers that are doing projects in their classroom.
 Media Center Newsletter: A media center newsletter for fall 2011 will be
sent out to all the staff in the next week or so to highlight some of the
changes and new materials we have to offer like our Gale Cengage
database and the Kindle program.
Media Center
Statistics
Class Visits
 66 teachers reserved the media center for their classes during the month of
October, the subject breakdown is below:

3. Class Visits to the Media Center by
Subject
3% Special Education
8%
Art
27%
Language Arts
Physical Education
1%
Social Studies
5% 47%
9% Foreign Language
Math
 61 teachers reserved the media center lab for their classes during October,
the subject area breakdown is below:
Class Visits to the Media Center Lab
by Subject
Language Arts
3% 12%
Art
7% 36% Social Studies
Foreign Language
12%
Science
Math
27%
3% Physical Education
 Teacher with the most visits wasGina Sambuchi-Black with 20 in the media
center and Molly Darnell with 20 in the lab!

4. Circulations
 Total Checkouts for October 2011- 367 books up from 161 last October!
 Top Ten Books for October:
1- Crank by Ellen Hopkins
2- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
4- Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
5- The Lost Boy by David Pelzer
6- Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix
7- Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
8- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
9- Marked by P. C. Cast
10- The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Collaborations
Teacher Project
Amy Sarris-Reading Recovery Reading Samplings
Professional
Attended the Teacher Librarian Webinar-PD with a Twist
Submitted by: Dana Bolle 11.10.11