lhs sept 2010
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Banned Book Week
This month we celebrated Banned Book Week with visual displays, posters and videos. The library staff engaged in individual and group conversations with students about challenged and banned books and the purpose of banned book week. Banned Book Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Book Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books
across the United States.--from the ALA website
For more details about Banned Book Week visit the following sites:
http://lhslib2007.edublogs.org/2010/09/26/its-banned-book-week/
http://lhslib2007.edublogs.org/2010/09/28/do-u-read-banned-books/
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ok5e7lf4bQ
Seniors working on project for
Mrs. Schmidt’s science class
Mission
The Larned High School Library will be an inviting, user-friendly hub providing opportunities for active, engaging and challenging learning for students and staff through various media resources, programming and collaboration. The LHS Library will provide a quality program that will enable students to be lifelong learners and enhance the curriculum and technology standards of Larned High School.
Working on online college courses available this year to juniors & seniors
LARNED HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARYSEPTEMBER MONTHLY REPORT
GWEN LEHMAN, LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST PAM FITZGERREL, LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Program HighlightsLHS LIBRARY INTERNET IDENTITY
Card Catalog: Allows students and staff to search the collection at school or home, access eBooks, renew & place holds on books--http://98.172.116.51/simple/?sessionid=1NYR545AQ36404832
LHS Library Blog: Information relating to books, technology, events, news and more--http://lhslib2007.edublogs.org/
LHS Library Facebook Page: Updates on events, programs, books and more--http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Larned-KS/Larned-High-School-LMC/221632271653
LHS Library Website: General information on library policies & procedures, programs and Teen Advisory Group--http://www.usd495.net/150620171264587/site/default.asp
LHS Library Delicious: Collection of bookmarks selected specifically for the needs of staff & students at LHS--http://www.delicious.com/lhslib2010
LHS Library Flickr: Shared photos--http://www.flickr.com/photos/socdownload/
• Assisted Freshmen English class with mythology reports on the gods and
goddesses.
• Completed the MAP testing in the library with Mr. Schiedeman’s freshmen
English classes. We had minimum library traffic during testing times; however,
we did remain open for computer check out.
• LHS Library Teen Advisory Group, currently consisting of 10 high school
students and sponsored by Ms. Lehman, established the following yearly goals:
Get students more involved in books & reading; Be more active in future
selections for the library; Generate and promote book reviews on the library
website, blog or Facebook page
• Began sorting and labeling fiction books into genre types. The following genre
sections have been completed: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery and Graphic
Novels. We hope to complete the remaining sections by the end of October.
• Creation of book bundles were started with the assistance of a high school
library TAs. Book bundles are 3 books that are bundled together based on a
common aspect, such as similarity in setting, cover images or character types.
Bundles will be placed on display for checkout before the end of October.
Data SnapshotsLHS LIBRARY STATISTICS, SEPTEMBER 2010LHS LIBRARY STATISTICS, SEPTEMBER 2010LHS LIBRARY STATISTICS, SEPTEMBER 2010
Total Circulation 575575
9th Grade Circulation 169169
10th Grade Circulation 7979
11th Grade Circulation 9393
12th Grade Circulation 6464
Other 177177
Card Catalog Total Page Hits 10461046
LHS Library Blog 2020
LHS Library Facebook Page Active Users 2727
Kan-ed Application Usage Totals 6161
Interlibrary Loan--Loaned Total 66
Interlibrary Loan--Borrowed Total 66
Filled Denied
Total Resource Requests 51 1
Desktop Computers in Library 17 0
Laptop Computers 17 1--duplicate ticket
Multimedia Cart (projector, DVD/VCR, speaker) 8 0
TV--DVD/VCR 3 0
Camera--digital & video 4 0
Other 2 0