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LIBRARY REPORT
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Feb. 2012
Volume 12 Issue 2
Books and book clubs!
Big, Big Library News! Coming soon, a media production space! A generous grant from an anonymous donor will allow us to set up a fabulous multimedia production lab in the reference area of our library. The lab will feature new Mac desktops, a green screen, drawing tablets, café-‐style seating, and a laptop charging/using counter, and more. It will be available for independent student use as well as class bookings. We’ll be looking for student volunteers (with study halls) to help staff the area. Our Library is an app. (well, actually a mobile site) Our new practicum student, Kathie Jackson, and I have been working on creating a library mobile app. Students should be able to easily access library resources easily on their iPads, iPhones, and others mobile platforms.
Coming soon: a community-‐wide One-‐ Book-‐One SpringQield (OBOS) discussion featuring author Len Miller. The discussion of Silent Thunder: Breaking Through Cultural, Racial, and Class Barriers in Motorsports takes place on Wednesday, March 14 at 7:00 PM and will be led by Voices of Excellence students. In collaboration with the Retina, OBOS is planning a spring Family Film Night at the Ambler Theater. Proceeds will beneQit Retina and the James Taylor Scholarship. The event is scheduled for Monday night, March 26th. The title of the Qilm will be announced shortly. Andy Dippell and BethAnn Olesen have volunteered to lead the May 16th discussion of Dave Eggers bestseller Zeitoun: the true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Join us on the evening of May 16th for this community-‐wide OBOS discussion. This year our student Book Club has become somewhat virtual. Yes, we continue to host face-‐to-‐face meetings, but we also connect with Qive other high school book clubs around the country via Skype and Google Hangouts. Our last discussion was a comparison of The Invention of Hugo Cabret with the new Qilm Hugo with clubs from California, Connecticut and Oregon. Our next discussion is John Green’s new novel, The Fault in our Stars.
We’re still working out a few bugs, but for now, just visit: http://sdst.libguides.com/mobile/1552 to
open the mobile site.
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