Reference Librarian's Annual Report 2000-2001 School Year

B.M.C DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL
KEELEY LIBRARY-- REFERENCE
ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARY 2000-2001

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http://www.fredtv.org/constant/
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https://janeconstant.tripod.com/

CLASSES VISITING THE LIBRARY FOR PROJECTS OR ORIENTATIONS:

380 CLASSES involving approximately 7,500 STUDENT VISITS

Note: The number of class visits increased by 98 from last year, Since implementation of realigned curricula, use of the library reference area has started to increase Some classes visited more than once for the same project. Overview.pdf file

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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM RELATED ACTIVITIES

FORMAL INSTRUCTION and LIBRARY INSTRUCTIONAL WEB SITE	Revision of Powerpoint slide presentation and mounting of Powerepoint slides on Keeley Library Instructional Web Site.(see online catalogs) Orientation handouts revised in September for WebCat online catalog, and again in February for newer Ibistro online catalog. Directional signs and posters created for new online catalog and Scholastic program. Setup of online database links from new online catalogs to vendors Orientations to all Freshman English classes. Instruction (pdf file) as needed to groups working on class projects, and individual instruction and assistance to students. Preparation of Instructional Guides for classes working on projects. See also Additional History Resources Page Creation of additional Pathfinders/Topic Guides for content and for thinking skill activities and addition of these to the web site. Each guide includes both in-house and web resources. Continual maintenance and revision of Keeley Library Instructional Web Site Mounting of Instructional Web Site on the Fred TV Server in May, and creating referring links from Massed.net, its former home. Reinstalling the Keeley Library Web Site on the Massed.net server in June, when the Fred TV server went down, so that the Assessment Center might have it for workshops on curriculum templates at the end of June. Book collections for U.S.History projects placed on reserve each week.
READING PROGRAM: Scholastic Reading Counts & Alert Reader	Program update installation, and entering of student data New books entered into database. Note: Since Block Scheduling and MCAS, use of this program has decreased considerably, probably because teachers are spending more time covering content in class. We have a site license.See Scholastic.
Project Planning with teachers:	Information provided about available resources to Mr. Carey, Mr. Perry, Mr. Peloquin, Mrs.Sisson, and other teachers planning new units or activities.
Library Faculty Guide	Faculty Guide revised twice to show both changes to our new online catalog, and mounted online on our Teacher pages section of our online catalog expanded with pages for inclusion, etc. Video List revised and mounted on the Instructional Web Site. 1,000 titles listed.
Self Study Activities	Library curriculum created and mounted on Keeley Library Instructional Web Site.
Cooperation with Assessment Center in Curriculum Revision	Additional Thinking skills guides created for Assessment Center Rubrics web paged added to library instructional web site. These sources were used by the Reference Librarian during the 1999-2000 school year to provide rubrics to the Assessment Center for curriculum templates. Additional Online list of student content and performance objectives and supporting library resources created for each revised curriculum template: Note:Over 56 additional guides were created and mounted on our Keeley Library Instructional Web Page this year.
Research for Teachers:	Regular assistance to individual teachers with research for graduate classes, etc.

TEACHERS WHOSE STUDENTS USED THE LIBRARY FOR PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
We've included those who have scheduled classes into the library and also those whose students have come to us for help with projects. We apologize to any teacher we may have omitted.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Mrs. Donnelly, Mr. Conforti, Mr. Mcdonald, Mr. Carey, Mr. Perry, Mr. Dimock, Mrs. Donnelly, Mr.Ozug, Mr. Correia, Mr. Madeiro, Mr. Martini, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Desmarais

ENGLISH including
Freshman Library Orientations and Scholastic Reading Counts Mrs. Regan, Mrs. Beaulieu, Mrs. Cote, Ms. Amarello, Mr. Tavares, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. Furtado, Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs. Patterson, Mr. Rocha, Mr. Quinn, Ms. Amarello, Mr. Byron, Mrs. Collins, Ms. Assad, Mrs. Marchand, Mrs. Rivard, Mrs. Estrella, Mr. laureano, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. Chouinard, Mrs. Beaulieu, Mr. Medeiros, Mrs. Collins

SCIENCE/MATH/
ENGINEERING Mr.Taylor, Mr. Boyle Mrs. Faris, Mr. Powell, Mr. McKinnon, Mrs. Sisson, Ms. Johnson, Mrs. Mitra, Mr. Bullock , Mr. Mendonca,

HEALTH/PE: Mr. Peloquin, Mrs. Cristafulli,

WORLD LANG.: Mr. Roderick, Mr. Tremblay, Mr. Melo, Mr. Grillo, Mr. Quinn, Mrs Mateus

VOC./HOME EC./
BUSINESS/NAV: Mrs. Shea, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs.Driscoll, Mrs. Cabuccio,

ART/INDSTRIAL ART/
IMC/TV Mr. Gagnon, Mrs. Brough, Mrs. Gaudette,
Mr. Oneill's classes

SPECIAL Mrs. Souza, Mrs. Quintal, Mrs. Madeiro, Mrs. Dunse,

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Jane Constant, Reference Librarian from September, 1978 to June, 2001 Position eliminated in May, 2001.

SOCIAL STUDIES:	Mrs. Donnelly, Mr. Conforti, Mr. Mcdonald, Mr. Carey, Mr. Perry, Mr. Dimock, Mrs. Donnelly, Mr.Ozug, Mr. Correia, Mr. Madeiro, Mr. Martini, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Desmarais
ENGLISH including Freshman Library Orientations and Scholastic Reading Counts	Mrs. Regan, Mrs. Beaulieu, Mrs. Cote, Ms. Amarello, Mr. Tavares, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. Furtado, Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs. Patterson, Mr. Rocha, Mr. Quinn, Ms. Amarello, Mr. Byron, Mrs. Collins, Ms. Assad, Mrs. Marchand, Mrs. Rivard, Mrs. Estrella, Mr. laureano, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. Chouinard, Mrs. Beaulieu, Mr. Medeiros, Mrs. Collins
SCIENCE/MATH/ ENGINEERING	Mr.Taylor, Mr. Boyle Mrs. Faris, Mr. Powell, Mr. McKinnon, Mrs. Sisson, Ms. Johnson, Mrs. Mitra, Mr. Bullock , Mr. Mendonca,
HEALTH/PE:	Mr. Peloquin, Mrs. Cristafulli,
WORLD LANG.:	Mr. Roderick, Mr. Tremblay, Mr. Melo, Mr. Grillo, Mr. Quinn, Mrs Mateus
VOC./HOME EC./ BUSINESS/NAV:	Mrs. Shea, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs.Driscoll, Mrs. Cabuccio,
ART/INDSTRIAL ART/ IMC/TV	Mr. Gagnon, Mrs. Brough, Mrs. Gaudette, Mr. Oneill's classes
SPECIAL	Mrs. Souza, Mrs. Quintal, Mrs. Madeiro, Mrs. Dunse,