We hope that everyone had a wonderful summer!
The NCHS football team helped us with a project a couple of weeks ago. As they entered the library, they greeted us warmly asking about our summers, and then one student asked, "
What's new at the library this year?" We love that he asked the question because it shows that our students expect a dynamic and responsive library program. So yes, there are quite a few new things in the library this year.
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Rams football & the Rams library join forces #strengthinnumbers |
Ms. Sheehan is our new librarian. She is coming to us from the Saxe Library. She has decades of experience teaching inquiry to students and she knocked out several awesome booktalks for sophomore English classes this week.
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A new familiar face in the library! |
Makerspace reorganization: We reorganized the makerspace following last semester's Interior Design class recommendations (thank you, Ms. Zilly!). Students were given a budget and they worked in groups to develop and present proposals. Using their recommendations, the library faculty then developed a plan for a makerspace makeover. We are very excited to see student's ideas driving makerspace workflow.
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Ms. Zilly's interior design students presenting their makerspace makeover proposals |
A new
media lab: The green screen and Virtual Reality lab was so popular last year, we felt compelled to create a second one. We hope to train student volunteers to become Virtual Reality VIPs (VRVIP, pronounced ver·vip) who can help facilitate student use of the VR equipment. If you love virtual reality and you have one free period per 8-day cycle, please ask about this opportunity!
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Biology students exploring anatomy in virtual reality |
Ms. Burns switched her office to "the other side". She is now outside of ColLabB.
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Ms. Burns in her new office |
Ms. Sheehan and Ms. Luhtala became permanent nomads, meaning that we removed our fixed desks and now have
mobile standing desks. We work where we are needed.
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Ms. Luhtala at her mobile standing desk |
THE ANNEX@ has a new face. This is a process. We are still fine tuning the default project template. We think that our instructions for the Philip II Global History project may be the model we will use for all projects. We invite students to give us feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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Library instructions for the Philip II project |
There are new procedures for getting librarian feedback on bibliographies. They follow.
We are personalizing the
booktalk experience. Before meeting for a booktalk, each student completes a questionnaire about their reading preferences. Then the librarian(s) make book recommendations for each student based on their questionnaire responses. Student responses also guide our book selection for the featured book talk, then at the end of the day, the librarians generate a circulation report for the class (just the titles, not student names). The recommendations, featured books, and circulated are then posted on THE ANNEX@ to guide future booktalks with the same class.
Here is an example.
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Personalized booktalks are documented |

Speaking of booktalks, we had record turnout for our first Somewhat Virtual Book Club meeting on September 5th. Our next NCHS book group will meet in the high school library on October 3rd at 6PM. The History of Jane Doe is our featured selection. The author, Mike Belanger, who graduated from NCHS in 2004 and teaches history at Greenwich High School, will join us live for the discussion. Please check out a copy of the book, and join us for this exciting event.
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Mike Belanger (NCHS Class of 2004) signing his book at Greenwich Library |
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Somewhat Virtual Book Club meeting on September 5, 2018 |
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