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Welcome...
to the Internet home of the RBHS Library and Instructional Technology Department. Our staff is dedicated to supporting Riverside Brookfield’s students and faculty in the educational process. Our mission is to help everyone to find, use, and share information in a wide range of formats – print, video, digital . . We are teachers who challenge students of all types – high school students, RB faculty and staff, and adults in the community – to read a book for enjoyment or for information, to try a new kind of reference search, to learn a new software tool, and to search for new ways to share their learning.
                                                          Doreen Fritz, Department Chair

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Library News/Events

Journalists visit RB for National Library Week      Mary Schmich and Rick Morrissey, two noted Chicago area journalists, came to talk with students about their jobs, the changing world of journalism, and their own history of writing for pleasure and profit. They met a group in the library and then visited a journalism class.

Activate your Library Account   NEW this year! You can create your own account in our school library program (Follett Destiny), which will enable you to track your own checkouts, check to see if you have any fines, place a hold on a book (request it), or write reviews of books. All freshmen will set up their account during their library orientation. All other students may receive instructions in any computer lab or the library.

Blogs about Books   Both of the library media specialists have blogs. Check them out!

Mrs. Fritz's --  RBHS Booktalk
Mrs. Duell's -- Bulldog Banana Bread Blog

Reading Initiatives  The library is participating in the Abraham Lincoln Award, which has a list of recommended books. Students read four books from the list, and then simply votes for their favorite. These books are displayed prominently in our library.

The Bulldog Book Club, for faculty, staff, and retired employees of RB meets in the Library on the 3rd Thursday of each month (with some exceptions) at 3:15 p.m. Come and join us for a lively discussion of books selected by the members -- what do YOU want to read and discuss with colleagues?

August 17 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
     meet at Charlene Krueger's house at noon

September 16 - A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True, by Brigid Pasulka     meet at 3:15 in the library

October 21 - A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick
     meet at 3:15 in the library

Click HERE for a running list of books we've discussed in the past. This is a good start when you're looking for a good book to read.

Technology News/Events

Computer Lab Reservation Guidelines   Our five main computer labs are in high demand, and so we must limit how you can reserve a lab for your class. PLEASE sign up no more than one month in advance. And reserve no more than three (3) days in a row, and no more than five (5) days within a 2-week period. We hope that this new policy will minimize the frustrations that many of you have expressed.

Video Request Form
To use videos from YouTube, Google Video, etc. in your classroom, download and complete the attached form, and then give it to any of the computer lab assistants (Karen Padgen, Gini Jobin, or Noelle Bajohr). Within a day or two you will have your videos downloaded from the web and ready to use with your class.


The Technology Committee meets at least semi-annually.  Each  curricular department is represented. The committee brings together ideas and feedback about the current and ideal technological learning environment in order to plan for the future and solve current problems.  Make sure that your voice is heard!  For a list of Tech Committee members, click here.

UPDATE - The new 3-year Tech Plan was approved in May 2009.

Archived issues of Media Musings, the newsletter of the Library Media Department

May 2007

September 2007

November 2007

February 2008

May 2008

September 2008

January 2009

March 2009
    
(List of new materials)

 

November 2009
      (List of new materials)

February 2010
      (List of new materials)

Moraine Valley Information Literacy Summit: Alicia Duell Presentation

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