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A brief PPT on bringing a school library online. Includes benefits, partnering with public libraries and teachers, and being where your students are.
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BUILDING THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL LIBRARY
Kris KenneyOnline Services Coordinator
Schaumburg Township District [email protected]
ELECTRONIC vs. PRINT
Buy materials online when possible, you need to be where your
customers are.
78% of middle and high school students use the Internet but the most Internet-savvy among them complain that their teachers don’t use the Internet in class or create assignments that exploit great Web material. “Online teens say their schools don’t use the Internet well” Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2002
TYPES OF E-RESOURCESappropriate for schools
Encyclopedias
Magazines
Literature Criticism
Hot Topics
Reference Books
Test Preparation
Language Learning
BENEFITSof electronic resources
Save on shelf space
Updated more often than books
Ability to email/save, no photocopying
More reliable than a web search
Enhanced features: audio, video, images, citation creators, rss feeds, folders
REMOTE ACCESS
Access from home, from phone, from work, from grandma’s house, from computer lab, from where ever there is a computer with Internet access.
BUILD PARTNERSHIPSwith your local public library
Check out their subscriptions – don’t duplicate
Find out if a discount is applicable because the library has a subscription already
Add a link to the library resources from your school library site for the convenience of the students.
Invite the local library to specific school activities
Work with the teachers to provide curriculum to the local library
WORK WITH YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY
Work with a contact at the local public library who is interested in working with the schools
Ask the public library to offer a scavenger hunt to help students learn to use the library.
Ask the public library to offer curriculum specific classes in the evenings when students can attend
Help promote public library classes being offered to students
Work with teachers to provide extra credit for work done in the public library
LIBRARY SYSTEMS
Check with your local library system for discounts
Look into Library Partnership Trust Check with other states who may offer
discounts
WHAT WEB 2.0 CAN DO
Free
Builds a discussion
Builds creativity
No experience needed
WEB 2.0 IDEAS
Build a blog for book reviews, assignment alerts, promote new resources, ‘help’ topics, video tutorials
Go where your students are: MySpace, FaceBook, Flickr, YouTube
Use Glogster, Flickr, Animoto or other creative sites to hold contests.
For more ideas try GO2WEB20
PUT YOUR LIBRARY ON FBand add your own content
ARE YOU ACCESSIBLE?
E-mail IM/Chat Texting
ELECTRONIC RESOURCESmake them inviting and accessible (24/7)
SCHOOL WEBSITEmake sure the library has a presence
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