Session 6: Reading and interpreting WWW informationOnline ResourcesAcceptable UseCitation Technology

Housekeeping

•Your Ten Minute Teaching scores; Google Docs link to view your feedback spreadsheet

•Early feedback on websites? Send me the URL smassey@umd.edu

•Penny for your thoughts gone digital: http://lbsc642.blogspot.com/

Agenda

•Online Resources/Digital Libraries

•Acceptable Use

•Electronic reference tools

What do these things have in common?

The National Archives (NARA)

StoryPlace

Judaica

The California Heritage Collection Perseus

The Connecticut Digital Library (iCONN)

Internet Public Library

Online Archive of California

The Digital Library for Earth System Education

The Digital Water Education Library

Sailor

MDUSA

The International Children’s Digital Library

The American Memory Collection

School Library Media Center Pathfinders

World Digital LibraryInternet Archive

What is a digital library?

[A] set of electronic resources and associated technical capabilities … [that are] constructed by and for a community of users, and their functional

capabilities support the information needs and uses of that community.

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”Borgman, 1999, p. 29

[A] managed collection of information, with associated services, where the information is stored

in digital formats and accessible over a network.

Arms, 2000, p.2

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What is a digital library?

Systems: directories, e-books, online repositories, structured information on the free Web, and databases (free and subscription)

Users: social networking and virtual spaces

“Database” as generic term

The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL)

www.childrenslibrary.org

Benefits of Digital Libraries

• No physical boundary

• Round the clock availability

• Multiple access

• Information retrieval (“searchability”)

• Preservation and conservation

• Space

• Added valueWhat are the disadvantages?

Evaluating online resources

•Why provide these databases and services?

• What are the implications for our program?▫access anytime, anywhere, ▫our need to instruct on the use, ▫are they flexible to meet needs of various

learners?

Evaluating online resources

•What strategies will you use to start exploring the services?

•Do a search in ABC-CLIO. Complete the MCPS online services evaluation (available in ELMS). ▫ABC-CLIO (u: mcps, p: trials)

•Be prepared to share evaluations.

Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs)

• Describe user rights and prohibitions for use of the organization’s computers and network.

• Should include:▫a preamble, ▫a definition section, ▫a policy statement, ▫an acceptable uses section, ▫an unacceptable uses section, and ▫a violations/sanctions section.

AUPs should also…

•Serve as a legal document•Be complete•Be adaptable•Be unique to your school•Protect students•Information parents

What does this mean for SLMPs?•Teachers and librarians today are finding

new, innovative, and exciting ways to use technology to entice readers and learners.

•Can you think of some challenges that teachers and librarians may face related to their organization’s AUP as they strive to incorporate new tools into the learning environment?

Citing sources

Why should students cite their sources?

1. To see where you've already been, and prevent backtracking.

2. To let others verify your steps.3. To preserve sources that might not exist in the

future.4. To resolve contradictions, should other sources

come to light.5. To guide others in their research.

Take the plagiarism quiz!

Plagiarism quiz

Citation technology

•Tools to detect plagarism▫Educause chart

•Citation tools▫Son of Citation Machine▫EasyBib▫Citation Builder

•Research tools▫NoodleTools

TurnItIn.com

NoodleTools

•Presenter: Andrea Christman

•MLS, Univ. of Maryland•National Board Certified Teacher•Media Specialist Winston Churchill HS

(MCPS)

Thinking ahead

•Be thinking about creating a digital story. The content can be your choice. For example: an event in your life, a place you visited, a hobby or interest, a book review, something for your blog

•Bring photographs of the content.