1. School Library Websites
Excerpt from Technology for the School Librarian:
Theory and Practice
Presentation By Cathryn Dozier

2. Tough Questions, Many
Suggestions
 First stage: Why are we here?
 Second stage: User centered
digital library
 Final stage: School library web
page allowing personalization

3. How to Create a Library
School Web Page
 Choose a
program that
allows the
creation of fully
integrated
websites.
 Use web
creation
software.

4. Web Design
 Professional, attractive, and
informative
 Basic information easy to find
 Mission does not have to be first
 No generic clip art; standard
font
 Easy to read and use; up to
date

5. Web Page Design
Dimensio
Factual and Conceptual
Procedural Metacognitive
Consider this
about images
 Take time to
download
 Take time to
create
 Text may not be
changed; can’t
be copied or
pasted

6. Website Design Errors; Or, Ugh,
What an Ugly Site
o No frames or bleeding edge
technology
o No scrolling marquees
o No orphan pages
o No long scrolling pages
o No nonstandard link colors

7. Web Design and the Law
o COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
o 1. Right to reproduce the copyrighted
work
o 2. Prepare derivative works based
on the work
o 3. Perform the copyrighted work
publicly
o 4. Display the work publicly

8. What Should be on a School
Library Web Page?
o Online public access
catalogs
o Reference resources
o Reference assistance
o Literacy materials and
general information

9. Revising or Redesigning Your
Website
o Guidelines
o Create a standard template
o Use what users want
o Check text information
o No generic clip art
o Monthly dynamic information

10. Intranets
 Eliminate paper work
 Create best practices
 Can allow blogs
 News outlet

11. Glossary Terms
1.Create- To make
2. Website- Created on the web
3. Design-Format
4. Law- Something that must be followed
5. Questions- Items that are answered
6. Intranet- Website created by school district
7. Revise- Change
8. Access-Obtain
9. Online- On the computer
10. Materials-Media

12. Response to Questions
 3 websites (good)-User friendly
 http://mashable.com/2012/06/16/world-at-work-12/
 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le700
 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le700
 3 websites (bad)- The listed websites had unnecessary
designs, had broken links, and they took a long time to
download
 gatesnfences.com
 wateronwheels.com
 as-grafixs.de
 SCHOOL LIBRARY WESITE
 http://www.spauldinglibrary.org/

13.  Summary
 The school library web page
and school library website were
discussed. Several books and
this section outline items that
should be included in both the
website and the web page. A
digital library has a wide range
of electronic resources and
materials.

14. URLs to Support
 http://www.motherofgeeks.com/SLM
 http://
krueger.uni.iowapages.org/tutorial.h

15. Other Resources
 Learning and Leading With
Technology
 The Accidental Systems Librarian
 Tech Trends