A presentation I gave to the Library Technicians for Saskatoon Public.

2. AGENDA:
Welcome:
-Establishing our learning goal
-”Seek, Peek and Play”
-Sharing/Feedback
Closing

4. SHARING OUR LEARNING:
HTTP://TODAYSMEET.COM/LIBRARYTECHNICIAN

5. GOOGLE APP: GOOGLE DOCUMENTS/JOYCE
VALENZA AND “THE TIMES THEY ARE
ACHANG’IN”

6. SHELFARI : ONLINE BOOK SHELF
• Get account

7. IMAGE CHEF: SIGNAGE

8. COMIC LIFE

11. GOOGLE APP: GOOGLE READER (USING RSS
FEEDS)

12. NAOMI BATES: YA BOOKS AND MORE

13. ANIMOTO: DIGITAL BOOK TRAILER

14. Naomi Bates: Digital Book Trailers

15. Sample of an Animoto Book Trailer
FINDING IMAGES: CREATIVE COMMONS

16. DATABASES:

17. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM LIBRARY PAGE: LINKS TO
DATABASES

18. PATHFINDERS:

19. WIKISPACES: BUILDING PATHFINDERS

20. Ebooks
Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa,
Reading Her Kindle, After Mary Cassatt

23. • Available 24/7 if accessing library ebook on
library database (ie. Destiny Library
Manager)
• Easy to Manipulate/use
• Allow for the reader to manipulate the text
• May enhance the reading experience
• May assist students with disabilities
• May include visuals, text to speech tools,
glossaries, etc.
• May be cheaper than hard copy
(Pertaining to school library usage)

25. Ebooks Audiobooks
Wikibooks
Digital Databases

31. Resources for E-books and E-readers
For Audio Books:
Audiobook.com
Audible.com
Learnoutloud.com
Novelsontape.com

34. • What are the needs of my readers/listeners?
• How can I maximize results with limited
spending?
• Can students use their own
devices/computers?
• What criteria will I use for material selection?
• Are the databases compatible with my
operating systems?
• Which format will I use ie. Audiobook (on CD
or MP3)? Ebook?

36. • Devices may/may not be compatible
• Only 1 book per device (ie. Ereader)
• Before purchasing a computer and network
based product be sure that the product is
compatible with your library systems.

37. •Google eBooks

38. Credits
All images are copyright free images from:
Slide 9:
Kulyk, Tamzen. "Resources for E-books and E-readers." Saskatchewan School Library
Association. Saskatchewan School Library Assocation, Spring 2011. Web. 13 Aug
2011.
<http://www.ssla.ca/medium_articles/submissions/pdf/spring2011_pdf/ebookreso
urces_tkulyk_spring2011.pdf>.

52. THEMATIC ELECTRONIC DISPLAY