Using Your School Library Website in Instruction

Using Your Library Website in Instruction Kenya Arrants Madrid Community Schools [email_address]

Create a Website FOR Instruction
What are your goals for your website?
Promote your library
Information
Collaboration
Share student work
Curriculum support
Instruction
Overall Goal: Help students learn & teachers teach

Design
Visit other school library websites
Clean & simple
Considerations:
Audience
Navigation
Images
Language/text
School library websites:
School-Libraries.net
Libraries on the Web http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/usa-special.html
Resources for School Librarians www.sldirectory.com

Redwood High School http://rhsweb.org/library/

University Laboratory High School http://www.uni.illinois.edu/library/

Thomas Dale High School http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/schools/dale_hs/library/virtlib/media.htm

Grandview Library http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/

Audience
Students
Teachers
Administrators
Parents
Jakob Nielsen, “Usability of Websites for Teenagers”

Crystal Lawns Elementary http://www.learningcommunity202.org/crystal/lc.htm

Navigation
Website should be easy to navigate:
Clearly marked
Consistent
Organized

Springfield Township High School Virtual Library http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/

Walter Reed Middle School http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Reed_MS/Library/index.html

Images
Use photos rather than clipart
Change as often as possible
Limit number of images and other effects
Take longer to download
Communicate an idea
Copyright/privacy issues

Esquimalt High School http://esquimalt.sd61.bc.ca/Pages/Library/Library.htm

Language/text
Use easy-to-read font
Age-level appropriate
Terminology
Best practice:
Avoid confusing terms
Use natural language
Be consistent

Odin Jurkowski, “School Library Web Site Terminology”
Best terms:
Books (NOT OPAC or library catalog)
Articles (NOT Databases)
Internet Sites OR Internet Research (NOT Web sites, Reference Links, or Research Resources)
Bibliography Guide OR Citation Help (NOT Citing Sources)

Content
Library information
Resources
Teachers
Instruction
Common features on school library websites (Jurkowski, “School Library Website Components”):
Website links 79%
Databases 76%
Policies 47%
OPAC 35%
Websites by subject 35%
Awards 29%
Mission 18%
Calendar/schedule 15%
Equipment 15%

Library Information
Mission statement
Library policies
Library orientation
Library events & announcements
Newsletter
Information literacy curriculum
Staff information
Contact information

Blog: University Laboratory High School http://www.uni.illinois.edu/library/blog/

Orientation Video: Students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXrkacZK-sE

Orientation Video: Librarian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Tl7NVIx1g

Tutorials http://www.library.illinois.edu/learn/videos/easy_search/easy_search.html

Connect online to print
Online catalog
Book reviews & booklists
Book recommendations
Teachers, students, library staff, etc.

Podcasts: Brookline Book Reviews http://www.runkle.org/Podcasts/

Content for Students
Online databases
Quality websites
Homework help
Research process
Educational entertainment
Interactives
Opportunities to interact (quizzes, blogs, etc.)
Technology support
Online tutorials
“ Quick reference” sheets

Content for Teachers
Collaboration opportunities
Wikis
Curriculum support
Pathfinders
Calendar
Lesson plan ideas, sites, & support
State curriculum link
Student projects

Pathfinders: John Newbery Elementary http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/lmc/pathfinders/pathfinder.htm

Online Tutorials http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/index.html

Online Tutorials http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials

Technology Help Cedar Falls High School Library

Interactives: PhET, BAM!, Learner.org http://www.bam.gov/ http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/ http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/index.html

Do-It-Yourself
Blogs
Easy to manage
Post images & text
Basic design
Blogger, Wordpress, Edublogs, Blogspot
Free website-makers
Wix, Weebly

Milpitas High School Library http://librarymhs.blogspot.com

Huntingtown High School http://www.hhsmedia.blogspot.com/

Casa Grande High School http://www.bighouselibrary.com/

Lesson Plans in Library Instruction
Exploring the library website
Information literacy skills
Research & the research process
Intellectual property
Computer skills
Sources:
SOS for Information Literacy www.informationliteracy.org
LibraryInstruction.com
Resources for School Librarians http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/libplans.html
ReadWriteThink.org

Library Website Scavenger Hunt http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/libscav.html

Orientation Packet http://www.mtlsd.org/highschool/stuff/orientation_09_intro%5B1%5D.pdf

Information Literacy http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/infolitles.html

Comparing Sources
Instruct students to choose a topic
Students should look up that topic on Google, Nettrekker, EBSCO, & another of their choice (Bing, Altavista, etc.)
Students should compare:
Number of results
Relevance to topic
Quality of results

Website Evaluation
Students choose two websites from two lists
Students will answer a series of questions about each website, including:
Is there contact or publishing information?
What is the copyright date?
Is the information accurate?
Do other sites link to this site?
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus /

Research Process
Students will Think-Pair-Share to come up with steps to the research process
Students will put together a puzzle of the district or class research process steps
Students will take an online tutorial on steps in the research process

Intellectual Property https://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/Plagiarism/

Plagiarism for Kids
Students spend a few minutes working on a short project using a drawing program
The teacher will choose a student to print their project, and claim that they did the work of the student
Discuss meaning of plagiarism

Computer Skills http://mrsfitz.iowapages.org/katie/

My Library Site http://madrid.k12.ia.us/madrid_school_library.html

Resources
Baumback, Donna, Sally Brewer, and Matt Renfroe. “What Should Be on a School Library Web Page?” Learning & Leading with Technology . Sept. 2004: 46-51. Academic OneFile . 21 Mar. 2010.
Church, Audrey. “Your Library Goes Virtual: Promoting Reading and Supporting Research.” Library Media Connection . Nov./Dec. 2006: 10-13. EBSCO . 17 June 2008.
Kaldenberg, Kathy, and Deanne Theide. “Designing an Effective School Library Web Site.” ICNschoollibraryweb. Google Sites, 25 Feb. 2010. Web. 1 April 2010 <http://sites.google.com/site/icnschoollibraryweb/home>.
Kaun, Tom. Library Websites: Best Practices and New Findings. Redwood High School, 19 Mar. 2010. Web. 20 Mar. 2010 <http://rhslibrary.org/ppt/library_websites.ppt>.
“ School Library Websites: Examples of Effective Practice.” Wikispaces . Tangient, 2010. Web. 4 April 2010 <http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/>.
Valenza, Joyce. A Webquest About School Library Websites. The Webquest Page, 29 June 2007. Web. 19 Mar. 2010 <http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/evallib.html>.
Warlick, David. “Building Web Sites That Work for Your Media Center.” Knowledge Quest . Jan./Feb. 2005: 13-15. H.W. Wilson . Web. 20 Mar. 2010.

Acknowledgements
Images from iClipart.com
Franklin, Pat and Claire Gatrell Stephens. “Creating Webpages for the 21 st Century Library Media Center.” School Library Activities Monthly . Nov. 2007: 41-42.
Horton, Rosemary. Creating a School Library Website . N.p., 7 Mar. 2008. Web. 16 Mar. 2010 <http://www.alia.org.au/~rhorton/library/index.htm>.
Jurkowski, Odin L. “School Library Web Site Terminology.” Library Hi Tech . 2007: 387-395. Emerald . Web. 16 Mar. 2010.
Jurkowski, Odin. “School Library Website Components.” TechTrends . Nov./Dec. 2004: 56-60. EBSCO . Web. 16 Mar. 2010.
Lamb, Annette, and Larry Johnson. “The Virtual-Librarian: Establishing and Maintaining an Effective Web Presence.” Teacher Librarian . April 2008: 69-71. EBSCO . Web. 16 Mar. 2010.
Nielsen, Jakob. Usability of Websites for Teenagers . N.p., 31 Jan. 2005. Web. 16 Mar. 2010 <www.useit.com/alertbox/teenagers.html>.
“ Schools and Libraries: Guidelines for Designing Successful School Websites.” CT.gov . State of Connecticut, 16 Mar. 2007. Web. 16 Mar. 2010 <http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2576&q=314222>.
Walbert, David. “Best Practices in School Library Website Design.” Learn NC. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2010 <http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/969>.

Video: What Do Teacher Librarians Really Do?
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