Building the Virtual School Library

Building the Virtual SCHOOL Library
Kris Kenney
Online Services Coordinator
Schaumburg Township District Library
kkenney@stdl.org

ELECTRONIC vs. PRINT
Buy materials online when possible, you need to be where your customers are.

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
No experience needed
Builds a discussion
Builds creativity

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

SLIDESHARE
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