final hand aasl slides
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Questions for Questions for Administrators: Administrators:
How Can You Best Include How Can You Best Include ebooks ebooks
in the Library Collection?in the Library Collection?
Dorcas HandDirector of Libraries, Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston
The detailed handout available on the website will expand the topics I’ll discuss here.
http://aaslwhatkindsbooksforyourlibrary.weebly.com/
Three LensesThree Lenses
Three LensesThree LensesThe school mission and digital goals
Three LensesThree LensesThe school mission and digital goals
Preparation for college level academic research tools
Three LensesThree LensesThe school mission and digital goals
Preparation for college level academic research tools
Specific digital access points that accomplish these goals
What are your goals?What are your goals?
What are your goals?What are your goals?
What is the school’s goal in implementing eBooks and other digital resources?
What are your goals?What are your goals?
What is the school’s goal in implementing eBooks and other digital resources?
How do these goals impact student preparedness for college research demands?
What are your goals?What are your goals?In implementing eBooks and other digital resources?
Impact on student preparedness for college research demands?
Transliteracy, comprehension and application across many formats?
Prepared for college Prepared for college research?research?
Do you expect different outcomes from ebooks?
How do you plan to assess success?
How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?
How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?
Your literacy goals must be articulated
How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?
Your literacy goals must be articulated
What are the relative benefits for your students of the various formats?
How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?
Your literacy goals must be articulated
What are the relative benefits for your students of the various formats?
How will you address issues of deep comprehension in digital formats?
Additional ConsiderationsAdditional ConsiderationsStudent enthusiasm for digital formats may increase time spent reading
Additional ConsiderationsAdditional ConsiderationsStudent enthusiasm for digital formats may increase time spent reading
Delivery systems for fiction and nonfiction are different
Additional ConsiderationsAdditional ConsiderationsStudent enthusiasm for digital formats may increase time spent reading
Delivery systems for fiction and nonfiction are different
The key is access: how do students locate materials for their needs?
Traditional Library Traditional Library Services are Still the Services are Still the
CoreCoreWe develop enthusiasm for reading
and information, in whatever formats are most effective
We encourage cover-to-cover reading, typically for recreation
We support research, more computer and reference focused
We provide adult guidance to locate and use the most appropriate resources for any given assignment
Focusing with tighter Focusing with tighter visionvision
School lensTechnical lensSpace lensCollection Development lens
Collection DevelopmentCollection DevelopmentCollection Development Model
◦Patron driven purchasing ◦Traditional speculative buying from reviews
Ownership, Subscription, Rental?◦Freading or OverDrive or…
http://www.libraryideas.com/freading.html
CourageCourage
Today’s answer will change.
Be ready to adjust.