CHARA GILLLEM 511

TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN BY WILLIAM O. SCHEEREN

Creation of Online Materials

Types of Online Material Created

Online materials is divided into 2 categories

Content- An area of general information, relatively easy to create

Librarian Created Interactive Materials- “digital archives” such as a database of

digitized historical photographs

Categories of Online Material

Electronic Reference AssistanceOnline Request FormsInteractive ServicesInterlibrary LoanRequest For A Book HoldLibrary ReservationsAssistance To Teachers w/Instructional

DesignMultimedia Booking

More Online Materials

E-MailWeb PagesDatabasesE-Books Interactive Material

A New Paradigm For Library Orientation

Electronic Reference AssistantInterlibrary LoanDescription of the LibraryDescription of Displays in the LibraryInformation About the Copy Machine

A New Paradigm for Library

Reference Material- beyond encyclopedias

Periodicals- Popular magazines

Microforms- Old files

Equipment- Borrow a picture

More Online Materials

o Basic Homepage Componentso Library Hourso Employee Listingo Library Calendaro Mission Statement and Policieso Webmaster Contact Information

Glossary of Terms

1. Periodicals- Magazines in the collection2. Reference Material- dictionaries or encyclopedias that help

you find information3. Interactive- Activity that occurs at the click of a mouse4. Mission- A statement of belief that drives the library5. Homepage- School library website6. Links- Guide the browser from site to site7. Microfishe- Microforms and Microfische8. Online Request Form- Helps with reserving equipment9. Power Library- A collection of databases10. Online Reference Assistant- Helps respnd to

student/teacher questions promptly

Responses to Questions

Question #1Compare and contrast librarian created online materials with those on the Internet

Content vs. Librarian Created MaterialsContent material is developed by library media

specialists. It includes: General information It’s easy to read Can be created in a Word Document Can be uploaded easily into a web page

School Librarian created material includes: Digital archives Databases Interactive components Require Expertise

Questions Continued

Question #2Plan to Liven Up School Webpage:In an effort to liven up our school webpage I would make the following suggestions to our PTO. After speaking with the library committee and the technology team for Bush Hills Academy we have decided to revamp our school website. The following items will be coming to our homepage soon… Story of the week Parent Suggestion Box Kids Contents- shows how the can interact with others around

the world Teacher of the year Hot Book List & New Book List Parent Volunteer Information

Summary

This was a very interesting chapter. As a school librarian it gave me additional information on the types of resources that we use. For example, school- library created resources versus content material. Also, This chapter discussed digital archives and interactive material as well as teacher created information

Other Resources

http://www.ipl.org/http://www.atyourlibrary.org/what/resourceshttp://www.libraryresources.net/

URL’s to Support

http://www.mpsaz.org/library/http://www.libraryresource.com/