Sally HawkesArkansas State Library

2007

What I found on School Web Pages

Internet Search Engines•About.com•AltaVista•Ask Jeeves•DogPile•Excite•Google•HotBot•LibrarySpot•Metacrawler•Northern Light•ProFusion•WebCrawler•Yahoo!

Libraries•Internet Public Library•Library of Congress•National Archives

Online Research•Encarta•Biography•Britannica (not Traveler)•Webster’s Dictionary•Encyclopedia•Wikipedia

Do You Have These?

• Research links

Ideal Situation

• District web page links to each school• Each school links to the school library• Library page has links set to Traveler

databases• Database icons for quick access at school• Traveler Instructions for remote access

"To access Traveler database from home, you need user IDs and passwords. The login information can be obtained at the school library."

• Bookmarks or flyers at circ desk with user IDs and passwords

Examples• http://lavacapublicschools.k12.ar.us/10hi

ghlibrary.htm • Links for each school library, resources on

library opening page

• http://green.nesc.k12.ar.us/• Links on opening page for school district &

high school library page

• http://www.fortsmithschools.org/schools/sside/library.htm • Link to Database Information

First Step

• Does your school have a web page?• District level or individual school?

• Have you already requested a place for the library on the web page?

• What is your relationship with the webmaster?

• Can this relationship improve?

Traveler Promo

• How do you promote Traveler now?• Notices to Teachers

• Orientation letter• E-mail• Newsletter during the year

• Notices to Students• Library Newsletter

• Paper or electronic

• Bookmarks / Flyers / Brochures

What to Include?

• Library presence• Hours• Programs• Booklists / Book Clubs• Monthly Theme• Traveler Links• Other Resources

Online Resources

• Traveler• Direct link from school• Remote access from home?

• User IDs and passwords• Login to the server

• Other Resources• Other subscriptions• Pathfinders• Recommendations / Trusted sites

Making the links

• What you need to know . . .• Web address for the vendor

• See Access Information for URLs• Create a Hot Link to address

• Most vendors provide icons (next slide)

• If you aren’t designing the page,

provide the information to the IT section

Icons

• Desktop Shortcuts• http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/Desktop.htm

• EBSCO Logos• http://tinyurl.com/yu8ggr

• Incorrect on handout

• Encyclopædia Britannica• http://tinyurl.com/2ch54c

• FirstSearch• http://tinyurl.com/26kxss

Remote Access from Home?

• Authentication or not?• Without authentication, remote

access codes• IDs and/or passwords cannot be

posted on an unprotected web page

EBSCO http://tinyurl.com/2eywkf

• Customer Success Center – Marketing Tools – Special Event Kits

• History - It's Happening! • Middle and high school students • North America's vivid history• Interactive site• Browse key primary source documents, videos, speeches, selected

articles and web sites • Reading Toolkit: It's a Reading Rave

• Young adults, • Two Flash web sites.

• Librarian portal, with tips and tools to promote reading resources. • “Main wing" for young adults, with School Tools, Recommended

Reading, and Cool Links to quality sites. Fun Facts and a Quiz test trivia knowledge

• Library Scavenger Hunt for Youths and Teens [PDF]• Library resources with a scavenger hunt, investigating everything

from online databases to the photocopier.• Library Knowledge Game [Word Doc]

• Questions relating to core library knowledge • Create a customized quiz

EBSCO Print Materialshttp://tinyurl.com/2dd3f6

• Customer Success Center – Marketing Tools – Printable Resources

• EBSCOhost Library Posters• EBSCOhost Bookmarks - Vertical Layout [PDF]• EBSCOhost Bookmarks - Horizontal Layout [PDF]• Product Summaries

• Middle Search Plus via EBSCOhost and Searchasaurus• Primary Search via EBSCOhost and Searchasaurus• Consumer Health Complete Interface• Teacher Reference Center via EBSCOhost

• Reading Rave Bookmark [PDF]• Reading Rave T-shirt Transfer [PDF]• History - It's Happening and It's A Reading Rave!

Flyers [PDF]• School Library Mail Insert to Parents [Word Doc]

Britannica• How to Guides

• http://tinyurl.com/2fk96w• How to Write a Research Paper (PDF)• How to Write a Book Review (PDF)• How to Write a Science Report (PDF)• How to Prepare an Oral Presentation (PDF)

• Logos and Images for Web Site• http://tinyurl.com/2ch54c

• Training Materials• http://www.eb.com/training/index.html• Select Britannica Online School Edition for

flyers, guided tours and PowerPoint links

Galehttp://tinyurl.com/32pppq

• Find Yourself in the Library • English and Spanish Versions

Gale Resourceshttp://www.gale.com/free_resources/

• Black History; Hispanic Heritage; Poet’s Corner; Women’s History• Activities• Biographies • Featured Titles • Links Literature • Quiz • Timeline• Downloads – Wallpaper, bookmarks, calendar . . .

• Lit Kit [listed with each group above]• Literary Index• Glossary of Literary Terms• How to Write a Term Paper• Citing Information from Thomson Gale Databases

FirstSearch

• Add FirstSearch icons to your library's Web site• http://tinyurl.com/26kxss

• Promotional materials• http://tinyurl.com/2yozy6 • Bookmarks, table tents,

posters, brochures

http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/TrainingInfo.htm

Print Materials

ASL Calendar SelectionsFEBRUARY4  Children’s Authors and Illustrator’s Week beginsMARCH  1 Return the Borrowed Book Week begins 2 Read Across America Day  (Dr. Seuss' Birthday) 4-10 Teen Tech Week Get Connected @Your LibraryAPRIL    National Poetry MonthSchool Library Media Month2 International Children’s Book Day15 National Library Week begins Come Together@Your Library16 Young People’s Poetry Week17 National Library Worker’s day18 Thank You, School Librarian Day19-22 Arkansas Literary Festival30 Children’s Day/Book Day - El día de los niños/El día de los libros MAYGet Caught Reading Month   SEPTEMBERLibrary Card Sign-up Month                                                 8 International Literacy Day  29  Banned Book Week begins 29 National Book Festival  OCTOBERNational Book Month                                 National Reading Group Month; 14  Teen Read Week beginsNOVEMBER 1  National Family Literacy Day 12  National Children's Book Week begins 14 National Young Reader’s day

Children’s Book CouncilChildren’s Book Week

•November 12 •http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/

• Young People’s Poetry Week

•April

•Monthly Celebration Posters

•http://tinyurl.com/yshem2$4 each or 6 for $20.00

American Library Association

•International School Library Day•Learning: Powered by your school library•http://www.iasl-slo.org/isld.html

• October 22, 2007

Teen Library Week

• October 14-20th

• LOL @ your library

•http://tinyurl.com/jtn9e

2008

• Children’s Day/Book Day • El día de los niños/

El día de los libros• April 30 each year•http://tinyurl.com/2efelz

Banned Book Week September

http://tinyurl.com/28b2ch

General

KidsConnect http://tinyurl.com/3fpnb

I wonder; I Find; I Evaluate; I Share

@School Library CampaignToolkit http://tinyurl.com/k3ncd

Sally Hawkes

Coordinator of Library Network Services

Arkansas State Library

shawkes@asl.lib.ar.us

www.asl.lib.ar.us

501-682-6052