Transcript Library Websites - Redwood High School's AWESOME Web Site!

Library Websites
Best Practices and New
Findings
Joyce Valenza’s Evaluation Model
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“The library Web page is your second front door.”
“The effective library Web page pulls together ... all of the
library’s resources--print and electronic.”
“It offers guidance while it fosters independent learning.”
“It models careful selection.”
“It offers valuable public service and can redefine
‘community’.”
"It can even lead users back to print.”
“A good library Web page offers implicit instruction and
projects an important image of the librarian as an information
professional.”
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Provides Second Front Door
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Open 24/7/365
Gives access to many
resources which can be
used for homework
Teachers assignments
Pathfinders
Catalog with links to full text
ebooks and websites
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High School, Larkspur CA
Integrates All Resources
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Access to all different
media from one site
Catalog which indexes
all media including print
and non-print, websites
and ebooks
Pages of links or
bookmarks
Public library links
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Guides Independent Learning
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Research guides
Citation guidelines
Web pages of links to specific topics
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Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Models Careful Selection
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Selected search tools
which the LMT knows
and teaches how to use
Links to web
directories/indexes
Cataloging of selected
web sites and ebooks
Site index
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High School, Larkspur CA
Offers Public Service
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Events calendars
Online ordering
Newsletters
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Suggestion
box
Book review sharing
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Redefines Community
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Available to everyone
Newsletters
Volunteers’ pages
Events lists
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High School, Larkspur CA
Leads Users to Print
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Book reviews & booklists
OPAC
List of periodical
subscriptions
How to find
poetry/plays/fiction sheets
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Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Offers Implicit Instruction
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Research Handbook
Orientation
Finding Information on the Internet
How to use the Readers’ Guide
Web evaluation guide
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Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Projects Librarian as an Information
Professional
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Staff page
Policy statements
Teacher-librarian
collaboration
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High School, Larkspur CA
IASL/Concord Award Criteria
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school library/librarian involvement in site development;
relevance to the goals and objectives of the school library;
visual appeal;
organization of information;
quality of the writing and use of language;
ease of use of the page/site, and navigational features;
educational, information, entertainment, or public relations
value of the page/site;
appropriateness for the needs of users;
evidence of update policy and currency of information and
links;
technical quality;
value as a model for other school libraries/librarians.
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High School, Larkspur CA
Other Good Criteria Websites
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Donna Baumbach, et al. have written two
articles about the contents of school library
websites:
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What Should Be on Your School Library Media
Page? FETConnections Summer 2005. Florida
Educational Technology Corp.
What Should Be on a School Library Web Page?
Learning & Leading with Technology Sept. 2004.
ISTE. [available only to subscribers]
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Items to Consider Including on School
Library Web Pages
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General Information
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Staff names and titles
Mission statement
LMC particulars
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Address, phone, fax,
email
Hours
Policies and procedures
Announcements
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Name of school and LMC
Contact information
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New materials
Special events
Library newsletter
Miscellaneous
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Info about famous alums
“Tip of the day”
“Quote of the day”
Links to special events
Photos of LMC
LMC annual report/statistics
LMC recognition by others
Site map
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High School, Larkspur CA
More Items to Consider Including
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Links To
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Local OPAC and other
library’s catalogs
Search engines
Online databases
Lists of periodicals
News sources
Reading lists
Book reviews
Online tools to help with
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Dictionaries/thesauruses
Citation guides
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Study skills and tips
Resources for teachers
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Lesson plans
Specific teacher
assignments
Resources for librarians
Resources for library staff
State and district standards
Resources for parents
Subject area resources
Useful forms and handouts
Online tutorials
Slide shows
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
No-noes on a School Library Website
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No links from school
home page
Static pages
Flash introductions,
uncontrollable music or
sound
Lack of basic or contact
information
Not indicating which
resources are available
from “school only”
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Providing user names
and passwords on
website
Too many clicks to get
anywhere
Little or no useful
information
Links that aren’t obvious
Animations that don’t quit
One long page
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Thing That Make a Library Website Ugly
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Bad grammar, spelling,
punctuation
Lack of legibility, e.g.
busy or dark
backgrounds
Unpleasant aesthetics
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Inaccessibility to potential
users
Links that don’t
Not indicating file or
download formats or
requirements
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Librarian Involved in Site Development
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Minkel, W. Who runs your Web site? It
should be you. School Library Journal. 1
Nov. 2002.
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=
article&articleid=CA254378&display=TechKn
owledgeNews&industry=TechKnowledge&ind
ustryid=1997&verticalid=152&publication=slj
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High School, Larkspur CA
Value as a Model
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Some exemplary web sites
P.L. Duffy Resource Center
IASL/Concord Web Page Award
University Laboratory High School Library
Chico High School Library
Oxnard High School Library Information Center
Springfield Township High School Virtual Library
Westminster School Library
The Resource Center Birtles Library
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
General Resources
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Writing School Library Web Pages
HomeMaker for Libraries
School Libraries on the Web
Work Horse or Show Pony?
Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
The School Library as Information Provider
Learning and Teaching with Web Resources
Secrets of Great School Web Sites (pdf)
Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
URL for This Presentation
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http://rhslibrary.org/PPT/Library_Websites
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And thanks for your kind attention at the end of a long conference!
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Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA
Acknowledgements
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Ball, J. (2002) Work Horse or Show Pony? http://users.tpg.com.au/welwel/showpony/
(Nov. 8, 2003)
Baumbach, D. et al. (2004) What Should Be on a School Library Web Page? Learning
& Leading with Technology Sept. 2004. ISTE.
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/200414/Septem
ber2/September_2004.htm (Nov. 8, 2005) [available to subscribers only]
----------. (2005) What Should Be on Your School Library Media Page?
FETConnections Summer 2005. Florida Educational Technology Corp.
http://www.fetc.org/fetcon/2005-Summer/baumbach-brewer-renfroe.cfm (Nov. 8, 2005)
Clyde, L. (1997) The School Library as Information provider: The Home Page.
http://www.hi.is/~anne/slhomepage.html. (Nov. 8, 2003)
----------. School Library Web Sites: The State of the Art. 2000.
http://www.hi.is/~anne/isis2000.html. (Nov. 8, 2003)
IASL/Concord School Library Web Page Awards. Selection Criteria. http://www.iaslslo.org/web_criteria.html. (Oct. 24, 2003)
Minkel, W. Who runs your Web site? It should be you. School Library Journal. 1 Nov.
2002.
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA254378&display=Tec
hKnowledgeNews&industry=TechKnowledge&industryid=1997&verticalid=152&publica
tion=slj
Schell, E. Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians. 1995-2002.
http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/wbdocs.html. (Nov. 8, 2003)
Valenza, J. A WebQuest about School Library Web Sites.
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/evallib.html. (Oct. 24, 2003)
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Tom Kaun, Library Media Teacher, Redwood
High School, Larkspur CA