When I create a website for my library, there are several components I would like to incorporate. I spent a lot of time visiting several websites and these are the five basic areas I would include. First, there would be the basic information about the library which would include the library hours and basic rules. Some of the libraries had the library rules and expectations laid out specifically so students would know what was expected of them. I liked that a lot. Secondly, I would want the on-line catalog of the books available in the library. This is a valuable tool to have so students and teachers would have access to find what books are available in the library 24-7 to put on hold and be able to pick up later. Links to the local public library and the state library would be included in this area as well. Third, I would want to list website links pertaining to each of the major curriculum areas: Literature/English/Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Within the English area I would include a link to Citation Machine for research documentation and book ideas sites like "Children's Book a Day" site and "Guys Read" and a link to audio books available in the public domain (I found this on the Chief Joseph website in Bozeman!). Fourth, I would include links to various reference resources like World Book Online, EBSCO Database, and Culture Grams and Native American websites (websites were listed on the Helena and Great Falls school websites). I found a link to ' Safe Google Search' on Bozeman's Hyalite Library webpage. I think this would be especially useful for elementary and middle school libraries, but could be used on a high school webpage as well. Fifth, I would include a section that addresses helping the students to be successful in school such as links to a tutoring site such as HomeworkMT, Wordsmyth, Dictionary, reading lists, book reviews by students and teachers, links to school reading programs like Accelerated Reader (the Belgrade Schools use AR but they only have an online catalog for the their library home page) and Reading Counts. The Citation Machine or Easy Bib could be included here too.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
I have no previous experience with RSS. It was pretty easy to set up with Anne's great directions to follow. I like the idea of being able to categorize and collect articles that are relevant to me into one folder to read through at my own pace. I also like the idea that the aggregator can sort through articles looking for specific keywords. It seems like it will take some time to figure out all these features. I can see where it could get out of hand and I would add too many sites and it would be too overwhelming. It would pay to take the time to filter through a site carefully following the book's checklist to see if it is trustworthy and that it has the information that I am looking for in a useable format.
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