Transcript Traveler – What`s it all about?

Promoting Traveler
Databases
Sally Hawkes
[email protected]
Arkansas State Library
www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler
Subscription Renewal FY2008/09
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EBSCOhost
Encyclopædia Britannica
Gale Discovering Collection
Grolier New Book of Knowledge
OCLC/FirstSearch Base Package
Web Page Sections part 1
• About Traveler & the database selection
• Databases
– Usage Statistics (How to)
– Vendor E-Mail Newsletter (subscription
information)
– Databases & ADE Curriculum Standards
– Databases & Lexile Reading Levels
• Participating Libraries
– Academic/Special Libraries
– Schools: Elementary Junior/High School
Other (K12, Cooperatives, School Districts
– Public Libraries
• Promoting Traveler
– Vendor Material
– Arkansas State Library Materials
• Registration New & Update
– Deadline Dates: April 25
Web Page Sections part 2
• Setting Up Access
– Web Addresses
– Remote Access
– Web page template
– Access problems
– NetLIbrary Collection
• Tech Contacts
• Traveler FAQs
• Traveler ListServ
• Training
– Face to Face
– Online Opportunities
• Traveler Story
Did you know this is on the Web
Page?
• Access Problems
• Promoting Traveler
– Vendor Materials
– Arkansas State Library Materials
• Training – Online Opportunities
• Pro/Con Debate Directions
• NetLibrary Collection
Setting Up Access
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/setup.htm
• Web Pages
– Use links from Web Addresses
– Do not post IDs or password
Licensing agreement covers state of Arkansas only
• Remote Access Authentication
– Continue to use ID and/or password
– Login through Web Page Server
– Login through Integrated
System with library card
Library
5 Points of Access Set Up
• Register your library IP number(s)
• Cut & paste the web addresses
for the vendors to your desktop
or web page
• Set up links on desktop and/or
web pages with icons from
vendors
• Remote access
• IMLS statement when promoting
Traveler
Access Problems
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/IPProblems.htm
Promotion
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Training
Promoting/Training
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/PromotionInfo.htm
• Vendor Materials
• Arkansas State Library Materials
– Brochure
– Database lists
• grade level
• subject
– FirstSearch Database Descriptions
– NetLibrary Collection
– Why Use Traveler? Flyer & Table Tent
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/aslpr.htm
• Online Training Opportunities
Vendor Main Links
• http://support.ebsco.com/
• http://info.eb.com/index.html
• http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/
default.htm
• http://school.eb.com/
– http://school.eb.com/browse/teachers
– http://school.eb.com/browse/learning
• http://support.gale.com
– Training Corner – right side
• http://go-passport.grolier.com/
– For Educators – lower screen
EBSCO - Promotion
• Request Form from . . .
– Posters (Student Research Center, K-12 Resources)
– Magnets
• EBSCOhost Research Databases -– Help Sheets & User Guides,
– Teacher Guides (Middle Search; MAS Ultra; Primary Search)
• Kid's Search
– Help Sheets & User Guides
• Student Research Center
– Help Sheets & User Guides
– Teacher's Guides (Middle Search; MAS Ultra)
• EBSCO Success Center
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Special Event Kits
Database Summaries
Printable Resources
Marketing Links
EBSCO - Training
• Online tutorials (2-3 min. flash
presentations & PowerPoint
presentations)
• Training guides
• Online training courses
Encyclopædia Britannica –
Promotion & Training
• Flyers, Guided Tours, Search Tips etc.
– Britannica Online Academic Edition
– Britannica Online School Edition
– Britannica Online Public Library Edition
– Annals of American History Online
– World Data Analyst Online
– Enciclopedia Universal en Español Online
– Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Online
• Learning Materials -- Interactive Lessons, Exercises,
Study Guides & Web Activities
– Language Arts -- Reading, Writing and Literature
– Science -- Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth
& Space Science
– Social Studies -- U.S. and World History &
Government
– Mathematics -- Number and Operations,
Pre-Algebra, Algebra and Geometry
FirstSearch - Promotion
• Documentation
• Promoting (in English, Español and other
languages)
– Posters
– Bookmarks
– Table Tents
– Brochures
• Print version of entire
Promotional Toolkit
FirstSearch - Training
• Teaching (Learning)
• Guided Tour
• Online Tutorials
• Getting Started
Gale Discovering Collection Promotion
• Fact Sheet [PDF]
• How to Cite
• In-Service Packets
– Biography
– History
– Literature
– Science
– Social Science
• Navigation Guides
• Tip Sheets
• Marketing and Program Help
– Find Yourself In the Library Materials
(also available in Spanish)
– Black History
– Hispanic History
– Poet's Corner
– Women's History
Gale Discovering Collection Training
• For Guided Tour and User's Guide
– See Training Corner on the right of the
screen.
• Click on Guided Tour or User's Guide
– Select Discovering Collection from
the list of product titles.
Grolier - Promotion
Educator’s Toolkit
• Grolier Online Tutorial
– A Quick Start for the users.
• User’s Guide
– Tips for getting around in each database, plus activities to
help students improve research, navigation, reading
comprehension, and critical thinking skills.
• Newsletter
– Inside the GO News you'll find activities on timely
issues that provide a basis for integrating Grolier
Online into your curriculum.
• E-mail Update
– The GO Update e-mail highlights a current
topic and contains links to related activities
to use in your library or classroom.
• Go Downloadable Icons
– Downloadable HTML and Windows Desktop
icons, for all Grolier Online databases.
Grolier -- Training
[At the Grolier page, click on For Educators on the lower 1/3
of the Grolier page]
• User's Guide Grolier Online Passport ;
Grolier Online Passport Tutorial
– To begin receiving GO Updates or GO News, or to request a
copy of the latest GO Guide:
[email protected]
• PowerPoint Presentations
• 10 Great Ways to Use Grolier Online®
with Elementary School Students
• 10 Ways Teachers Can Use Grolier
Grolier Extra
• PRO/CON Debates
• Opposing viewpoints on topics of
current interest
• Currently 36 Topics
• Go to http://go.grolier.com
• Click on For Educators
• Middle Column, Bottom
Scholastic’s Librarian Page *
Books & Authors
Book Match
Author Index; Discussion Guides; Book Talks
Librarian Netwokr
Research Skills
Extreme Weatehr
Suffrage: The Right to Vote
Using Technology
9 Technology Tricks Every Librarian Must Know
10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids
Activities & Programs
Act Green; Poetry Idea Engine
Printables
Activity Sheet
Poetry Printables; Independent Reading Contract
Librarian Favorites
April Calendar ; Choosing Books for Your Child
Bookmarks
Enter the Kingdom of Reading; Vocabulary Bookmark
ShelfTalkers
Sports Books; Poetry Month & Women's History
Coloring Pages
Books are Magic; I Spy Spring Parties Page
NetLibrary Titles
• 2007 Subscription
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by Title pdf Excel by Subject pdf Excel
Final list of 47 titles
Arranged alphabetically by title and by subject
Tabs are active in the Excel format, lists can be
arranged for specific use
– Main subject groups : Careers, Health,
Home Computing, Small Business,
Writing Guides
• 2006 subscription
– Final list of 55 titles
NetLibrary Public Domain
By Author pdf word
• Pdf and Word version for 3,399 titles
(approx. 65 pages)
• Alphabetized by a computer, the first 202 titles
do not have authors and are listed randomly.
The first author name begins on page 4.
By Title pdf word
• Pdf and Word version for 3,399 titles
(approx. 65 pages)
• Alphabetized by a computer, the first 34 titles
are organized first because of punctuation in the
title. Also note that titles that begin with
articles – a, an & the – are alphabetized starting
with the article. Example: The wind in the
willows is in the T section of the list, not W.
• Excel format Title Author Subject
Handout Reminder
• K-12 List
– Databases by grade
level
– Databases listed by
general subject areas
– ADE Curriculum
Standards
– Lexile Reading Levels
Network Advisory Committee
• Kim Koch
– Mayflower High School
– [email protected] *
• Carol Jo Lambert
– Stuttgart High School Library
– [email protected]
Public Library Menu Guides *
• Gates U.S. Library Initiative
– Rural Library Sustainability
Program
– Public Access program
started in 1997
• Guides sent to all public
libraries
• Link under Arkansas State
Library Materials
Trial *
http://bookflix-arkansas.grolier.com
Questions?
Sally Hawkes
[email protected]
Arkansas State Library
www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler