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SLA. SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Workshop 1 Making e-publications available in the School Library Chris Armstrong and Ray Lonsdale. Google Bibliographic database Full-text databases Factual databases (e.g. statistics) OPACs Data sets e-Journals e-Books
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SLA SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Workshop 1 Making e-publications available in the School Library Chris Armstrong and Ray Lonsdale
Google Bibliographic database Full-text databases Factual databases (e.g. statistics) OPACs Data sets e-Journals e-Books Text archives Gateways/Portals Web sites (many sub-categories) Blogs News feeds (RSS) Bulletin boards/ email lists Geospatial data Image libraries Film/moving image Sound archives e-Resources for schools?
e-Resource provision in FE & HE • Provision vs. use (JUSTEIS) IL programmes Orientation of new users Staff information sessions E-book days Newsletters Daily Bulletins Web / Intranet messages / List-serves Posters and exhibitions T-shirts and Condoms, etc!
Aims of the workshops • Workshop 1 • Exploring trends in e-resource publishing • Providing access to e-formats • Workshop 2 • Evaluating e-resources • Introduction to collection management
Outline of the Day: Workshop 1 09.15-09.50 Introduction to day 09.50-11.151 Introduction & Practical 11.30-12.452 Introduction & Practical 12.45-13.30 Lunch 13.30-14.15 2 Practical (continued) 14.15-15.00 Plenary Discussion 15.15-15.453 Demonstration and discussion 15.45-16.15 Access to e-formats: portals 16.15-16.30 Roundup & Introduction to Workshop 2 Gateways/Portals, Databases, e-Journals, Online Learning Services e-Books (free and licensed) e-Books (free and licensed) Geographical, Data sets, Blogs, RSS, Wikis
e-Formats 1 Gateways/Portals, Databases, e-Journals, Online Learning Services
Gateways/Portals Bibliographic Database e-Journal Online Learning Service e-Resources:
e-Formats 1 Practical10:10 – 11:15 • Working individually or in pairs, work through the worksheets, each of which will guide you through one of the following types of e-resource: • Gateways/Portals • Bibliographic Databases • e-Journals • Online Learning Services
e-Formats 2 e-Books
Chronology of e-book publishing 1970s – USA: Free e-book collections Gutenberg Project (http://www.gutenberg.net/)
Chronology of e-book publishing Today - Free e-book collections International Children’s Digital Library (http://www.icdlbooks.org/)
Chronology of e-book publishing 1980s – USA: Development of University Presses (academic e-monographs) Two Cities (http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/citysites/)
Chronology of e-book publishing 1990s – USA: Fiction eBooks.com started in 1997 (http://www.ebooks.com/)
Chronology of e-book publishing 1990s – International: Emergence of e-reference publishing xreferplus (http://www.xreferplus.com/login.jsp)
Chronology of e-book publishing Mid-90s – USA: Aggregators NetLibrary (http://www.netlibrary.com/)
Chronology of e-book publishing 2000 – UK: JISC e-Book Working Group (HE, FE, 6th Form Colleges)
Chronology of e-book publishing 2000s - e-Textbooks for secondary/tertiary Spartacus (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm)
Chronology of e-book publishing 2000s - School & children’s e-reading schemes; fiction. Oxford Reading Tree (http://www.oup.com/orto/)
What is an e-book? Issues: • Its origin • How it is distributed For some, ‘e-books’ mean the hardware • Its format • How it is read • Semantics?! When is an e-book a database?
What is an e-book? “Any piece of electronic text regardless of size or composition (a digital object), but excluding journal publications, made available electronically or optically for any device (handheld or desk-bound) that includes a screen.” Armstrong, Edwards & Lonsdale, 2002 “The result of integrating … the familiar concept of a book, with features that can be provided within an electronic environment … intended as an interactive document that can be composed and read on a computer.” Landoni, 2003
11:50 – 12:45 13:30 – 14:15 e-Formats 2 Practical • Working individually or in pairs, work through the worksheets, each of which will guide you through one of the following e-book examples: • Study Guide • Online Library of e-books and articles • Reference Collection • Manuals, Handbooks and Guides • Fiction/Literature • Children’s Virtual Library • Non-fiction Monograph • Textbook
Library and User Perspectives • Advantages of e-resources • Space • Updating • Security, theft, automatic returns (no fines) • Remote and Concurrent and 24x7 access to texts • Added value features • Portability (hand-held readers for e-books) • Integration into VLEs (?e-learning ethos) • Tailoring texts (e-books) Added value features: Search (within) Searching across collections Hyperlinks (int./ext.) Multimedia Interactivity/Exercises Participation Bookmarking Information delivery Annotating Highlighting Reference tools Archives Copying/pasting/e-mailing Chat with editors/authors
Library and User Perspectives • Advantages of e-resources (2) • Capitalises on pupil’s enthusiasm for new media • Reduces the amount of photocopying for class handouts • Borrow e-book versions of reference books • Technical processing costs are less • De-selection more easily facilitated
Library and User Perspectives • Disadvantages of e-resources • Availability / appropriateness of resources • Funding / budgets for hardware and resources • Awareness & commitment, technophobia (library and IT staff / teachers) • Authentication / password management • Hardware / software / infrastructure • Printing and copying • Physical screen use / accessibility • Interface problems / navigation • Information Literacy / ethical issues • Collection Management (in May)
e-Formats 3 Geographical, Data sets, Blogs, RSS, Wikis
e-Formats 3 Demo15:15 – 15:45 • A range of other formats is also available to libraries. We shall demonstrate: • Geographical Information Systems • Data sets • Blogs (web logs) • RSS Feeds • Wikipedia
Geographical Information Systems http://landmap.mimas.ac.uk/
Weblogs A Blog is: • a ‘journal’ - or an easily developed and updated web page - or a chronological series of ‘alerts’ … a COMMUNITY SPACE Blogs – like a lot of webpages, newspapers and news sites – usually have a ‘feed’ which you can use to receive alerts of new information Good examples: General - ResourceShelf: http://resourceshelf.com/ Information Literacy: http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/ Primary Schools: http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/pivot/index.php and: http://hunters-bar-schools.typepad.com/ Create your own: http://www.blogger.com/home or http://www.typepad.com/
Wikis • A Wiki is an easy way to develop a web site • A site where anyone can edit the pages • Anyone can add pages • Linking is done automatically • All pages are stored in a database. • A Wiki is a unique way to collaborate – create a community – on the Web.
Developing a Portal for Electronic Resources
School Library Portal: Aims • Easy access • Obvious access • One-stop shop • Bring together resources, reviews of resources, news, library activities, reading lists… • Structured access • by curriculum or school objective / subject / projects Also: • Promotion • Help, support and explanations • Guidance MapLib
Library Portals – by Wiki • A Wiki is an easy way to develop a web site • A site where anyone can edit the pages • Anyone can add pages • Linking is done automatically • All pages are stored in a database. • A Wiki is a unique way to collaborate – create a community – on the Web. Areas for Teachers; Pupils; 6th formers; Homework clubs; Projects… Welcome to the School Library Wiki This is the place to find out… Resources English History Geography… Guidance: information literacy, library guides, help sheets, etc
School Library Portal: Aims • Easy access • Obvious access • One-stop shop • Bring together resources, reviews of resources, news, library activities, reading lists… • Structured access • by curriculum or school objective / subject / projects Also: • Promotion • Help, support and explanations • Guidance MapLib
Workshop 2 Preparation Collection Management of e-Resources • Discovering the existence of e-resources • Selection/Acquisition issues • Licensing • Archiving • Facilitating access within the library / school / authority • Hardware/networking to accommodate e-resources • Evaluating use • Marketing and promotion in the library/school
Chris Armstrong Information Automation Limited e: lisqual@cix.co.uk w: http://www.i-a-l.co.uk/ b: http://i-a-l.blogspot.com/ Ray Lonsdale Department of Information Studies University of Wales, Aberystwyth e: rel@aber.ac.uk