EBooks, Podcasting And Web Presence: Trends For The School Library In The 21st Century

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E-Books, Podcasting And Web Presence Trends
For The School Library In The 21st Century

• Sponsored by the Private School Committee of the
  Texas Association of School Librarians
• Attended this session April 12, 2007
• Sandra L Gonzales
• Estrada Achievement Center

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Core Content Best Used In

• English

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E-Books

• ADVANTAGES
• 24/7 access to students
• Simultaneous usedont have to wait on book
  (Great feature for when classes are doing
  research in the library)
• No danger of loss, damage or reshelving
• Show how to use an e-book as part of library
  skills training in the fall.
• FREE E-books www.ipl.org
• http//etext.lib.Virginia.edu

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Podcasting

• Inexpensivemicrophones cost around 10.00
• Focuses on content and the message
• Value of retelling
• Collaboration in schools

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Its All Part of Our Job

• Trends are towards information shiftingeveryone
  wants information to come to them in different
  formats.
• Its part of our jobs as librarians to help get
  that information to them.

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Helpful Web Resources

• The Shifted Librarian http//theshiftedlibrarian
  .com
• E-Books In Education
• http//drscavanaugh.org/ebooks/
• The NeverEnding Search
• http//joycevalenza.com