OSLIS

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OSLIS

• Oregon School Library Information
  System

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Introduction

• Presenter Darci Hanning
• Contact Patty Sorenson
• School Library Liaison
• Oregon State Library
• Patty.Sorensen_at_state.or.us
• [phone]

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Vision

• To provide an appealing, useful Internet portal
  to licensed databases accessed within an
  information literacy curriculum structure.
  Whether students are from an affluent suburban
  school or an isolated rural school, they deserve
  access to high quality, authoritative resources
  via licensed databases.

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Background

• Statewide access to EBSCOhost and the NewsBank
  Oregonian for ALL Oregon K-12 public and private
  schools is being provided with funds granted to
  the Oregon State Library under the Library
  Services and Technology Act, and funds from the
  Oregon Department of Education.

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Background

• In 2004 the OEMA began a partnership with the
  University of Washingtons Information School to
  host the OSLIS website, which includes a 3-year
  plan for continuing to enhance and improve OSLIS.
  
• New interface in the fall of 2005 - cooperative
  effort of OEMA (Oregon Educational Media Assn.)
  and the Information School at the University of
  Washington.

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Advantages

• Equal access for K-12 students of public or
  private schools
• Many Oregon schools have already received
  training
• Students see the same interface from school,
  home, or a public library
• NOTE Home-schooled wont have access except
  through a public library

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Navigation Points
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Navigation K-6
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Navigation Points (5th up)
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Interfaces Searchasaurus (K-2)
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Interfaces Kids Search (3rd )
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Interfaces Student Research Center (5th up)
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Interfaces Student Research Center (5th up)
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Reference Process

• Choose appropriate interface (grade level and/or
  based on student familiarity)
• Students connected from home will use their
  school username and password. L-Net should have a
  list of school names / passwords as well.
• Possibly narrow search by resource-type, subject,
  etc.
• Search away!

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Notes

• Clicking on will always take you back to
  the OSLIS home page.
• Avoid the All EBSCO Databases links poor
  interface and most students are not directed to
  use it
• You can safely ignore erroneous text such as
  Athens users login or Welcome Athens users

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Citation Maker

• One possible issue entered data disappears
  can be retrieved via the Show My Citations link
  near the top of the page
• If recording citations comes up, point students
  to a PDF file they print http//www.oslis.org/doc
  s/citewrksht.pdf

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Citation Maker
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OSLIS Tutorials

• From the home page

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