1. Creation of Online Materials
CHARA GILL
LEM 511
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
BY WILLIAM O. SCHEEREN

2. Types of Online Material Created
Online materials is divided into 2 categories
 Content- An area of general information, relatively
easy to create
 Librarian Created Interactive Materials- “digital
archives” such as a database of digitized historical
photographs

3. Categories of Online Material
 Electronic Reference Assistance
 Online Request Forms
 Interactive Services
 Interlibrary Loan
 Request For A Book Hold
 Library Reservations
 Assistance To Teachers w/Instructional
Design
 Multimedia Booking

4. More Online Materials
 E-Mail
 Web Pages
 Databases
 E-Books
 Interactive Material

5. A New Paradigm For Library Orientation
 Electronic Reference Assistant
 Interlibrary Loan
 Description of the Library
 Description of Displays in the Library
 Information About the Copy Machine

6. A New Paradigm for Library
 Reference Material- beyond encyclopedias
 Periodicals- Popular magazines
 Microforms- Old files
 Equipment- Borrow a picture

7. More Online Materials
o Basic Homepage Components
o Library Hours
o Employee Listing
o Library Calendar
o Mission Statement and Policies
o Webmaster Contact Information

8. Glossary of Terms
1. Periodicals- Magazines in the collection
2. Reference Material- dictionaries or encyclopedias that help you find
information
3. Interactive- Activity that occurs at the click of a mouse
4. Mission- A statement of belief that drives the library
5. Homepage- School library website
6. Links- Guide the browser from site to site
7. Microfishe- Microforms and Microfische
8. Online Request Form- Helps with reserving equipment
9. Power Library- A collection of databases
10. Online Reference Assistant- Helps respnd to student/teacher
questions promptly

9. Responses to Questions
Question #1
Compare and contrast librarian created online materials with those on the Internet
Content vs. Librarian Created Materials
Content material is developed by library media specialists. It
includes:
 General information
 It’s easy to read
 Can be created in a Word Document
 Can be uploaded easily into a web page
School Librarian created material includes:
 Digital archives
 Databases
 Interactive components
 Require Expertise

10. Questions Continued
Question #2
Plan to Liven Up School Webpage:
In an effort to liven up our school webpage I would make the following
suggestions to our PTO. After speaking with the library committee and the
technology team for Bush Hills Academy we have decided to revamp our
school website. The following items will be coming to our homepage
soon…
 Story of the week
 Parent Suggestion Box
 Kids Contents- shows how the can interact with others around the
world
 Teacher of the year
 Hot Book List & New Book List
 Parent Volunteer Information

11. Summary
This was a very interesting chapter. As a school
librarian it gave me additional information on the
types of resources that we use. For example, school-
library created resources versus content material.
Also, This chapter discussed digital archives and
interactive material as well as teacher created
information

12. Other Resources
 http://www.ipl.org/
 http://www.atyourlibrary.org/what/resources
 http://www.libraryresources.net/

13. URL’s to Support
 http://www.mpsaz.org/library/
 http://www.libraryresource.com/