1. Session 6:
Reading and interpreting WWW
information
Online Resources
Acceptable Use
Citation Technology

2. Housekeeping
• Your Ten Minute Teaching scores; Google Docs
link to view your feedback spreadsheet
• Early feedback on websites? Send me the URL
smassey@umd.edu
• Penny for your thoughts gone digital:
http://lbsc642.blogspot.com/

3. Agenda
• Online Resources/Digital Libraries
• Acceptable Use
• Electronic reference tools

4. What do these things have in common?
Sailor The Connecticut Digital Library (iCONN)
StoryPlace
The Digital Water Education Library
The National Archives (NARA)
The California Heritage Collection Perseus
MDUSA World Digital Library
Internet Archive
The Digital Library for Earth System Education
School Library Media Center Pathfinders
Online Archive of California
Judaica
Internet Public Library
The American Memory Collection
The International Children’s Digital Library

5. What is a digital library?
“[A] set of electronic resources and associated technical
capabilities … [that are] constructed by and for a
community of users, and their functional capabilities
support the information needs and uses of that community.
”
Borgman, 1999, p. 29
“ [A] managed collection of information, with
associated services, where the information is stored
in digital formats and accessible over a network.
”
Arms, 2000, p.2

6. What is a digital library?
 Systems: directories, e-books, online repositories, structured
information on the free Web, and databases (free and
subscription)
 Users: social networking and virtual spaces
 “Database” as generic term
The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL)
www.childrenslibrary.org

7. Benefits of Digital Libraries
• No physical boundary
• Round the clock availability
• Multiple access
• Information retrieval (“searchability”)
• Preservation and conservation
• Space
• Added value
What are the disadvantages?

8. Evaluating online resources
• Why provide these databases and services?
• What are the implications for our program?
▫ access anytime, anywhere,
▫ our need to instruct on the use,
▫ are they flexible to meet needs of various learners?

9. Evaluating online resources
• What strategies will you use to start exploring
the services?
• Do a search in ABC-CLIO. Complete the MCPS
online services evaluation (available in ELMS).
▫ ABC-CLIO (u: mcps, p: trials)
• Be prepared to share evaluations.

10. Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs)
• Describe user rights and prohibitions for use of
the organization’s computers and network.
• Should include:
▫ a preamble,
▫ a definition section,
▫ a policy statement,
▫ an acceptable uses section,
▫ an unacceptable uses section, and
▫ a violations/sanctions section.

11. AUPs should also…
• Serve as a legal document
• Be complete
• Be adaptable
• Be unique to your school
• Protect students
• Information parents

12. What does this mean for SLMPs?
• Teachers and librarians today are finding new,
innovative, and exciting ways to use technology
to entice readers and learners.
• Can you think of some challenges that
teachers and librarians may face related to
their organization’s AUP as they strive to
incorporate new tools into the learning
environment?

13. Citing sources
Why should students cite their sources?
1. To see where you've already been, and prevent
backtracking.
2. To let others verify your steps.
3. To preserve sources that might not exist in the future.
4. To resolve contradictions, should other sources come to
light.
5. To guide others in their research.

14. Plagiarism quiz

15. Citation technology
• Tools to detect plagarism
▫ Educause chart
• Citation tools
▫ Son of Citation Machine
▫ EasyBib
▫ Citation Builder
• Research tools
▫ NoodleTools

16. TurnItIn.com

17. NoodleTools
• Presenter: Andrea Christman
• MLS, Univ. of Maryland
• National Board Certified Teacher
• Media Specialist Winston Churchill HS (MCPS)

18. Thinking ahead
• Be thinking about creating a digital story. The
content can be your choice. For example: an
event in your life, a place you visited, a hobby or
interest, a book review, something for your blog
• Bring photographs of the content.