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"We are living in a new economy powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by knowledge.”
(U.S. Department of Labor)

Visit the 21st Century School Library to obtain your key to this exciting new world.

Navigate the terrain with the expertise of school librarians and cybrarians who can guide you on the journey to academic achievement. Explore the power of information that all Ohio students and teachers can harness at the new 21st Century School Library. Learn how school librarians collaborate with teachers to facilitate teaching and learning. Experience school library resources that will help teachers and students achieve Ohio's new Academic Content Standards.

Mrs. Hope Taft spent time at the 21st Century School Library including reading B is for Buckeye and answering the questions of Wilson Hill Elementary students. (Select the image to enlarge.)

Photo highlights of the 21st School Library at the 2002 SchoolNet Conference
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AUTOMATION STATION

Automation in your school library is as fundamental as ABC...

A computerized library catalog provides Access to the contents of your classroom materials and school library with the touch of a button.
An online catalog Broadens the scope of the library by providing access from remote locations (such as the classroom or home) via the Internet and
Automation networks allow for Centralized and efficient organization.

Participation in MORE, Ohio's resource sharing network and the nation's first real-time, online, search, request and delivery resource sharing network links school and public library catalogs together.

ADDITIONAL AUTOMATION STATION LINKS

Automation and MORE (PowerPoint) - more detailed information
Automation Implementation (PowerPoint)

INFORMATION STATION
Connect to INFOhio's curriculum-based electronic resources, which are available, for FREE, to all Ohio teachers and students. Explore 400 magazines, 2 electronic encyclopedias, 18,000 American biographies, and thousands of articles cumulated from over 1200 sources, and much, much more! Acquire quick and easy answers to questions by linking to electronic reference services. Discover how to integrate e-books and e-textbooks into student learning.

INTEGRATION STATION
Facilitating information literacy by helping students understand how to access information, assess the validity of information and determine the best usage of information is the job of every educator. Learn how to connect your curriculum to information literacy by linking the library, Internet and the classroom to instruction. Join the cybrarian leader for demonstrations of information literacy tools and resources that will help teachers benefit from a library without walls and ensure student achievement.

MULTIMEDIA STATION
Experience digital video and what it can do for your classroom. Discover how digital video works, how easy it is to download to your computer or your student's computer. Examples of integrating digital clips in K-12 lesson plans will be provided along with information on other digitizing projects from around the state. Join our cybrarians from Ohio's Area Media Centers as they demonstrate and explain how to select, order on-line and make digital video a part of your classroom.

INNOVATIVE SCHOOL LIBRARY PRACTICES AWARD

Flyer (Word document)
Submission Guidelines (Word document)
Please direct questions concerning the award to Carla Southers of O.D.E.


Working in partnership as Leadership for School Libraries.

"We are living in a new economy powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by knowledge.” (U.S. Department of Labor)

"We are living in a new economy powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by knowledge.”
(U.S. Department of Labor)