Creating Cyber Libraries: An Instructional Guide for School Library Media Specialists / Edition 1

by Kathleen W. Craver

Overview

As prices of traditional library materials increase, and space to house them shrinks, savvy school library media specialists are creating cyber libraries, or school libraries on the Internet. These libraries offer students and their parents 24-hour access and are invaluable for providing up-to-date information in a way traditional materials cannot. This guide outlines the steps library media specialists can take to create a cyber library, provide content and policies for use, and maintain it for maximum efficiency.

Craver justifies the need for cyber libraries in the 21st century, and how they can help librarians to meet the standards in Information Power (1998). She explains the different types of cyber libraries available, along with their advantages and disadvantages. She discusses how to construct them using portals or by acquiring fee-based cyber libraries, and what policies should be in place to protect both the school and its students. Also included are instructions for establishing remote access to subscription databases, creating cyber reading rooms, and providing instructional services to student users. Once a cyber library is created, it must be maintained and evaluated to keep it useful and current, and this book provides guidelines to do so. Finally, there is a chapter on promoting the cyber library, so the school community is aware of its features and participates in its growth process. No school library should be without this volume!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313320804
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/2002
Series:	Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.53(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

KATHLEEN W. CRAVER is Head Librarian at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. She is the author of School Library Media Centers in the 21st Century (Greenwood, 1994), Teaching Electronic Literacy (Greenwood, 1997), and Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History (Greenwood, 1999), which won the 2000 American Association of History and Computing Book Prize.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Cyber Library Guidelines
Cyber Library Policies
Constructing Web Libraries
Using Portals
Acquiring Fee-Based Cyber Libraries
Establishing Remote Access to Subscription Resources
Creating Cyber Library Instructional Services
Managing and Evaluating Cyber Libraries
Promoting Cyber Libraries
Bibliography
Links Citation List
Index

Editorial Reviews

The creator of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939) and The Little House (1942, both Houghton) played many roles during her too-brief life: dancer, artist, exacting designer and teacher, craftswoman, illustrator, shepherdess, wife, mother, and ebullient hostess. This appreciative biography portrays a gifted artist balancing a successful professional career with family responsibilities at a time when most women chose one over the other. Elleman examines Burton's early work and investigates the genesis of each of her seven picture books, from Choo Choo (1937) to the epic, carefully researched Life Story (1962, both Houghton). She shows how Burton's perfectionism shaped her art, which is characterized by organic movement, rooted in the rhythms of nature, and has "survival through change" as its constant theme. A generous selection of family photos and full-color art from Burton's published and unpublished work, laid out in a handsome, open page design, accompanies the text. Research notes, an index, and an extensive bibliography are appended. This welcome tribute to a beloved artist should be a first purchase.-Margaret A. Chang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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