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SLAVReading Culture: collaborate,
create, celebrate
journeys with ebooks Anne Whisken
Centre, Carey Baptist Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School2 x primary libraries
1 x secondary library
eLearning teams at each campus
Mellor Library 7-121300 students in MS and SS structure
1:1 laptop school
3 Teacher Librarians
2 Librarians
2 Library Technicians
1 Library Assistant
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2010 - how do we prepare our systems environment for digital assets & blended
learning?
2011 – what eBooks & eResources are best for teaching & learning at our school?
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2010
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What information architecture do we need for a blended learning environment and digital assets management?
What learning management system do we need for good teaching and learning?
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
2010
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What sort of library system will take us into a future of increasingly online resources? What information
resources provide for best teaching and learning?
2010
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What library system will provide for faceted navigation, federated searching, user accounts, interactivity, engaging resource presentation?
How do we manage digital resource acquisition, access, digital rights?
What’s with this eBook thing?
2010
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How do we use information for learning?
Teachers - to design curriculum which uses best quality and most relevant information, as discipline content and skills are learned in blended learning environments
Students - To experience use of best quality and most relevant information for learning in blended learning environments
C Bruce, 2008, Informed Learning.
2010
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How do we provide best quality information for learning?
Information system which•provides sophisticated management, indexing, searching, usage and reporting of resources in hard copy and electronic formats•enables high level user interaction with the sources – such as user accounts, Apps, RSS etc – and develops to match evolving technologies
2010journeys with ebooks What systems supply best quality information
for learning?Integrated library system which•searches across the full variety of information formats and platforms to bring the results into one space (federated search)•provides for a faceted view of the results so user can easily select the most suitable resource (faceted navigation)•manages access to formats which have restrictions such as 3rd party licenses (eBook loans)
2010
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Research to develop business case for selection and purchase of new system
System specificationsLibrary visitsShort listSelection of Civica
2010
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CIVICA
Spydus catalogue with content areas
Sorcer discovery layer (faceted navigation & user interactivity)
Blis assets management system with federated search and software for 3rd party licence eBooks
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INFORMATION AND LEARNING ARCHITECTURE
ENTRY: CareyLink Portal (Sharepoint)
LEARNING: ClassE Learning Management System (Blackboard)
INFORMATION RESOURCES: Spydus/Sorcer/Blis (Civica)
VIDEO MANAGEMENT: Digital Video Library (Clickview)
DATA RECORDS: Synergetic (Database)
2010
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What about
the books on the shelves? >> Not much use?
the library and staff? >> Not much use?
Where do students get information? How good is it?
How do we get to where they are learning and using information?
Can we change? To what? How?
2010!!!!! PS !!!! Elephant in the room !!!!!
‘shift happens’
Lyn Bruce
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Be the information expert in the spaces where students are learning
2010!!!!! PS !!!! Elephant in the room !!!!!
‘shift happens’
Lyn Bruce
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eRESOURCES
eBOOKS: Fiction, Textbooks, Non-Fiction, Reference?
ONLINE DATABASES: Subscription, journals and newspapers, video, books, radio, transcripts?
WEBSITES: Subscription and Free?
WEB 2.O: blogs, wikis & other stuff - educational usefulness?
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eBook Action Learning Team
Teacher Librarians & Teachers
Four action cycles over the year of:
research, plan, action, report
Actions
Australian content
eBooks for IB resourcing
Student opinion
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eBook Action Learning Team: Actions
Consulted suppliers:
•Booklegger (non-fiction & reference),
•Campion (Text books),
•Wheelers (fiction)
•Warner Books (non-fiction, reference, databases)
•EBSCO (non-fiction, reference, databases)
•GALE (non-fiction, reference, databases)
2011
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eBook Action Learning Team: Actions
Looked at publisher offerings:
Oxford, Cambridge, Nelson, Jacaranda, McMillan
Ability to mark up literature texts (Google docs, ReadCloud, iPad)
How to manage acquisitions, access
Federated searching
2011
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eBook Action Learning Team: Actions
Question:
What makes eBooks and Databases successful?
Answer:
same as hard copy books – active use and promotion by teachers
Exciting:
ability to link from context of online course to chapter in eBook! (link made by TL?) 20
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Three types of eBooks
Fiction , Textbooks, Non-Fiction/Reference
Fiction
preference by students for physical books over eBooks.
eBooks free and cheap but often comes with advertising (free Google books).
Single licence use presents problem for libraries.
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Three types of eBooks
Textbooks
Book & CD
Book & CD & access code to support website
Book & CD & access code to support website & App
each publisher creating own format – e.g. pdf, ePub, Adobe Creative Suite
trying to overcome hacking and copying to get a return on investment
.
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Three types of eBooks
Non-Fiction and Reference
Pdf most common format (ePub & Adobe Creative Suite growing)
Web-based platforms give most powerful delivery - can still download as pdf if wish.
Reader screen that enables colour and movement to be appreciated
Note difference between eBooks and online databases and online learning databases
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eBooks
Location
•website, server, download to individual device
Licensed
•for one user at a time (DRM loans software)
•site licence for multiple users/ limited number of users
.
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Decisions
Fiction
Leave to 2012 – have software to manage one user usage licence
Textbooks
Leave to departments – some using book & CD & website user access
Non-Fiction & Reference
Big orders with Warner, Booklegger, Gale, INT books
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Warner Books: eBooks - Non Fiction
Whole school site licence, multiple users
2011
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Facts On File Science and Technology eBook CollectionBrief History seriesEncyclopedia of War Crimes & GenocideHandbook to Life SeriesEncyclopedia of World War IIGlobal Issues SeriesFamous Fashion DesignersGlobal ConnectionsCreation of the Modern Middle EastWorld Religions
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Warner Books: eBooks - Non-Fiction 2011
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Science Foundations
The Solar System
The Prehistoric Earth
The Human Body
Fashions of a Decade
Costume and Fashion Source Books
A History of Fashion and Costume
The sixties in America (3 vol) (UXL)
Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders
Encyclopedia of Biomes
Lifelines in World History
The Ancient World
The Modern World
Culture Wars
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Booklegger: eBooks
Non Fiction & Reference
Whole site licence, multiple users
2011 journeys with ebooks
Human Diseases and ConditionsHistory behind the headlinesGale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders 3rd edEncyclopedia of Modern AsiaCold War Reference LibraryThe Encyclopedia of the Cold WarCold War a student encyclopediaFood in Context
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INT Books: Books
Non Fiction
•Trocadero Australian Timelines series
•Crabtree series
Whole school site licence, multiple users
Years 5 - 8
2011
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Warner Books Databases
Cyberschool
Whole site licence, multiple users
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Bloom’s Literary Reference OnlineHealth Reference CentreModern World History OnlineScience OnlineWorld Religions Online
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Warner Books Databases
InfoBase eLearning Modules
Whole site licence, multiple users
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BiomesEnergy and the EnvironmentGenes and Disease OnlineGenetics and Evolution OnlineGlobal Exploration Online
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Gale Databases
Restricted users
We selected 5 concurrent users
2011
World History in ContextGlobal Issues in ContextGreen RScience in ContextWorld History in Context
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Access
Download MAC/SCIS records & link directly to titles from catalogue
Set up separate set of links to supplier platforms to enable searches there
2011
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Searching
Spydus: enter search term > Blis federated search across databases & results aggregated > faceted results
displayed in Sorcer
Link to supplier platform and search across content of titles bought by school.
2011
Focus•A central search location for quality information
•On content rather than on device used for access and reading
•All content should be able to be downloaded to whatever device the students are using
•Content should be whole site licence for multiple users
•What learning is taking place as this information is used in this format for this teaching and learning?
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QUESTIONS?
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