final hand aasl slides

Questions for Questions for Administrators: Administrators:

How Can You Best Include How Can You Best Include ebooks ebooks

in the Library Collection?in the Library Collection?

Dorcas HandDirector of Libraries, Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston

The detailed handout available on the website will expand the topics I’ll discuss here.

http://aaslwhatkindsbooksforyourlibrary.weebly.com/

Three LensesThree Lenses

Three LensesThree LensesThe school mission and digital goals

Three LensesThree LensesThe school mission and digital goals

Preparation for college level academic research tools

Three LensesThree LensesThe school mission and digital goals

Preparation for college level academic research tools

Specific digital access points that accomplish these goals

What are your goals?What are your goals?

What are your goals?What are your goals?

What is the school’s goal in implementing eBooks and other digital resources?

What are your goals?What are your goals?

What is the school’s goal in implementing eBooks and other digital resources?

How do these goals impact student preparedness for college research demands?

What are your goals?What are your goals?In implementing eBooks and other digital resources?

Impact on student preparedness for college research demands?

Transliteracy, comprehension and application across many formats?

Prepared for college Prepared for college research?research?

Do you expect different outcomes from ebooks?

How do you plan to assess success?

How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?

How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?

Your literacy goals must be articulated

How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?

Your literacy goals must be articulated

What are the relative benefits for your students of the various formats?

How do students best read How do students best read and understand new and understand new information?information?

Your literacy goals must be articulated

What are the relative benefits for your students of the various formats?

How will you address issues of deep comprehension in digital formats?

Additional ConsiderationsAdditional ConsiderationsStudent enthusiasm for digital formats may increase time spent reading

Additional ConsiderationsAdditional ConsiderationsStudent enthusiasm for digital formats may increase time spent reading

Delivery systems for fiction and nonfiction are different

Additional ConsiderationsAdditional ConsiderationsStudent enthusiasm for digital formats may increase time spent reading

Delivery systems for fiction and nonfiction are different

The key is access: how do students locate materials for their needs?

Traditional Library Traditional Library Services are Still the Services are Still the

CoreCoreWe develop enthusiasm for reading

and information, in whatever formats are most effective

We encourage cover-to-cover reading, typically for recreation

We support research, more computer and reference focused

We provide adult guidance to locate and use the most appropriate resources for any given assignment

Focusing with tighter Focusing with tighter visionvision

School lensTechnical lensSpace lensCollection Development lens

Collection DevelopmentCollection DevelopmentCollection Development Model

◦Patron driven purchasing ◦Traditional speculative buying from reviews

Ownership, Subscription, Rental?◦Freading or OverDrive or…

http://www.libraryideas.com/freading.html

CourageCourage

Today’s answer will change.

Be ready to adjust.