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BPL Tech Card: Access for All Bentonville Public Library Our Library Team Hadi Dudley, Director Sue Ann Pekel, Childrens Librarian Courtney Fitzgerald, Sarah Gowdy, Circulation Librarian Teen Services Librarian Heather

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BPL Tech Card: Access for All

Bentonville Public Library

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Our Library Team

  • Hadi Dudley, Director
  • Courtney Fitzgerald,

Circulation Librarian

  • Heather Hays,

Reference Librarian

  • Sue Ann Pekel,

Children’s Librarian

  • Sarah Gowdy,

Teen Services Librarian

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About BPL

Our Mission

  • To engage our

community, encourage discovery, and promote literacy by offering lifelong learning opportunities

Library Services for BPS

  • Free cards for

faculty/staff

  • Library tours
  • Classroom visits
  • Collection support
  • Important Partnerships
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Presentation Overview

  • 1. BPL Tech Card program

a. Why this is important b. How the program started

  • 2. Designing the program

a. Student Portal b. Downloadables

  • 3. Importance of using databases
  • 4. Feature specific resources
  • 5. Interactive exercises
  • 6. Wrap-up
  • 7. Evaluate presentation
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BPL Tech Card

Why It’s Important

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Program Purpose & Goals

Access for Every Student

  • ‘BYOD’ - Digital Literacy
  • Information Literacy
  • School classroom use

– Check-out at school library

  • Support education and

homework for school-age students

  • Support curriculum

development for teachers

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Technology Costs

  • Resources from Bentonville Public Library

– Targeted databases: 28 products (13 vendors) – Annual investment: $69,605.00

  • Resources from the Arkansas Traveler project

– Arkansas State Library (LSTA funds to IMLS) – Arkansas Department of Education

  • Annual cost: $843,031.00
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How BPL’s Program Got Started

BPL Tech Card

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Background Information

  • External Benchmarking Research - 2013

– Detroit Catholic High School – High School in Bozeman Montana

  • Internal Benchmarking Research

– Teachers and Educators – Fayetteville Public Schools & Library – Rogers Public Schools & Library

  • Initial Meetings and Approvals

– School Librarians – Accepted proposal in May 2014

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Program Launch

Test Environment

  • 2014-2015
  • Bright Field Middle School
  • Fulbright Junior High School
  • Students
  • Teachers, faculty & staff
  • Establish BPL procedures
  • Program feedback
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Logistics

  • Quantities
  • Visual presentation of materials
  • Creation of accounts – parameters
  • Barcode symbology
  • Classroom sets vs. library sets
  • Phased implementation

– 2 schools each “semester” – BHS final school – New cards each year – Yearly program sponsorship

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Teacher Packets

Contents

  • BPL Tech Card –

classroom set

  • Rings
  • Promotional Card – to

distribute to students

  • Teacher’s Guide /FAQs
  • Contact information
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Program Costs

  • Test data will drive sponsorship opportunities

for Tech Card Program

– Bentonville Library Foundation

  • $3,300 program launch
  • $15,000 anticipated annual cost for district-

wide implementation

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Questions & Contact Info

  • Courtney Fitzgerald – 271-5988 or
  • cfitzgerald@bentonvillear.com
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How the Program is Designed

BPL Tech Card

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Marketing & Communications

  • Design both the card itself

and the large promotional card

  • Highlight most valuable

resources for educators

  • Easy to change the color

from year to year

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Student Portal Location

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Student Portal

Streamlined Interface

  • Categorized by

grade levels

  • Brief descriptions
  • Featured resources
  • Icons for visual

recognition

  • Accessible from BPL’s

website www.bentonvillelibrary.org/student-portal

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Access Made Easy

Before After

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Mobile Site & App

  • Student

portal is accessible from both mobile site & app

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Downloadables

  • Something for all

ages – kids through adult

  • eBooks
  • Audiobooks
  • Music
  • Storybooks
  • Magazines
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BookFlix

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BookFlix

  • Grades PreK – 3
  • Pairs storybooks with nonfiction books to

reinforce reading skills

  • Interactive literacy resource
  • Categorized in 9 themes: Animals and Nature;

Earth and Sky; Family and Community; People and Places; Music and Rhyme; ABC’s and 1, 2, 3’s; Adventure; Imagination; and Celebrations

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Overdrive / Library2Go

  • eBooks and downloadable audiobooks
  • Two week checkout/5 titles per patron
  • Coming soon … streaming videos
  • New!! - Kids eReading Room
  • New!! - Teen eReading Room
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Overdrive / Library2Go

  • Kids eReading

Room

  • Browse by

subject, collections or levels

  • Sort by

relevancy, title, author, release date, added to site or most popular

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Overdrive / Library2Go

  • Teen eReading

Room

  • Browse by

subject, collections or levels

  • Sort by

relevancy, title, author, release date, added to site or most popular

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Overdrive / Library2Go

  • Main

Collection

  • Browse,

search or advanced search

  • Can limit to

available titles

  • Free app
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Freegal

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Freegal

  • Now featuring streaming music! Three hours

per day

  • Download 3 titles a week that are yours to

keep

  • Music from 28,000 labels and counting –

includes the Sony playlist

  • DRM (Digital Rights Management) free MP3

files

  • Free app
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OneClickdigital

  • Two week

checkout/5 titles per patron

  • Multi use

titles

  • Free app

available

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OneClickdigital

  • Start by creating an account online
  • Tutorial videos available on OneClick site
  • Phone and email support available
  • Free app
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Zinio

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Zinio

  • Digital copies of your favorite magazines
  • Over 40 titles available including Bloomberg

Businessweek, Country Living, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, and more!

  • Can read on either your computer or mobile

device

  • Free app
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Questions & Contact Info

  • Heather Hays – 271-5976 or

hhays@bentonvillear.com

  • Dalene Schrier (Tech Whiz) – 271-6817 or

dschrier@bentonvillear.com

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Why Use Library Databases?

BPL Tech Card

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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GMtIuaNzU

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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

  • Reason # 1
  • Conventional Wisdom states databases are:
  • Free access to scholarly information
  • Trusted Peer Reviewed Resources
  • Information is easy to find again
  • Easy to navigate search engines
  • Helpful Educator Guides

Really?

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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

  • Reason # 2
  • The Common Core State Standards favor complex

informational texts.

Barbara Stripling, PhD. ALA President 2013-14

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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

  • Reason # 3

Standards for the 21st Century Learner

  • 1. Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
  • 2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new

situations, and create new knowledge.

  • 3. Share Knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of
  • ur democratic society.
  • 4. Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

Standards for the 21st Century Learner Link to Common core through Crosswalk

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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

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Why Use Databases in the Classroom?

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Questions & Contact Info

  • Sue Ann Pekel – 271-6816 or
  • spekel@bentonvillear.com
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How to Incorporate Grades 5-6

BPL Tech Card

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Highlights: Grades 5-6

  • 1. Encyclopedia of

Arkansas

  • 2. ABC-CLIO
  • 3. Mango Languages
  • 4. Tutor.com
  • 5. World Book Online Info

Finder

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Questions & Contact Info

  • Sarah Gowdy – 273-7755 or
  • sgowdy@bentonvillear.com
  • Sue Ann Pekel – 271-6816 or
  • spekel@bentonvillear.com
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Database Scavenger Hunt!

  • Let’s see what you know about databases!
  • Fill out as many answers you can find on the

scavenger worksheet.

  • We will review together…and prizes will be won!
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Wrap Up

Final Portal Highlights

  • Educators

– Link to presentation – Scavenger hunts – Teacher’s Guide

  • Program Info

– Information links – FAQs

  • Contact BPL
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Thank You!

  • Tech Card Program Feedback

– Forthcoming (short) surveys – Classroom use – Database use – Student feedback

  • Presentation Evaluation

– Today’s session feedback – Complete and submit