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Direct linkKachel, Debra E.; Lance, Keith Curry – Grantee Submission, 2021
A survey of all 50 states and District of Columbia was conducted in Fall 2020 to gain background information to inform an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant project called SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation--Decline or Evolution? As part of the grant, a school library leader, some in a state government/agency position or…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, State Standards, Certification
Walz, Garry R.; Bleuer, Jeanne C. – 1998
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded program inaugurated in 1966 to serve as the nation's archive of important education documents. ERIC clearinghouses identify, select, and prepare entries describing education-related materials for the ERIC database; provide information in response to mail, telephone, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Counseling, Counselors, Databases
Davis, E. E. (Gene); Scott, Marilynn S. – School Administrator, 1986
The Anchorage, Alaska, School District is dealing with the problem of teaching students about the "information age" through a unique program in their central library system. It was one of the first school districts in the nation to computerize its library and to provide access to computer databases to the students through telephones as…
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Educational Television, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedBell, Mary Ann – Teacher Librarian, 2005
State-funded informational databases are a boon to students, teachers, and teacher-librarians, but as states struggle with budgets, funding for these resources is endangered survey results on the status of databases in all fifty states along with suggestions for keeping the databases or dealing with their absence follow. Today's students and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Government Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Describes "The Electric Library" (TM), a database (which can be searched via an Internet connection) designed to assist schools, librarians, and parents with information retrieval. Discusses technical and logistical benefits, the problem of selected and limited resources, and cost issues. Provides a sample debate topic exercise using "The Electric…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education
Butterworth, Margaret – 1992
A library has the capacity to deliver much more than just its locally stored and owned resources. By using telecommunications, information can be sought from online databases and from other pupils in schools across the world. This paper includes: (1) an explanation of the link between "virtual reality" and the "virtual…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Definitions
Brewer, Sally – Northwest Education, 2003
As the need to access information increases, school librarians must create virtual libraries. Linked to reliable reference resources, the virtual library extends the physical collection and library hours and lets students learn to use Web-based resources in a protected learning environment. The growing number of virtual schools increases the need…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Educational Needs, Electronic Libraries
Greenberg, J.; Daniel, E.; Massey, J.; White, P. – 2000
The Plant Information Center (PIC) is a project funded under the Institute of Museum and Library Studies that aims to provide global access to both primary and secondary botanical resources via the World Wide Web. Central to the project is the development and employment of a series of applications that facilitate resource discovery, interactive…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Botany, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Nixon, Carol, Comp.; Dengler, M. Heide, Comp.; McHenry, Mare L., Comp. – 1998
This proceedings contains 56 papers, presentation summaries, and/or slide presentations pertaining to the Internet, World Wide Web, intranets, and library systems. Topics include: Web databases in medium sized libraries; Dow Jones Intranet Toolkit; the future of online; Web searching and Internet basics; digital archiving; evolution of the online…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases
Maurer, Hermann, Ed. – 1996
This proceedings contains 80 full papers, 12 posters/demonstrations, 108 short papers, one panel, and one tutorial, all focusing on World Wide Web applications. Topics include: designing hypertext navigation tools; Web site design; distance education via the Web; instructional design; the world-wide market and censorship on the Web; customer…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Science, Computer Software
Pappas, Marjorie L.; And Others – 1996
The ever-increasing availability of electronic information resources online and on CD-ROM presents library media specialists, teachers, and students with a new set of challenges for accessing information. Electronic information resources enable access to nonlinear information, which allows searchers to explore relationships and make connections…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedPotter, William Gray; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online), a statewide information system started by the state university library system and being expanded to include private colleges, public libraries, and school libraries. Electronic information resources range from full text or bibliographic data of academic journals to census data and state…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Full Text Databases
