The Southeastern NY Library Resources Council is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, HRVH Historical Newspapers http://news.hrvh.org/, part of the Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH) service. The Kingston Daily Freeman is the first newspaper to be included in this new digital newspaper repository and was completely digitized for the years 1903 to 1912. The entire contents of the newspaper issues can be searched by word and browsed by date. Complete issues of the newspaper can be viewed by full page or individual articles can be highlighted and viewed. This collection will be invaluable to historians, family researchers, teachers and students. For more information on the HRVH Historical Newspapers go to http://news.hrvh.org/
Submitted by:
Tessa Killian, Dutchess BOCES SLS Council Member
Manager of Technology & Administrative Services
Southeastern New York Library Resources Council
The Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies recently released a new booklet to help parents and teachers teach kids about Internet safety. Contact the SLS office for your library copy of NET CETERA - Chatting with Kids About Being Online. We ordered one for each SLS member!
To order multiple copies of the booklet go to http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx
The Dutchess School Library System Spring networking meetings are scheduled for March. Please note the discussion topic for each meeting. Come prepared to network with library colleagues, share your expertise, and exchange ideas. Thanks to Lucy and Michele for volunteering their library and great discussion topics! To register go to http://www.dcboces.org/professionaldevelopment
Elementary SLMS Spring Networking Meeting
Hyde Park Elementary School Library
March 24, 2010
4:15pm - 6:15pm
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Bring examples of using interactive white boards in the library media center
Secondary SLMS Spring Networking Meeting
Arlington Middle School Library
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 & Thursday, February 18, 2010
Hosted by:
Southeastern NY Library Resources Council
21 S. Elting Corners Rd.
Highland, NY 12528
Directions: www.senylrc.org/about/directions.htm
Online Registration: http://www.senylrc.org/reg/handheld
Conference Event Information: www.handheldlibrarian.org (Times listed on this website are in Central Standard Time.)
Would you like to attend this conference but have no place to view it uninterrupted at your location? SENYLRC is hosting the Handheld Librarian Online Conference scheduled on February 17 - 18, 2010 from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm EST both days. The entire conference is “attended” virtually via the Internet. Come to SENYLRC to join your colleagues for an online gathering on mobile services by and for libraries. There is no fee to attend, however registration is required. When you register, please select the times that you will attend. The cost for SENYLRC’s registration to host a group viewing is fully subsidized through SENYLRC’s regional automation program through New York State funds. Lunch is available for $5.00/day, payable at the event. Read more »
There is still time to register for the Library 2.0 Spring Retreat schedule for March 20-21, 2010. This two day hands on retreat is designed to help School Library Media Specialists gain a comfort level with some of the Library 2.0 technologies. Sessions will be informal and collaborative. Strategies for integration into the curriculum will be offered and shared.
All Library Media Specialists will be able to:
- Comfortably use some of the Library 2.0 technologies.
- Integrate Library 2.0 tools into the curriculum to better meet the needs of 21st century learners.
- Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. (AASL Standard 3)
Participants will be required to:
- Create at least one Web 2.0 technology tool for their library.
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The ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) eBook collection is now available through the Dutchess BOCES School Library System via the Gale Virtual Reference Library. For more details and a list of the available titles go to:
http://dcsls.mariner.dcboces.org/databases/ascd-education-ebook-collection-2/
Contact the SLS office for your remote access password.
Find out what’s new at Teachingbooks.net. Watch this 10-minute video update at: http://teachingbooks.net/archive/May09Update
- New York State 2009/10 reading lists are now aligned with the TeachingBook.net collection
- An offer from Teachingbooks.net to specifically support your own reading lists so that TeachingBooks materials can be aligned with your reading and library activities.
- A discussion of the Teacher Tips Web 2.0 tool and an invitation for you and your colleagues to participate in the beta version
Funding for Teachingbooks.net is made possible by the New York State School Library System Association. The database is available to all Dutchess County educators and students. If you need the remote access password please contact the SLS office at rebecca.gerald@dcboces.org
To learn how to get the most out of your Gale literature resources, visit http://www.gale.cengage.com/email/TrainingWebinars/Aug09/
The following free NOVELny online training sessions have been scheduled for
the summer.
Grolier, Databases for NOVELNY: June 25, 2009 2 pm (one hour)
Ebsco, Using Searchasaurus: June 29 at 2:00 pm (45 minutes)
Cengage-Gale, Health and Wellness Resource Center Database: July 14 at 10:00 am (one hour)
Cengage-Gale, Health and Wellness Resource Center Database: August 3 at 2:00 pm (one hour)
Information on how to register/participate in these sessions is available at:
http://novelnewyork.org/training.php#online
New York State Librarian, Bernard A. Margolis announced the electronic products that will constitute the NOVELNY (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) statewide collection for April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010.
Beginning April 1, 2009 the following products only will be offered through NOVELNY:
- EBSCO Primary Search (with the Searchasaurus/Kid’s Search interfaces) Primary Search includes Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Animals and the American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary*, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin
- Gale Business and Company Resource Center, including Business ASAP
- Gale Newspapers (InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, National Newspaper Index, and New York Custom Newspapers),
- Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center, with Alternative Health
- Grolier Encyclopedia Americana
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- New Book of Knowledge (Grolier)
- ProQuest Platinum (contact the SLS office for a list of the titles included in ProQuest Platinum)
Not included after April 1, 2009:
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection
- General Science Collection
For information on how the databases were selected go to http://novelnewyork.org/09dbfaq.php
Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY is a pilot project for the Statewide Internet Library connecting New Yorkers to 21st century
information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
School Library System | February 21, 2010
