Tools-Access

=Tools & Access=

About Tools/Access
Information about the tools/access priority (conceptualization, operationalization of terms, about the major tools/access concerns, etc)

Library Automation Software
-Sample RFPs or Quotes**
 * -Database of Districts / Software Vendor

The K-12 Library & Web 2.0 Solutions
-Samples of Best Practices** -**Training ideas / Lesson plans**
 * -General resources & discussion of Library 2.0

-Internet Public Library (IPL)

 * Here is another useful tool to keep in your Internet Arsenal: The Internet Public Library. This link will bring you to some tutorials on its use in teaching/byteachers. It __appears__ that the IPL, and all of it's links, are being handled by university library-science students. (SJ)
 * http://www.ipl.org/div/about/teachWipl.html

-Social Networks

 * Puzzled as to** **what to do with weeded books? Make them into furniture!** http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/classes/bookbuild/art.html

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**Online Databases:**
-**Database of Districts / Subscription Products**

-Strategies for increasing database usage
 * -Usage Statistics**
 * -Measurements for evalution

-Funding Issues: by District? by State? by Building?**

Facilitators
Participant Facilitator: Jayne Downing, Philadelphia, PA Wiki Facilitator: Cathy McLeod, Seattle, WA Contact: Sheri Massey, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Group Members
Meggin Condino, Thomson Gale Jayne Downing, Philadelphia, PA Edith Fuller, Portland, OR Paul Lanata, Jefferson County, KY Cathy McLeod, Seattle, WA Nancy Teger, Florida Dept. of Education

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