Looks great, I might add that we would be interested in having time at the next board meeting to present our Power Point, minor detail but letting them know we want to present our ideas publicly.
Alli
I hope all of you had a nice weekend. I have inserted the memo I will send to Sally later today. I just picked a school district name, but we don't have to use it on our powerpoint presentation. If you see any changes that need to be made please let me know. Anita
Hi everyone! I think these points are sufficient for a memo. Diane
Anita, I think this looks good. The only other thing I can think of to possibly add might be this: The catalog is visually appealing and user friendly.
What do the rest of you think? Carole
I have listed the points that at least 3 or 4 of us wanted included in the memo. There was eight points. Do you all agree with using these points? Do you feel that is enough points or too many? Anita
Cost: *Costs compares favorably to similar systems.(Anita) (Alli - def. this one) (Carole)(Diane)
Benefits for Students: *This system will allow students to refine their searches for research. (Anita) (Carole)(Diane)
*It is available to teachers and students 24/7.( Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane) *Reading level is readily available. "Find-a-book" feature helps students find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile Level (very handy for schools that MAP test) (Anita) (Alli - especially the Lexile part with MAP tests) (Carole) * Parents and students can have access from home. (Anita) (Alli) (Carole)
*The catalog is visually appealing and user friendly.
Benefits for library staff (CS) : * A library web page is easy to create with this system. (Good to know! Carole)(Anita) (Alli)(Diane)
Wide variety of reports available. - reports are a great way to allow districts to make informed decisions(Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane)
Anita, I think that's a good idea to put things in categories. It puts it in shorter pieces, and will have more impact.
Carole
Memo Ideas:
I put my name beside my top choices. Should we choose certain categories to touch on in our memo?
I wrote some ideas for categories. Please add or change.
Features:
Cost:
Benefits for Students:
Company support and training: Benefits for library staff (CS)
Anita
I am going to add to the memo with additional information that I found, not many new ideas but additions to... Alli
This system will allow students to refine their searches for research. (Anita) (Carole)(Diane)
It also allows the district to create a Union catalog so that all the libraries in the district are accessible. (Alli) (Carole)
It is available to teachers and students 24/7.( Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane)
A library web page is easy to create with this system. (Good to know! Carole)(Anita) (Alli)(Diane)
Information needed for correct citation work is available. - Students are able to automatically build and edit MLA style citations for any item in the catalog
Reading level is readily available. "Find-a-book" feature helps students find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile Level (very handy for schools that MAP test) (Anita) (Alli - especially the Lexile part with MAP tests) (Carole)
Resource lists can be made for teachers and students. - Lists can be named, saved, and shared -- lists can be made public to users with access rights
--From Diane
Installation is faily easy since it is installed on a single server. (Alli)
Parents and students can have access from home. (Anita) (Alli) (Carole)
Follett has a toll free hotline. (Carole, I found out this was really helpful)
Costs compares favorably to similar systems.(Anita) (Alli - def. this one) (Carole)(Diane)
Unlimited e-mail access to Follett customer support people.
Was chosen "Best Library Automation Systemin 2006" by eSchool News readers.
Anita
Wide variety of reports available. - reports are a great way to allow districts to make informed decisions(Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane)
Some reports can be set up to run automatically.
Follett also has help button with lots of information..
Follett has online tutorials to watch, using your user code. (Anita) (Carole)
Follett provides on-site training for up to 5 users (at least, that's what it was in our district) (Anita) (Carole)
Cataloging can be done in Marc format, or in an easy format where it takes care of correct punctuation for you.
Inventory can be done section by section, or the whole collection at once,
Carole
Features that can be added to the basic package - "Title Peek", "Web-Path Express", "Find-a-Book", and State Standards search (Anita) (Alli) (Carole - this is really cool)
Books can be scanned in and out even if internet connection is down
Special printing software unnecessary
Limited training necessary because it is intuitive if users are familiar with Internet browsers (Anita)
Alli
We should also include all the information about toll free services, training, and customer support!!!
Alli
Alli
I hope all of you had a nice weekend. I have inserted the memo I will send to Sally later today. I just picked a school district name, but we don't have to use it on our powerpoint presentation. If you see any changes that need to be made please let me know. Anita
Hi everyone! I think these points are sufficient for a memo. Diane
Anita, I think this looks good. The only other thing I can think of to possibly add might be this:
The catalog is visually appealing and user friendly.
What do the rest of you think? Carole
I have listed the points that at least 3 or 4 of us wanted included in the memo. There was eight points. Do you all agree with using these points? Do you feel that is enough points or too many? Anita
Cost:
*Costs compares favorably to similar systems.(Anita) (Alli - def. this one) (Carole)(Diane)
Benefits for Students:
*This system will allow students to refine their searches for research. (Anita) (Carole)(Diane)
*It is available to teachers and students 24/7.( Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane)
*Reading level is readily available. "Find-a-book" feature helps students find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile Level (very handy for schools that MAP test) (Anita) (Alli - especially the Lexile part with MAP tests) (Carole)
* Parents and students can have access from home. (Anita) (Alli) (Carole)
*The catalog is visually appealing and user friendly.
Benefits for library staff (CS) :
* A library web page is easy to create with this system. (Good to know! Carole)(Anita) (Alli)(Diane)
Anita, I think that's a good idea to put things in categories. It puts it in shorter pieces, and will have more impact.
Carole
Memo Ideas:
I put my name beside my top choices. Should we choose certain categories to touch on in our memo?
I wrote some ideas for categories. Please add or change.
Features:
Cost:
Benefits for Students:
Company support and training:
Benefits for library staff (CS)
Anita
I am going to add to the memo with additional information that I found, not many new ideas but additions to... Alli
This system will allow students to refine their searches for research. (Anita) (Carole)(Diane)
It also allows the district to create a Union catalog so that all the libraries in the district are accessible. (Alli) (Carole)
It is available to teachers and students 24/7.( Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane)
A library web page is easy to create with this system. (Good to know! Carole)(Anita) (Alli)(Diane)
Information needed for correct citation work is available. - Students are able to automatically build and edit MLA style citations for any item in the catalog
Reading level is readily available. "Find-a-book" feature helps students find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile Level (very handy for schools that MAP test) (Anita) (Alli - especially the Lexile part with MAP tests) (Carole)
Resource lists can be made for teachers and students. - Lists can be named, saved, and shared -- lists can be made public to users with access rights
--From Diane
Installation is faily easy since it is installed on a single server. (Alli)
Parents and students can have access from home. (Anita) (Alli) (Carole)
Follett has a toll free hotline. (Carole, I found out this was really helpful)
Costs compares favorably to similar systems.(Anita) (Alli - def. this one) (Carole)(Diane)
Unlimited e-mail access to Follett customer support people.
Was chosen "Best Library Automation Systemin 2006" by eSchool News readers.
Anita
Wide variety of reports available. - reports are a great way to allow districts to make informed decisions(Anita) (Alli) (Carole)(Diane)
Some reports can be set up to run automatically.
Follett also has help button with lots of information..
Follett has online tutorials to watch, using your user code. (Anita) (Carole)
Follett provides on-site training for up to 5 users (at least, that's what it was in our district) (Anita) (Carole)
Cataloging can be done in Marc format, or in an easy format where it takes care of correct punctuation for you.
Inventory can be done section by section, or the whole collection at once,
Carole
Features that can be added to the basic package - "Title Peek", "Web-Path Express", "Find-a-Book", and State Standards search (Anita) (Alli) (Carole - this is really cool)
Books can be scanned in and out even if internet connection is down
Special printing software unnecessary
Limited training necessary because it is intuitive if users are familiar with Internet browsers (Anita)
Alli
We should also include all the information about toll free services, training, and customer support!!!
Alli