[CALIBK12] databases for middle school

[Blanche Woolls]

Hello all,

For many years I have hoped that California school librarians would be 
able to join a consortium of all types of libraries similar to those in 
place in the Midwest and Pennsylvania (of course PA thinks of itself as 
being Eastern) and then all funding would come from the state (in 
Pennsylvania, some of the support is through LSTA, but most of it is from 
the legislator. It's so appealing to the legislators there because it 
affects every citizen in the state. Everyone can benefit and it is less 
than a $1 per person. Yes, it is through the public library because that 
card is available to everyone and not through the school because not 
everyone has a reason to go to a school on a regular basis.

School librarians have an access code for those students who do not have a 
public library card, but it certainly does rev up students getting their 
own library cards. Everyone has access through their public library to the 
database from home, office, school, dorm, or wherever they have a 
connection.

When California gets this, this question will go away and all those 
wonderful databases and other electronic resources will be available 
pre-school through nursing home.

Blanche

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Ron Fowler wrote:

> Janie,
>     Most of the library web pages in our district (Fairfield-Suisun)
> have links to our county library system.  The Solano County Library
> system has a great set of databases that students with library cards can
> access from our school computers as well as from home.  The only
> drawbacks to using the public library system are that too many students
> lack a public library card and some of the databases are more for high
> school than elementary and middle school.
>
> Ron Fowler
> Library Media Teacher
> Armijo High School
> ronf at fsusd.k12.ca.us
> "In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us
> with floaties and teach us how to swim."  Linton Weeks
>
>>>> "Janie Scott" <janiescott at san.rr.com> 10/2/2008 9:10 PM >>>
> I would like to know this as well, since our pres-6th is expanding to
> middle
> school.  I would also like to know any problems or opinions about
> linking
> the school to the local public libraries databases via web site link.
> Each
> student would have to have a PL card of course.
>
>
> Janie
>
> Janie Scott, Librarian
> The Children's School
> 2225 Torrey Pines Lane
> La Jolla Ca 92037
> (858) 454-0184 ext. 125
> jscott at tcslj.org
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
> [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Sue Heraper
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: [CALIBK12] databases for middle school
>
>
> I work in a middle school library.  Our library has not purchased any
> online
> databases. If you are in a middle school library and subscribe to
> databases,
> please tell me which you would or wouldn't recommend and why.  Has the
> use
> justified the cost?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sue Heraper
> Redwood Middle School
> Thousand Oaks
> 805-497-7264 x1014
>
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