A presentation for public school teachers and media specialists which explains how forming partnerships with public libraries can help them alleviate the pain of shrinking budgets.

1. PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC
LIBRARIES
Help When You Have No Money

2. What We’re Going to Talk About
 What is accessible to teachers inside
their schools from the public library
 Licensing differences between NC
Live and NC Wise OWL
 Teaching information literacy
 Getting more help from your local
library
 #nccufutureteach

3. Situation
 Schools have much less money
 Resources besides the internet
have become more scarce
 More print resources are
switching towards internet access
only
 Information literacy has changed

4. Information Literacy
 Conveying difficult intellectual
property concepts
 Illustrating the difference between
a website and a subscription
database
 The pluses and minuses of
crowd-sourced information
(Wikipedia)

5. Public Libraries
 Most reference books in the library’s
collection have already moved online
 Content may come from the state or
locally
 NC Live and NC Wise OWL have
different resources
 You and your students can still
access NC Live databases from
inside your school

6. NC Live
Do Not Use the Quick Search
Authority control differs by
vendor*
Get help, don’t guess
*Each database provider describes their
content differently

7. Learning Express
 EOG practice exams with evaluations
 Math, reading, writing, etc. help for those
who need additional practice and
feedback
 Online SAT and ACT classes and practice
exams
 Vocational exams
 PRAXIS
 Computer classes online

8. Things You Can Do
 Ask for a library card drive at your
school
 Ask for a librarian to come in and
show a certain resource, or give
suggestions
 Give feedback on the databases that
your library system purchases!
 Let librarians know about
assignments

9. Things Which May Be Available
 Institutional Cards
 Student Cards
 ESOL practice online
 Foreign language classes online
 Entrepreneurial resources
 Grant resources
 Specialized subjects – Art history, auto repair,
etc.
 True ebooks for different ages

10. Contact me with your questions
 kmakens@durhamcountync.gov
 @kmakens
 Get the slides and see other presentations
here: http://tinyurl.com/3ppwqza