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Absolutely. In this transitional time both print and non-print versions
might be tested, but non-print versions definitely shouldn't be left out.
In our school this year, we are only teaching the OPAC in anticipation of
discarding the card catalog so their are new students coming up through
the system who don't know the vagaries of the card catalog. We are still
teaching the Reader's guide in the upper school although Middle Search is
being taught too. Ellen R. Murphy charles e. smith jewish day school
rockville, md.

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Hilary A. Whitehill wrote:

>         Time to stir up some more trouble.  It's the time of
> year for standardized testing, & I'm being told by our reading
> specialist that the TAP test (put out by the folks that do the
> ITBS) STILL tests the PRINT version of Readers' Guide and the
> card catalog.
>         Now, my guess is that if you're reading this, you're
> probably on your way to being automated.  We do need to
> consider that not all of our libraries are, but in the sample
> test materials she's given me, I see questions geared
> SPECIFICALLY to the print versions of these resources, that
> might confuse a kid familiar with only the computer versions.
>         Do we need to throw our collective weight behind a
> request to the test publishers that they at least word the
> questions so that our kids aren't at a disadvantage?  Let me
> know what you think!
> --
> Hilary Whitehill - hwhitehi@pen.k12.va.us
> Librarian, T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia
>


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